Cyrano de Bergerac

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1897

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Act Summaries & Analyses

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Act 5

Character Analysis

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Essay Topics

Perform a close reading of one of the monologues in the play. How do the conventions of verse inform how an actor might perform the speech? What clues does Rostand leave for how the character is feeling based on his poetic choices of meter, rhyme, etc.?

How does Roxane’s existence at the intersection of Cartesian ideals of mind and body subvert the play’s themes?

Ragueneau’s many occupations and employers throughout the text belie anti-commercialism. How do Ragueneau and Cyrano model different versions of the theme of Artistry Versus Commercialism?