Round 8: Tossup 19

A woman in this play cries after not being allowed to take a carriage to town since her husband is using the horses to farm. (-5[1])One character in this play (15[1])calls her son a Symbolist while changing his bandages, and that son rejects the love (15[1])of a woman who claims to wear black in “mourning for life.” (15[1])Red lights (15[1])and sulfur (15[1])represent Satan in a (15[1])(*) play within this play, which Irina Arkadina criticizes. Dr. Dorn claims a gunshot was instead the sound of a medicine bottle breaking in this play. In this play, Nina falls in love with Trigorin before being abandoned. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov play (10[1])in which Treplev shoots the title bird. ■END■ (10[1])

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