“ You ought to be a man, at your age you ought to be able to understand those who love. And you ought to be in love yourself, you must fall in love! ”
Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (1904). copy citation
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
|---|---|
| Source | The Cherry Orchard |
| Topic | age understanding |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | The Cherry Orchard, Act III |
| Note | Translated by Julius West |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard/Act_III |
Context
“But he's a wretch, you alone don't know it! He's a petty thief, a nobody...
LUBOV. [Angry, but restrained] You're twenty-six or twenty-seven, and still a schoolboy of the second class!
TROFIMOV. Why not!
LUBOV. You ought to be a man, at your age you ought to be able to understand those who love. And you ought to be in love yourself, you must fall in love! [Angry] Yes, yes! You aren't pure, you're just a freak, a queer fellow, a funny growth....
TROFIMOV. [In horror] What is she saying!
LUBOV. "I'm above love!" You're not above love, you're just what our Fiers calls a bungler.” source
LUBOV. [Angry, but restrained] You're twenty-six or twenty-seven, and still a schoolboy of the second class!
TROFIMOV. Why not!
LUBOV. You ought to be a man, at your age you ought to be able to understand those who love. And you ought to be in love yourself, you must fall in love! [Angry] Yes, yes! You aren't pure, you're just a freak, a queer fellow, a funny growth....
TROFIMOV. [In horror] What is she saying!
LUBOV. "I'm above love!" You're not above love, you're just what our Fiers calls a bungler.” source
