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The play The Seagull is a tragedy that explores unrequited love, the necessity of suffering for art, and the true nature of fame. There is much discussion of art, writing, and art criticism. Our main protagonist, Constantine, is a struggling writer who is trying to win approval from his mother, a famous actress, and her lover, a famous writer. At the same time, he suffers from a love that is lost to him but that he cannot release.
There is a conversational sequence in which the famous writer, Tr ...more
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Io ho questa difficoltá con gli autori russi, che si ripropone ogni volta che leggo qualcosa, qualsiasi cosa, di uno qualsiasi di loro, chiunque. Sono eccessivi, troppo drammatici, le loro emozioni mi danno fastidio cosí incredibilmente spinte al massimo sia nel bene che nel male. In questo "Gabbiano" di Chekhov le mie sensazioni, che avevo tra l'altro dimenticato, mi sono tornate prepotentemente alla memoria, possibile che sia tutto uno svenimento, seguito da duelli e poi dall'immancabile suici
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I enjoyed reading it despite my terrible memory for Russian names. But need to see it performed to really form my opinion. Was going to go earlier this year but Covid put paid to it! Might have to watch online.
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