Essay Archive - Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
"Aggressive: I, sir, if that nose were mine, I'd have it amputated-on the spot! Friendly: How do you drink with such a nose? You ought to have a cup made specially. Descriptive: ‘Tis a rock-a crag-a cape- A cape? Say rather, a peninsula!"
Cyrano de Bergerac is a heroic comedy, a play which is light and humorous and is composed of jokes, satire, and humorous performance. In this play, Cyrano humors the audience by making jokes about his own physical appearance.
This play comes very close to being a tragedy, a work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme ....
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