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Why? Because he deleted my analysis for a particular play because... "[It is] not sufficiently relevant to article." Wow. How is a character analysis for a specific play not relevent to the specific play?

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[edit] Cyrano de Bergerac: Roxane

Roxane, the object of affection for both Cyrano and Christian is intended by Edmond Rostand, in Cyrano de Bergerac, to be a woman of mixed qualities. The greatest of which do not emerge until much later in the play. She is as beautiful and she is bold, and as courageous as she is vain. She often allows her emotions to seize the best of her, which can amount to great things, or terrible things. Roxane is coveted by three mean in the play, each equally diverse, some friendlier than others. Roxane’s actions dictate another’s actions, and that is her primary function as a character in Cyrano de Bergerac.

Roxane is a beautiful woman who contains everything a man would wish for in a woman. She is a person that values beauty very highly and recognizes ugliness as well. Roxane is superficial. However, amidst her superficiality; she admires courage, bravery, and other internal qualities. She even demonstrates a few of these qualities. Roxane is a romantic, a dreamer and an optimist. She would risk her own life to ensure that her lover may live, which she demonstrates in the play as she travels to Araas with Rageuneau to bring food and supplies to Christian, Cyrano, and the other Cadets of Gascoyne.

Roxane is a lustful and passionate and with the few virtues she seems to have, she manages to surprise the audience in most of the high points throughout the play. Roxane is an infatuous woman who mistakes her infatuation for Christian for love. Later in the play, when Cyrano and Christian go to wart, she discovers that her body is not the only beautiful part of her, her soul is just as beautiful, if not more so than her body. That is what Cyrano sees in her, and that is why Roxane is to be portrayed as somewhat of a Helen of Troy.

Roxane is a young woman of exceptional beauty. She is of ideal height and weight for a young woman. She is proud and proper; every inch of her body is unscathed. Her hair is golden and well groomed. Roxane has no unattractive features. Her manors are exquisite. She symbolizes everything a man would look for in a woman and her looks prove to be quite significant in the story. Not only do her looks help us see why men love her, but they also show us who really loves her. When Christian speaks of Roxane, he speaks of her looks; little more could be said about the words that come from De Guiche’s mouth. But when Cyrano speaks of Roxane, he speaks from his heart when he pours his soul into his long-winded speeches of love and destiny. He speaks of her radiance, how she makes him feel, and how splendid they would be, if she could see the way he loves her.

Roxane is an intelligent person. Although she makes decisions that seem to be somewhat selfish and hasty, she unfailingly makes the right decisions. Supporting this is her decision to travel through war torn Araas to provide nourishments for the cadets. Roxane has always loved Cyrano, although she did not know it until much later in the play, much too late even. She shows her love for him by her words, her posture, and the way she acts around him. Although she is speaking of Christian when she speaks to him of love, she would not speak that way to another man unless she had intimate feelings for him. Cyrano helps her to express her love just as he helps Christian to express his, by using his words, spoken or written; they have great effects on the people that listen to them.

Simply put, Roxane is Roxane. If she were to be removed from the play, the play would not exist. Her actions dictate the actions of every other character worth mention. Cyrano and Christian both seem to live primarily for Roxane. If not for her, they would not go to war. Cyrano would not fight one-hundred men, and De Guiche would not have become a more admirable man; it is almost as if Roxane makes better men of the three of them.