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Character Analysis: Cyrano De Bergerac

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Allen Wolford

English 7th

May 4th, 2015

There are two characters fighting for the love of the beautiful Roxanne, who falls for the attractive Christian who is using another man’s poetry to win her heart; Cyrano

Cyrano De Bergerac, Rostand uses character traits, tone, and point of view to reveal the reflection of personality.

The character’s traits in this novel are completely different. Cyrano is a character in the novel who is never presented in an unpleasant or unflattering light; Cyrano is difficult to dislike! He is a courageous character that uses wit, poetry, and music to get his point across to people, especially Roxanne.

During the session of the book, everyone thought about it as everyday life. Of what people go through. Cyrano …show more content…

In reality we think he shouldn’t be ashamed of anything, because a person should like you for who you are as a person not by the way you appear to people. Shouldn’t care what no one has to say. So the whole time Cyrano does this Christians still doesn’t know how to be romantic with Roxane. All he know is to say “I love you” while Cyrano comes to his rescue imitating his voice. Later on in the book Roxane found out that Christian has not been sending her those letters, it was …show more content…

They banter for a bit, and we find out that they used to play together as children. Roxane, noting an injury on Cyrano’s hand from his battle, doctors it – just as she used to when they were children. She then reveals that she loves “someone.” Cyrano gets excited until Roxane describes this someone as “beautiful,” at which point Cyrano knows she can’t possibly be talking about him, which is depressing in more ways than one. That someone turns out to be Christian, the newly arrived cadet from Act I. Roxane asks Cyrano to protect Christian, since he’s basically a rookie, and to help him write her a love letter. Cyrano, eager to please Roxane, agrees, which we have to say is just a teensy-bit

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