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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 3 / 2006  
         
  Article:   QUESTIONING THE ENDING OF LITTLE EYOLF.

Authors:  LAURA CARETTI.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  Questioning the ending of Little Eyolf. Is there at the end of Little Eyolf a change for the better between the characters, a possible, affectionate, reconciliation? Or is there simply an illusory hope for the future, all the more dramatic for being self-deceptive? Since the first performances of the play, the complex ambiguity of the finale has challenged actors, directors and spectators giving rise to contrasting interpretations. Travelling back in time to the London of 1894, the divergent voices of Henry James and of G.B. Shaw embody the beginning of this theatrical debate. Questioning the ending of Little Eyolf, the article intends to focus on the innovative structure of the play and on the experimental nature of its ‘implosive’ dramatic vision.  
         
     
         
         
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