Illustration of Cyrano and some of the letters he wrote for Christian

Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

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Cyrano de Bergerac Questions and Answers

What are some ideas with which to describe a kiss by comparing it to something. It has to be one line only, and I have to describe the word "kiss" similarly to that in Cyrano de Bergerac: "It's simply an oath made more certain, a sealed promise, the heart's confirmation of a pact. It's a secret whispered to the mouth instead of the ear, a stolen moment that makes time eternal, a communion perfumed like the spring's wild flowers. A kiss allows for one to live through the beating of another's heart, and to taste the very soul of another on one's lips!"

How is Cyrano killed in Cyrano de Bergerac?  

What is an example of foreshadowing in Cyrano de Bergerac?  

What is the “automatic difference” that Robert Stam describes between text and film? In other words, why is it impossible to have a “faithful” adaptation?

Where does Cyrano de Bergerac die in Cyrano de Bergerac?

What is the moral tone of Cyrano de Bergerac?

What does Cyrano mean by his quote, "I may not cut a stylish figure, but I hold my soul erect."

In "Cyrano de Bergerac," why does Cyrano hate Montfleury?

Why does Christian come to the play in Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand?

What are the two of the strongest comedic scenes in Cyrano de Bergerac?

In act I, Cyrano directly challenges three men. Who are they and why does Cyrano conflict with each?

Name three uses of metaphors, similes, irony, foreshadowing, or hyperbole.

How are Cyrano and Roxane related in Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac? 

In Cyrano de Bergerac, what is the allusion in the line "render no share to Caesar"?

In Cyrano de Bergerac, how did his honor and refusal to compromise principle result in dying both happy & unhappy, fulfilled & unfulfilled?

What has happened to Ragueneau at the beginning of Act 3 in Cyrano?

How would you describe both the mood and pacing of scene 1 of Cyrano de Bergerac? 

How were Cyrano's values or moral standards in life revealed by Cyrano's reasons for his disliking of Montfleury?

Does Roxane love Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac?

What are three examples of Cyrano's development as a chivalric character in Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac?

What are 3 metaphors for Cyrano de Bergerac?

How is Cyrano de Bergerac's refusal to acknowledge the truth to Roxane consistent with his values?

What news does Roxane give Cyrano in Act 2?

In Cyrano de Bergerac, who is the Duke? And what does he think of Cyrano now in Act V?

Why does society hate Cyrano?

How does Cyrano win the crowd over in Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand?  

What were the motives of Rostand in writing Cyrano de Bergerac? What inspired him to write it--an event, person, money, etc?

In Cyrano de Bergerac, how does the title character's sense of self develop through his chivalric acts?

What is the significance of the Duke's speech in Act V, Scene II of Cyrano de Bergerac?

When and where does Act I of "Cyrano de Bergerac" take place?

Why is Christan afraid to speak to the lady he loves?

How does an idea or concept or characteristic from Cyrano show itself in our world today?

What is an idea for a sixth act to Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand--one that seems likely but still unique? 

Cite five of the reasons Cyrano gives for why he acts the way he does. What does Le Bret feel is the real reason why Cyrano angers his admirers.

What does de Guiche do to Christian and Cyrano at the end of Act 3? What promise does Christian make?

What is the setting of act 4? How are the men feeling?

How does Rostand capture the audience's attention in the first scene of "Cyrano de Bergerac?"

Why is Cyrano de Bergerac considered to be written in the Restoration Baroque style?

Why has Christian come to the play? What concern does he express to Ligniere?

At the center of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand are three characters: Cyrano, Roxane, and Christian. What are some words, phrases, and actions that provide insight into each character?

Why do the cadets initially not consider Comte de Guiche a true "Gascon cadet?"

What are four quotes from Cyrano de Bergerac that have the theme of friendship? And what is the author's main idea of friendship?

Before Cyrano appears on stage, his friends describe him. What are three of the many qualities that Cyrano extraordinary?

Where, other than Marais, does the setting of Act III, scene 1 (Roxane's Kiss), of "Cyrano de Bergerac" take place?