Dec 31, 2009
The Seagull | The Seagull
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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