Monologue

Astroff Monologue from Uncle Vanya

From Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

male · philosophical · 1:00 min

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(Shouts angrily) Stop! (Then, more gently) It may be that posterity, which will despise us for our blind and stupid lives, will find some road to happiness; but we--you and I--have but one hope, the hope that we may be visited by visions, perhaps by pleasant ones, as we lie resting in our graves. (Sighing) Yes, brother, there were only two respectable, intelligent men in this county, you and I. Ten years or so of this life of ours, this miserable life, have sucked us under, and we have become as contemptible and petty as the rest. But don't try to talk me out of my purpose! Give me what you took from me, will you?

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Astroff reflects on the futility of life and the hope for visions in death, expressing his frustration with the mediocrity surrounding him.

30s · melancholy · death · isolation · despair · identity

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