Notably, is the first time that Roxane sees Christian. Roxane does not know Christian at all, she has never seen him before. Yet still by only setting eyes on him from her balcony at the playhouse, falls in love with ‘his bright locks, like D’Urfe’s heroes’ (Scene 2, Act VI, 97). From that first glance, she believes herself to be madly in love with him. Although they have not spoken, Roxane insists that ‘eyes can speak’ (Scene 2, Act VI, 96). Roxane has no other means of making an opinion of Christian, she does not know what he is like as a person, yet based off of beauty, she perceives that Christian is worthy of her undying love. Roxane is a prime example of how she lets beauty influence how she perceives everyone around …show more content…
Roxane, the main love interest, plays a major role in how Cyrano thinks of himself, as she consistently reaffirms how important beauty is in society. Cyrano, while trying to make up for his nose in other ways, is constantly reminded of that fact and his unrequited love for Roxane, which will eventually prove to be his downfall. The play ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ has endured for over the centuries precisely because readers still can relate to how grotesque Cyrano’s nose is, which is the persisting struggle in this story. As much as society likes to think that it has changed since the centuries ago in which this was written, beauty is still what many people think of when they make their first impression of