Monologue

Nina Monologue from The Sea-Gull

From The Sea-Gull by Anton Chekhov

female · anguished · 1:49 min

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No, no--and don’t come out, I can find the way alone. My carriage is not far away. So she brought him back with her? However, what difference can that make to me? Don’t tell Trigorin anything when you see him. I love him--I love him even more than I used to. It is an idea for a short story. I love him--I love him passionately--I love him to despair. Have you forgotten, Constantine, how pleasant the old times were? What a gay, bright, gentle, pure life we led? How a feeling as sweet and tender as a flower blossomed in our hearts? Do you remember, “All men and beasts, lions, eagles, and quails, horned stags, geese, spiders, silent fish that inhabit the waves, starfish from the sea, and creatures invisible to the eye--in one word, life--all, all life, completing the dreary round set before it, has died out at last. A thousand years have passed since the earth last bore a living creature on its breast, and the unhappy moon now lights her lamp in vain. No longer are the cries of storks heard in the meadows, or the drone of beetles in the groves of limes----” She embraces TREPLIEFF impetuously and runs out onto the terrace.

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Nina expresses her deep feelings for Trigorin while reminiscing about the past, revealing her emotional turmoil and longing for a lost connection.

20s · longing · love · memory · isolation · despair

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