The Suicide Irony, ridicule and nonsense combined with an unimaginable plot and unthinkable characters make the farce one of the one of the more entertaining Although it is not what you might call knee-slapping humor, The Suicide certainly does have its comical moments. Unfortunately it also has its slow points as well. The Suicide was apparently not so humorous to the Russian leadership during the Communist era as Lennin promptly banned the play after seeing the performance. This was certainly not a rare occurrence during the Communist era as many works of art and information were banned including plays written by Chekov and Bulgakov. Its not very hard to understand why the play was banned because it absolutely ridicules every aspect of the Soviet society and the various segments of people that are in conflict with each other.The story focuses around Semian who is an unemployed Russian living off of his mother. He basically feels lowly and worthless as he is much to old to be living with his mother. He hasnt seemed to find his place in life yet and almost seems like he has given up and is a loser. Semian does see himself as able to do great things though and thinks he should be famous. When the opportunity to become a hero arises the audience takes the journey with him to make his final decision. Semian is asked to commit suicide for the cause and by doing this unthinkable feat he would die a hero and a famous man. Because Semian does not have a job and feels like he has no purpose in life he actually does consider killing himself. Although I found this unrealistic at first, when analyzed in the content of a farce it seems rather humorous. While Semian decides if he wants to die or not he questions what happens after death. Sure, if he kills himself he dies a hero but he is unsure if there is life after death, and doesnt want to enter into the great unknown. Ultimately, Semian chooses life. H...
