je ono u što vjeruje.Anton Pavlovič Čehov "Ravnodušnost je - paraliza duše‚ prijevremena smrt." Gorky "Čovjek sve može‚ samo ako hoće." "Ne budite ravnodušni‚ ravnodušnost je smrtonosna za ljudsku dušu. Ono što vjeruješ‚ to i postoji. Reading Anton Chekhov’s stories‚ one feels oneself in a melancholy day of late autumn‚ when the air is transparent and the outline of naked trees‚ narrow houses‚ grayish people‚ is sharp. Everything is strange‚ lonely‚ motionless‚ helpless. The horizon‚ blue and
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Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin and The Lady with the Pet Dog by Anton Chekhov both contain the theme of love but it is told in different ways for each short stories. As deep as both stories go‚ it is possible to see that the each author wrote about love but in opposite ways. Although the short stories show resemblances as far as how the men’s love for their lady make them dictate the tone of the relationship‚ it is evident that Anton Chekhov wants to show how love can suddenly appear while Kate Chopin
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“The Lady with the Pet Dog” “The Lady with the Pet Dog” is a classic story originally written by the one and only Anton Chekhov in 1899‚ five years before his death. Years later in 1972‚ an author by the name of Joyce Carol Oates wrote her own adaptation to this story. While both of these stories differ‚ the “love” story and adultery still takes place in each. Both of these stories are about a spouse having a taboo affair with a secret lover. While both of these stories are exceptionally satisfying
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The Impactful Setting of “The Lady with the Dog” Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lady with the Dog” has a setting that is very impactful on the story. The setting of this story is in late nineteenth century Russia and takes place in three of its cities. Yalta‚ Moscow‚ and S- are influential parts of the setting that have affected the way the reader interprets the mood and tone of this short story. Yalta is a resort city by the Black Sea for the wealthy‚ elite russians. Yalta is very similar to
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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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Personality Profile: Mrs. Popov in The Brute by Anton Chekhov In The Brute‚ Anton Chekhov scripts a relatively short‚ one-act play which features two prominent and distinct main characters. Chekhov himself was born in 1860 in Russia to a lower-middle class family. At age sixteen‚ he was literally abandoned by his family‚ an event which would shape the course of his life and writings in the years to come. Chekhov’s outlandish stories are generally classified as farces‚ which are defined as light
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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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Chekhov Stories Anton Chekhov The Darling Summary Olga Plemyannikov sits on the steps of her house musing in the heat of the day. The theater owner Mr. Kukin‚ who lives in a wing of Olga’s house‚ worries that the coming rain will drive away more of his customers. As the days pass Kukin grows pessimistic about the fact that he is ruined. A "deep and genuine feeling" arises in Olga‚ and she falls in love with her fretful neighbor. The narrator describes how Olga has always been in love with
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the conventional melodramas and sentimental comedies of the 1700s. It is expressed in theatre through the use of symbolism‚ character development‚ stage setting and storyline and is exemplified in plays such as Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters. The arrival of realism was indeed good for theatre as it promoted greater audience involvement and raised awareness of contemporary social and moral issues. It also provided and continues to provide a medium through
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For this assignment‚ I’m going to examine the themes central to Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet” and Flannery O’Conner’s “A Good man is Hard to Find”. These stories share a common and important element that changes the characters: timely self-realization after a moment of awareness. In the following paragraphs‚ I will examine how the characters undergo that process and change after an ironic twist. “The Bet” is a short story that explores the value of human life. It compares the theme of materialism to
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