Ranevskaya's failure to address problems facing her estate and family mean that she eventually loses almost everything and her fate can be seen as a criticism of those people who are unwilling to adapt to the new Russia.
Ranjevskajas fiasko i at håndtere de problemer, ejendommen og familien står overfor, betyder at hun i sidste ende mister stort set alt, og hendes skæbne kan ses som en kritik af de folk, som var uvillige til at tilpasse sig det ny Rusland.