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Christian de Neuvillette talks about his love for Roxane and fear of rejection because he's stupid.
Act 1, Scene 2Cyrano de Bergerac talks about his love for Roxane and fear of rejection because he's ugly.
Act 1, Scene 6Roxane tells Cyrano of her love for Christian; she's convinced he is both handsome and clever.
Act 2, Scene 6Cyrano offers to provide Christian with love letters to help him woo Roxane; Christian accepts.
Act 2, Scene 10Roxane tells Cyrano that she loves Christian because of his love letters.
Act 3, Scene 1Count De Guiche expresses love to Roxane and plans to keep Cyrano's cadets out of battle.
Act 3, Scene 2Christian tries to speak for himself as he woos Roxane; she rejects him because he sounds stupid.
Act 3, Scene 5Christian has Cyrano feed him romantic lines to woo Roxane; then Cyrano pretends to be Christian.
Act 3, Scene 7De Guiche learns Roxane has married Christian; he orders the cadets, including Christian, to battle.
Act 3, Scene 14At the battlefront, Cyrano delivers a ghost-written love letter through enemy lines for Roxane.
Act 4, Scene 1Inspired by the love letters, Roxane arrives at the battlefront to see Christian.
Act 4, Scene 5Christian tells Cyrano that Roxane said she would love him even if he were ugly.
Act 4, Scene 9Cyrano tries to tell Roxane of his love but is interrupted when Christian is carried in, near death.
Act 4, Scene 10Christian dies; Cyrano tells grief-stricken Roxane that Christian was a sensitive poet.
Act 4, Scene 10In a convent, Cyrano visits Roxane, who mourns Christian; Cyrano hides that he's mortally wounded.
Act 5, Scene 5Cyrano reads aloud Christian's last letter; Roxane realizes Cyrano wrote the letters and loves her.
Act 5, Scene 5| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Scenes 1–3 | The play opens on a set designed to resemble a 17th-century theater, which has been converted from an indoor tennis co... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 4 | Cyrano insults Montfleury's appearance and acting and commands him to leave the theater. The audience, however, wants Mo... Read More |
| Act 1, Scenes 5–7 | As Cyrano eats his dinner of one grape, half a macaroon, and a glass of water, he explains to Le Bret that he makes en... Read More |
| Act 2, Scenes 1–4 | At a cook's shop at dawn various cooks sell their wares, such as peacock and mince pies. Meanwhile Ragueneau tries to ... Read More |
| Act 2, Scenes 5–6 | Cyrano says to himself that he'll give his love letter to Roxane if she shows the slightest sign of returning his love... Read More |
| Act 2, Scenes 7–8 | Carbon de Castel-Jaloux and his cadets come to the cook's shop to congratulate Cyrano for his amazing triumph over 100... Read More |
| Act 2, Scenes 9–11 | At the cook's shop, the cadets tease Christian about being "wet behind the ears." Christian wants to prove them wrong.... Read More |
| Act 3, Scenes 1–2 | Outside Roxane's house, Ragueneau describes to Duenna how Lise ran off with a musketeer. In despair Ragueneau attempte... Read More |
| Act 3, Scenes 3–7 | Roxane tells Cyrano that she and Duenna are going to a talk being held in the house across the street. Roxane says Chr... Read More |
| Act 3, Scenes 8–14 | A monk enters, looking for the house of Madeleine Robin. Christian wants Cyrano to get rid of the monk. Cyrano misdire... Read More |
| Act 4, Scenes 1–3 | At Arras Cyrano's cadets sleep in their encampment. Carbon and Le Bret complain about the lack of food. Carbon asks Le... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 4 | De Guiche arrives at the encampment of Cyrano's cadets. He tells the cadets that he has heard of their complaints about ... Read More |
| Act 4, Scenes 5–8 | Cyrano, de Guiche, Christian, and the cadets are all shocked to see Roxane arrive by carriage. De Guiche tells her she... Read More |
| Act 4, Scenes 9–10 | Christian meets with Cyrano near his tent. Christian says Roxane doesn't love him, but instead loves Cyrano. Cyrano re... Read More |
| Act 5, Scenes 1–3 | This act takes place 15 years after the end of the previous act, in autumn. In the garden of a convent, nuns walk here... Read More |
| Act 5, Scenes 4–6 | As Roxane waits for Cyrano at the convent, she expresses surprise that he is late. Soon a nun announces him. C... Read More |
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