Cyrano De Bergerac Act Five

Cyrano de Bergerac Act Five All of these questions should be answered on a separate piece of paper after reading the act and handed into your instructor for grading as a part of your ALS course-work. Please arrange to procure or sign out a copy of the text to complete your ALS course.

First Impressions What impressions from the final scene are the strongest and most lasting?

Recall and Interpret 1. What do you learn about Cyrano from the conversation of the nuns, de Guiche, and Le Bret before he comes on stage? Why is this information necessary?

2. What information does de Guiche give to Le Bret about Cyrano? Why do you suppose Cyrano’s old enemy has told Le Bret about the danger?

3. How does Roxane finally learn that it was Cyrano who wrote the letters and has loved her all along? Do you think she is surprised? Explain your answer.

4. How does Rostand use natural imagery to create the mood in the last scene? Evaluate the success of this technique.

5. What are Cyrano’s accomplishments? For what will he be most known? In your opinion, what kinds of accomplishments in life are the most meaningful?

A Good Ending Do you think that the play has a good ending? Why or why not? Write an essay in which you evaluate the conclusion of this play. Discuss elements that make a good ending. Support your ideas with evidence from the text. You may want to focus on what you learn about Cyrano’s life after the battle at Arras, what he says in the convent garden about the sacrifices he has made, and his final speech as he lies dying.

Discuss the theme of inner beauty vs. outer beauty as you have seen it portrayed in this drama. What lessons did you learn about life from reading Cyrano de Bergerac?