Notes

Trudeau could quote from Cyrano (Clarkson & McCall, p. 43). He also "identified" with Cyrano (p. 44). "It is revealing of Trudeau's contradictions that he, the ardent rationalist, carried with him, into adult life, the dream of emulating Cyrano, the arch-romantic… Cyrano was portrayed as a brilliant wit and poet, a protector of the weak, enemy of the pompous and powerful, and fighter against tyranny, capable of taking on a hundred bullies and winning against all odds, a man who refused compromise, fripperies and flattery" (Clarkson & McCall, p. 43)