Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac

In the play, Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, The main protagonist, who is Cyrano, has many problems in his life including a grotesque appearance. He fights for what he wants, then doesn’t get it, he commits great acts, then becomes impoverished. He doesn’t end the way he should have ended, But did he lead a good life with his wit and intelligence? He may have had a noble and fulfilling life, but it wasn’t the best one. In this drama by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano, after his meeting with Roxane, says to his friend named Le Bret about why he doesn’t need a nobleman to watch over him, states “Imitate the ivy that licks the bark of a long tree while rather than climbing by my own strength? …Develop the art of sitting at both sides of the fence …show more content…
The hatred that presses upon me is like a starched Spanish ruff whose stiffness forces me to hold my head high” (92-93). This is him stating the feelings he has for people and also that he wants to follow his ideas and dreams and be Cyrano, big nose and all. He uses shirt collars as an example for his attitude towards society. Cyrano thinks that other people are soft and weak and also too friendly, too pampered, too appearance-based, and don’t pay attention to the things that need attention, like their brain’s quality. He does not want to be like this. Finally, Cyrano admits that he feels hatred emanating off the people around him and he wants to hold his head high to show people that he is better than them in every way except for physical appearance, which doesn’t matter as much to him compared to his wit, intellect, and moral grooming. This shows that he considers himself as an intellectual being compared to all other people in his time’s society. He may call himself the best, and that's not narcissism, in his perspective, and in mine, that's the truth for the most