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Edmond Rostand

Edmond Rostand was an acclaimed 19th century playwright most famous for Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). Rostand was born in 1868 in Marseille to an artistic family. A brilliant student, he arrived in Paris to study law in 1884. He frequented literary circles and began to write, winning the prestigious annual prize of the Academie de Marseille for an essay on "Two Provencal novelists" in which he compared Honore d'Urfe and Emile Zola.  

Rostand married the poet and playwright Rosemonde...

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Edmond Rostand Essays

10th Grade

Cyrano de Bergerac

The tragedy is perhaps one of the oldest and most captivating forms of literature. While each is unique, nearly all tragedies exhibit certain traditional similarities in content and structure. One of the most defining of these similarities is the...

10th Grade

Cyrano de Bergerac

Tragedies are often emotionally draining, whether they are classic or contemporary. The word itself implies heartbreak; a soldier lost at war or a ship wrecked at sea would be described as tragic. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand is...

12th Grade

Cyrano de Bergerac

In Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, there are few female characters, and even fewer of importance, with Roxanne being the only main female character. However, by taking an in-depth look at how she is portrayed through her actions, speech,...