This ironic parody of naturalism adds modernist dimension to Six characters in Search of an Author. To make use of the naturalistic devices in an ironically paradox manner is a kind of experiment in the late 19th century dramaturgy. Although it could be argued that satire creates exaggerations, no attempt towards naturalistic illusion is made. It is also technically anti-naturalistic: the curtain is up at the start of the performance, the workings of the theatre are foregrounded, the scenery is changed during the play, and masks are used to distinguish between the Actors and characters. The play undercuts the romantic conventions of exclamation, cataclysm and exaggerations of character. In other words, he uses naturalistic means, but not ends. Pirandello's brand of ant naturalism takes some aspects of naturalism, then presents it with its shortcomings. However, the play also presents a satire on natural acting when no one can hear the hushed conversation of the stepdaughter with Madame Pace, the Director argues that the requirements of the theatre must be respected. The father is led by wretched needs, implying he was a slave to his instincts, driven by the animalistic motives suggested in naturalist philosophy. The play uses aspects of naturalism such as the realistic stage, setting, behavior and dialogue. Throughout the play the characters persistently insist on the literal accuracy of every movement, gesture, and intonation of the actors. The technique of Pirandello in this play is characterized by an ironic parody of naturalism. This philosophical scrutiny of the relation between the illusion and reality is an element of modernism. Their debate continued to persist, but the tragic death had already occurred. At last both the manager and the father were left debating over whether the death of the Boy and the child was reality or pretense. This happened perceptibly in the last part of the play. The boundary between the illusion and the reality is in a position to blur. Reality can be exchangeable with illusion. In the world solely guided by the tenets of modernism reality can become a part and parcel of illusion and vice versa. According to Pirandello, reality can no longer remain an antithesis of illusion. Pirandello proposed, through the medium of this play, that realism has no right to assume a sovereign status in the universe of play writing. Perhaps this play alone is a play to pronounce that realism cannot succeed confidently to tackle the new problems in the lives of modern man. It exposes unhesitatingly the loopholes and shortcomings of realism. The play Six Characters in Search of an Author experiments with the limits of realism.

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