Six Characters in Search of an Author Lesson Plan

Read and interpret the following quote from the premise:

And here is the universal meaning at first vainly sought in the six characters, now that, going on stage of their own accord, they succeed in finding it within themselves in the excitement of the desperate struggle which each wages against the other and all wage against the Manager and the actors, who do not understand them.

Students should consider: What do you think Pirandello means by “universal meaning”? How do the Characters seek it “vainly,” and how do they find it (in Pirandello’s view)? Do you agree with Pirandello’s interpretation? Why or why not? What are some alternate or conflicting readings of the...