Beloved Cyrano!

Cyrano De Begerac is a beloved character with some insecurities that keep him from expressing his true feelings. Roxane, being the beautiful but naive woman she is does not realize until it is too late that who she really loves is Cyrano because she fell in love with the words on the paper not the man she believes wrote the words. To Roxane an obvious mate would be the young Christian but in all honesty his feelings for her were not real enough compared to the way Cyrano admired her. Cyrano's poems show his true feelings which is what made them so remarkably beautiful. Cyrano's delicate charm can cast over the reader making his tragic death in the end painful to bear.

The play really gives a message that not all beauty is external. Cyrano might have had a slightly larger nose than usual but he did not let it keep him from expressing his true and rare talent: the beauty of his words. Rostand's use of rhyming couplets make the play fun and unique. This is an unrealistic aspect because people do not speak in rhyme on a daily basis. Although the play may portray unrealistic aspects it is a beautifully written masterpiece that was an utter joy to read.