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My wife is studying Cyrano with her Middle School English class right now. Just for fun, and because I vaguely remember reading this in High School, I got myself a copy.
A couple of conclusions:
- Just because something was written a long time ago does not mean it is profound. Cyrano is basically belly-button lint, in my opinion.
- Theologically, if Rostand’s point is, in part, that none of us is very good at love, he succeeds marvelously.
- There are some very funny lines here and there, especially the asides that Cyrano speaks. Belly-button lint or not, Rostand writes very well.
Don’t worry, I don’t plan on giving up my day job to become a literary critic.
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