It seems that I am either of two things: a) a total movie geek because I have seen (I have read Elephant Man) all of those movies (Including the French Cyrano de Bergerac subtitled in English) b) or I am a dedicated Education student simply interested in A-typical people. I have therefore chosen to write on Cyrano de Bergerac. 1) This movie is based on a 17th Century play written by Edmund Rostand. It begins with a play being performed in which the actors are performing very poorly according to Cyrano's standards. He mocks the performers and eventually chaos and fighting break out within the theatre. It is during this part that the audience see's i) Cyrano's very very large nose ii) his incredible ability of rhetoric and cunning yet humorous speech. As the movie progresses, we see that Cyrano is in love with a lovely young women (Roxanne). Whenever he encounters her, he cannot spout his love sonnets, but acts more as a father figure to her. A member of the local militia falls in love with this woman as well (Christian). Through Christian, Cyrano is able to express exactly how he feels. Roxanne falls in love with Christian and even after Christian's death in battle, Cyrano keeps his love for Roxanne a secret. Years and years later, Cyrano declares his absolute love for Roxanne as he is about to die. When he does die, Roxanne sees that she was in love with Cyrano the whole time and not Christian. 2) Cyrano was extremely self-conscious about his nose even though he pretended to be proud of it. As a teacher, you would have to notice this or address it in some way. If a student is self-conscious about something, it needs to be handled carefully and maybe indirectly handled in class or on a one-one basis. Cyrano also was extremely intelligent and creative. If I were teaching him within a class, these talents would need to be utilized and guided to productivity instead of pride. Pride--another issue that could have been problematic within the class.
