The Seagull

by

Anton Chekhov

Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn Character Analysis

A country doctor carrying on an affair with Polina Andreevna. Dorn is a dear friend of Sorin’s, a lover of the arts, and, by his own admission, a womanizer whose status as a physician has brought him many adoring lovers over the course of his life. Dorn is one of the many characters in the play believed to be a reflection of Chekhov, who was a doctor by training and often roamed the country helping patients in rural areas (and, according to rumor, carried on multiple affairs with women who were attracted to him for his success as a doctor and a writer alike).

Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn Quotes in The Seagull

The The Seagull quotes below are all either spoken by Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn or refer to Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Art vs. Fame Theme Icon
).
Act 1 Quotes

MASHA: Help me. Help me, or I’ll do something stupid, I’ll mess up my life, wreck it… I can’t stand it anymore…

DORN: What do you mean? Help you how?

MASHA: I’m in pain. Nobody, nobody knows how much pain I’m in. (Lays her head on his chest, quietly.) I love Konstantin.

DRON: They’re all so high-strung! They’re all so high-strung! And all this love… Oh, spellbinding lake! (Tenderly.) But what can I do, my child? What? What?

Related Characters: Masha (speaker), Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (speaker)
Page Number: 98
Explanation and Analysis:
Act 4 Quotes

DORN: Well, I have faith in Konstantin Gavrilovich. There’s something there! There’s something there! He thinks in images, his stories are colorful, striking, and I have a real fondness for them. […] Irina Nikolaevna, are you glad your son’s a writer?

ARKADINA: Imagine, I still haven’t read him. Never any time.

Related Characters: Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina (speaker), Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (speaker), Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov
Page Number: 153
Explanation and Analysis:
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Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn Quotes in The Seagull

The The Seagull quotes below are all either spoken by Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn or refer to Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Art vs. Fame Theme Icon
).
Act 1 Quotes

MASHA: Help me. Help me, or I’ll do something stupid, I’ll mess up my life, wreck it… I can’t stand it anymore…

DORN: What do you mean? Help you how?

MASHA: I’m in pain. Nobody, nobody knows how much pain I’m in. (Lays her head on his chest, quietly.) I love Konstantin.

DRON: They’re all so high-strung! They’re all so high-strung! And all this love… Oh, spellbinding lake! (Tenderly.) But what can I do, my child? What? What?

Related Characters: Masha (speaker), Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (speaker)
Page Number: 98
Explanation and Analysis:
Act 4 Quotes

DORN: Well, I have faith in Konstantin Gavrilovich. There’s something there! There’s something there! He thinks in images, his stories are colorful, striking, and I have a real fondness for them. […] Irina Nikolaevna, are you glad your son’s a writer?

ARKADINA: Imagine, I still haven’t read him. Never any time.

Related Characters: Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina (speaker), Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (speaker), Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov
Page Number: 153
Explanation and Analysis: