takes the journey with him to make his final decision. Semian is asked to commit suicide for the cause and by doing this unthinkable feat he would die a hero and a famous man. Because Semian does not have a job and feels like he has no purpose in life he actually does consider killing himself. Although I found this unrealistic at first, when analyzed in the content of a farce it seems rather humorous. While Semian decides if he wants to die or not he questions what happens after death. Sure, if he kills himself he dies a hero but he is unsure if there is life after death, and doesnt want to enter into the great unknown. Ultimately, Semian chooses life. He decides not to commit suicide and to take his life into his own hands. He wants to live life for himself and get a job and a place to live. He decides that its better to live a normal life than to die with heroism and fame. This is certainly socially significant because in reality so many people do give up on themselves and their lives just like Semian almost did. But in the end people are in control of their own destiny and they should take their lives into their own hands rather than giving up on it. The more entertaining aspects of the play revolved around some of the more minor characters. These characters, although having meaningful purpose in the story, were meant to ridicule the various segments of the Soviet society. For example most people directly connected with the church are thought of as wholesome and without sin but the clergyman in this story was drunk all the time. By showing this representative of the Russian church as an alcoholic suggests the corruption of Russia as a whole. The Postman had only two things on his mind, first the Revolution and anything that would forward it, and secondly women. He cant control himself around women and when he sees one he has a comical outburst. He just cant seem to control his urges. This character ridicules Commu...
