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Goethe's masterpiece of an epistolary novel from 1774 (revised in 1787), pivotal to the Sturm und Drang movement, caused a cultural upheaval in Europe – a wave of suicides, "Wertherism" and the imitation of heroes in fashion and sentiment.
In the comedy Pokondirena tikva, the main character Fema, an ordinary citizen obsessed with the upper class, comically tries to play the role of a lady. The play mocks snobbery, hypocrisy, and the desire for someone else's appearance and manners.
The story takes place on a country estate where a group of characters from different social classes gather, faced with boredom, unfulfilled ambitions, and emotional voids.
Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.
Since the play Three Sisters was written in the second half of the 19th century, it rightly carries with it certain motifs and an atmosphere that runs through most literary works of that period.