Uncle Vania II

In this act what impressed me the most was that Serebryakov was displayed more like the victim and Uncle Vania as the cause for many of his problems. I felt sorry at a moment for Serebryakov because he felt rejected, however at that point I couldn’t judge whether he was telling the truth or playing the victim for gaining Elena’s sympathy. Serebryakov makes me remember of my grandmother, he always remembers how great and good he was in the past and how badly his condition has worsened to. They both are a lot alike in that they are willing to be treated as little kids, congratulated for the most simplest and dumbest action they make, fed, loved and cared by everyone in their lives and most importantly, when they feel they are loosing the attention from everyone else they start complaining either about their environment or about their old bodies. Their childlike attitude is well portrayed in the following quotation: “No, no! Don’t leave me with him! Don’t! He’ll talk my head off! ...” Act II (Pg 181).
I felt really bad for Elena, she was tormented by her old and sick husband, also by Uncle Vania who tried to seduce her and came to her complaining about his miserable life and how his love for her made him suffer so much. She is trapped in a place full of pessimistic men who want her to rescue them and she is never free to do what she really wants with who she wants. It is as if the old men wanted to drain her youth for them, as if they thought that if they were with her they would be young, intelligent and independent again. In this part of the play many of the thoughts of the characters are hypothetic, since most of the characters are old they think of what could have been if, or if they had done something differently how well their lives would be. I have noticed this also in my grandmother's attitude towards life and I think that if you saw things differently you would enjoy your life more. I think one should always keep the young and optimistic view of life so that when one becomes old, it is not as hard to ask for help and for have faith and hope in a better future, possible or not.