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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...

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…

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