Main+Characters

Cyrano de Bergerac  Cyrano is a witty, noble, and interesting swashbuckler. His confident air leads him to success into all that he does, except one thing; he can't win Roxane's love. Love is the thing that he longs for the most, and it is the only area in which he lacks the confidence to do so. He has almost no self-esteem in this area because of his extremely large and grotesque nose. His tragic flaw is his inability to look past his appearance and realize that he is a person worthy of Roxane's love. Everyone around him is able to look past his physical appearance and is charmed by his inner self, yet he fails to do this himself.  Cyrano also has strong morals, and never strays from his values. One value that he believes trumps all is loyalty. This is evident when he threatens Ragueneau's wife to not leave him. Another great example is his loyalty to Christian when he held back his confession to Roxane for 15 years after Christian's death. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Roxane  Roxane is an intellectual woman and extremely beautiful. She appears to portray a "perfect" woman because she has both outer and inner beauty. This is vital to the story because her perfection is what prevents both Cyrano and Christian from approaching her on their own. She is the reason that they work together to form the perfect romantic hero. At the start of the story, Roxane falls for Christian's good looks, but she is eventually entranced by this "romantic hero" personality.  As the play progresses, Roxane matures and finally loves the hero for his inner beauty, not caring what he looks like on the outside. The irony is that Roxane is proud of herself, saying that she is the only one in the world who loves Christian this much and only for his inner beauty, when in reality she doesn't love him at all. Roxane realizes at the end of the play that she has been in love with Cyrano the whole time, and she shows that love can overcome physical features for the second time in the play. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Christian de Neuvillete  Christian is a handsome young man who represents the shallow side of the romantic hero. He is the physical beauty in the hero. Cyrano whispers his words of love to Roxane through Christian, so that she shall never see his face. He doesn't mind using Cyrano's words to woo Roxane because he truly believes that once they are together, she will love him for his own personality. This is the flaw in the romantic hero plan because Roxane never really knew Christian as anything other than a pretty face. For this reason, she could have never loved him truly, as she loved Cyrano. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Comte de Guiche  Comte de Guiche stars as the villain of the play, and he is in love with Roxane. He constantly causes conflicts for her, such as forcing her to marry Valvert. He also lets his love, or rather jealousy, of Roxane overtake his actions; he sends the cadets to war only because she got married to Christian. Comte de Guiche is also trying to kill of Cyrano throughout the play. Although Cyrano and he are both in love with Roxane, they both take approaches on their love. Cyrano will do anything to make Roxane happy whereas Comte de Guiche will do anything to make Roxane his. One of the important roles that he plays is to emphasize Cyrano's actions. In addition, we see what might have happened if Cyrano were to let his jealousy overrule him. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 25px;"> Another important aspect of Comte de Guiche is that he is materialistic. He only uses his brains to gain social status, not to entertain others around him. This is another trait that Cyrano doesn't have because he values the drama and theatre above his own life. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 25px;">=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=