Many of our classmates have mentioned that the play was harder to follow than Miss Julie because of the number of characters (and foreign names), but I think their difficulty was more in part due to how the play shifted from the logistical plot of how to sell the estate to the human element of all of the lovers. I found this transition somewhat difficult to ease into, and I also felt that it took away from some of initial intrigue. I was far more interested in the estate dilemna than I was about who loved who, who crossed whom, etc. Finally, the businessman accounced that he bought the land, but it was a bit too late. Then the play introduced several new characters, and even ended with Firs, a character I found irrelevant.
Overall, I was excited to find out the future of the cherry orchard, not the people in the play. Is that so wrong, considering the play's title? I would have liked to have seen a more obvious connection between the cherry orchard and the characters. Maybe I just did not pick up on the parallels. I am curious as to how the discussion will go tomorrow.
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