The Cherry Orchard Time Quotes Page 2
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used Julius West's translation.
| Quote #4 LOPAKHIN. [Looks at his watch] I'm going away at once, I haven't much time ... but I'll tell you all about it in two or three words. (1.107) |
This is how Lopakhin introduces the idea of chopping down the orchard? By rushing through it in two or three words? Lopakhin's approach points up his frame of reference – so different from Lubov, who is leisurely drinking her coffee.
| Quote #5 LOPAKHIN. We shall see each other in three weeks. [Kisses LUBOV ANDREYEVNA'S hand] Now, good-bye. It's time to go. (1.148) |
As a representative of the modern, business-minded, time-obsessed world, Lopakhin constantly has to wrangle the lax, old-world Ranevskaya family.
| Quote #6 GAEV. And do you know, Luba, how old this case is? A week ago I took out the bottom drawer; I looked and saw figures burnt out in it. That case was made exactly a hundred years ago. What do you think of that? What? We could celebrate its jubilee. It hasn't a soul of its own, but still, say what you will, it's a fine bookcase. (1.127) |
Gaev's speech to the 100-year-old cabinet may be silly, but it reminds us of the history of the estate and how much has changed in the last century.
