Right You Are (If You Think So)
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"Right You Are (If You Think So)" is a play by Luigi Pirandello that explores the relativity of truth and the elusiveness of objective reality through conflicting personal narratives.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Luigi Pirandello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | conflicting accounts of a woman’s identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered a key work in Pirandello’s exploration of truth and illusion ⓘ |
| dramaticEffect | leaves the audience without a definitive answer ⓘ |
| dramaticFunctionOfLaudisi | onstage commentator on truth and perception ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | play-within-the-town’s-curiosity ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
ambiguity
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metatheatrical commentary ⓘ unreliable testimony ⓘ |
| explores |
the impossibility of fully knowing others
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the role of community in constructing truth ⓘ the tension between private suffering and public curiosity ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
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drama ⓘ modernist drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage productions in multiple countries ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Laudisi
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Signor Ponza NERFINISHED ⓘ Signora Frola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century theatre theory
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absurdist playwrights ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 20th-century modernism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
European modernist theatre
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Italian modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | one-act structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
relativism
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skepticism about objective truth ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Henry IV
NERFINISHED
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Six Characters in Search of an Author NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a provincial Italian town ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
philosophical discussions of relativism in literature
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scholarly analysis in theatre studies ⓘ |
| theme |
appearance versus reality
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epistemological uncertainty ⓘ gossip and social curiosity ⓘ identity ⓘ relativity of truth ⓘ subjective reality ⓘ |
| workOf | Luigi Pirandello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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