Cyrano de Bergerac: Act 3 Balcony Scene

In this third Act, Roxanne talks to Cyrano about Christian and even declares that Christian is smarter then him. After saying this, she says that she is in love with Christian and says that Cyrano is jealous of his poetry. Later in the second scene, De Guiche comes to tell Roxanne that he will be leaving because he has been made colonel of an army regiment. Roxanne then tells De Guiche to leave Cyrano and his cadets so they don’t have a chance to go to war. In the next two scenes, Roxanne tells Cyrano that she wants to meet up with Christian. Knowing this, Cyrano goes to tell Christian and prepares him for the meeting.
In the next scene, Cyrano tells Christian to memorize his lines but Christian, being stubborn, refuses to. The next day, Roxanne and Christian meet up, and Roxanne asks him how he loves her. Christian not knowing what to say repeats “I love you”, multiple times. Roxanne, being angry, leaves and goes to her room.
After Roxanne leaves, Christian asks Cyrano for help. Cyrano accepts and whispers word for Christian to say. Cyrano then pushes Christian away and takes his place and talks for Christian. Roxanne is very moved by his words and this causes Christian to jump out and ask her for a kiss. Roxanne accepts and Christian goes up the balcony to kiss her.

In this scene, Cyrano expresses his intrest in Roxanne by trying to help out Christian in his meesting with Roxanne. He also shows that he is a great poet by the way that he talks to Roxanne. Christian, however shows his stubborn yet confident and proud side. This however, may end up hurting his chances because he has no knowledge at all in poetry.