In , Chekhov's play, Ivanov was performed for the first time to mixed, and later successful, reception. Chekhov won the Pushkin Prize for "the best literary production distinguished by high artistic worth" in In , Chekhov left for a trip to Sakhalin Island where the government established a penal colony. He stayed there for three months, documenting the lives of the inmates.
In , Chekhov purchased the estate, Melikhovo and became the first landowner in his family. Two years later, he discovered that he had an advanced case of tuberculosis, then known frequently as consumption. He wrote The Seagull in It was first performed in in Petersburg. The first performance was viewed as a failure since it generated the disappointment of the audience who had come to see the play as it was falsely advertised, as a benefit performance for a well-known actress who was only in a sketch after the play.
After that performance, The Seagull was well-received and immediately toured the Russian provinces. He became known for his collaborations and differences with Konstantin Stanislavski, the famous Russian director and acting teacher. His plays marked a new movement in the theatre with their use of subtext, intimacy, colloquialisms and realism.
His comedy-tragedies were unlike any plays that audiences had seen before because they made drama out of everyday circumstances, such as love and longing, instead of portraying the grand gestures of heroes and heroines of earlier plays.
She hopes to move away, believing that distance will diminish her heartache. Sorin, frailer than ever, laments the many things he wanted to achieve, yet he has not fulfilled a single dream. Dorn asks Konstantin about Nina. Konstantin explains her situation. Trigorin and Irina return from the train station. Apparently, Konstantin has many admirers in Moscow and St. Konstantin is no longer hostile to Trigorin, but he is not comfortable either.
He leaves while Irina and the others play a Bingo-style parlor game. Shamrayev tells Trigorin that the seagull that Konstantin shot long ago has been stuffed and mounted, just as Trigorin wished. However, the novelist has no recollection of making such a request. Konstantin returns to work on his writing. The others leave to dine in the next room. Nina enters through the garden. Konstantin is surprised and happy to see her. Nina has changed much. She has become thinner; her eyes seem wild.
She deliriously reflects about becoming an actress. Konstantin once again declares his undying love for her, despite how enraged she has made him in the past. Still, she does not return his affection. She claims that she still loves Trigorin more than ever. Then she remembers how young and innocent she and Konstantin once were. She repeats part of the monologue from his play. Then, she suddenly embraces him and runs away, exiting through the garden.
Konstantin pauses a moment. Then, for two full minutes he tears up all his manuscripts. He exits into another room. Irina, Dr. Dorn, Trigorin and others re-enter the study to continue socializing. A gunshot is heard in the next room, startling everyone. Dorn says it is probably nothing. He peeks through the door but tells Irina it was merely a burst bottle from his medicine case. Irina is greatly relieved. However, Dr. Dorn takes Trigorin aside and delivers the final lines of the play:.
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Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Wade Bradford. Theater Expert. Wade Bradford, M. Arkadina begins a game of lotto. She recalls her family's tradition of playing the game to pass the time. Treplev notices that Trigorin read his own story in the magazine but did not bother to read Treplev's.
Shamrayev tells Trigorin that he stuffed the seagull that Treplev shot for him. Trigorin does not remember asking Shamrayev to stuff and mount it. Arkadina calls everyone to dinner and asks Treplev to stop writing. Treplev is left alone in his study. He compares his writing to Trigorin's with envy and despair. He hears a knock on the window. It is Nina. Nina enters the house paranoid about Arkadina finding her there and asks him to lock the door.
Treplev props a chair against the door. Nina and Treplev admit to each other that they have sought each other. Nina's speech becomes fractured and confusing. She cuts off her own thoughts. She says she is "the Seagull" and compares herself to a homeless wanderer in a Turgenev story. She cries. She says she feels better because she has not cried in two years. Nina acknowledges that Treplev is now a writer, and she became an actress but her life is difficult. She thinks nostalgically about their youth and their youthful love.
Treplev professes his love to Nina and recounts his torment when she left him, how nothing he has accomplished has been meaningful to him because she was not present to share in his successes.
Nina tells Treplev about the depression she suffered when she realized she was a bad actor. Her story breaks down, and she repeats Trigorin's idea for a story about a girl who is destroyed like the seagull by a man who has nothing better to do.
She concludes that what is important for an artist is not how successful you are but that you persevere. Nina becomes weaker. Treplev asks her to stay. Nina confesses to Treplev that she still profoundly loves Trigorin. She remembers the innocence and hope that she and Treplev felt the summer they put on their play.
She recites lines from the play. Nina hugs Treplev and then runs out of the door. Treplev proceeds to tear up his manuscripts and throws them under his desk. Arkadina and the rest of the household come back from dinner and start another game of lotto.
Dorn pushes in the door that Treplev propped closed with a chair. Shamrayev presents Trigorin with the stuffed seagull. Again, Trigorin says he does not remember asking for it to be stuffed. A shot goes off in a loud bang, offstage. Arkadina becomes frightened. Dorn calms her down presenting the thought that the sound was probably only a popped cork in a bottle in his medicine bag.
Dorn goes to check on the sound and comes back to the group. He takes a magazine and brings Trigorin aside, pretending he is interested in discussing an article on America.
Dorn tells Trigorin that he needs to get Irina Arkadina out of the house quickly because Treplev has shot himself. Arkadina does not hear Dorn's sad news before the play's end. Ace your assignments with our guide to The Seagull! Brave New World Dr. Jekyll and Mr. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Important Quotes Explained.
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