Agazzi: Why is he laughing?
Mrs. Sirelli: Because he says it's impossible to uncover the truth!
Laudisi is the sarcastic character of the play that appears to be taking on the voice of the author, as his main role is that of a cynical observer who turns out to be correct at the end. The group is determined in uncovering the truth of Signora Frola and Ponza and the nature of their complicated relationship, but Laudisi knows that truth is flexible, subjective and impossible to uncover.
Laudisi: I? But I don't deny a thing! Far from it! You are the ones, not me, who need solid facts and records in order to confirm or deny! I have no use for them, because for me the reality doesn't dwell in them, but in the minds of those two people, which I can't conceivably enter into, except to the extent that they tell me about it.
The reality is subjective and it is clearly different for both Signora Frola and Ponza. Both of them live in their own reality and believe their own truths. Because of this, facts that confirm or deny who is right or wrong aren't existent. At the end when Signora Ponza comes out on the scene and confirms what Laudisi's been saying all the time, is a critical moment that relays this theme of subjectivity of the truth.
Mrs. Ponza: No. For myself, I am the woman that I am believed to be.
Entering the scene as a cloaked figure, Mrs. Ponza has an aura of spirituality, of mystery, and indeed she seems more of a symbol, rather than a person. She says herself to be an object of charity that helps two people in living their truth. She takes on an almost religious symbolism, and alludes to religious ideas.
