Lady With The Dog Chekhov

Chekov wrote “The Cherry Orchard” and “Lady with the Dog” these two stories are different but also similar. There are two similar themes in these stories; love and society. The theme of love in the “Cherry Orchard” is represented by the fact that Lubov and Gaev loved the cherry orchard and the memories and did not want to sell, even to clear the family’s debt. When the idea of clearing the lot for summer homes is brought up they can’t even stomach the idea. Looking out at the orchard brings back memories of their beloved childhood for some of the family. Ranevsky gazes upon the cherry orchard and has flashbacks of seeing her mother, who is dead, walking in the orchard, but she is just looking at the trees that are in the shape of an old lady, These orchards do bring back loving memories for this family and to cut them down would break their hearts. Eventually, the family makes their decision and leaves the estate. Lubov and Gaev love the orchard and are distraught when they say goodbye. At the end, they hear the distant sound of chainsaws cutting down the orchard.
They start off as friends but then become lovers. They both are married Anna’s husband is an absent husband but sends for her to join him in the town of S. and they stay together. One day Gurov’s love has grown so strong that he goes to find her and they plan ways to see each other without their spouses finding out. Society is also a theme in these stories. “The Cherry Orchard” has a main family that is aristocratic but slowly going down in wealth. There are people pretending to be what they aren’t. Dunyasha and Yasha are servants but they pretend to be rich when in fact they aren’t. There are also poor people who are getting richer and richer. One of these is, Lopakhin the son of a peasant on the estate who came into money. He is the one pushing for them to sell the