Sunday's Illness

Audience emotional responses for 'Sunday's Illness' are primarily characterized by a deep sense of **Sadness** stemming from the long-standing estrangement and the painful nature of the mother-daughter reunion. This is coupled with strong **Empathy** for both Anabel's difficult journey to understand and reconnect, and especially for Chiara's profound suffering and her desperate, final plea. A pervasive feeling of **Melancholy** is evoked by the isolated setting, the reliving of a lost past, and the quiet, uncomfortable tension between the characters. **Curiosity** and **Anxiety** build as the audience anticipates Chiara's hidden motives and the eventual, **Surprising** and potentially **Disturbing** revelation of her true reason and final request, leading to a complex emotional experience that also touches upon **Guilt** and a fractured sense of **Love**.