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Chekov's Seagull Milestone in World Theater

Introduction: Importance in history or world theater; Nina and Treplev, Act Two (dead seagull scene); Melodrama; a new way of looking at the world; duplicity of every day life; Dorn, Polina, Nina and Albee, Act Two (rose scene.) II. The Seagull in Context: Chekhov's early years in Taganrog; 1880s, seeds of world change - Darwin, Pasteur, Lincoln, Czar Alexander II; Chekhov's homelife, comedic plays & short stories, studying medicine in Moscow; Antosha Chekonte; Inventions, mass communications; 1890s, era of intellectual, artistic, political & social change. III. Writing The Seagull: Ivanov; Penal colony trip; Country estate in Melikovo; A comedy in four acts; Existential frustration; Character profiles: Sorin, Arkadina,Treplev, Nina, Trigorin, Shamrayev, Polina, Masha, Dorn, Medvedenko; Universal themes of jealously, regret, unrequited love, ennui, unfillment; The Seagull flops in St. Petersburg; Analysis of the failure. IV. The Moscow Art Theater: Konstatin Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko; A People's Theater; The Seagull interpreted by Stanislavski; Origins of Method Acting; Text and subtext; Psychological Realism in The Seagull and Freud's Psychoanalysis; The Seagull finds an audience; Other plays; Chekhov and Olga Knipper. V. The Seagull's Symbolism: Chekhov's own life in his characters; Mirroring of Shakespeare's Hamlet; Overriding symbol of personal freedom; Trigorin's prophetic story; Nina as "Seagull"; Treplev's self-destruction; The illusive bird of love; The Seagull's timeless quality; Chekhov's lasting fame.

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