Got that? She's pretty, a looker, hot stuff, smokin'… the play is full of references to just how sexy Yelena is, and it drives all the country folk wild. VOYNITSKY: But how lovely she is! How lovely! in all my life I've never seen such a beautiful woman! (1.96-97) Uncle Vanya, as we mentioned in his character analysis, is cuckoo for Yelena. Let's just go down the list.įirst up: Vanya. This outsider position, of course, puts her right in every busybody's sights. Also, she's a woman, and at this time and place women just aren't expected to speak for themselves. She's kind of a mysterious figure, because she's the newest addition to the family, so of course everyone has an opinion about her. Yelena Andreyevna, (Hélène, Lenochka) Gossip GirlĪ lot of what we know about Yelena Andreyevna, the wife of Serebryakov, we learn from what other people say about her.
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