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    “Same Story‚ Two Perspectives” The two stories of "The Lady with the Pet Dog‚" by Anton Chekhov and Joyce Carol Oates are extremely similar in plot. They are both about a love affair between two married people and each couple discovering true love. However‚ these stories are completely different for one reason‚ their perspective. Chekhov’s and Oates’s versions of the story are told from the opposite point of view of each couple. Each situation‚ because told for a different point of view‚ allows

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    The two stories that are both called “The necklace” and “The Bet” talk about two characters that think they can win or have everything that they want or think. On “The necklace‚” a girl named Madame Mathilde Loisel thought she needed everything because she was a pretty girl‚ but she was very poor. On “The Bet‚” the banker makes a bet that he thought that he would win a bet. “The Necklace” and “The Bet” functions to reveal aspects of character by showing their thinking and their character traits

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    structure and the symbolism of the setting both exemplify examples of modernism in literature. The four act structure of “The Cherry Orchard” is an example of modernism because it rejects the traditional five act structure used in romanticism. Chekhov uses each act to represent one of the four seasons. The passage of time is usually told by the weather or the condition of the cherry trees. This is evident in the beginning of the story as the cherry trees are in full blossom indicating that it is

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    ------------------------------------------------- The Seagull‚ Anton Chekhov ------------------------------------------------- Key Facts full title · The Seagull author · Anton Chekhov type of work · Play genre · Tragi-Comedy language · Russian. English Translation by Paul Schmidt time and place written · Written in 1895‚ Russia date of first publication · Not applicable (drama) publisher · HarperCollins‚ Harper Flamingo edition narrator · None point of view · Not applicable (drama)

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    The Unbelievable feelings in Anton Chekhov’s "The Bear" "The Bear‚" which is a classic one-act play written 1900‚ is one of the great works of Anton Chekhov‚ which is very much about a widowed woman. The Bear can be regarded as a comedy since it is to give the audience entertainment and amusement. This comedy reveals the fine line between anger and passion. The theme is about a strange beginning of love between Mrs. Popov and Smirnov. It demonstrated that love changes all things it touches

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    Ukrainian Cossacks’ organization was born. One can go to Odesa and walk along the boulevards‚ where Pushkin walked a long time ago‚ and one can touch the trees‚ which Pushkin touched. It is also possible to visit the last house of Chekhov (now the museum in Yalta)‚ where Chekhov lived‚ and where he wrote his last works‚ and where he died. One may visit the famous symbol of the Crimea — the castle “Swallow’s Nest” or the residence of Russian tsars in Livadia. It is possible to go through Gogol places in

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    eventually began to produce and direct plays. For the next forty years‚ he fabricated his own approach to acting that highlighted the psychological and emotional aspects of acting. Stanislavski was heavily influenced by the work of playwright‚ Anton Chekhov‚ in his realistic plays such as The Seagull‚ which Stanislavski would later direct. Stanislavski’s psychological approach to character development and emphasis on minute details in plays are two prominent reasons why we still recognize his impact

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    they can relate to and a point of view that they really lets them see how things would really happen. That is why I choose to write my response paper over Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lady with the Pet Dog.” The story has dual settings Anton Chekhov starts the story out in Yalta and moves the

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    banker who lives in Moscow along with his wife‚ daughter and two sons. His major internal conflict in this tale is that he has never been able to make a legitimate connection with someone of the opposite sex and considers women " the inferior race" (Chekhov 102). He cannot find any emotional worth in his interactions with other people‚ and most specifically in this story‚ women.

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    time full of frenzied immorality‚ glittering cabaret performances and an up-and-coming sex tourism industry” (Allen‚ David. 2001). Productions depicting such decadence and debauchery immerged that contrasted the melodrama of the mainstream theatre. Chekhov described the Russian life of his time using a deceptively simple technique devoid of obtrusive literary devices‚ and he is regarded as the outstanding representative of the late 19th-century Russian realist. In Germany in the 1920’s‚ a revolution

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