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In four pages this paper examines the effects of madness in the works of author and playwright Luigi Pirandello in a comparison and contrast of how madness is utilized in these two plays. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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and madness. Occasionally, however, this line would be blurred to the point that neither the author nor the audience could confidently identify where it began and where it ended.
There is no question that madness influenced Pirandellos works; it became for him an instrument as powerful as the pen for madness enabled him to question societys most basic
assumptions about man and what truly defines life. Born near the town of Agrigento, Sicily to a wealthy family on June 28, 1867, Pirandello ironically grew up on an
estate named Kaos (which sounds eerily like state of chaos) (Coppolillo 73). His father wanted to groom his son to follow in his footsteps by becoming involved in the
sulfur merchant trade, but Luigi "had other paths to follow" (Coppolillo 73). After going from one university to another, Pirandello finally
graduated with a degree in philology from the University of Bonn in 1891, and moved to Rome in hopes of becoming a writer (Coppolillo 73). He was, however, unable
to completely liberate himself from his familys influence or societys expectations. An arranged courtship between Pirandello and Antonietta, the daughter of another prosperous sulfur merchant, culminated in their marriage
and the birth of a daughter (Coppolillo 73). But whatever domestic calm the couple may have enjoyed was quickly shattered in rapid succession first by their fathers huge financial
losses following a 1903 landslide that shut down their mine investment and Antoniettas increasingly delusional behavior (Coppolillo 73). She began imagining her husband was committing adultery and even accused
him of sexually molesting their young child (Coppolillo 73). Unconvinced his wife was being properly cared for in an asylum, Pirandello attempted to administer care to her, but by
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