Agafya is the married woman who can't resist the charms of the bad boy Savka. And she's not the only one in the village.
He's got the looks -- the body -- and most of all -- the attitude: he just doesn't care.
He tells it to you straight -- no pretense -- no false words. You can't own him -- and he doesn't want to own you.
Many wonder why women are attracted to bad boys. Chekhov doesn't answer this question. He only portrays the bad boy Savka -- and his contempt for women.
Agafya seems pathetic -- she is helpless -- a mouse in the paws of a cat -- there is no logic -- no reason -- nothing can be made sense of -- it just is.
And it was in Chekhov's day and it continues to be so.
The formula for sexual attraction -- or passion -- or human emotion -- still eludes us. Thankfully so.
Let robots be robots. Let humans be humans.
Let robots be robots. Let humans be humans.
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