Summary Of The Play Cyrano De Bergerac
Stephen Hushak
IAH 241D
2/22/14
Love is what’s on the inside, not on the outside Cyrano de Bergerac was a play put on by the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. I went to see the play on February 19, 2014 with a few friends at the Auditorium on Farm Lane. Cyrano de Bergerac is about a hopeless romantic (Cyrano) who falls in love with the most beautiful girl in town (Roxanne) but his love is not reciprocated. Roxanne is much more interested in another man (Christian) based purely off of what she sees on the outside, his stunning looks. When Roxanne tells Cyrano about her feelings for Christian, Cyrano agrees to keep Christian safe, which inadvertently turns into Cyrano acting as a matchmaker for the new romance. Because Cyrano is somewhat of a puppeteer behind this budding relationship, I believe that the theme of the play is “love is blind.” Roxanne thinks she is falling head over heels for Christian when in reality Christian is just a pretty face and Cyrano is really the heart behind their love. …show more content…
Roxanne is devastated that she lost the love of her life but Cyrano is there to coddle her for many years to come. Cyrano never told her his secret until the climax of the play when Cyrano gets hit in the head and suffers a fatal injury shortly after telling Roxanne that he was in fact the one behind their love. This all ties into my theme because Roxanne had what she was looking for the entire time but because of Cyrano’s giant nose and overall unattractive appearance, she never even considered him an
IAH 241D
2/22/14
Love is what’s on the inside, not on the outside Cyrano de Bergerac was a play put on by the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. I went to see the play on February 19, 2014 with a few friends at the Auditorium on Farm Lane. Cyrano de Bergerac is about a hopeless romantic (Cyrano) who falls in love with the most beautiful girl in town (Roxanne) but his love is not reciprocated. Roxanne is much more interested in another man (Christian) based purely off of what she sees on the outside, his stunning looks. When Roxanne tells Cyrano about her feelings for Christian, Cyrano agrees to keep Christian safe, which inadvertently turns into Cyrano acting as a matchmaker for the new romance. Because Cyrano is somewhat of a puppeteer behind this budding relationship, I believe that the theme of the play is “love is blind.” Roxanne thinks she is falling head over heels for Christian when in reality Christian is just a pretty face and Cyrano is really the heart behind their love. …show more content…
Roxanne is devastated that she lost the love of her life but Cyrano is there to coddle her for many years to come. Cyrano never told her his secret until the climax of the play when Cyrano gets hit in the head and suffers a fatal injury shortly after telling Roxanne that he was in fact the one behind their love. This all ties into my theme because Roxanne had what she was looking for the entire time but because of Cyrano’s giant nose and overall unattractive appearance, she never even considered him an