Essay On Cyrano De Bergerac

After spending time listening and participating in my class’s interactive oral for Cyrano de Bergerac, my mind and thought process towards this play were expanded. I never realized how pyrotechnic Rostand’s writing truly is. This play contains so many symbols that allows the reader to connect with the story on a deeper level. The interactive oral gave me a chance to notice the little symbolisms that most people overlook, such as, a barrier that prevents Cyrano from professing his love to his cousin Roxane, meant to be shown through Cyrano’s rather large nose. There was also a realization about the differences and similarities of the culture depicted then and the culture now. The stereotypical gender roles seemed to be switched in the play then what
During these fifteen years Roxane mourns the loss of Christian nonstop and Cyrano visits her every day at the same time. This showed us a more developed character for Roxane because she did not just move on from Christian and we see that she might not be as shallow as Rostand makes her out to be in the beginning. Cyrano also continues to prove his honorable nature by not confessing his love for Roxane and not tarnishing her last memories of Christian. The main aspect of the interactive oral that stood out the most to me was the opening scene and how Cyrano was introduced into the play. We were first exposed to Cyrano while he is still off stage. All of the other characters build up Cyrano’s reputation through speaking of him like he is a legend when Montfleury defies Cyrano’s rules as if Cyrano is still in control of the situation without even being present. Cyrano’s voice then echoes out of nowhere while he makes his appearance at the theatre. All aspects of the interactive oral made the student examine closer on the knowledge they have already obtained and creates a broadened perspective on Cyrano de