In Luigi Pirandello's 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', the 'Mourning Clothes' worn by the characters symbolize:
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Correct answer: Their fixed reality as artistic constructs trapped forever in their family tragedy
The dark mourning clothes worn by the characters externalize their existential reality. Unlike real people who change over time, these characters are frozen forever in the painful moment of their dramatic creation, wearing their grief as an inescapable uniform of art.
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