The era was marked by a literary structure that was not consistent with “conventionality and realism” in many disciplines, including drama (Ragusa 62).
In drama, the modernist movement challenged conventional approaches in literary works that emphasised on structural order and logic in any performance. Modernism was a historical period characterised by an explosion of divergent thoughts and views in the arts and literary disciplines, which departed from the “established traditional conventions” (Fister 41). The play is a 20 th Century drama that was first played in the 1920s in Italy during the ‘modern era’. In this essay, the writer explores various psychological aspects as depicted in the play’s mental and theatrical representations of the six characters. By depicting the play as a failure of artistic representation, Pirandello captures the imaginations of the audience and highlights the mental states of the time. The play brings to the fore the distinctions between reality and illusion, and art and life, among others. Its unconventional form, language, and evident plausibility motivate the audience, the actors, and the characters to participate in a psychotic experience (Ragusa 85).
The play does not involve fiction rather, it recounts the ‘real’ lives of six characters as told by them on stage. Pirandello uses the play to tell his views about the separation of a person from the “self” and society. OL15249593W Page_number_confidence 69.12 Pages 70 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.13 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210522202154 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 276 Scandate 20210520214101 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780413768100 Tts_version 4.Pirandello achieves this by mixing reality and illusion. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:01:05 Associated-names Harrower, David Young Vic Theatre (London, England) Boxid IA40122306 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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