Selfless Love

I do not even know where to begin. The beginning of the play was tough for me to get through until the end of Act one. It is just so many things taking place and so many characters involved in this script. Once I got pass all of that I realized that this is a play about selflessness. I must admit that I did not become a fan of Cyrano until Act two and I began to see who he really was. Cyrano came across as big and bad and he acted as if nothing affected him. The viewer can see in Act two that his beauty is something he battles with. This makes him seem real because we all have some part of our body that we are not 100% happy with. I truly believed that Cyrano had negative intentions when he offered to help Christian with his love letters to Roxane but, I soon realized that his only intention was for Roxane to be happy. In the end it is evident that Cyrano chose his friendship with Roxane over a "physical" love . All of his actions to make Roxane happy was selfless . He truly forgot about what he wanted and focused on what she wanted so that she could remain happy. This play showed that beauty definitely starts from within and manifests itself without.