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    "The Lady With the Dog‚" by Anton Chekhov "The Lady With the Dog" is a short story that gives an overview of an adulterous affair. The main character‚ Dmitri Gurov‚ is dissatisfied with his wife and has been consistently unfaithful to her. While vacationing in Yalta‚ he becomes enamored by a young woman that has a Pomeranian in tow‚ and successfully seduces her. Instead of enjoying a short-term fling‚ Gurov finds himself falling in love‚ even though he heartily attempts to dismiss this fact.

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    Caleb Arauz Professor Manzione Spring English 1102 (06) February 20‚ 2014 Gurov: Womanizer or Hopeless Romantic? Dimitri Dmitritch Gurov is Anton Chekhov’s main character in “The Lady with the Dog.” Chekhov goes to great lengths unfolding Gurov’s change in character from an experienced and emotionless playboy to a hopeless romantic. When he meets Anna‚ the lady with the dog‚ he is doing so with selfish intentions. In time‚ Anna turns Gurov from a man of meaningless hookups to a man searching

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    Alexx Alatorre Word Count: 1111 Professor Ruane English 1302 6 March 2013 Chekhov Setting Analysis In Anton Chekhov’s story “The Lady with the Dog.” the main characters Dmitry Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna partake in an affair while in Yalta. Chekhov creates this with words that capture a place and time‚ the movements between two people and emotions of love discovered but contained in secrecy. The central idea of this story is that in reality everything in this world is truly beautiful

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    A Marriage Proposal (sometimes translated as simply The Proposal‚ Russian: Предложение) is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov‚ written in 1888-1889 and first performed in 1890. It is a fast-paced play of dialogue-based action and situational humour. Characters Stepan Stepanovitch Tschubokov‚ 70 years old‚ a landowner • Natalia Stepanovna‚ his daughter‚ 25 years old • Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov‚ 35 years old‚ a neighbour of Tschubukov‚ a large and hearty‚ but very suspicious landowner Plot synopsis

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    IV AN ANALYSIS PAPER ON ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD Submitted to: Mrs. Joneth D. Vibar Submitted by: Vincent del Castillo IV-St.Francis of Assisi Outline of Analysis 1 Author’s Style 1.1 Anton Chekhov as a Playwright and Author of Short Stories 1.1.1 Russia’s best known Modern Playwright 1.1.1 Master of the Modern Short Story 1.2 Anton Chekhov and his Influences 1.2

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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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    ’’ How can parents encourage their children to become avid leaders?’’ According to expert’s point of view‚ personality features originate from childhood‚ and leadership qualities are not exceptions. Parents can play a special role in encouraging their children to become avid leaders by protecting‚ giving independence and freedom of expression to their children. First of all‚ parent’s all-out support from their children paves the way of flourishing talents which are requisites for an

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    Chekov wrote “The Cherry Orchard” and “Lady with the Dog” these two stories are different but also similar. There are two similar themes in these stories; love and society. The theme of love in the “Cherry Orchard” is represented by the fact that Lubov and Gaev loved the cherry orchard and the memories and did not want to sell‚ even to clear the family’s debt. When the idea of clearing the lot for summer homes is brought up they can’t even stomach the idea. Looking out at the orchard brings back

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    characterization in Chekhov and Oates’s different versions of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" are evident‚ the purpose only becomes clear for the reader when the two versions are read and compared. The stories have different settings‚ but the characters in the story remain the same. There is Anna‚ Dmitry‚ and their families. Although their families are mentioned‚ each member remains without any description and therefore they begin to seem almost unimportant. Both Anton Chekhov and Joyce Oates chose

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    Anton Chekhov’s‚ The Lady with the Pet Dog‚ is a short story about an adulterous man‚ Dmitry Gurov‚ who falls in love with a miserable married woman‚ Anna Sergeyevna. The two find each other in their times of loneliness and quickly become involved in an affair. They soon have to say goodbye when Anna must return home to her sick husband. At first in the story Gurov refers to women as “the inferior race‚” yet he confesses that he feels more comfortable with them than he does with men‚ but as the story

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