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    Slavic writers that dealt with the issue of adultery in their writings and Anton Chekhov is one such author. In his short story “Lady with a Dog”, Chekhov presented adultery not as a moral issue, but as a human relationship that may or may not result in happiness for those who engaged in it. Anna Sergeevna and Dmitri Gurov were more concerned about each other than the moral implications of their adulterous acts. Moreover, Chekhov leaves the fate of the adulterous couple undecided and provides a hope

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    it has been a natural instinct to assume the roles of women. However, making these assumptions is degrading and unjust. While some women try and object the status quo, others accept it and continue on with their lives. In “The Darling” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the protagonist Olenka can be seen as a prime example of the “perfect” women. In Chekhov’s short story, a young Russian woman named Olenka marries twice after the death of each husband. Soon after each husband passes, Olenka begins to isolate

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    Everyone has a different perspective of what love really is. People can fall in love or believe they are in love because of physical attraction. Some may believe that lust can become into something more. In the short story, “Lady with Lapdog” by Anton Chekhov translated by David Magarshack, the main protagonist Gurov is married with a twelve-year-old daughter and two sons. He is not extremely happy with his family life so he likes to have small affairs to get away from it. As the plot develops he meets

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    THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL by Anton Chekhov IT was Christmas Eve. Marya had long been snoring on the stove; all the paraffin in the little lamp had burnt out, but Fyodor Nilov still sat at work. He would long ago have flung aside his work and gone out into the street, but a customer from Kolokolny Lane, who had a fortnight before ordered some boots, had been in the previous day, had abused him roundly, and had ordered him to finish the boots at once before the morning service. "It 's a convict

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    “The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening” (Chekhov 210) is the opening for the short story, “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. This short story is a suspenseful writing about a banker and a lawyer, who makes a bet with each other. The lawyer bets the banker that he can stay in confinement for fifteen years for two million dollars. At the end of the short story, irony comes into play when the lawyer decides to leave

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    forces throughout various stories; therefore, characters possess diverse traits and emotions that motivate them to further a plot through their dialogue and action. Furthermore, Anton Chekhov centers his short story, “A Problem”, around a delinquent youth named Sasha Uskov. As a character who is arguably quite complex, Chekhov emphasizes these elements of characterization with a certain depth that encourages readers to distinguish Sasha and Ivan, his uncle, as static and dynamic characters respectively

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    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

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    • One of Russia’s best short story writers as well as dramatists, Anton Chekhov is the playwright of The Three Sisters, which was first produced in 1901 by the Moscow Art Theatre. Act 1: • Act I takes place in Olga, Masha, Irina and Andrey’s (the three sisters + their brother) (character) house (time and place) Olga the second oldest is a teacher, Masha is the middle sister, Irina is the youngest and Andrey is the oldest. • The four siblings are now orphans. Tuzenbakh baron and lieutenant in the

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    In "The Lady with the pet dog”, Anton Chekhov talks about love affairs which take place in Yalta. The protagonist is someone under his fourth, named Dmitrich Gurov is a womanizer and a dishonest person. He has many love affairs behind his wife and never cares about these other women's feeling and even his own wife. He has never regretted about his untruthful and shameless performance. Inquisition, without any admire of her longtime companion and raising three beautiful children, he considers her

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    Ties that Bind In Russian writer Anton Chekhov’s play, The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov tells the story of a family in crisis and instability at the beginning of the 20th century. The family is about to lose their beloved cherry tree orchard estate because they cannot pay the mortgage. The play, written in 1904, only one year before the first Russian Revolution (1905-1907), is a rendering of the social changes and reform that Russia was experiencing. Chekhov died in 1904 just months before the uprising

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