Act 2 Scenes I-X

Act two opens up with Ragueneau and his cooks making food for the day. Ragueneau’s wife Lise is later infuriated with him after she finds out that he has been giving away free food to poets. Cyrano later arrives at Ragueneau’s bakery while Ragueneau still awaits the arrival of the other poets. When the remaining poets finally arrive Ragueneau shares some of his verses with them, while Cyrano confronts Lise about her affair with Musketeer. As Act Two comes to a end Roxanne finally arrives at the bakery to meet with Cyrano. Roxanne goes on to tell Cyrano that she is in love with Christian and wants him to write to her.

Act two shows Cyrano’s loyalty to his friends. The reason being that Cyrano goes to confront Lise about the affair she is having with the musketeer behind Ragueneau’s back. Cyrano goes on to tell Lise, “I like Ragueneau. That’s why I won’t allow anyone to make him play the ridiculous part of a deceived husband.” (pg 71) This quote demonstrates how much Cyrano cares about Ragueneau, because he could have just ignored the problem. Instead, like a good friend Cyrano goes ahead and confronts Lise about the affair. At the end of Act two Cyrano could clearly be labeled as loyal due to his actions in the Act.

While reading through the play I came across the word coronets. A Coronet is defined as a crown worn by nobles or peers (Dictionary.com). Our coronets would stretch from here to doomsday!