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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelChekhov is known as a great symbolist with one of his favourite theme of
destruction of the nature by human indifference. He marks the great development in
Russian Literature in terms of its routine contemporary life and traditions. Chekhov
artistic style is admired for providing a choice of interpretations in his plays as to leave
the readers decide on the ending. He emphasizes on the feelings of each character he
creates in his plays whom can be described as a particular set of emotional preoccupation.
The thesis writer considers The Seagull being Chekhov's most interesting play as to
provide evidence upon his background as a writer. The Seagull in which a seagull is used
to represent the destruction of Nina's innocence, is a four-act play about a young girl
(Nina) as a character who is identified as a seagull because of her innocence and
attachment to the lake and also later because of her destruction. Here, the thesis writer
discusses the way the seagull represents both Nina's innocence adolescence and
destroyed life, also the way when she later emerges into a mature woman. The thesis
writer studies each character in The Seagull who is involved in Nina's life journey in
order to form their characterization in the play. The thesis writer also looks into the
setting of the play in order to understand the background of each character including
Nina's, so as to interpret problems and solutions of the play. The thesis writer analyses
Nina's attachment to the lake as the cause to her innocence, that misleads her to be drawn
to the glamour of fame in her innocence idealism, as well as being drawn to Trigorin.
Nina's desire for fame and Trigorin turns out to be more important than her attachment to
the lake, that she chooses to abandon the lake. Later on in her failure to pursue fame and
love, Nina is abandoned by a selfish man and this destruction refers to the seagull being
killed by a man who has nothing better to do. Finally, Nina proves to emerge from her
sufferings into a stronger mature woman.