Anton Chekhov's The Bet Essay

I picked the tale “The Bet” to read and I found this short story of Anton Chekhov to be engaging. At first, since there are two stories to choose from, I just intended to scan the materials but as I go on scanning, I could not help but engage in the full reading of Chekhov’s story. It was about a banker and a young lawyer who took a bet for their respective moral positions about capital punishment, i.e. “death sentence” or “life imprisonment.” I love the way Chekhov wrote his material. He initially

“Why, doctor what an insightful play you’ve written. I bet your exploration of human situations will last through the ages.” This is not something people would normally say to their family physician. That is because most physicians are trained to be logical concise thinkers who do not have room for any unnecessary thoughts, which leaves them without much room for artistic expression. Now, if Anton Chekhov was your doctor then there could be a possibility for some discussion about The Cherry Orchard

The Themes of Arrogance, Greed, and Materialism in The Bet          In Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet” two men, one a banker and the other a lawyer, begin the story arguing about whether or not capital punishment is fair.  The banker is in favor of capital punishment while the lawyer contends that if offered the chance he’d take life in prison.  The banker bets the lawyer two million rubles that he couldn’t survive in prison for fifteen years. 

rights. Anton Chekhov is the author of “The Bet”, “The Lottery Ticket”, and “Oh! The Public”. Anton was from Russia and in the three stories he represents Russia from 1881 to 1896. He also slides in his life experiences and things that had to do with him in his stories. The theme, class structure, is shown in the stories “Oh! The Public, The Bet, and The Lottery

Of the prolific 19th century for Russian literature, one of the most important literary figures is the renowned playwright and writer Anton Chekhov. Chekhov’s vast bibliography includes the short story “The Bet” which is, as it sounds, a story about a bet, however, through Chekhov’s use of isolation, harsh realism, and an emphasis on ambiguity he presents an allegorical tale which functions as a critique of man’s pride and arrogance. Isolation is at the forefront of the work and a driving force

certainly choose the second. To live anyhow is better than not at all” (Chekhov 1). In Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Bet” a lawyer and a banker make a bet about which penalty is more humane. The lawyer says that life imprisonment is more humane. In saying this, the lawyer bets he can stayed locked up in a cell for 15 years without any human contact and it will show it’s more humane. In the short story “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov; the lawyer encounters many types of conflicts including man vs. man, man

In Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, the plot follows the Ranyevskaya family trying to cope with the inevitable auction of their beloved orchard and home. Throughout the play, it is evident that the Ranyevskaya’s mourn, not only the loss of their orchard, but also the loss of a part of themselves. The cherry orchard in Chekhov’s work is really a symbol of the Ranyevskaya’s past, and each time they refuse to accept that the orchard will be cut down is another moment they spend living in the past

suicide in prison because they no longer have anything to live for. From the story “The Bet” written by Anton Chekhov, he uses the lawyer’s behavior after fifteen years in solitary confinement to show how life in prison could be worse than the death penalty. Anton Chekhov

Maria Remarque, Anton Chekhov. These men all have different aspects of greed, each is individually different in their own ways. In the aspect of it, greed is neither good nor bad, because each situation has their own connotation along with triviality. Robert Pagliarini is your real-life Gordon Gekko. He believes that greed is good. Greed should be embraced, loved, adored. He believes he has a solution to better jobs worldwide, fewer high school/college

possess greedy qualities? What ultimately happens to greedy people over time? In “The Bet,” a fictional short story, Anton Chekhov uses character development and symbolism to convey the theme that greed drives humans to act in irrational ways. The lack of the banker’s character development proves the theme that greed drives illogical decisions. To start, the banker was “suddenly carried away by excitement” and bet a young lawyer two million dollars that he would not stay in solitary confinement for