Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 2, Scene 8 summary
Act 2, Scene 8 of 51 · 2 min to read the scene
In Act 2, Scene 8, Cyrano persuades Roxane to accept a kiss, then pushes the hesitant Christian toward her balcony to receive it. As Christian embraces her, Cyrano feels both excluded and partly loved through his words, before the friar’s return interrupts the encounter.
What happens
- Roxane appears on the balcony, and Cyrano describes a kiss through promises, secrets, flowers, and shared feeling.
- Cyrano compares his devotion to Buckingham’s, but Roxane’s praise of his supposed beauty abruptly checks his warmth.
- Roxane invites her suitor to climb, and Cyrano urges Christian upward despite Christian’s sudden misgivings.
- Christian embraces Roxane at her lips while Cyrano laments his exclusion and claims a share through his words.
- The lutes signal the monk; Cyrano pretends to arrive by chance, and Roxane and Christian go inside as the friar returns.
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What to notice
Cyrano claims that Roxane’s kiss reaches his language as well as Christian’s lips. This gives him a painful, indirect share in their intimacy.
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What makes Cyrano pretend to arrive by chance?
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