The Seagull
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Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4
Themes
All Themes Art vs. Fame Unrequited Love Ego and the Self Mediocrity and Lost Potential
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All Characters Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya Boris Alekseevich Trigorin Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin Ilya Afanasevich Shamraev Polina Andreevna Masha Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko
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The Seagull

by

Anton Chekhov
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Polina Andreevna Character Analysis

Shamraev’s wife and Masha’s mother. She is having an affair with Dorn, but is frustrated by his refusal to take her away from her droll country life. Polina resents Dorn for his ambivalence towards her, but at the same time finds herself unable to stop loving him—she is one of the many characters in the play whose arc ties in with the theme of unrequited love.

Polina Andreevna Quotes in The Seagull

The The Seagull quotes below are all either spoken by Polina Andreevna or refer to Polina Andreevna. 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 4 Quotes

MASHA: It’s all nonsense. Unrequited love—that’s only in novels. Really silly. Just mustn’t lose control or go on waiting for something, waiting for your ship to come in… If love ever burrows into your heart, you’ve got to get rid of it. They’ve just promised to transfer my husband to another school district. Once we’ve moved there—I’ll forget all about it… I’ll rip it out of my heart by the roots.

Related Characters: Masha (speaker), Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov, Polina Andreevna, Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko
Unrequited Love Theme Icon
Ego and the Self Theme Icon
Page Number: 140-141
Explanation and Analysis:
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Polina Andreevna Quotes in The Seagull

The The Seagull quotes below are all either spoken by Polina Andreevna or refer to Polina Andreevna. 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 4 Quotes

MASHA: It’s all nonsense. Unrequited love—that’s only in novels. Really silly. Just mustn’t lose control or go on waiting for something, waiting for your ship to come in… If love ever burrows into your heart, you’ve got to get rid of it. They’ve just promised to transfer my husband to another school district. Once we’ve moved there—I’ll forget all about it… I’ll rip it out of my heart by the roots.

Related Characters: Masha (speaker), Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov, Polina Andreevna, Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko
Unrequited Love Theme Icon
Ego and the Self Theme Icon
Page Number: 140-141
Explanation and Analysis:
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