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The Suicide

The Suicide Irony, ridicule and nonsense combined with an unimaginable plot and unthinkable characters make the farce one of the one of the more entertaining genres. Although it is not what you might call knee-slapping humor, The Suicide certainly does have its comical moments. Unfortunately it also has its slow points as well. The Suicide was apparently not so humorous to the Russian leadership during the Communist era as Lennin promptly banned the play after seeing the performance. This was certainly not a rare occurrence during the Communist era as many works of art and information were banned including plays written by Chekov and Bulgakov. It’s not very hard to understand why the play was banned because it absolutely ridicules every aspect of the Soviet society and the various segments of people that are The story focuses around Semian who is an unemployed Russian living off of his mother. He basically feels lowly and worthless as he is much to old to be living with his mother. He hasn’t seemed to find his place in life yet and almost seems like he has given up and is a loser. Semian does see himself as able to do great things though and thinks he should be famous. When the opportunity to become a hero arises the audience 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 doesn’t 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 it’s 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 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 can’t control himself around women and when he sees one he has a comical outburst. He just can’t seem to control his urges. This character ridicules Communism. The member of the Intellegencia does not seem so intelligent at all and completely contradicts the organization, which he represents. The butcher acts as a typical dishonest, conniving swindler, which seems to ridicule the businessman. These characters and what they represent coming into conflict with each other suggests the segments of society that are in Overall, the acting was quite convincing. I do think that the actor who played Simian could have been in more visible conflict with himself. As a man who’s deciding between life and death I would expect more inner turmoil. Some other individual performances that impressed me were the clergyman and the postman. The clergyman did a good job of portraying a drunk; it was so convincing that I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually was drinking vodka. The Postman was an entertaining character, every time he saw a woman and acted like a dog the I thought the technical elements were all well done. At first I was unsure about all the doors on the stage but then I saw their purpose when they signified different rooms. The lighting was very effective and so were the costumes, which were quite convincing of the time period. Overall, The Suicide was an entreating farce, which made a good social point and was well worth Irony, ridicule and nonsense combined with an unimaginable plot and unthinkable characters make the farce one of the one of the more entertaining genres. Although it is not what you might call knee-slapping humor, The Suicide certainly does have its comical moments. Unfortunately it also has its slow points as well. The Suicide was apparently not so humorous to the Russian leadership during the Communist era as Lennin promptly banned the play after seeing the performance. This was certainly not a rare occurrence during the Communist era as many works of art and information were banned including plays written by Chekov and Bulgakov. It’s not very hard to understand why the play was banned because it absolutely ridicules every aspect of the Soviet society and the various segments of people that are The story focuses around Semian who is an unemployed Russian living off of his mother. He basically feels lowly and worthless as he is much to old to be living with his mother. He hasn’t seemed to find his place in life yet and almost seems like he has given up and is a loser. Semian does see himself as able to do great things though and thinks he should be famous. When the opportunity to become a hero arises the audience 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 doesn’t 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 it’s 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 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 can’t control himself around women and when he sees one he has a comical outburst. He just can’t seem to control his urges. This character ridicules Communism. The member of the Intellegencia does not seem so intelligent at all and completely contradicts the organization, which he represents. The butcher acts as a typical dishonest, conniving swindler, which seems to ridicule the businessman. These characters and what they represent coming into conflict with each other suggests the segments of society that are in Overall, the acting was quite convincing. I do think that the actor who played Simian could have been in more visible conflict with himself. As a man who’s deciding between life and death I would expect more inner turmoil. Some other individual performances that impressed me were the clergyman and the postman. The clergyman did a good job of portraying a drunk; it was so convincing that I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually was drinking vodka. The Postman was an entertaining character, every time he saw a woman and acted like a dog the I thought the technical elements were all well done. At first I was unsure about all the doors on the stage but then I saw their purpose when they signified different rooms. The lighting was very effective and so were the costumes, which were quite convincing of the time period. Overall, The Suicide was an entreating farce, which made a good social point and was well worth Bibliography:

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