Character · The Seagull · Anton Chekhov

ARKADINA

1 monologue indexed — plays delight.

Comic-dramaticDelight35–60Intermediate

Monologues

ARKADINA

But I keep myself in hand, as the saying is, and always dress and have my hair done comme il faut. Do I ever permit myself to go out even into the garden in a dressing-gown, or without my hair being done?

1:08Comic-dramaticIntermediate

What ARKADINA wants

To make the others confirm that she has not aged a day.The talk has turned to how people around the estate have aged and let themselves go. Arkadina, stung, rises to prove that she, by contrast, has kept herself in perfect trim.

Scenes ARKADINA appears in

Act 128 lines
Act 220 lines
Act 344 lines
Act 418 lines