Right You Are, If You Think You Are | Essays and Criticism

  • Themes of Privacy and Relative Truth

    In this essay the author examines the themes of privacy and relative truth in Right You Are, If You Think You Are, especially in light of Pirandello’s tormented personal life.

  • Social Values and Truth

    In this essay, the author discusses how social values and the theme of truth shape Right You Are!.

  • Laudisi’s Laughter and the Social Dimension of Right You Are (If You think So)

    The following is the author's aim in this essay:‘‘Rather than interpreting Laudisi’s laughter as a sign of Pirandello’s satirical aims, I should like to suggest the possibility of viewing it simply as a spontaneous show of approval for a humorous situation, a favorable response to a rather elaborate joke.’’

  • Six Characters; Right You Are . . .and Henry IV,[with introduction]

    The following essay contains the critic's comments regarding the attitudes seen in the play: ‘‘In fact, one is suggested here, which I attempted to realize scenically: analogous to the prying attitude of the provincial society gathered in a typical drawing-room, and facing a group of shy and secret creatures who refuse the principle of ‘‘sociability.’’