In the story The Illusion by Tony Kushner the word illusion means something that deceives by producing a misleading reality idea that is based on a story that’s not true but can make the audience believe it to be real or not. Even love is an illusion, for example when Calisto insisted that he loves Melibea after seeing her for the very first time(pg8) and said he wouldn’t mind cutting off both hands even if she ask him to but didn’t really want Calisto to do it he still would no matter what (pg16). Love that is a illusion means that you might not be able to see all the faults and flaws your love has and you're able to overlook the things that tend to annoy others.
In The Illusion Pridamant tries to find his son that has ran away and arrives at Alcandre's cave looking for help to his runaway son life after he disappeared, but warns Pridamant that he can only show the illusions. Pridamant sees his son but his name has changed to Calisto making Pridamant confused and upset wondering why his name has been changed. Pridamant saw his son's life where he has fallen in love with a girl named Melibea but Calisto has trouble trying to win her heart and ask for help from her maid Elicia, and is eventually able to win her affections. When Melibea found out about their affair from a rival suitor Pleribo, the two lovers run away
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Once you finally reach the end it's like your mind is blown. You would have never expected that every vision Alcandre showed was just an illusion. So the title, The Illusion means what you just read; that everything that was read or heard was a misleading reality idea that is based on a false story to make the audience believe it to be real or