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Elwood TW. A Pirandellian Perspective on Suicide. Int Q Community Health Educ 2009; 29:3-21. [DOI: 10.2190/iq.29.1.b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Suicide continues to be a major public health problem internationally. Nobel Laureate Luigi Pirandello wrote about the topic of suicide extensively in his various plays, novels, and short stories. This essay draws on these sources to portray the different kinds of unbearable situations in which individuals find themselves and where the only solution perceived to be of any value whatsoever is to commit suicide. Reference is made to the vicissitudes of Pirandello's own life as well as influences from literature and opera that helped to attract him to this topic. L'antro della bestia originaria acquatatta dentro a ognuno di noi—The Cave of the Primordial Beast Lurking inside Each of Us. (Appelbaum, 1994)
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas W. Elwood
- Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Washington, D.C
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