Question by mtlgirl123: Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard: Tragedy or Comedy?
Writing a paper and looking for other opinions.
Anton Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard”, if you have read it (and I suggest that you do)… Is it a tragedy? Comedy? Both?
I find that the dual-natured untertones of the play are symbolic of the historical state in Russia just after the emancipation of the serfs, especially between the characters Trofimov and Firs. Trofimov as the voice of the young, ambitious (yet inactive) intelligentsia and Firs as the voice of the beautiful, yet aging and ineffectual Old Russia class.
Anna’s attachment to Trofimov = Anna symbolic of the youth in any revolution which seem to fall in love with the ideals of the intelligentsia; Anna as a visiter from the West attracted to the Russian way of revolution and thinking.
Also wondering if there are any ideas on superfluousity… In regards to Trofimov. I can’t figure out if I find him useless or necessary (not just him, but the entire intelligentsia movement). Someone has to inspire the masses to revolution…
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Answer by Crazy
Fresh Chekhov plots dual course
Gilmour and Cherniak share director’s chair for classic Russian “comedy”
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