Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Cyrano de Bergerac: Marriage Scene


Roxanne then asks Christian to marry her and has the Capuchin marry them. Cyrano then waits outside to prevent de Guiche from interrupting the wedding. As de Guiche appears, Cyrano jumps and lands on his back, and revealing his face, tells him that Roxanne and Christian are now married.
As Roxanne and Christian come out from marrying each other, de Guiche coldly congratulates both of them, but he is obviously not happy. De Guiche then breaks the news to Roxanne that he will take Christian to the war and that the wedding night between them will have to wait.
Roxanne, being worried for Christian, tells Cyrano to promise her that he will keep Christian safe. Roxanne then urges Christian to write a letter to her every day, Cyrano hearing this becomes happy.
The marriage scene is possibly the second most important scene in the whole book because of Cyrano’s brilliance in poetry and how he helps Christian out. It also shows how in love Roxanne really is with Cyrano and not Christian.

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