In this play, Trofimov is referred to as the "Eternal Student" by a man who refuses to propose to Varya.
A governess in this play laments that she has no one to talk to while reminiscing about her life as a performer before the death of her parents. The statement that "we must work" or else fall into the intellectual trap of seeking after nothing is made by a longtime student in this play. This drama includes a woman who returns from several years of living in Paris to the estate where her son had drowned. At its conclusion, the servant Firs is left forgotten in a shut up house, and he accepts his death as fate. In this play, Trofimov is referred to as the "Eternal Student" by a man who refuses to propose to Varya. Meanwhile, Lopakhin takes advantage of a debt auction to buy the childhood home of Madame Ranevskaya. For 10 points, name this play by Anton Chekhov that ends with the sound of axes cutting down the title plot of land.
A governess in this play laments that she has no one to talk to while reminiscing about her life as a performer before the death of her parents.
The Cherry Orchard