Nostalgia is one of the main themes in The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov. In fact, Chekov himself experienced strong feelings of nostalgia to Moscow where he was introduced to many men of letters but unfortunately, he was obliged to leave Moscow and go to Yalta because of his illness of T.B. Thus, his longing to Moscow kept torturing and irritating him all through his life. Hence, the sense of nostalgia is clearly reflected in his play The Cherry Orchard. Actually, the play concerns an aristocratic Russian woman and her family as they return to their family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. While offered options to save the estate, the family does nothing and the play ends with the selling of the orchard and thus the ending of all their past memories. The characters of The Cherry Orchard are sick with nostalgia. Madame Ranevsky is obviously the main character; she is really in charge of her family, and her inability to move on with the present is so striking. To her, everything is in the past - even the present. She can't forget the days of her childhood or the d...