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Title: Three Sisters Anton Chekhov 1900 ??? C?????


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Three SistersAnton Chekhov 1900 ??? C?????
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Plot Synopsis
  • Three Sisters poignantly conveys the lives,
    struggles, loves and secret desires of sisters
    Masha, Olga and Irina and their somewhat
    ineffective brother Andrei. Set in a mythological
    provincial town in the late 1800s, we see their
    life unfold in front of our eyes. On the surface,
    The Three Sisters is a charming and endearing
    story but on further examination feelings of
    hopelessness, anguish and dissatisfaction are
    unapologetically evoked. The very emotions, that
    a decade later, would tear Russia apart and leave
    her in a state of political upheaval for years to
    come.
  • Chekhovs lifelong desire to live in Moscow was
    slashed due to his ill health and in The Three
    Sisters the words to Moscow, to Moscow appear
    frequently in the dialogue an analogy of his
    yearning to live there and a reminder of the
    unattainable and something lost. The Three
    Sisters is a gem. It bravely explores the human
    condition and our ability or inability to survive
    and adapt. It is both funny and sad. It is
    humbling and frustrating and within the memory of
    better days, in another time, we can expose
    ourselves.

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Plot
  • Act One
  • The play begins on Irinas name day. The sisters
    are introduced to us as they reminisce about
    their past and the death of their father. We are
    soon introduced to the rest of the characters in
    relation to the sisters. Masha and Vershinin have
    an instant connection that is yet unspoken and
    Andrei declares his love for Natasha, a lower
    class woman.
  • Act Two
  • The act begins with Natasha and Andreis
    marriage. Natasha worries about her ill son
    Bobik. She begins to take over the house. Plans
    for the carnival masques to celebrate at the
    house are cancelled at Natashas request,
    upsetting the sisters. Tuzenbach and Solyony
    declare thier deep love for Irina. Vershinin,
    even though hes married, declares his love for
    also married Masha. Andrei develops gambling
    problem while Natasha starts to have an affair
    with Protopopov.
  • Act Three
  • Half the town is on fire. Andrei mortgages the
    house without the sisters permission.The
    characters are purged into urgent action to
    survive.
  • Act Four
  • Natasha dominates the house. Irina becomes
    engaged to Tuzenbach. Soldiers leave the
    province. Vershinin and Masha leave though not
    together, their affair comes to an end. The state
    of the characters is one of complete division.  

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Characters
  • Irina Serghyeevna
  • The youngest of this family and shes looking for
    love. Tuzenbach and Solyony are both fighting
    over her. Chebutykin discloses her as his
    favourite and Fyedotik and Rode bring her
    meaningless toys for gifts, which exposes her
    youth and playfulness. She is representative of
    the future and the virgin.
  • Masha Serghyeevna
  • The middle sister, Masha, is the quiet one. She
    is married to Kulyghin, however she has become
    bitter about her marriage, feeling as if shes
    grown apart from him because of her greater
    intelligence. When she falls in love with
    Vershinin she becomes aware of what true love is
    but relentlessly ends up with her husband. She is
    representative of the present and the mother.
  • Olga Serghyeevna
  • The eldest sister in the orphaned family, Olga
    becomes the inevitable carer of her brothers and
    sisters. Herself unmarried, she works for a
    living in a school. She finds herself by the end
    of the play meeting her unwanted fate to become
    headmistress. She is representative of past and
    the crone.
  • Natasha/Natalia Ivanova
  • Initially Natasha is an outsider, not able to fit
    into the family. However, she uses this to
    control and manipulate her environment. She is
    driven to Andrey by circumstance, and thus their
    marriage quickly becomes dispassionate. She soon
    has an affair with one of Andreys colleagues. A
    manipulative and ambitious character.

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  • Alexander Ignatyevich VERSHININ
  • A Battery commander from Moscow who knew the
    sisters when they were young. He has an instant
    connection with Masha, which turns into an
    affair. However he is married with two children,
    and wife who poisons herself all the time. He
    tends to philosophize, particularly with
    Tuzenbach. He is representative of hope.
  • Andrey Serghyevich PROZOROV
  • The brother in the family, he is somewhat out of
    the loop of the three sisters. He aspired to be
    professor but ended up being a member of the
    county council. He is often deceived by his wife
    and sadly realizes this. However, he seems to be
    manipulated by her often. He finds himself unable
    to escape his situation and thus develops a
    gambling problem. He ends up mortgaging the house
    without the sisters permission, much to his
    shame.
  • Vasilly Vassilich SOLYONY
  • He is a Captain in the army. Hes a jealous and
    shy person. Yet he shows off to the point of
    self-confessed embarrassment, much to his dismay,
    when faced with social situations. A dueler and
    defender he takes his love for Irina to the point
    of murder.
  • Nikolai Lvovich TUZENBACH
  • A Lieutenant in the Army. He is warm, loyal and
    honest. He also philosophizes, like Vershinin,
    and quits the army to become a worker and marry
    Irena. He is the voice of revolution. He is a
    lover, not a fighter. But is tragically killed by
    Solyony.

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  • Fiodor Ilyich KOLYGHIN
  • A master at the local high school, Kulyghin is a
    self-indulgent, conceited, and socially inept
    character. He is married to Masha, and praises
    her integrity throughout. He isnt completely
    oblivious, and sadly lives with the suspicion of
    what his wife is really experiencing.
  • Anfisa
  • An eighty-year old servant who has been working
    in the house for a long time and therefore
    maintains a particular connection and association
    with the family. Natasha tries to get rid of her,
    but Olga keeps her working, even though she is
    tired and weary.
  • Bobik
  • The first born son and child of Natasha and
    Andrey. Used by Natasha to manipulate the house.
  • Sofia
  • The first born daughter and second born child of
    Natasha and Andrey. Used by Natasha to manipulate
    Andrey.

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  • Themes
  • Social themes
  • Boredom
  • Love

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  • Imagery
  • Sounds and Music
  • Colours
  • Fire
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