Class Conflict in Chekhov

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"In a number of Anton Chekhov's short stories, he addresses the roles which class plays in personal and social interaction. This study will examine class as a theme in Chekhov's short fiction, focusing on its dehumanizing effects on both the poor and weak and the rich and powerful.

In general, Chekhov does not present political, social or ideological arguments in his stories, but instead uses class as a fact of life which shapes, or misshapes, individual characters and human relationships. As Kirk writes in her analysis of "The Peasants," the story "is not so much a . . . social commentary on rural life as it is an expose of the dehumanizing effects of poverty everywhere" (Kirk 100). Chekhov focuses on class primarily as a window through which to view the human condition and especially the mistreatment of human beings by other human.."

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