Cyrano de Bergerac: The play of cowards and puerile CHILDREN!
...otuberance! Oh I have no more Illusions! Now and then- bah! I may grow tender, walking alone in the blue cool of evening, through some garden fresh with flowers after the benediction of the rain; my poor big devil of a nose inhales April...and so I fallow with my eyes where some boy, with a girl upon his arm, passes a patch of silver...and I feel somehow, I wish I had a woman too, walking with little steps under the moon, and holding my arm so, and smiling. Then I dream-and I forget...and then I see the shadow of my profile on the wall!” Cyrano’s only weakness is believing himself an unsightly, disfigured human being. It is not that he is hideous, but he believes that he is; and that no woman could love him for his soul. When insulted by the Vicomte with, “Your nose is...rather large!” he responds with a whole list of better insults about himself, which in turn, embarrasses the Vicomte. This quote shows two things about Cyrano: The first is that he will not be insulted without making the offender look like an ignorant dolt, and the second is that he is incredibly brilliant and a gifted poet. Both these things indicate exceptional human qualities. Cyrano de Bergerac is the super-hero of his era. Roxane is a simple, immature character who tries to be an intellectual like her cousin, Cyrano. Roxane says “ In such a man! – he is proud- noble-young-brave-beautiful,” about Christian before she ever talked to him, or to Cyrano acting as Christian. Her reason for believing that Christian was intelligent is that she could see it in his eyes. This shows that Roxane is shallow because she sees Christian and without knowing him, believes he is noble and brave. Roxane proves that she believes that beauty is only skin deep when she says the line, “ And that displeases me as much as if you had grown ugly.” She believes that beauty is the most important factor in a relationship. This also shows that even though she tries to be intellectual she still ends up ch...