Monologue

Treplieff Monologue from The Sea-Gull

From The Sea-Gull by Anton Chekhov

male · anguished · 1:01 min

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Nina, I have cursed you, and hated you, and torn up your photograph, and yet I have known every minute of my life that my heart and soul were yours for ever. To cease from loving you is beyond my power. I have suffered continually from the time I lost you and began to write, and my life has been almost unendurable. My youth was suddenly plucked from me then, and I seem now to have lived in this world for ninety years. I have called out to you, I have kissed the ground you walked on, wherever I looked I have seen your face before my eyes, and the smile that had illumined for me the best years of my life.

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Treplieff expresses his deep emotional turmoil and unending love for Nina, reflecting on the pain of their separation and the impact it has had on his life and creativity.

20s · longing · love · loss · identity · suffering

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