The Proposal
by Anton Chekhov
Introduction:
The Proposal is written by Anton Chekhov, a Russian writer. He selected his career as a doctor and also practiced medicine. He was interested in literature and that made him write short stories and he contributed in the world of literature. He finally got huge fame in literary world and became the greatest writer of the age.
The Proposal is written by Anton Chekhov, a Russian writer. He selected his career as a doctor and also practiced medicine. He was interested in literature and that made him write short stories and he contributed in the world of literature. He finally got huge fame in literary world and became the greatest writer of the age.
He has written short stories with funny and witty styles which mostly
arises various issues. He used underline satire by the funny dialogues of
characters and by their level of thinking and understanding the situations he
presented wit. All these interesting construction of the play makes reading
even more interesting.
By this play Anton has arose the issue of accepting the people around us
and the negative aspects of treating other people. He has depicted the inner
feeling of people in which, he expressed that how an individual contains the
feeling of “Otherness” about other people.
He said,
“Medicine
is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress”
Characters: (click on the characters to read more)
Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov – Hero of
the play, Neighbour of Chubukov, a large and hearty, but very suspicious
landowner.
Natalya Stepanovna – Chubukov’s 25 years old
daughter.
Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov – Father of
Nataliya and a landowner.
Background of the play:
Chubukov and
Lomov are neighbours. Lomov is very rich and handsome. He likes Natalya and
wants to marry her. He went with a proposal of marriage to Chubukov’s house but
the meeting converted in a quarrel. First they quarrelled on the ownership of
Meadows and then they started fighting on the superiority of their dog. Natalya is ready to marry Lomov but just
for his wealth. At the end they get married and again starts fighting.
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