CARLO GOLDONI

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni ( 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. One of his most important character is Arlecchino. Arlecchino is always hungry, and his hunger is the symbol of the poor social class. Around him everyone talks about food. In “La Locandiera” (the innkeeper) there are chickens and pigeons to cook, in The housewives there is a list of things to by to the fish market, they need some sardines ....in another work there is a big smell of meat balls and a big window with chickens and turkeys.

                   Goldini came from

a)       Verona

b)       The republic of Rome

c)       The republic of Venice

d)       Milan

                  Goldoni’s most important character was

a)       Pulcinella

b)       Arlecchino

c)       A soldier

d)       Colombina

Goldoni represented

a)       Poor people hunger

b)       Rich people banquets

c)       No Italian people

d)       A classic  world

Arlecchino's mask