Dec 30, 2009

Uncle Vanya | Characters

Sofia Alexandrovna
Sonya is Serebryakov’s daughter by his first marriage and Vanya’s niece. Hard-working and plain in appearance, Sonya is twenty-four and has been in love with Astrov for six years. When Yelena offers to ask Astrov about his feelings for Sonya, she wavers, saying, ‘‘Uncertainty is better. . . . After all, there is hope—’’ Like the others, Sonya confesses to deep unhappiness but is more pragmatic. It is Sonya who holds the family together. When Vanya complains of how heavy his burdens are, she says: ‘‘What can we do, we must...