If statement containing apostrophe

[ThomasL]

Output:
['I don’t know']
I don't know
WRONG!  i want to see : I don’t know

maybe it´s because the two apostrophes are not the same?
’ != '

[AshBax]

I have been able to create a work around by using the "re" package:
from line 29 onwards:

for i in range(0,len(gameplay_A)):
    answer = input(gameplay_A[i] + "\n")
    new_answer = re.sub("[^a-zA-Z]+", "", answer)
    new_gameplay = re.sub("[^a-zA-Z]+", "", gameplay_B[i])
    if answer.lower() == gameplay_B[i].lower() or new_answer.lower() == new_gameplay.lower():