Behind the Smiles are the Tears
Everyone knows at least one person who frequently uses self-deprecating humor. People respond with laughter, and it passes for a nice joke, but there is true pain hiding behind the joker's smile. This can become offensive if someone other than that one person speaks about an insecurity they have. The side effect being, possibly, depression which could lead to self-harm. It is important to note that Cyrano’s character is displayed as a well-known poet and cadet who is commonly in trouble. He is also effortless to speak to, however while speaking to his one true love, Roxane, it becomes difficult for him for to express his true feelings. Making it easier for him to just tell Christian, Roxane’s love interest, what to say to impress Roxane. Although poking fun at your imperfections can truly be a joke, people tend to magnify their own faults or flaws, which can lead to low self-esteem and self-destructive behavior. Typically when someone is so self-conscious about their appearance, it's easier to laugh the joke’s off than to face criticism, from oneself or from others. Cyrano can come off as an insensitive person, due to all the men he has killed and shown no remorse for, but Cyrano is truly a caring guy. At the beginning of the play, Cyrano is pressured by his best friend Cuigy to tell his cousin that he is madly in love with his cousin Roxane. Cyrano decides goes to visit Roxane to finally tell her that he is in love with her. The topic of love, and love interests comes up, just how Cyrano planned. Roxane starts to talk about her newfound crush. She starts gushing about this man. “His brow bears the stamp of genius. He is proud noble, young, intrepid, handsome,”, As Roxane says that last word, Cyrano becomes pale and interjects saying, “Handsome,”, Roxane asks “What’s wrong?”, Cyrano is trying to hide how, at first, he believed her love interest was him. He becomes solemn and says, “Nothing it’s, nothing…” In this quote, it is straightforward that Cyrano has no self-confidence due to the size of his enormous nose. Right when Roxane says how her crush is handsome, he automatically believes it is not him. Although no one ever speaks about it, Cyrano has always believed he is ugly by reason of of his nose. It is vivid how Cyrano’s self-esteem is. The other person that shows how their self-esteem is low is Roxane’s love interest Baron Christian de Neuvillette. He is a beautiful man, as described by Roxane in this story. However Roxane believes that Christian is not only beautiful, but he is also a scholarly, poetic man. Christian discovered that Roxane thinks so highly of him and thinks he will never truly meet Roxane’s high requirements due to his unintellectual trait. The reader first meets Christian at the beginning of the play, masses of people attending the play are rolling in. In the play while each person is coming in the reader reads parts …show more content…
He is a beautiful man, as described by Roxane in this story. However Roxane believes that Christian is not only beautiful, but he is also a scholarly, poetic man. Christian discovered that Roxane thinks so highly of him and thinks he will never truly meet Roxane’s high requirements due to his unintellectual trait. The reader first meets Christian at the beginning of the play, masses of people attending the play are rolling in. In the play while each person is coming in the reader reads parts of certain conversations from random characters. Then Ligniere, the town's drunk, speaks to Christian, after watching him stare at Roxane, for what seems like forever. “Ah! I fear me she is coquettish, and over nice and fastidious!”, Hearing this Christian is frightened, and becomes nervous because he is talking about his crush, he stammers, “who am so poor of wit, how dare I speak to her--how address her? This language that they speak to-day--ay, and write--confounds me. I am but an honest soldier, and timid withal. She has ever her place,there, on the right--the empty box, see you!”(p.10) It is noticeable that Christian is infatuated Roxane. Right from the beginning of the play, everyone knows Christian knows right away what his feelings are about
Everyone knows at least one person who frequently uses self-deprecating humor. People respond with laughter, and it passes for a nice joke, but there is true pain hiding behind the joker's smile. This can become offensive if someone other than that one person speaks about an insecurity they have. The side effect being, possibly, depression which could lead to self-harm. It is important to note that Cyrano’s character is displayed as a well-known poet and cadet who is commonly in trouble. He is also effortless to speak to, however while speaking to his one true love, Roxane, it becomes difficult for him for to express his true feelings. Making it easier for him to just tell Christian, Roxane’s love interest, what to say to impress Roxane. Although poking fun at your imperfections can truly be a joke, people tend to magnify their own faults or flaws, which can lead to low self-esteem and self-destructive behavior. Typically when someone is so self-conscious about their appearance, it's easier to laugh the joke’s off than to face criticism, from oneself or from others. Cyrano can come off as an insensitive person, due to all the men he has killed and shown no remorse for, but Cyrano is truly a caring guy. At the beginning of the play, Cyrano is pressured by his best friend Cuigy to tell his cousin that he is madly in love with his cousin Roxane. Cyrano decides goes to visit Roxane to finally tell her that he is in love with her. The topic of love, and love interests comes up, just how Cyrano planned. Roxane starts to talk about her newfound crush. She starts gushing about this man. “His brow bears the stamp of genius. He is proud noble, young, intrepid, handsome,”, As Roxane says that last word, Cyrano becomes pale and interjects saying, “Handsome,”, Roxane asks “What’s wrong?”, Cyrano is trying to hide how, at first, he believed her love interest was him. He becomes solemn and says, “Nothing it’s, nothing…” In this quote, it is straightforward that Cyrano has no self-confidence due to the size of his enormous nose. Right when Roxane says how her crush is handsome, he automatically believes it is not him. Although no one ever speaks about it, Cyrano has always believed he is ugly by reason of of his nose. It is vivid how Cyrano’s self-esteem is. The other person that shows how their self-esteem is low is Roxane’s love interest Baron Christian de Neuvillette. He is a beautiful man, as described by Roxane in this story. However Roxane believes that Christian is not only beautiful, but he is also a scholarly, poetic man. Christian discovered that Roxane thinks so highly of him and thinks he will never truly meet Roxane’s high requirements due to his unintellectual trait. The reader first meets Christian at the beginning of the play, masses of people attending the play are rolling in. In the play while each person is coming in the reader reads parts …show more content…
He is a beautiful man, as described by Roxane in this story. However Roxane believes that Christian is not only beautiful, but he is also a scholarly, poetic man. Christian discovered that Roxane thinks so highly of him and thinks he will never truly meet Roxane’s high requirements due to his unintellectual trait. The reader first meets Christian at the beginning of the play, masses of people attending the play are rolling in. In the play while each person is coming in the reader reads parts of certain conversations from random characters. Then Ligniere, the town's drunk, speaks to Christian, after watching him stare at Roxane, for what seems like forever. “Ah! I fear me she is coquettish, and over nice and fastidious!”, Hearing this Christian is frightened, and becomes nervous because he is talking about his crush, he stammers, “who am so poor of wit, how dare I speak to her--how address her? This language that they speak to-day--ay, and write--confounds me. I am but an honest soldier, and timid withal. She has ever her place,there, on the right--the empty box, see you!”(p.10) It is noticeable that Christian is infatuated Roxane. Right from the beginning of the play, everyone knows Christian knows right away what his feelings are about