L'innesto: Commedia in tre atti

by Luigi Pirandello

"L'innesto: Commedia in tre atti" by Luigi Pirandello is a play written in 1917. After a brutal assault in a Roman park leaves Laura Banti pregnant, she attempts to transform the trauma through love, hoping to share the coming child with her husband Giorgio. But he feels only revulsion toward the unborn child, a symbol of violation. As Laura refuses to abort and prepares to leave, Giorgio must confront what he stands to lose. Can an act of violence be redeemed through the power of maternal love?