ABSTRACT
In Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Visit of the Old Lady”, Claire Zachanassian, old and immensely rich, returns to her home town of Güllen and shocks citizens of this sleazy place with an unsavory offer. She publicly promises a bounty of one billion to be divided among the town’s treasury and its citizens under the condition thatAlfred Ill dies.Alfred was her early love, but he let her downwhen she became pregnant, and Claire finally left Güllen. Now, after surviving eight rich husbands, the old lady exacts her revenge.
