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    problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm”. This famous quote by Milton Fredmen sadly dictates what the fundamentals interests of society have become.  In this short story‚ “Heartache” Anton Chekhov created a main character “Iona” who had recently lost his son. Iona throughout the story had tried to find someone who he can share his sorrows with but ultimately failed. It showed the selfish nature of society and its effects on Iona which in

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    “The Lady with the Dog‚” is a story about Dmitri and Anna both of whom are married to another person‚ they meet while on vacation in Yalta. Anton Chekhov is a realist writer and through this work tries to disprove a romance by using Dmitri and Anna as an example. Yalta wouldn’t be the one and only place that they meet due to an “intolerable bondage.” “The Lady with the Dog” disproves the idea of a romance and shows that love can become a problem. A romance is a story where two people fall in

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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky Russian Novelist and Philosopher Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist‚ philosopher‚ short story writer and essayist. He was born in Moscow Russia in the early 1800’s and wrote philosophical works that stimulated human thoughts. He died at the age of 59. Born: November 11‚ 1821‚ Moscow‚ Russia Died: February 9‚ 18811‚ Moscow‚ Russia Education: Military Engineering-Technical University‚ St. Petersburg Time Period/ Genre: All of Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote all of his work

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    London: Penguin‚ pp 31-75. Bentley‚ Eric (1991) The Life of The Drama‚ New York: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. Boal‚ Augusto (2000) Theatre of The Oppressed‚ London: Pluto Press. Borney‚ Geoffrey (2006) Interpreting Chekhov‚ Canberra: ANU E Press. ChekhovAnton (2004) The Cherry Orchard in The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama 4th edition‚ University of California‚ Berkley: Routledge‚ pp 597-620. Fortier‚ Mark (2002) Theory/Theatre: An Introduction. 2nd ed.‚ London: Routeledge. Worthen‚ W

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    Misery‚ by Anton Chekhov‚ is a story about a cab driver who fails to find someone to tell his tragic story about the death of his son. The main character Lona start surrounded by cab drivers‚ yet no one cares to pay attention to his suffering and pain. His son had passed away recently and he is still mourning his death. He then runs into an officer who made a joke and encourages him to speak‚ by asking how the boy died. Lona tries to explain‚ yet the passenger wants to the driver to keep his

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    "Man is what he believes." is one rule we should all live by‚ Anton Chekhov‚ a short story author lived by this and preached it to everyone he met. Each person in this world believes in something or someone‚ for every high school student‚ there is a younger middle or elementary school student‚ who looks up to and believes in that high school student. They will model their life after the high school students ’‚ trying as hard as they can to be what they believe. I too model my life on three basic

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    information regarding short stories as a result from reading. They all had many significant themes and a variety of symbolic meanings. The majority commonly share many aspects however certain stories are completely unrelated. “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov and “Rich for One Day” by Suzanne Jacob share the most similarities. Their similarity is evident between the setting‚ characters and the plot. To begin with‚ both stories share the same setting. They both take place back in the earlier days

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    Bibliography:        Otto Scharmer: Theory U Simon Sinek: golden circle The cherry orchard‚ Anton Chekhov KUHN‚ THOMAS SAMUEL (b. Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ 18 July 1922; d. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ 17 June 1996) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions‚ Tomas Kuhn Cours de la philosophie positive‚ Auguste Komte Black swan theory ‚Nassim Nicholas Taleb 4 5

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    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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