Warmup Cyrano de Bergerac anticipation guide It is acceptable to deceive if someone else benefits from it. Lying is never a heroic act True devotion requires doing anything for the object of one’s devotion. Most people are honorable. Heroic characters are always honorable. Explain in 1-2 sentences for each statement why you agree or disagree.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmond Rostand French poet most known for this play, Cyrano de Bergerac, which he wrote when he was 29 it is a five act drama completely in verse (in the original French) not his first play, but the first one that got him noticed was performed for hundreds of consecutive nights the play was written specifically for the actor Constant Coquelin, who played Cyrano Born into a wealthy family in France on April 1 1868. Died December 2, 1918 from the flu Wrote several other plays and poems, which failed to rise to the same prominence as Cyrano

Setting 1640 - France and Spain were in conflict Gascons are soldiers from the province of Gascony they are known for their courage, chivalry, and wit

Characters Cyrano de Bergerac - protagonist, clever, honorable, in love with Roxane Christian - opposite of Cyrano, lacks wit, very handsome, in love with Roxane Count de Guiche - powerful nobleman, in love with Roxane, hates Cyrano Roxane - beautiful and smart, desires Christian; loved by Cyrano, Christian, De Guiche Ragueneau - pastry chef who loves poetry, Cyrano’s friend Le Bret - Cyrano’s friend and fellow soldier Ligniere - Christian’s friend, poet and drunk with many enemies Viscount de Valvert - nobleman affiliated with De Guiche

The Real Cyrano de Bergerac French satirist and dramatist wrote sci-fi, including a book called “A Voyage to the Moon” his science fiction satirized 17th century religious and science beliefs, as people believed that man and the world as the center of creation he had an abnormally large nose had a reputation as a great swordsman when he was in the military had many of his plays performed on stage his cousin did in fact marry a fellow soldier, Baron Christian de Neuvillette, but the love triangle in the play by Rostand is not based on real life

Chivalry and courtly love Chivalry - the code of conduct associated with knighthood derived from the old French word chevalerie, which means “horse soldiery” being a noble and knight seemed to go hand-in-hand since nobles could afford the costs of being a knight (horses, armor, equipment, training) Chief virtues piety - being religious honor - having integrity valor -being brave courtesy - being polite loyalty Courtly love - romantic devotion for a woman who is unavailable, usually another man’s wife; dignified adultery

Two genres: Romanticism and Realism emphasis on individual freedom from social conventions or political restraints, human imagination, nature in an idealized manner concerned with emotion rather than rationality individual is valued over the society static characters - no real character development

Two genres: Romanticism and Realism detailed realistic and factual description represent events and social conditions as they actually are, without idealization truthful treatment of the common, average, everyday life uses characters from everyday life

Literary devices review Metaphor Simile Allusions Symbols Personification

Notes for each day of reading 2 literary devices - identify and explain how it adds meaning to the scene (2-3 sentences each; page numbers) summary of each scene (1-3 sentences, depending on how long the scene is) a question you have (can be a plot based question, the meaning of a specific line, etc..) your favorite line of each day’s reading - explain why it is your favorite line (1-2 sentences; page number) Turn in next day after the reading - this will be your study guide for the final