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Cyrano De Bergerac - School Essays

Cyrano De Bergerac

"Aggressive: I, sir, if that nose were mine, I'd have it amputated-on the spot! Friendly: How do you drink with such a nose? You ought to have a cup made specially. Descriptive: ‘Tis a rock-a crag-a cape- A cape? Say rather, a peninsula!"
is a heroic comedy, a play which is light and humorous and is
composed of jokes, satire, and humorous performance. In this play, Cyrano humors the audience
by making jokes about his own physical appearance.

This play comes very close to being a tragedy, a work in which the main character is

brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a moral

weakness, or an inability to cope with unfavorable ...

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dead. Not telling Roxane that it

was him and not proclaiming his love to her then was Cyrano's tragic flaw and he suffered

tremendously because of it.

In this play Cyrano is also a hero. He is a hero because he helps many people including

the baker and Christian. He helps the baker fight one hundred men in order to get into his

house and he helps Christian by writing letters to Roxane and talking to Roxane for him. Cyrano

also takes very little credit for the deeds he has done and this is another thing that makes him a

hero.
"I Know that it will to today,
My own dearly beloved and my heart
Still so heavy with love I have not told,
And I die without telling you! No more
Shall my eyes drink the sight of you like wine,
Never more, with a look that is a kiss,
Follow the sweet grace of you. I remember now the way
You have, of pushing back a lock of hair
With one hand, from your forehead and my heart Cries out
Cries out and keeps ...

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Added: 6/9/2004 01:41:12 PM
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