The Seagull (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Irina Arkadina, Konstantin Treplev, Pyotr Sorin, Ilya Shamraev, Polina, Masha, Nina Zaretchyn, Boris Trigorin, Yevgeny Dorn, Semyon Medvedenko
- Genres: Realism, Impressionistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Love or romance, Suicide, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Drama or dramatists, Russia or Russian people, Moscow
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
One day Konstantin Treplev killed a seagull and laid it at the feet of Nina, the beautiful young actress with whom he was hopelessly in love. He told her that unless she could love him, he too would be lying dead at her feet. Nina, however, was not in love with Konstantin; she was infatuated with Trigorin, the famous novelist, who in turn was in love with Irina Arkadina, an actress and Konstantin’s mother.
Konstantin hated Trigorin, looking upon him as a purveyor of empty phrases, a writer entirely different from what he himself hoped to become....
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