The play “Luckless” is the most popular dramatic work of one of the founders of the Ukrainian professional theater, an actor, director, playwright Ivan Karpenko-Kary. Besides, the play is considered to be a national heritage in general. There is a love triangle Varka-Hnat-Sofia at the heart of the story. Their relationship is the main storyline of the drama. However, the author suggests a difficult, but deeper version of understanding and immersion in the eternal category,...
The play “Luckless” is the most popular dramatic work of one of the founders of the Ukrainian professional theater, an actor, director, playwright Ivan Karpenko-Kary. Besides, the play is considered to be a national heritage in general. There is a love triangle Varka-Hnat-Sofia at the heart of the story. Their relationship is the main storyline of the drama. However, the author suggests a difficult, but deeper version of understanding and immersion in the eternal category, Love, which is given only to the chosen ones. It will exist as long as Life, Humanity, and World exist. How? Accidentally? Unthinkingly? Jokingly? Or out of jealousy? A casually dropped word or phrase is like a spark that ignites flames, it can destroy anything: human relationships, goodness, love, beauty, many of the virtues that make a human out of a living being. Although the story is rather lyrical and delicate, the author here is a meticulous psychologist, he explores the most difficult concept – the evolution of the transformation of Love and Sacrifice, which accompanies it, into Lust, Craving, Hate. Craving goes mad and awakens Fate, and its insatiability requires as many victims as possible. Its greed is growing every minute and it needs more than the lovers who don't feel, don't want or are unable to comprehend their own mystical transformation from humans into insatiable monsters, blinded by their own emotions and craving for domination. The throat of Fate, like a whirlpool, drags into its terrible trap everyone who stands in the way, it destroys, burns souls and feelings. And only when emptiness arises, the protagonist Hnat begins to see clearly and says: “I did it accidentally, hotheadedly…”.
