The Seagull MITEM

Chekhov's works are works of transition. They are written at times when an entire world is about to collapse and a new world is beginning to show the first sparks of its birth. Again, however, final redemption does not come. The intricate questions about the human condition remain stubbornly unanswered. In Chekhov we see the conflict between existence and history. This conflict deregulates attitudes, perverts desire, and disengages the emotions and thoughts of persons. The question "Who am I? What am I?" that Trebliev addresses to himself as a whisper, sounds deafening and concerns all of us.

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