A PSYCHOANALYSTS REFLECTIONS ON CHEKHOV AND THREE-SISTERS

The author has given some of his reflections on one of Anton Chekhov's greatest works, the late play Three Sisters. The paper considers the origins of the central concerns of Chekhov's life in a childhood beset by trauma and physical and emotional deprivation, the effects of whic h he partially overcame through genius and rigorous self-examination a nd self-discipline. As one examines the plot of this play, one can app reciate the complexity of the playwright's position-delicately and mys teriously suspended between the role of scientific observer of the hum an condition, while also passsionately involved, empathically and mora lly, in the the inner worlds of both men and women, the young and old, people often trapped within their personal limitations and the social , economic and political worlds they inhabit.