..The climax of the play is Nina's disclosure to Konstantin that she still loves Trigorin (Act 4). This news, along with Konstantin's dissatisfaction with his career as a writer, causes Konstantin to commit suicide. When Dorn discovers the body, he informs Trigorin but not Konstantin's mother, Irina. The play ends. However, one can imagine how Irina would react upon learning of Konstantin's death. She would cry hysterically (or histrionically), grieve for what the public deems a proper period of time, then go on with her life happy to be relieved of the burden of a weirdly idealistic son whose published work—though raw and spare of critical praise—threatened her position as the center of attention at Sorin's estate. Masha, of course, would be devastated and ruminate over what could have been.