Monologue

Nina Monologue from The Sea-Gull

From The Sea-Gull by Anton Chekhov

female · contemplative · 1:17 min

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It is all right. I shall feel better after this. I have not cried for two years. I went into the garden last night to see if our old theatre were still standing. I see it is. I wept there for the first time in two years, and my heart grew lighter, and my soul saw more clearly again. See, I am not crying now. So you are an author now, and I am an actress. We have both been sucked into the whirlpool. My life used to be as happy as a child’s; I used to wake singing in the morning; I loved you and dreamt of fame, and what is the reality? To-morrow morning early I must start for Eltz by train in a third-class carriage, with a lot of peasants, and at Eltz the educated trades-people will pursue me with compliments. It is a rough life.

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Nina reflects on her past happiness and current struggles as an actress, revealing her emotional turmoil and the harsh realities of her life.

20s · melancholy · identity · ambition · isolation · fate

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