It is such a masterpiece!!! I loved Rostand’s genius wittiness in this play! Cyrano has become one of my favorite dramatic characters. Cyrano is perfect: he is as brave as can be, an example of man’s honesty, dignity, loyalty, and honor. Moreover, he is a philosopher and a poet, with a deep soul, endless love and compassion for others, and outstanding intelligence. Its not a surprise Roxane falls in love with him- how can a woman not to? His love for her is so magnificent; he even helps her to marry another- a man Roxane thinks she is in love with. Yes, Christian is beautiful, and a good guy, but he cant even compare with Cyrano, who could have had a wonderful future with Roxane, if only he stopped being ashamed of his unflattering physical nuance. It is heartbreaking to see how Cyrano punishes himself for being ugly. Fear of his own appearance tragically caused fearless and the noblest of all noble men Cyrano his happiness. But he keeps confessing his feelings to Roxane through Christian, while making her lose her head for his incredible personality and richness of his soul. She finally finds out who her true love is ten yeas after, on Cyrano’s deathbed. All these years Cyrano dedicated himself to her. His passion never died out. So didn’t his remarkable will to fight for justice and truth. His brilliance, wit, kind heart, intelligence, romance and tenderness has been for centuries and perhaps will forever continue winning over hearts of women all over the world. And we really don’t care about his damned nose! J
I'm not sure if Cyrano is completely perfect. He showed to have quite a temper when people commented on his nose. However, he was a true warrior and a gentleman so despite the temper maybe Rostand was trying to give an example of a "perfect" man to society. I also agree with the fact that after all he did, I doubt many girls would care about that nose of his.
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