The Real Cerano de Bergerac
Hailey C.
Brandon G.
English Honors ¾
29 April 2013
The Real Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born on March 6, 1619 in Paris, France. Cyrano was the son of Abel de Cyrano and Esperance Bellanger. Abel de Cyrano was the lord of Mauvieres and Bergerac. The name “de Bergerac” was given from a place that was attached to one of Abel’s estates. In 1622, the Cyrano family moved to Mauvieres, a commune in central France. Cyrano was educated by a priest he highly disliked and complained about to his father. His father then sent him to the College de Beauvais. Jean Grangier, the headmaster, became the main model of his play The Pedant Outwitted in 1654. In 1637, Cyrano left the College de Beauvais and turned to a life of gambling, drinking, and battling. At nineteen, Cyrano joined the army, which consisted of a majority of Gascons, which are natives of Gascony, France who had a reputation of being very boastful. Cyrano’s friend Henry Le Bret later stated that “duels, which at the time seemed the unique and most rapid means of becoming known… considered him the demon of courage and credited him with as many duels as he had been with them in days.” Cyrano was an individualist that had problems with discipline: He opposed war and death penalties, and had a humanitarian way of thinking. His mindset of helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people was later acknowledged by his coevals and the generations that followed. Cyrano was severely injured twice in battle: He was shot once and hit in the neck with a sword at the siege of Arras in 1640, where he had taught his comrades how to speak and write effectively, especially on matters of love. During his recovery in Paris, Cyrano was financially supported by his cousin, Madeleine Robineau. Madeleine was represented as the beautiful Roxanne in Edmond Rostand’s verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). In the drama, Cyrano falls in love with Roxanne, but the real truth about
Brandon G.
English Honors ¾
29 April 2013
The Real Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born on March 6, 1619 in Paris, France. Cyrano was the son of Abel de Cyrano and Esperance Bellanger. Abel de Cyrano was the lord of Mauvieres and Bergerac. The name “de Bergerac” was given from a place that was attached to one of Abel’s estates. In 1622, the Cyrano family moved to Mauvieres, a commune in central France. Cyrano was educated by a priest he highly disliked and complained about to his father. His father then sent him to the College de Beauvais. Jean Grangier, the headmaster, became the main model of his play The Pedant Outwitted in 1654. In 1637, Cyrano left the College de Beauvais and turned to a life of gambling, drinking, and battling. At nineteen, Cyrano joined the army, which consisted of a majority of Gascons, which are natives of Gascony, France who had a reputation of being very boastful. Cyrano’s friend Henry Le Bret later stated that “duels, which at the time seemed the unique and most rapid means of becoming known… considered him the demon of courage and credited him with as many duels as he had been with them in days.” Cyrano was an individualist that had problems with discipline: He opposed war and death penalties, and had a humanitarian way of thinking. His mindset of helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people was later acknowledged by his coevals and the generations that followed. Cyrano was severely injured twice in battle: He was shot once and hit in the neck with a sword at the siege of Arras in 1640, where he had taught his comrades how to speak and write effectively, especially on matters of love. During his recovery in Paris, Cyrano was financially supported by his cousin, Madeleine Robineau. Madeleine was represented as the beautiful Roxanne in Edmond Rostand’s verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). In the drama, Cyrano falls in love with Roxanne, but the real truth about