Appearance can be a very determining factor and sometimes people's appearance can influence what a person can or cannot do in society and what he does to fit into it. Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac is a good example of how this idea is brought into play. The main character, Cyrano de Bergerac, is portrayed as a horrible person, due to the size of his nose. Being someone who doesn't fit into society, he nevertheless changes his morals, attitude, and personality to compensate for his grotesque appearance. As the show progresses from act to act, we as readers realize that Cyrano is this magnificent character. We begin to understand how his ugliness has shaped his life, how the deformity on his face has forced him to learn new skills and become a better person. At the beginning of the show, Cyrano is presented as a courageous person, a force to reckon with. This can be seen in act one, scene four, when Cyrano decides to cancel the show because he had ordered Montfleury off the stage. However, when the crowd begins to get angry, Cyrano says: "And I issue a collective challenge! Come, I will write your names. Jump forward, young heroes! You will all have a turn, I will give each of you a number. Now whoever wants be at the top of the list, sir? No, I will send the first duelist with all the honors due to your hands. Yet no one comes forward, at least not at that given moment. They were afraid that Cyrano would keep his word and kill anyone who dared to come forward. By issuing this challenge Cyrano showed what made him such a magnificent character. He showed his morals, what he believed was right, and how he was... middle of paper......y, or greatness- no more nose, in short.....", saying this instead of getting angry Cyrano showed the true purity of his attitude. It showed that he took pride in his appearance, even though his big nose made him an outcast, it also symbolized his superiority over others. He also recognizes the fact that all his talent comes from his own. horrible appearance, which is what pushed him to become a better person, to have a better attitude As the play goes from beginning to end, the reader sees the effects Cyrano's nose has had on everything from his attitude. , to his personality and morals. The reader begins to make the connection between Cyrano's grotesque appearance and the extraordinary character he is. They begin to understand that his ugliness is what drove him to achieve such a high social status It was what made him great.