(346 words) The old era is leaving. The “old” people are leaving. But what or even who will come to replace? Chekhov hints to the reader, but does not give an exact answer. Is it really Lopakhin - this is the future? Are both the cherry orchard and its inhabitants obsolete? “All of us are leaving ... we suddenly became unnecessary,” Gayev says. And it seems to me that it is this phrase with absolute accuracy that determines the nature of what is happening.
Our heroes are accustomed to the old world order, but everything in our lives is changing and those who can’t adapt to the new conditions will be in a difficult situation to say the least. But, as it seems to me, the main motive of the play is not the fact that everything in our life is changing. No, I believe that the main leitmotif is the frightening suspense. Yes, we know that the garden will be cut down. But will it be possible to create a new one? Or will he forever be in the past? What will happen to these pampered people? Can they survive in this new era? We cannot know anything in advance. We fear the future, because only the businesslike Lopakhin is ready for it. And not just ready, but rather even longing for it. He wants to get a garden and change it forever. But Lopakhin is not a negative character, he is just a man of a new era. And the inhabitants of the estate, in turn, are not positive characters - most of them are people of the past. However, some were unable to leave the garden. Firs, the oldest man in the play, died at the very moment the inhabitants left the estate. And he didn’t just die - everyone forgot him. As if he weren’t at all. And he, in turn, sighs, worried about Leonid Andreyevich, wearing a coat, not a fur coat.
Longing is what unites those who do not want to put up with the new world order. Petya and Lopakhin, on the contrary, are extremely enthusiastic, for the time is coming for initiative and strong-willed people, and not for the rich people. However, why does Lopakhin never confess to Vara in her feelings? Is it possible that he loved Ranevskaya? Or didn’t he just find the strength to make an offer to Vara? One can only guess, for the author does not make any hints. Or the fact that Lopakhin was shy and did not reveal his feelings shows us the ambiguity of the people of the future? There is perhaps no answer to this question.
