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288 Anton Tchekhof
Constantine realizes that Nina is slipping away
from him. The situation is aggravated by the
constant friction with his mother and his despair
at the lack of encouragement for his art. In a fit
of despondency he attempts suicide, but without
success. His mother, although nursing him back
to health, is infuriated at her son s
"
foolishness,"
his inability to adapt himself to conditions, his im
practical ideas. She decides to leave, accompanied
by Trigorin. On the day of their departure Nina
and Trigorin meet once more. The girl tells him
of her ambition to become an actress, and, encour
aged by him, follows him to the city.
Two years later Mme. Arcadina, still full of her
idle triumphs, returns to her estate. Trigorin is
again with her still haunted by the need of copy.
Constantine has in the interim matured consider
ably. Although he has made himself heard as a
writer, he nevertheless feels that life to-day has no
place for such as he: that sincerity in art is not
wanted. His mother is with him, but she only
serves to emphasize the flatness of his surround
ings. He loves her, but her ways jar him and
drive him into seclusion.
Nina, too, has returned to her native place,
broken in body and spirit. Partly because of the
memory of her past affection for Constantine, and
mainly because she learns of Trigorin s presence,
she is drawn to the place where two years before
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