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    Since I’ve been reading so much Shakespeare lately‚ I can’t help but think of the two playwrights together. Shakespeare and Chekhov are my two favorite dramatists (which makes me feel a bit conventional‚ but sometimes conventions come about for good reasons)‚ and they both share a profound ability to create fully rounded‚ psychologically complex characters. What interests me most in theater--really in all literature--the way a good writer can suggest the inner life of a particular individual.

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    A very controversial writer of his time‚ Anton Chekhov‚ was a man who overcame numerous difficulties throughout his lifetime. Anton Chekhov was a Russian dramatist and author; many consider him to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His plays and short stories are held in high esteem by scholars worldwide. From the beginning of his writing career‚ Anton Chekhov was recognized for his originality‚ and through the perception of his characters and short stories he managed to change

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    Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Love and Morality in the “The Lady with the Lapdog” by Anton Chekhov Introduction The “Lady with the Lapdog‚” is a story by a Russian author Anton Chekhov. It is a story that raises eyebrows and entices the mind as one reads through to understand the actions of the two main characters‚ Anna and Gurov. Their actions are looked down and unspeakable according to the Russian society. Chekhov has successfully managed to show how self-pleasure rise above everything in his short

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    Wow! 7‚883‚995 minutes sure is a long time to spend in solitary confinement‚ and then not even hang around for the final five minutes to reclaim your prize. The title of this story is "The Bet"‚ and is written by Anton Chekhov. In this story‚ a man takes part in a bet for two million dollars‚ under the conditions that he stays in solitary confinement for fifteen years. The man‚ whom we come to know as "the prisoner"‚ stays in confinement for almost fifteen years when‚ with only five minutes remaining

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    Disappointment and Male Egotism; A comparison of two stories “The lottery ticket” by Anton Chekhov and “The lottery” by Shirley Jackson have many similarities. Both pieces examine potential disastrous outcomes of participating in a lottery. Chekhov’s story is a very basic representation of one man’s negative lottery experience. Though Jackson’s work is about a very different kind of village lottery‚ it too tells the story of a devastating lottery experience. The pieces share many common ideas.

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    interested in music but turned to classics. In the fifth year‚ he lay on his bed‚ drank wine‚ and played the piano. Then for four years he studied languages‚ history‚ and philosophy before moving to the New Testament and to theology. Finally‚ his reading became

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    The one story that I thought had the same theme as “The Call of the Wild” was “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. The theme for these two stories is knowledge and wisdom. For those who don’t know what “The Bet” is all about I will tell you. “The Bet” is about an aged banker and a juvenile lawyer to see which is better; the death penalty or locked up in a confinement for your life. These two stories have a fascinating lesson to teach young and aged human beings. “The Call of the Wild” has this theme because

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    Comparative Essay “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov Most people today would define Lottery as the drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance‚ however these two stories give us a different out look on the word lottery. The stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov are both extremely powerful stories that leave you thinking. People turn on other people for self

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    March 26‚ 2013 Dr. Shellito Honors English Period One Reading Aloud Project Reflection Paper When this project was assigned to me‚ I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Just six weeks ago‚ the words “non­fiction” created an image of boredom in my mind. I didn’t realize how many great pieces of non­fiction literature there were‚ and how much would enjoy it. Not only did I read many great pieces of writing‚ but I also learned a lot about myself as a person and a reader. In future years‚ this project should definitely be assigned

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    Reading Reflection ENG 125 7/5/2011 Reading Reflection The literary work that we discussed this week was interesting to me in so many ways. The chapters talked about different types of literature such as poems‚ short stories‚ and also novels. Throughout the reading I experience literature in a way I have never understood before. Literature restores the past‚ stimulates the imagination‚ glorifies the commonplace‚ evokes emotions and links feeling to thinking‚ upholds a vision of the

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