Characters in the Seagull

The Seagull is filled with many aspects of drama which realistic events, serious situations, believable characters and tragic outcomes. Anton Chekhov leads this story successfully by particular characters. Each character has an own personality which makes this story more fascinating. There is complex spider’s thread of love in the story. Constantine is the main character that Anton Chekhov mainly focuses on. Constantine seems to be a really nice guy. He cares about his uncle and mother. He also loves Nina truly. The tragedy of this story is Constantine’s suicide. In fact, Boris and Nina are affected and related by Constantine’s suicide.
Boris has abundant knowledge about psychological aspects of human. His occupation proves that he is erudite. He is famous and creates good writing which makes him a skillful conversationalist and gives him the ability to control others. Boris could be the biggest factor of Constantine’s suicide. This is because he basically made every event happen. If he is not in the story, the story goes really smoothly. In the story, Boris said that, “a young girl grows up on the shores of a lake, as you have. She loves the lake as the gulls do, and is as happy and free as they. But a man sees her who chances to come that way, and he destroys her out of idleness, as this gull here has been destroyed.” (The Seagull, Chekhov, 28). This affected to Nina to fell in love with Boris which means Nina eventually left Constantine. Irina also said that to Constantine, “I have the greatest respect for that man, and I must ask you not to speak ill of him in my presence.” (Chekhov, 34).
Boris was even able to control Constantine’s mother.
The reason for Constantine’s survival is Nina. Constantine loves her dearly and never forgets her. She is another main factor that led Constantine to suicide. She was previously in a great relationship with Constantine. Since she met Boris, she was slowly losing feelings for Constantine, which led to their breakup. At the end of the story, she came back to Constantine and confessed about herself. At that point, she showed that she still cared about Constantine. However, she was still in love with Boris even though he moved back to Irina. The fact she still loved Boris made Constantine suffer. When she eventually left Constantine, he killed himself. He had no reason to live after she left. She was the most important reason he was able to survive.
Nina basically made him kill himself. However, Boris made Nina do that. At the beginning of the story, she was the pure girl who does not really know about anything. However, at the end of the story, she underwent many things such as having a baby, death of that baby and being abandoned by Boris. After all that, she became a really strong woman. The time she spent with Boris made her to be strong. This book does not say anything about those two years. However, after two years, Nina changed quite a bit. She now has a goal to become a professional actress and was able to leave Boris and Constantine.
Constantine is a poor character in this story. He could not get love, affection and approval from his mother Irina. Irina cares more about Boris and being an actress. In the story, she did not even want to spent money for his new jacket. Constantine was jealous of Boris about his talent of writing and hated his relationship with Irina. Although, Constantine became a famous writer at the end, he could not feel fully satisfied and could not get Nina back. He also did not know what he wanted to be or wanted to do in the future. Eventually, he could not conquer Boris.
In conclusion, Constantine’s suicide is definitely affected by Boris and Nina. Nina is basically the main factor of his death because Nina is the only reason that Constantine lives. When Nina left Constantine, he did not have a reason to stay alive. However, most importantly Boris made Nina leave Constantine, which led Constantine to commit suicide. Boris’s abundant knowledge about psychological aspects of human nature made Nina a totally different woman. The life experience Nina received from the time she spent with Boris proved that Nina was a changed woman. This story has a tragic ending which represents sadness and emptiness. It also makes the reader think about love and life.