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Enrico IV

by Luigi Pirandello

"Enrico IV" di Luigi Pirandello è una drammatica e coinvolgente esplorazione dell'identità e della follia. La storia si apre con un evento sconvolgente: durante un ballo in maschera, il protagonista, Enrico IV, cade da un cavallo e colpisce la testa. Quando si riprende, crede di essere l'imperatore Enrico IV, imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, e crede che sia il 11 marzo del 1100. Questo evento tragico getta le basi per una narrazione avvincente che esplora i confini tra realtà e finzione. La trama si sviluppa ulteriormente quando Enrico IV trascorre vent'anni in una sorta di reclusione, interpretando il ruolo dell'imperatore in una villa isolata. Qui, circondato da un gruppo di seguaci devoti che interpretano personaggi storici, si svolgono una serie di incontri intensi e drammatici. Pirandello esplora profondamente i temi dell'identità, della maschera sociale e dell'alienazione, e fa emergere domande cruciali sulla natura stessa della realtà. Con la sua scrittura eloquente e le sue analisi psicologiche profonde, Luigi Pirandello ci trascina in un mondo di enigmi e complessità. "Enrico IV" è una pietra miliare della letteratura teatrale che sfida le nostre convinzioni sulla realtà e sulla follia, invitandoci a riflettere sulle maschere che indossiamo nella vita di tutti i giorni. Se sei pronto per un viaggio intrigante nei meandri della mente umana e desideri immergerti in una storia che ti lascerà a lungo dopo averla letta, "Enrico IV" di Luigi Pirandello è una scelta eccellente.

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Italian

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Italian

Published In

1922

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Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical...

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