If rhinoplasty had existed in the 17th century, how would the play Cyrano de Ber

Question:Extra consideration given for the most imaginative reinvention of the story, not the most obvious. Try to get as much drama and romance as in the original story. Or is this even possible, would this essentially cause the entire plot to collapse?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Extra consideration given for the most imaginative reinvention of the story, not the most obvious. Try to get as much drama and romance as in the original story. Or is this even possible, would this essentially cause the entire plot to collapse?

Then the play would have been about another feature he was born with, that most found unattractive/disfiguring/socially unacceptable, and that couldn't be changed through surgery.

The play is not about noses, for crying out loud. It is about the superficial physical vs. the mental and eternal.

Then it would have to be Cyrano de la petit nares

That's unpredictable, or impossible to estimate.
For sure, nose job became popular since the economic success of pixi nosed nations, even Sigmund Freud's
shizoid personality category appeared later than the Cyrano de Bergerac story.

You're right on the nose there, that the essence was deeper. Of course the problem wasn't with Cyrano's face, but that he didn't face his fears head-on (...."apply directly to the forehea..."). Oh, sorry--from subliminal advertising to sublimation. One scenario: he takes all the energy from his still unrequited love for Roxane and channels it into becoming the best plastic surgeon this side of Unresolvedinsecuritiesville.