1. Theme: Life's Meaning
1.1. Key Ideas: Literary
1.1.1. Marsha's discontent with her life and her belief that Konstantin's love will give her life meaning
1.1.1.1. "I am in mourning for my life"
1.1.2. Konstanin's conventional art and his mother's disapproval of his work
1.1.2.1. Konstantin's play and how he cut it short after his mother's snide comments
1.1.3. Nina's deteriorating ambition to become an actor after being used by Boris
1.1.3.1. She never became the big star she wanted to and her skills deteriorated after Boris said she wasn't good
1.1.3.2. fulfilled the tragic 'seagull' story
1.1.4. Unrequited love
1.1.4.1. Konstantin and Nina
1.1.4.2. Marsha and Konstantin
1.1.4.3. Polina and
2. Theme: Unrequited Love
2.1. Romantic love
2.1.1. Marsha and Konstantin and Nina
2.1.2. Arkadina and Boris and Nina
2.1.3. Dorn and Polina and Shamrayev
2.1.4. Medvedenko and Marsha and Konstantin
2.2. Key Ideas
2.2.1. Demonstrates how loveless most marriages and partnerships are
2.2.2. Reciprocal love is rare
2.2.3. To pine for unrequited love is to actively deteriorate one's own soul for romantic love and self love