Essay On Cyrano De Bergerac

Edmond Rostand wrote one of his most famous novels Cyrano de Bergerac, a novel that included drama and love. His main character was Cyrano an ugly man who was in love with a beautiful woman.It is easy to identify each character by who they seem to be and how they truly are.Cyrano seem to have a strong self-esteem, he is intelligent and humorous. A drunk man insulted him by saying he has a big nose but Cyrano just laughed and said twenty more things that the drunk man could of said.This is not actually Cyrano, he is actually a man, who feels ugly and who is afraid of telling Roxane that he loves her. Being in love can make someone do foolish things or do the impossible for that individual.He seemed to be happy when he thinks that he impressed …show more content…
Cyrano felt bad but he cared for Roxane, he wanted her to be happy even if it meant not including him in her life.Cyrano was going through a difficult time , when he was told that he was not the one she loved.He wrote a gorgeous letter that describe her perfectly.Letters that spoke for Cyrano’s heart .It is easy to understand that he feels insecure because it is her (Roxanne ) the woman he spend his childhood with, the woman that no other woman can replace.But there is another character named Christian, he was not actually as smart as Cyrano, he was timid towards woman,but his only advantage was being good looking .Christian did loved Roxane, almost like Cyrano loved Roxane. What is difficult to see is to know who suffer the most, when it came to love Roxane .Because Christian suffered too, at first he did not he was actually taking advantage over Cyrano , because Christian was the one who supposedly was writing all dose letters to Roxane.This was actually a great combination to win her heart , being good looking as well as romantic.There was even a section of the book where there Roxane, Cyrano and Christian appear at the same time but Cyrano was hiding, but he spoke for Christian …show more content…
Roxane realise that his voice is kind of different, and she feels it is not Christian, so in reality she was in love with that man who she could not see. A man in the shadows but from that darkness there was spark of light coming from his heart which reflected Roxane's love.It is sad because Cyrano still feels insecure, this is easy to understand but it it abase that he is becoming more open as the book keeps on going.Christian did not wanted Cyrano to tell her all those beautiful stuff , but he wanted to win her heart . In the middle of the book Christian and Cyrano went to battle , a war that could of take someone's life , it is interesting that the author add a war because love is another type of a war one that could of take someone's heart away , there is chaos sometimes in love , tears, memories, but from all that there is that feeling in the heart that keep on poking , that makes you smile just by remembering that special someone . Love can make someone do foolish