Which quotation from a translation of Uncle Vanya most effectively il…

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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts is an 1898 play by Anton Chekhov, originally written in Russian. In the play, Professor Serebrakoff and his wife Helena have come to stay at their country estate, which Vanya manages with the help of Sonia, the professor's daughter from a previous marriage. Chekhov portrays Vanya as feeling underappreciated by the professor, as is evident when _____

Which quotation from a translation of Uncle Vanya most effectively illustrates the claim?

Vanya says to Professor Serebrakoff, "For twenty-five years I have managed this place [the estate], and have sent you the returns from it like the most honest of servants, and you have never given me one single word of thanks for my work, not one-neither in my youth nor now."

Professor Serebrakoff says to Helena, "Of course I see that it is foolish for me to live so long, but wait! I shall soon set you all free. My life cannot drag on much longer."

Vanya says to Professor Serebrakoff, "We used to think of you as almost superhuman, but now the scales have fallen from my eyes and I see you as you are! You write on art without knowing anything about it. Those books of yours which I used to admire are not worth one copper kopeck. You are a hoax!"

Vanya says to himself, "I was proud of [Professor Serebrakoff] and of his learning; I received all his words and writings as inspired and now? Now he has retired, and what is the total of his life? A blank!"