Value In the short story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov a wager is made that changes the lives of two people. The story begins with a heated argument at a party over which is more moral‚ capital punishment or life imprisonment. The host of the party‚ the banker (appositive)‚ believes that capital punishment is more moral because the death sentence kills the victim quicker rather than dragging out the process. A twenty-five year old lawyer at the party responds‚ saying‚ he would choose the life sentence
Premium Life imprisonment Prison Anton Chekhov
Nostalgia is one of the main themes in The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov. In fact‚ Chekov himself experienced strong feelings of nostalgia to Moscow where he was introduced to many men of letters but unfortunately‚ he was obliged to leave Moscow and go to Yalta because of his illness of T.B. Thus‚ his longing to Moscow kept torturing and irritating him all through his life. Hence‚ the sense of nostalgia is clearly reflected in his play The Cherry Orchard. Actually‚ the play concerns an aristocratic
Premium Anton Chekhov
IV AN ANALYSIS PAPER ON ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD Submitted to: Mrs. Joneth D. Vibar Submitted by: Vincent del Castillo IV-St.Francis of Assisi Outline of Analysis 1 Author’s Style 1.1 Anton Chekhov as a Playwright and Author of Short Stories 1.1.1 Russia’s best known Modern Playwright 1.1.1 Master of the Modern Short Story 1.2 Anton Chekhov and his Influences 1.2
Premium Anton Chekhov Constantin Stanislavski
Do you confess to your parents or do you deny the crime? Anton Chekhov addresses this common feeling of the internal conflict faced by children in his story of a boy who steals his father’s cigarettes‚ displaying the influence of the unconscious mind in the conflicted feeling of the child. When reading Home by Anton Chekhov through a psychoanalytic lens‚ it is apparent that
Premium English-language films The Child Parent
original and the reworked versions of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" are interesting stories‚ Anton Chekov ’s is more compelling than Joyce Carol Oates ’s due to a point of view from a different character‚ a stronger main character overall‚ and a more intriguing setting. In these two stories the account of what takes place is told from opposing sides of the relationship. In Chekov ’s version of "The Lady with the Pet Dog‚" the story is told from the perspective of the male side of the couple. Dmitry Dmitrich
Premium Fiction Short story Character
Antonin Dvorak Antonin Leopard Dvorak also known as Anton Dvorak Was born in Nelahozeves Sep. 8‚ 1841 on the banks of the Vltava River near Prague‚ where he spent most of his life. Dvorak came from a modest background. His father owned an Inn‚ where he played folk music. Dvorak went to school at the age of eleven. At this age‚ he dropped out to become an apprentice butcher‚ and the next year went on to study in German in Zolance. In Zolance most of Dvorak’s time was spent on music lessons
Premium Music Czech Republic Germany
Short Paper 4 EngLit 0325 In 1899‚ Anton Chekhov wrote a story titled “The Lady with the Little Dog” describing a love affair from a married man’s perspective. Seventy-three years later‚ Joyce Carol Oates wrote her own rendition of the same story‚ this time writing from the female perspective‚ titling it “The Lady with the Pet Dog”. Many feminists had criticized Chekhov for his original portrayal of women in the original story‚ and considered Oates’ version a feminist rewrite. Contrary to this
Premium Gender Fiction Woman
The Treasure in her Misery Nothing good can come from that which is known to be evil‚ right? In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne paints the picture that what is generally known as evil and sinful‚ can blossom into something much greater. The puritans in this book do not agree with this logic very well‚ as they show many times through their public acts of hate towards Hester. The story about Hester and her sin’s impact on the naïve puritan town shows that good can‚ in fact‚ come from bad
Premium Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne
Response to “Pious prophets” a novel excerpt from Anton Lavey “Pious prophets have taught man to fear Satan. But what of terms like "God fearing"? If God is so merciful‚ why do people have to fear him? Are we to believe there is nowhere we can turn to escape fear? If you have to fear God‚ why not be "Satan fearing" and at least have the fun that being God fearing denies you?” (45) This novel excerpt from The Satanic Bible plays around with the term “god fearing” and‚ in a way‚ mocks some of the
Premium God Christianity Jesus
In Anton Chekov’s “The Lady with the Dog”‚ Chekov uses direct language along with slight descriptions to dictate the setting. However‚ the main purpose for the settings of Yalta and Moscow are to influence Gurov’s motives and feelings. The atmosphere that Gurov is open to is infectious. The locations of Yalta and Moscow represent two different ideologies in Gurov’s life. Yalta expands on the mischievousness and romantic aspects of Gurov while in Moscow the boring and mundane life of Gurov is exhibited
Premium Woman Gender Marriage