Theme Of Changing Characters In Cyrano De Bergerac

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16 May 2013
Cyrano de Bergerac: Changing Characters over Time In Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, many themes are implicated and appear throughout several locations in the story. One of these themes is how characters change over time. In the story, Roxane, Christian, and Comte de Guiche all change dramatically in terms of personality and play a major role in progressing the story. All three of these characters experience life-changing events in which the results of the change of personalities can be easily analyzed. In the beginning of the story, Roxane is portrayed as a beautiful woman that is loved by many men, including three major characters of the story. As soon as Roxane sets eyes on Christians in Act I during the play scene, she is automatically breath-taken by his extravagance and beautiful appearance. Roxane falls even
A drunken poet by the name of Ligniere allegedly insulted De Guiche in one of his poets. In return, De Guiche sent one hundred armed assassins to make sure Ligniere is murdered in cold blood. This shows how much power and destruction De Guiche is capable of causing. Additionally, De Guiche is one of the men that also is in love with Roxane, and tries to flirt with her. Unfortunately for him, he is stalled by Cyrano while Christian marries Roxane at the last minute right before he arrives. This causes De Guiche to have a hatred for Cyrano and a want for vengeance. During the battle scene, De Guiche is accepted as one of the soldiers and as a human being. In Act V, De Guiche is portrayed as Roxane’s friend that visits her regularly and no longer has any feelings of bitterness for Cyrano or Roxane. This shows how De Guiche changed from a really arrogant ruler who used his power for bad uses to someone who has respect for people who once were his