The word sacrifice is defined as the act of forfeiting one thing for another thing considered to be of greater value. The theme of sacrifice is one that is exemplified throughout both Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, the story of a selfless hero, and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, which depicts the life of a woman in the 19th century. In these two plays, sacrifice takes many forms: the entity that is given up can be a something material, something physical, or even something abstract. Comparable examples of sacrifices can be seen in both plays, whether it be for love, for the happiness of others, or for pride.
In Cyrano de Bergerac, the protagonist, Cyrano de Bergerac, makes many sacrifices. For example, the poetic swordsman shows that he would "[r]isk [his] life every morning before breakfast / to send a letter" (Rostand 130). Through the act of crossing through enemy territory just to send a letter to the woman he loves, Cyrano proves that he will even give up his life just......
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