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Michael has just returned to his family home after being stationed in St. Petersburg for years. His sister, Liubov, is engaged to a baron, but Michael objects saying that Liubov should only marry for love. Against the advice of his younger sisters, he resolves to save Liubov from the arranged marriage. This scene sets the stage for the first event that brings misfortune to the “paradise” of the Bakunin home: Michael convinces Liubov to break her engagement, and inadvertently sentences her to
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Michael Well! He won’t do. Liubov doesn’t love him, that’s obvious. Varenka We know that. Tatiana She won’t go against papa, and the baron is a good match, isn’t he?
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Michael This marriage cannot take place. We must save Liubov. To give oneself without love is a sin against our inner life which is our only real life. The life of our bodily existence is mere illusion. I’ll explain it all to father. God, I’m starving!
For full extended scene, please see the edition cited here: Stoppard, Tom. The Coast of Utopia: Voyage. Act 1, “Summer 1833.” 2002.
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