Comparison of the Book Cyrano de Bergerac and the Movie,...

The book, Cyrano de Bergerac and the movie, Roxanne have many similarities and differences. This includes the plot, characterization, setting, conflict, and irony. The plot in both the movie and the book are similar. In both, Cyrano is trying to help Roxanne and Christian fall in love with each other, even though he loves Roxanne. Cyrano writes letters to Roxanne telling her how much he loves her, pretending to be Christian. He loves Roxanne, but feels that he is ugly and could never get her to love him back because of his huge nose. The book and movie have the same main characters playing the same roles. Cyrano is charming, poetic, and witty with a huge nose in both the book and the movie. Women love Cyrano as a friend but†¦show more content†¦Christian’s name is shortened to Chris, Cyrano is shortened to CD, and Roxanne’s name is spelled with only one â€Å"n† in the movie. Many characters in the book are not included in the movie. This include s Comte De Guiche, Ragueneau, Le Bert, Liniere, and some others. These characters were replaced in the movie by fire fighters working under Cyrano. The character Dixie is included in the movie but not in the book; Dixie is Cyrano and Roxannes best friend who owns a restaurant. The setting is based in towns in both the movie and book. However, the book’s setting was in a rural France and the movie takes place in a modern suburban in America. The time period in the book was 1640 and the time in the movie was in present day. The conflict is similar at the beginning of both stories. Cyrano loves Roxanne, but Roxanne loves Christian who does not know how to talk to her. Therefore, Christian has Cyrano write letters to Roxanne pretending that Christian really wrote the letters. Cyrano feels that his big nose makes him ugly, and no one could ever love him. The ending of the story changes in the movie from the book. In the book, Christian is killed in the war. Cyrano never tells Roxanne that he wrote the letters and ends up dying at her side fourteen years later. In the movie, Roxanne leaves to go to a convention instead of Christian leaving for war. Christian ends up meeting a new woman and ends up leaving with her, while