Three Sisters Journal
The three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, that Anton Chekhov describes in his play Three Sisters, long to escape their day-to-day life in provincial Russia and put all their hopes in their future, which they believe will be in Moscow. ... Their struggles, for the most part, do not happen between characters, but the sisters, and the men who surround them, fight against time. ... The most dynamic character in my eyes, though, was not any of the sisters, but their brother, Andrei. ... However, I am still deciding whether or not I liked Three Sisters. ... Three Sisters is about our discontentment with ourselves. ... In that respect, from the philosophical, deeper perspective, I enjoyed Three Sisters. ... ) But, I think I’d better exempt Three Sisters from this personal requirement of mine, because I was not reading it purely for my own entertainment. ... Now that I have finished reading this play and have thought thoroughly about it, I think the key element that I have been missing from this experience is seeing Three Sisters performed.