Saturday, October 26, 2013

Cyrano de Bergerac Journal


ACT 1            
I can’t believe that Montfleury dare defy my orders does he know who I am? I’m Cyrano de Bergerac, poet and actor. That Montfleury shouldn't even be in this play he is a terrible actor, I hate him he doesn't deserve to be on the same stage as me. The Meddler has also been giving me some trouble today by staring at my nose then he has the nerve to make fun of it by saying it’s too small what?! How disrespectful! No one dare disrespect me… so I punched him. Oh I hope no one else makes fun of my nose, it looks fine I don’t know why everyone has to make such a big deal about it.  It’s not too big nor too small, and not pointy or flat. I just try to make people stop making fun of me for that, I guess all I can do is go along with it. Then not even 30 minutes later Valvert walks up to me and tells me that my nose is too big so which one is it?! He aggravated me so much I had to challenge him to a duel, and I won that should teach everyone a lesson to not make fun of my nose! 
     My best friend Le Bret asks me why I can’t dine and it was so embarrassing for me to say that it’s because I have no money. I was so hungry luckily the orange girl gives me food and I was so hungry! What a nice girl she was. Yet I’m much more hungrier for love, and I expressed my love for my cousin Roxane to Le Bret but he just doesn’t understand why I can’t tell her… the real reason is I’m afraid she doesn’t like me because of my nose. Yet I got asked by the Duenna to meet her and Roxane at Ragueneau's shop at 7:00  tomorrow, this might be my chance! Maybe she's going to tell me that she loves me?! Oh I could only hope, Roxane my love...
ACT 2
Today's the BIG day! I'm going to meet the Duenna and Roxane right now, it's about to be 6:00 so I better get going... I just arrived at Ragueneau's shop  and Raguenaeu says it's 6:00, only one more hour! I had forgotten about my victory the other day until Raguenaeu congratulated me, I'm too busy thinking about Roxane right now, I just can't stop thinking about her. I'd forgotten to write her a poem! But with my writing skills I'll be able to write something that'll dazzle her. Ah finally! Roxane has arrived, it's a shame she came with the Duenna I should get rid of her so I can have some alone time with Roxane. I'll give her some cream puffs and send her out in the street. After Roxane and I remembered our childhood together my worst nightmare happened... she tells me that she loves someone but that someone isn't me it's Baron Christian de Neuvillette. Apparently he joined the Guards this morning, all Roxane told me was to protect him and have him write to her every day, I should've known that she doesn't love me. After she leaves my Captain, Carbon congratulates me on my victory, he then asks me to come outside where all our company is, but I just wasn't in mood after getting my heart stomped on and cut up into little tiny pieces by Roxane. Then Le Bret comes into the shop and tells me that the whole town's looking for me and that they are coming over here right now! And only a few moments later a mob comes into the shop and want to be my friends, how strange. 
 photo handsome-squidward3-1.jpgNo wonder Roxane loves Christian so much he is so handsome, while people can barely stand to look at me without laughing at me. But then while I am telling one of my stories... Christian decides to mock my nose repeatedly until I finally snapped. I told all the cadets to leave me alone with Christian. I then tell him that Roxane told me that he loves him, he was rather surprised to her this. Yet once I told him that Roxane expected him to write to her he turned pale and told me that he cannot write he is an idiot. So I proposed the idea that we can win her together, me with my poetry and him with his looks it would be perfect! 
ACT 3
  I'm here at Roxane's house she's about to go to The Tender Passion but I must speak to her before she leaves. What a beautiful house she has almost as beautiful as her, but nothing can be more beautiful she is a goddess in my eyes. Roxane tells me that she finds Christian more intellectual than me, she believes I'm jealous of his writing oh that gave me a great laugh. I then see Christian and he tells me he doesn't need my help anymore, he can talk to her without me now. I wished him luck but he didn't get any because what happened was a disaster, all Christian could say was "I love you" what a fool, Roxane deserves someone much better than that. Then he comes crawling back begging me to help him again, luckily it's getting dark so I can whisper to him what to say, what a brilliant idea I can't believe Roxane believes he wrote those letters.
ACT 4 

I'm just about to go visit Christian at our post to give him his farewell letter to Roxane. I wrote that so passionately that I shed tears while writing it, almost as if that was my farewell letter to her. I then see a coach coming into camp on behalf of the King. The King of love apparently because it was Roxane in the coach to talk to Christian. She must be crazy we are about to go into a war, she could die being here, but she will not leave all she cares about is Christian. Roxane has brought us all food how nice of her, I haven't had a decent meal in a long time my stomach was as loud as the shots being fired in the battlefield. After Roxane spoke with Christian, he tells me that she loves me because she loves his writing. Christian wants me to tell Roxane that I love but look at me I'm so ugly!!! Christian says to have her choose between us to see what she loves more Christian's appearance or my writing. I then talk to Roxane and she says she would love Christian even if he were ugly. Just when I was about to tell her Le Bret tells me that Christian has died... I could not tell her the truth now... not now not ever...
ACT 5 
I have gotten hurt I'm dying it's now or never, it's been 15 years since Christian's death I have waited too long I must tell Roxane the truth. I ask her to let me read Christian's last letter, that is how I will tell her the truth. Once it gets dark I pretend to still be reading it but I couldn't see anymore, and Roxane realized that, and the way I read it was how she finally found out. I'm trying to tell her that it wasn't me it was Christian, but she knew the the truth now there was no denying it. I was happy that I could tell her the truth, but it took too long, I am dying we could no longer be together, but I could finally die knowing that she loved me this will be my final letter to her, once she reads this she will know everything about me. Goodbye my white plume...