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284 Anton Tchekhof
breath out of young Russia. The intellectuals
were deprived of every outlet: all the social chan
nels were closed to them, and they found them
selves without hope or faith, not having yet learned
to make common cause with the people.
Tchekhof could not escape the atmosphere
which darkened the horizon of almost the whole of
Russia. It was because he so intensely felt its
oppressive weight that he longed for air, for light,
for new and vital ideas. To awaken the same
yearning and faith in others, he had to picture life
as it was, in all its wretchedness and horror.
This he did in
"
The Seagull," while in
"
The
Cherry Orchard
"
he holds out the hope of a new
and brighter day.
THE SEAGULL
IN "
The Seagull
"
the young artist, Constan-
tine Treplef, seeks new forms, new modes of ex
pression. He is tired of the old academic ways,
the beaten track; he is disgusted with the endless
imitative methods, no one apparently capable of an
original thought.
Constantine has written a play; the principal part
is to be acted by Nina, a beautiful girl with whom
Constantine is in love. He arranges the first per
formance to take place on the occasion of his
mother s vacation in the country.
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