Questions on Act III : Cyrano de Bergerac
1. Describe Cyrano’s mixed feelings when he speaks to Roxane unseen. Why might he be both happy and sad ?
2. Explain how Cyrano’s speech to Roxane and his deception of De Guiche each represent a triumph of the imagination over reality.
3. An idealist is someone who follows his or her beliefs beyond the point of practicality and who acts as if the world were better than it really is. From what you’ve seen of Cyrano so far, show how he is an idealist.
4. Do you think a love like Cyrano’s is actually greater than a love like Christian’s ? Why or why not ?
Act IV
5. What new dimension does Roxane reveal in her conversation
with Christian ? What does she fail to see ?
6. What new side to Christian’s character do we see in this act ?
7. Why does Cyrano not tell Roxane the truth about the letters ? Why does he not tell Christian the truth about Roxane ?
8. Do you agree with Christian when he says that it is really Cyrano whom Roxane loves ? Explain.
Act V
9. How do you think Roxane would have responded if Cyrano had been able to tell her the truth about the letters and his feelings for her ?
10.Why do you think Cyrano finally reveals his love to Roxane ?
11.What does Roxane mean when she says that she has lost the
man she loved twice ? Do you agree ?
12.Show that Cyrano meets his death in a style that is consistent
with his life. What do his very last words mean ?
13.Cyrano says of himself that he « was everything and was
nothing. » Why would he make such a comment about his
life ? Do you agree with him ?
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