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 They considered that form of punishment out of date‚
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Vocabulary 1) A)Lament- An expression of grief or sorrow B)Antithesis- Contrast or opposition C)Obfuscatory- To confuse‚ bewilder‚ or stupefy D)Pedantry-Slavish attention to rules‚ details E)Epiphany-an appearance or manifestation‚ especially of a deity. F)Rigor- A severe or harsh act‚ circumstance‚ ect G)Bouillabaisse-a soup or stew containing several kinds of fish and often shellfish‚ usually combined with olive oil‚tomatoes‚ and saffron. 2) According to lockhart a mathematician is
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Anton Rosicky was a genuine and honest man. Even approaching death‚ he stayed unselfish and put others first. Rosicky was not only hardworking‚ he was also positive and charitable. This is an amazing illustration of how staying positive and putting others first makes not only them happy‚ but us too. Rosicky was a very hardworking man who provided for his wife and family for many years. When Rosicky was informed that he had a bad heart and couldn’t work on the farm anymore‚ Rosicky asked the doctor
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�PAGE � �PAGE �4� In the short story "Misery" by Anton Chekhov‚ I identified the problem of loneliness‚ as the absence of reciprocal understanding. I feel the love that A. Chekhov expresses to the ordinary person like Iona Potapov. The author writes about little things that mean a lot. Deep thoughts are hiding under true life twists and turns. Chekhov tells us a story of the main character‚ penurious Iona Potapov. He‚ as a sledge driver‚ meets various types of people and spends most of his time
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A few months before he died‚ Chekhov told the writer Ivan Bunin he thought people might go on reading him for seven years. "Why seven?" asked Bunin. "Well‚ seven and a half‚" Chekhov replied. "That’s not bad. I’ve got six years to live."[85] Always modest‚ Chekhov could hardly have imagined the extent of his posthumous reputation. The ovations for The Cherry Orchard in the year of his death showed him how high he had risen in the affection of the Russian public—by then he was second in literary
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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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short story written by Anton Chekhov in 1889. Anton Chekhov was a renowned playwright and short story novelist who rose to fame in the late nineteenth century. He was born on January 29‚ 1860 in Taganrog‚ Russian Empire. Chekhov’s father was a grocery store owner and his mother was a popular storyteller‚ perhaps creating an interest of storytelling to Chekhov at a very early age. “The Bet” is a very popular short story that holds a very important meaning to Chekhov. Anton Chekhov became very ill
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While both the 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
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Author’s Profile: Anton Chekhov (1860 – 1904) Anton Chekhov was born in the sea port town of Taganrog when Anton was growing up he did not have a decent childhood due to his father’s anger and bankruptcies. The Father left Anton to finish school where he began to write short stories and drew sketches to pay for his education. In addition‚ Anton studies to become a doctor but he did not have a successful practice for he insisted on treating the poor at no cost. He continues to write after he
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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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