Edmond Rostand

maybe that is why it drives people to use artificial methods to gain it. Many of the characters in Cyrano de Bergerac use synthetic ways to try and achieve lasting love. Cyrano de Bergerac, a play of love and sacrifice, was beautifully written by Edmond Rostand to tell the journey of a man named Cyrano in France during the 1600s. This place showcases Cyrano and his struggle to tell Roxane, his cousin, that he is madly in love with her. In attempt to relieve him of his feelings he accepts…

The enemy did whatever he could to retrieve it. But none of the methods worked on the prisoner; he refused to give classified information about his country. Even though he could live in luxury, have everything at his beck and call, Louis Zamperini chose not to betray his country, even if it meant he would have to live a torturous life. This is loyalty. But what exactly is loyalty? Loyalty is to be faithfully allegiant to someone or something, regardless of the circumstances. Loyalty is…

beautiful. He grabs you by the arm and says that you would be a perfect wife for his cousin. You try to retaliate, but he is much more stronger than you, no one helps you out because they don't think anything wrong is happening. Both Shakespeare and Edmond Rostand portray in some way a patriarchal society in the 1500’s-1600’s. The status of women and gender roles during the place and time of these plays affected the characterizations of these characters. Women were treated like objects, looks…