Anton Chekhov The Bet It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how‚ fifteen years before‚ he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there‚ and there had been interesting conversations. Among other things they had talked of capital punishment. The majority of the guests‚ among whom were many journalists and intellectual men‚ disapproved of the death penalty. They considered that form of punishment out of date‚
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Thematic Essay: The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov was very talented in that he could convey well the emotion and the suspense with each and every situation of his stories. In Anton Chekhov’s short story‚ "The Lottery Ticket"‚ Ivan Dmitritch and his wife imagine the vast splendors that would come had they won the lottery. Shown in this condensed work‚ Ivan and his wife realize that they have changing attitudes toward each other and their all important family. In the beginning‚
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Anton Chekhov’s “Misery”‚ a sledge driver‚ Iona Petapov‚ grief’s the loss of his son. Iona is not able to willing to listen to his misery as he long to express his anguish. Each person that Iona makes encounters with are preoccupied and did not care to hear his story. Iona ended up having to share his despair with his horse by because the ignorance of his fellow men had left him no choice. An Officer going to Vyborgskaya was the first passenger Iona picked up. Replying to an inquiry made by
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After reading the bet one can see Through the prisoner’s decision‚ the author proves to the reader that money is evil‚ money teaches life lessons‚ and when human will is tested it can be impossible to break. This story proves once and for all money is the root of all evil. When the young man told the older man‚ "The death sentence and the life sentence are equally immoral‚ but if I had to choose one I would choose the second." This quote caused such excitement for the younger man‚ but he had no
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Critique of an Author: Anton Chekhov As a man who had the capability to juggle two careers‚ medicine and writing‚ there is little doubt that Anton Chekov is anything less than an intelligent man. Although the author is known to sketch his characters with morality and mindfulness behind them‚ he often chooses to portray human weakness‚ faults‚ and ignorance in them as well. Within the short story‚ The Lady with the Dog‚ Chekov uses adultery to show temptation of mankind as well as two people who are
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Anton Chekhov’s Concerning Love is exactly that‚ a short story concerning the love that both Alyokhin and Anna Luganovich feel for each other but never act upon. The love started when Alyokhin took up a part-time job in town as the honorary justice of peace. Through his work he met Anna’s husband‚ Dmitry Luganovich‚ who invited Alyokhin back to his house for dinner. Alyokhin immediately took a strong liking towards Anna‚ “…here was a young‚ beautiful‚ kind‚ intelligent‚ enchanting woman‚ unlike
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these stories would be lacking depth and feeling. In “The Bet” by Anton Chekov; “He—y‚ Come on Ou—t!” by Shinichi Hoshi; and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson it is unveiled that each and every type of irony plays its own important role in forming stories. Out of the three types of irony‚ dramatic irony creates the most suspense. We know something that one of the characters don’t know‚ which builds to the story. In “The Bet” by Anton Chekov we see the important use of dramatic irony and
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THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL by Anton Chekhov IT was Christmas Eve. Marya had long been snoring on the stove; all the paraffin in the little lamp had burnt out‚ but Fyodor Nilov still sat at work. He would long ago have flung aside his work and gone out into the street‚ but a customer from Kolokolny Lane‚ who had a fortnight before ordered some boots‚ had been in the previous day‚ had abused him roundly‚ and had ordered him to finish the boots at once before the morning service. "It ’s a convict
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In the bit from Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute” we learn that the play is filled with situations contrived by the writer do make the readers laugh. Essentially speaking there are three characters in the plot that give way to funny and haniense situations through their actions and comments. It goes without saying that the play owes much of its farcical appeal to the funny comments resorted to by the characters. When Popova tells him that she is in a state of mind‚ Smirnov not only ridicules her
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Commentary on The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (This commentary is based on the extract from the play by Chekhov‚ A. (translated by Chernomordik‚ V). The Three Sisters‚ Grove Press‚ New York‚ pp 66-68. The extract starts with “Well. They are saying we should take up a subscription” and ends with “don’t you think? It’s not right.”) The above passage is a dialog extracted from the third act of Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters. The work was written In Russia in the year 1900. This was during
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