Sommario
Il ferro" by Gabriele D'Annunzio is a drama in three acts, deeply imbued with themes of familial suffering, vengeance, and a haunting past.
The play unfolds in a melancholic old Tuscan villa, where characters like Mortella, Giana, Gherardo Ismera, and Bandino Guinigi are entangled in a web of intense emotions and dark secrets.
Mortella, burdened by a "pain to keep" and a "wound to carry in her side," seeks release through a desire to flee. The narrative culminates in a violent act of vengeance as Mortella confesses to a murder, fulfilling a dramatic prophecy of familial tragedy.