How we cite our quotes: (Act.Line)
Quote #10
ASTROV: [...] And when they don't know what label to stick to my forehead, they say 'He's a strange man, strange!' I love forests—that's strange; I don't eat meat—that's strange too. They have no direct, clean, free relationship with nature and with people… None, none! (2.332-36)
Aha. So Astrov really just spends all his time making relationships with the trees in the forest because he basically hates his fellow human beings. He obviously feels ethically tied to nature, because he loves forests and won't eat meat. And his criticism toward others has to do with the way that they deal with nature (first) and (then) people, which shows us his priorities.