Name: ______Period: ______Date: ______
Cyrano de Bergerac: Act IV-V
Answer as you view Act IV:
1. What is the setting of Act IV? (TWO ELEMENTS)
2. How has Cyrano risked his life every day for Roxane?
3. When does Christian realize that Cyrano truly loves Roxane?
4. When does Christian realize that Roxane loves Cyrano and not him?
5. Why does Cyrano decide not to tell Roxane the truth in this Act?
Line Interpretation:
1. LE BRET: To think that you should risk your precious life every day, for the sake of a letter.This act of valor by Cyrano every day is an example of which conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______
Dramatic/Literary element(s) apparent: / 2. A CADET: [sitting up] I'm so hungry!
ANOTHER: Oh, I'm dying of hunger!
The starvation of the cadets is an example of what type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______
Dramatic/Literary element(s) apparent:
DE GUICHE: [surprised and gratified] Oh, you've heard that detail? It's true! I'll tell you how it happened. While turning about to recall the troops for the third charge, I was swept up with a band of fugitives. They bore me with them, and we came dangerously close to the enemy.
De Guiche’s run in with the enemy is an example of which type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______/ CHRISTIAN:
I'm tired of being my own rival! I'll put an end to it!
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CHRISTIAN: It is you she loves!
CYRANO: No!
CHRISTIAN: She loves me only for my soul!
Christian’s realization is an example of what type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know? ______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______
Name: ______Period: ______Date: ______
Answer as you view Act V:
1. What is the setting of Act V? (TWO ELEMENTS)
2. Who is Roxane expecting a visit from?
3. What condition is Cyrano in when he finally appears to Roxane?
4. How does Roxane know that Cyrano was the one who wrote the letters?
5. What ultimately caused Cyrano’s doom?
Line Interpretation:
LE BRET:Everything I predicted is happening! Cyrano is living in poverty and isolating himself from the world! Everything he writes makes him another new enemy! He attacks false saints, false soldiers, false noble-men, thieving authors—everyone!
LeBret’s explanation of Cyrano’s actions is an example of which type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______/ ROXANE:
I loved one man, and now I've lost him twice!
Roxane’s realization is an example of which type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______
Dramatic/Literary element(s) apparent:
CYARANO: But there is still one thing I hold against you, and when I enter God's house tonight, I shall wave one thing in salutation, across heaven's blue threshold. For there is one thing I have left, void of smear or stain, and I take it with me despite you.
…My panache
Cyrano’s final speech is an example of which type of conflict?
Circle One: Internal or External
How do you know?______
Man vs. ______
Who/what is the protagonist in this case?______
Who/what is the antagonist? ______/ DUKE (De Guiche):
[haughtily] True! I have everything and he has nothing! Yet I'd be proud to shake his hand! [bowing to ROXANE] Now I must say my good-bye.
What do De Guiche’s words about Cyrano reveal about the change in his character?
How did De Guiche’s character change in Act IV-V?
Which other characters prove to be dynamic?
Which characters were static?