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Cyrano de bergerac. Cyrano de bergerac. Real life French Dramatist 1619-1655 Edmond Rostand fictionalized his life story into the play Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897 The play concentrates on Cyrano’s love for Roxanne and his attempts to woo her through his friend Christian. The play. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CYRANO DE
BERGERAC
• Real life French Dramatist 1619-1655
• Edmond Rostand fictionalized his life story into the play Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897
• The play concentrates on Cyrano’s love for Roxanne and his attempts to woo her through his friend Christian
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
THE PLAY• Markedly different than every other play of
its time in France•Most plays were realistic in nature and addressed social problems (illness, crime, poverty)
•Before the production of the play rumors spread of his play•Parisian fans of the time did not think the material would be sophisticated enough for a French audience•At this time France was at its height in industrialization•Rostand’s new play about romantic heroes, the power of poetry and art seemed hopelessly out of date
SO WHEN THE CURTAIN ROSE ON ITS DEBUT EXPECTATIONS WERE LOW…
It was a hit!
The audience fell in love with the witty, romantic comedy. They cheered at his triumph’s and sighed at his suffering. To this day audience’s all around the world fall in love with Cyrano and his
own infectious ideas of love. <3
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CYRANO?• 17th century France• France was fraught with political tension
and conflict with foreign enemies• France was involved in the Thirty Years
War, a religious, economic, military struggle
• One key battle of this long war was the French siege of the town of Arras, in which the real Cyrano took part. The siege is also the setting for one of the scenes in the play, in which the fictional Cyrano takes part.
BASIC SYNOPSISCyrano de Bergerac is a proud and courageous Gascon nobleman. He is known for his intellect, brilliant wit, fluency of speech, and swordsmanship. He is also known for his large, grotesque nose. Because he feels that he is very unattractive, he is convinced that no woman will ever love him, especially not one as beautiful as his cousin Roxane. Since he feels he cannot have Roxane for himself, he agrees to help Christian de Neuvillette court Roxane. Although Christian is very handsome, he is not very bright and has no way with words. Therefore, Cyrano agrees to coach him on what to say to Roxane in order to win her love.
IMPORTANT CHARACTERSCyrano de Bergerac – Gascon noblemanRoxane- Cyrano’s cousin and the one who holds his
heartChristian de Neuvillete- Handsome young man.
Cyrano professes his love for Roxane through Christian
Count de Guiche- deceitful nobleman who is a complete contrast to Cyrano. Even though he is married he seeks a way to become involved with Roxane
Le Bret- one of Cyrano’s closest friendsRagueneau- Pastry chef and poet. His bakery is the
meeting place of poets who regularly exploit the baker’s kindness and generosity
Lise- Ragueneau’s wifeCarbon de Castel Jaloux- the captain of the Gascon
cadetsLigniere- a poet who often drinks too muchMontfleury- an actor, he antagonizes Cyrano by
flirting with Roxane
Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to addBEAUTY IS IN
THE E
YE OF
THE BEHOLD
ER
Cyrano’s
larg
e nos
e
preven
ts him
from
believ
ing that
anyo
ne
could ev
er lov
e him
.
How im
portan
t is
beauty
in our s
ociety
today
and w
hat is
beauty?
LETS PLAY
A GAME…..
WHICH PERSON DO YOU
THINK M
S. ELLIS F IN
DS
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE
IN THE FOLLOWING
SLIDES?
BRAD PITT
RYAN REYN
OLDS
SEAL
HUGH JACKMAN
TRICK QUESTIO
N….
THEY’R
E ALL
ATTRACTIV
E
BUT THERE IS O
NE PERSON I
F IND THE M
OST ATTRACT IVE
WHO IS I T
AND WHY?
REMEMBER… THERE MUST BE
SOME SET OF AESTHETIC
VALUES
WHAT IS BEAUTY?What determines beauty?What do we take into
consideration?Are there different kinds of beauty?
Write down your own, personal definition of beauty
This theme will be prevalent throughout the book, so please keep these ideas in mind as we put ourselves in each character’s shoes.