Our Top 5 Grand Gestures Performed by Cyrano de Bergerac

1) In the opening scene of the play we are introduced to Cyrano in a grand way as he publicly criticizes Mont Fleury, the leading character in that evenings play. Cyrano believes no one should have to witness his terrible acting, so he successfully shuts down the play that so many people were looking forward to seeing that night. Cyrano believes he has done the audience a favor by sparing them Mont Fleury’s acting however he can see the crowd becomes restless as they paid good money to see a show that night. When he realizes this Cyrano personally reimburses every audience member for their ticket, this is a small sacrifice for Cyrano as he would rather give away money than watch such horrible acting.

2) Cyrano single handedly fights off a hundred angry men and lives to tell about it, and each time he does the story becomes more grand than the story told before.


3) One of the grandest gestures performed by Cyrano is the bargain he makes with Christian to help him win over Roxanne despite his own love for her. He diligently writes letters and poems expressing Christian’s love for her when it is truly the love he feels for her. They work together to use the perfect combination of Christian’s good looks and Cyrano’s romantic wit to sweep Roxanne of her feet and fall deeply in love with Christian.

4) While away at war Cyrano risks his own life everyday crossing enemy lines to send love letters in the name of Christian to Roxanne. Before heading off to war Cyrano promises Roxanne he will take care of Christian, this grand gesture demonstrates his true love for her as he is willing to sacrifice his own life to keep his word to Roxanne.


5) Following the death of Christian Roxanne spends fifteen years in mourning all alone at a convent. In attempt to cure her loneliness Cyrano visits the convent every week of those fifteen years. During this time he never lets on that the man who wrote those letters whom Roxanne fell in love with was actually Cyrano until they are his last dying words.