Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmond Rosstand never considered his play Cyrano de Bergerac to be about romantic love; however, from a different perspective it is due the fact Cyrano loves Roxanne. And., the fact that he tried to keep his feelings to himself so that she could be happy with Christian makes it even more romantic. By doing anything to make a person happy is truly romance and showing them that they are completely loved by actions is whole-heartedly romantic. By Cyrano taking the time out to write Roxanne love poetry is very romantic even though he lets Christian take the credit of it. Despite the fact that this story is not a truly happy story since Cyrano is not too thrilled, it does have some elements can be considered romance and some moments can be thought of as being romantic.

The essentance of romance is in the air in Act II, Scene 11 when Cyrano suggests to Christian that they both woo Roxanne together. By Cyrano saying to Christian, "blended together we are the heroes of romance," (www.*****) he is being extremely romantic because he is willing to give up his identity so that Roxanne can be wooed by her vision of love. He knows she would never fall in love with him because of his big nose, therefore, he does not mind if Christian takes his words of love and say them to her as if they were his own. That within itself is very romantic because Cyrano is basically stepping aside.

And, It is a little romantic that Christian loves Roxanne so much that he is will to anything to win her heart. So, when Cyrano proposed,

"Roxanne Shall never have a disillusion!

Say, wilt tHat thou we woo her, double-handed?

Wilt that thou woo her together?" (www.*****)

Christian was very grateful for his selfless act so he could be her arms forever So, that contributes to being romantic for the one in his heart and having romance in his life. Therefore, this play does have some romantic love in it.

The romantic love continues in this play when Roxanne speaks of the possibility of marriage and does not how Christian will react. She speaks of this to Cyrano:

"Ay, of my dear secret! He loves me, and, is powerful, if he knew, then allf were lost. Marry! He could put a deathblow to my love." (cyrano de bergerac.com)

Roxanne is so in love with Christian that it would crush her if anything bad happened between them. And, that is definitely romantic love since it would put an empty space in heart if they departed from one another.