The Darling By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

1. Identify the theme of “The Darling.” How do Olenka’s several relationships with male characters help to elucidate the theme?

For centuries, women have been treated with inequality and denied basic rights that men are given. However, when World War 11 began on September 10, 1939, things began to change. Canada was still struggling with the remnants of the Great Depression, and out of 11 million people, 900,000 were unemployed. 20% of that number were women. There were only 600,000 working ladies, but they made up the small portion of 17% of the labour force. As the men left for war, the females took over most of the jobs in the factories. Many even said they did a better job than the men did. Over time, they began to work a variety of jobs that they were not able to before, but it wasn’t enough. Even though by 1944, the end of the war, the number of women working

Throughout the plot of action in the play, The Seagull, Anton Chekhov illustrates various examples of human disappointment through the interactions of the characters. Whether human disappointment is presented in the form of one sided love or the a life with no meaning, Chekhov presents to his readers a world where joy and happiness are values that are no where to be seen. Therefore, feelings of disappointment and despair seem to dominate the lives of the characters.

“Days of a Russian Noblewoman” is a translated memoir originally written by a Russian noblewoman named Anna Labzina. Anna’s memoir gives a unique perspective of the private life and gender roles of noble families in Russia. Anna sees the male and female gender as similar in nature, but not in morality and religiosity. She sees men as fundamentally different in morality and religiosity because of their capability to be freely dogmatic, outspoken, and libertine. Anna implies throughout her memoir that woman in this society have the capacity to shape and control their lives through exuding a modest, submissive, and virtuous behavior in times of torment. Through her marriage, Labzina discovers that her society is highly male centered.

Gender inequality has been the main focus for many centuries through the use of discrimination and oppression women were exploited. Where women had very little rights of their own or a voice in society but made many sacrifices to achieve equal rights whether it be in employment or other areas of inequality. As men were seen as masculine breadwinners and women as more feminine by looking after the family and raring of children.

consequences, like a wound, are usually self-inflicted. In the short stories “The Bet” by Anton Chekov and “Hey Come on Out” by Shinichi Hoshi, both authors authenticate the theme of consequences. Clear as day the theme appears to be consequences.

She was alone, and she had to learn to adapt to this state. Some people in this world are born naturally cool. They give off an alluring air of nonchalance and aloofness that simply wins them into the hearts of anyone. Vasilisa Merwyn Dolohov was simply not one of these people. In fact, she was the polar opposite. Her nowhere near perfect white picket fence family had immigrated from Russia to the United States before Lissa was even born, along with the firm belief to achieve the “American Dream.” Her father, Viktor, was an eminent technology mogul while her mother Lenya, was a rising politician from a small town. Striking characteristics that contrasted the two, but they somehow found love, despite it all. All seemed well, as they both were incredibly supportive of one another and worked as a well-functioning machine; making an extensive sum collectively. Residing in America, they cultivated a giant house that was the epitome of luxury and raised the family. Viktor soon became acquainted to the deadly desires of drinking, as luxury was often associated with the finest of the alcoholic beverages. On the daily, he consumed far too many bottles for his own good, professing the excuse that it only increased his

As the story unfolds, Gurov at first changes subtly. First of all he meets Mrs. Anna Sergeyevna. His attitude at first is still the same, he finds her as another victim of his little game that he plays. He sits and watches, searching his mind for a ways to get her attention like he does for every woman. He still looks at women in the same sort of fashion. Anna and Gurov start spending time with each other more and more, he still plays his game. Each time that he meets her and tries to coax her into have an ice or syrup, yet he still looks at her as “pathetic.” After their first kiss he begins to realize that there is something different about this girl. Unlike the usual women he messes around with, she feels guilty about engaging in this affair with him. Anna does not give him the satisfaction of playing the game along with him. As he spends more time with Anna he becomes fond of her presence. He starts learning more about her, when she talks him listens intently instead of getting bored and rolling his eyes. When Anna gets a letter from her husband asking for her to come home, Gurov acts like it isn’t a big deal, he still believes he is playing his game. At first he forces himself to believe he is ok, but after they are apart for a while he realizes that Anna isn’t leaving him. She follows him everywhere, not just in his dreams. He feels something that he has never felt before, he

Dmitri Dmitritch Gustov, as characterized by Anton Chekhov in his short story, “The Lady with the Dog”, has had his share of bad relationship experiences. Married at a young age, this man has formed a very negative opinion of women, or as he refers to them, “the lower race”. He has an unconscious realization throughout the story that alters his view of women, or at least one woman in particular. By remaining unfaithful to his wife and rejecting his life in Moscow, Dmitri Gustov is able to find what may be true love.

Are women less privileged in today’s society than men? Yes, women face many issues on a regular basis that men don’t experience to the same extent. Women are victim to sexual violence, domestic abuse, and gender bias. Firstly, a very common violation to the human rights of women, is sexual violence and harassment. This is a very extensive topic, covering much more than just sexual assault. Sexual violence covers street harassment, unwanted sexual touching or comments, rape, and consent issues. Secondly, women face domestic abuse very often in today 's society, it is rarely discussed, and it covers physical, sexual, and mental abuse, as well as marital rape. Lastly, the final point to be covered in this essay would be gender bias, gender bias occurs in the workplace, schools, the home, public places, and can be a very disturbing public violation of women 's rights. In conclusion, this essay will be looking into each of these topics in depth, explaining that women are indeed less privileged in today 's society than men.

Dmitri, before he loved Anna, was a dog, one who looked down on women and only thought of the pleasures and benefits he could receive from them. Stuck in an unhappy marriage with his wife to the point that he, “did not like to be at home” (Chekhov, 62). Dmitri, though enjoys the company of women, he acknowledged that “he could not get on for two days together without ‘the lower race’” (Chekhov, 62), the “lower race” referencing women. Consequently, this disgust of his own wife and desire for women causes Dmitri to cheat, “He had begun being unfaithful to her long ago -- had been unfaithful to her often” (Chekhov, 62). Dmitri liked to keep all his affairs simple and amusing, whenever one would begin to be too much work and/or unbearable, he would drop it and proceed to the next one. Though Dmitri is quite an observant person he would focus on the

A tremendous explosion of emotion, of pain intermingled with joy is what transpires at the end of Onegin, since there is an acknowledgment of a frustrated yet genuine and abiding love on both characters’ parts. Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin travels throughout the world only to discover that what is most precious in it is the modest, shy Tatiana’s heart—which he had arrogantly set aside years ago in order to pursue his vain and false ambitions. His final effort to woo Tatiana is no base attempt to seduce a married woman, but a cathartic, necessary atonement for his earlier haughty dismissal of her. At long, long last the young woman’s heartbreaking love letter—heartbreaking for her, in time for Onegin, forever for readers—gets the commensurate response from its original recipient it deserves. Tatiana’s rejection of his overtures has little to do with revenge, but is the ultimate validation of her character and worth. A physical relationship between the two is not just unthinkable since she is now married to a fine man, but as a result of Onegin’s responsibility over what happened to her sister and

The Preamble in the Declaration of Independence states: “it is self-evident that all men are created equal.” If this is in fact true then, if this statement would be modernized this would include woman. Pre 1920, with the introduction of woman’s suffrage, woman were not equal to men. Men were the bread winners and rulers of their home. When woman’s’ suffrage was introduced over time all this changed in America. Woman are now the CEO’s of corporations, have prestigious degrees, and are Politian’s.

A bishop is a senior member of the Christian clergy who is in charge of a diocese and also empowered to confer holy orders. The bishop helps teach others how to pray to God and become closer to him. Praying to God is important, because we have to ask for his forgiveness to remove our sins, in order to go to heaven.

In this episode we begin to see that without a companion by her side she has no thoughts of her own. This becomes apparent when the narrator says, “She saw the objects about her and understood what she saw, but could not form any opinion about them, and did not know what to talk about”(240). Without a man to help formulate her thoughts, she could not have any. It was as if Olenka never learned how to think for herself. Olenka 's thoughts were always came from someone else rather than herself. Even though the point of view is in the third person, the narrator has some insight into the mind of Olenka. In this episode her appearance begins to change as well as her mind. She becomes thinner and plainer and never leaves her house. Thus, she loses the relationships she had with the townspeople. They stop calling her “The Darling” and the townspeople would ignore her while she walked on the street.