Right You Are (If You Think So) (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Luigi Pirandello
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: A small Italian town, the capital of a province
- Genres: Drama, Parable
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Mental illness, Truthfulness and falsehood, Italy or Italians, Gossip, Secretaries
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
Signora Frola (FROH-lah), an old woman and the mother-in-law of Ponza. She causes talk by living alone in a fine apartment rather than with Ponza and her daughter, by never exchanging visits with her daughter, and by not allowing the neighbors to pay a social call. When she finally confronts the neighbors, she explains that Ponza is mad and must be humored into believing that his wife is, indeed, a second wife taking the place of the one he is convinced he has lost.
Ponza (POHN-zah), the secretary to the provincial councilor. He causes talk by living...
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