The Seagull - Themes/Symbols/Motifs
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- Created on: 24-10-14 23:45
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- Themes, Symbols and Motifs in The Seagull
- Themes
- Self-Evaluation
- All the characters are either self aware or devoid of self-consciousness
- Existentialism and Life's Meaning
- Sorin argues about the worth of his life with Dorn
- Nina and Konstantin use their work to find their identity
- Masha - 'I am mourning for my life'
- Self-Evaluation
- Motifs
- Unrequited Love
- Medvedenko loves Masha. Masha loves Konstantin. Konstantin loves Nina. Nina loves Trigorin. Trigorin has a thing with Nina and Arkadina. Arkadina is idolised by Shamrayev who is married to Polina who loves Dorn
- Existential Crisis
- Masha hates and is bored with her life.She sniffs snuff and drinks heavily.
- Sorin hasn't done what he dreamed of. He never became a writer or married.
- Konstantin lacks direction. He thinks he is talented and has promise but has no set goal.
- Trigorin goes after a second chance of youth with the promise of Nina
- Banality of existence
- Life altering events happen amidst boring things like changing a bandage or asking for a glass of water
- Unrequited Love
- Symbols
- The Seagull
- Konstantin says that he will be dead in Nina's honour like the seagull
- Trigorin says the seagull symbolises how he will destroy Nina
- Nina compares herself to the seagull in act 1. Describing how she would escape to the lake and escape her home
- Later, Nina compares herself to the seagull again but the symbol changes from freedom to destruction at the hands of a loved one
- The Lake
- The lake shwos the desire for Konstantin and Chekov's desire to create a more naturalistic theatre
- The Seagull
- Themes
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