The play is summarized epigrammatically on the words of Madame Ponza 'I am the one the others believe I am'. In a province plunged in meanness and gossip, the death of a woman agitates her mother's and her husband's logic collapsing inside the hostile environment. A bitter play for the human loneliness and his weakness to communicate with the others. Pirandello is inspired by the fact that many considered that he was trying to convince his surroundings that his wife was crazy while they considered him crazy. How to prove the truth basing on the phenomena and how to distinguish truth from phenomena? (Extract from Mesimvrini newspaper)