Cyrano de Bergerac was a great sword fighter and poet. As a fencer, he won most of his duels–this brought him both respect and hate. As a hero France, he fought in the battle opposing the Spanish. He watched many of his comrades die in battle,  but he never gave up.

In addition to his bravery on the field, he also helped his friends. As an example, he was able to help Christian win the love of Roxane. Although his good friend, Christian,  died in battle fighting boldly for the French, Cyrano had made it possible for their love to happen.

Even though Cyrano fought well and played matchmaker at times, he also made many enemies. One time was when the play ’La Clorise’ was playing, and he interrupted the play by making Montfleury get off the stage. He knew that he was making more enemies, but he never stopped. Cyrano seemed to live by the saying, “We are defined by our enemies as much as we are by our friends.”

Ultimately, it was one of his enemies who dropped some wood on his head by “accident” and Cyrano suffered a grave wound. While having this wound he went to visit his cousin, Roxane. This was the last visit he would ever make to see Roxane. Cyrano died with a sword swishing in the air and appearing to fight death itself. Even though nobody can see death,  we can see that Cyrano fought for his life up to the very end. But finally, Cyrano has lost the duel with death, and he was sent into the next world with a kiss from Roxane.

Although Cyrano had many good qualities, Cyrano was not without his faults. He had a huge nose; it was as big as a stone you would find in a creek. Many thought it was fake, but he never took it off. Eventually when Cyrano passed away, while examining the body, we tried to pull off his nose, but it wouldn’t budge. So once again, Cyrano proved to hold on to all.

We will miss our friend and hope to see many more good men like him.