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Chekhov?s ?Anyuta?, 2002.
This paper discusses the psychological impoverishment of Anyuta
in Anton Chekhov?s short story ?Anyuta?.
1,270 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses that the title character, in Anton Chekhov?s short story ?Anyuta?, is defined by her internal impoverishment. The author believes that Chekhov drew on his professional background as a doctor to explore Anyuta?s psychological impoverishment. The author states that the reader feels sympathy for Anyuta for having no family, for being cold and probably hungry and for having been left by five men, until Anyuta?s decision to remain a passive instrument of Stepan?s advancement which shows that Anyuta is not only psychologically impoverished by circumstance but also by her own choices.
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"The story opens with an image of Anyuta and Stepan Klochkov in a dirty apartment. The image introduces several pertinent clues about how to interpret Anyuta?s character, before the reader even sees her interact with Stepan. First, the narrator has given Stepan a last name but declined to specify Anyuta?s. One possible interpretation of this difference is that Stepan?s identity in the world is more particular and concrete than Anyuta. A last name is usually a family name. The reader gets the sense that Stepan has a family, comes from somewhere, grounded by a historical past. Stepan has another possible interpretation of this differential naming, which may be reconcilable with the first interpretation, as the narrator has a stronger level of familiarity with Anyuta than Stepan, and so he introduces ?Stepan Klochkov? to the reader formally."
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The Drama of Anton Chekhov, 2003.
Discusses comedic relief and off-stage action in the plays of Anton Chekhov.
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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Often in his works, Anton Pavlevich Chekhov mixes comedic and tragic elements. The purpose of this is to not allow things to get too drab or life to appear to be too gloomy. He uses his characters as mediums for this comedic relief. Another one of Chekhov?s trademarks is the use of off-stage events and actions. These events and actions may appear to be things that deserve the center of attention, but Chekhov purposely places them off-stage so as to draw attention to something else and pulls it off quite well. This paper analyzes several of Chekhov's plays, including, "Uncle Vanya", "The Cherry Orchard", and "Three Sisters" to show how he successfully makes use of comedy and off-stage action.
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"An example of this would be when there was a fire in Three Sisters. When Act Three is introduced, we learn that there was a fire from the narrative notes and from some of the dialogue, but the play is not in action while the fire is happening. The fire itself is not so important. What is important is how the characters react to it. The fire was merely a catalyst that set people off and made Act Three a hectic one. Natasha gets bossier towards servants, Chebutykin becomes a drunken mess and Irina becomes more frustrated and desperate to return to Moscow."
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Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog", 2006.
An analysis of the theme of love and gender in Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This literary study examines the short story "The Lady and the Pet Dog" by Anton Chekhov. By learning of the sexist and often misogynistic behavior of Gurov toward women, one can realize his love for Anna revokes his views of gender stereotypes. By understanding how women can be seen as individuals with intelligence and beauty, Gurov invariably cannot hold onto these naive gender belief systems in Chekhov's narrative. The paper explains that, in essence, the basis of Chekhov's short story creates a larger perspective relating to how Gurov transforms his gender based misogyny in his love for Anna. Gurov is a male that has a great tendency to make generalizations about women and then places them within a certain category in society.
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Chekhov's View of "Sightseeing", 2008.
A review on the comparative writing styles of Rattawut Lapcharoensap and Anton Chekhov with particular reference to "Sightseeing" written by Lapcharoensap.
1,033 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses Rattawut Lapcharoensap's "Sightseeing", is a first person narrative that describes a short vacation the protagonist and his mother took. The paper states that the story resembles the works of Anton Chekhov because of its symbolism, depression, and unpredictability. The paper then comments that every writer, has his own technique for writing a short story. However for reasons stated, different writers may seem to have identical ideas and style. The paper continues and discusses the comparative writing styles of Chekhov and Lapcharoensap and concludes that both writers' works are unique and exceptional, and both include symbolism, unpredictability, and endless conclusions.
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"Reading about something out of the realm of normal experience---such as having a mother who is going blind--keeps the audience interested. Chekhov's stories differ in this respect. He connects with the reader because the events in his stories are universal in scope. Chekhov's stories focus on what it is like to be a human being. His themes are commonly found in the human condition and can be analyzed and seen through many different reader perspectives. Many interpretations can be made. Lapcharoensap's style and story is told through the first person with views that are only seen through his eyes. It's like he is telling the reader what to think. Chekhov never does that.His stories also do not have as much dialect as Lapcharoensap's do."
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Anton Chekhov: An Analysis of Style, 2000.
A look at Chekhov's style and the places from which he derived his inspiration.
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An discussion of how Chekhov's writing style was inspired by his medical studies, as well as his love of the craft of writing, and his non-judgmental portrayal of characters.
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"Anton Chekhov?s writings possess both the rich detail of a master writer and the precise and deliberate sense of integrity of a doctor or scientist. In fact, Chekhov?s first writings came about while he was studying medicine in the form of short humorous sketches that he wrote in order to help support himself and his family. After he completed his studies, Chekhov began practicing medicine but ultimately it was his writings that seized his passions and caused him to all but abandon medicine (Lantz, ?Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich?)."
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?The Cherry Orchard? by Anton Chekhov, 2002.
A review of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" with particular emphasis on the symbolism and character of the cherry orchard.
1,066 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper is a review of ?The Cherry Orchard? by Chekhov. It is a play about family relationships. The cherry orchard belongs to Madame Ranevsky and is used a symbol for all that is beautiful about this character and her family, as well as all that is useless and futile. The writer looks at each characters perception of the orchard, which offers an insight into the weaknesses of these characters. The author argues that the fate of the cherry orchard reveals a death impulse as well as a life sustaining one in the play.
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"Madame Ranevsky is a cultured woman of beauty and charm. However, she has recently come back from a trip to Europe with her daughter Anya. She is representative of the Russian aristocracy?s love of all that is profligate, cultured, European, and non-Slavic. She does not work, and she contributes little to society. Her beauty is fading, but she still has a great deal of charm and personal attractiveness. However, she is losing her estate because of her spendthrift ways, losing the beauty of her way of life and the orchard because there is nothing to substantiate and economically sustain the orchard?s beauty".
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Anton Chekhov, 2004.
A critique of the works of Anton Chekhov including a number of major plays.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper analyzes the works of Anton Chekhov, including a number of major plays ("The Cherry Orchard," "Uncle Vanya," "The Seagull," "Three Sisters") and some of his short stories.
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"On January in Taganrog, Russia, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born. Though Chekhov wrote many one-act comedies and a significant number of short stories it is for his full-length tragedies that Chekhov is considered among the greatest dramatists of all time. While studying as a medical student at the University of Moscow, Chekhov began writing short stories. Influenced by Vaudeville and French farces Chekhov began writing one-act comedies."
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Women in Chekhov, 1993.
A look at the strengths and weaknesses, socio-historical roles and significance and Chekhov's appreciation of females in four stories and one play.
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"This study will discuss the portrayal of women in five works by Anton Chekhov (four stories and one play), including their strengths and weaknesses, and will consider the historical perspective which such portrayals reflect. Specifically, the study will argue that Chekhov, in these five works, expresses a deep affection for women and an appreciation for the special suffering of women in a Russia rife with male-dominated superficiality and falseness.
In the story "The Name-Day Party," Chekhov focuses on Olga Mihailovna and her relationship with her husband Pyotr. In Olga we see immediately what editor Yarmolinsky means when he writes of Chekhov's portrayal of females: "What splendid women!". We see also a universal, timeless quality to Chekhov's appreciation of women. His works maintain a continuity of appreciation for the..."
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Ibsen and Chekhov: Roles of Women and Social Change, 1992.
A compares and contrast analysis of Henrik Ibsen's "A Dolls House" and Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" focusing on the on the roles of women and of social change in the thematic structure of the two plays.
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"The character of Lyuboff Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard offers quite a contrast to Nora in A Doll's House. The Ibsen heroine is at heart an innocent who comes to see the falsity of the social setting in which she lives, while the older Russian woman has lived a less respectable life. Lyuboff is also a foolish woman who is easily gulled by people such as Boris Borisovich. She and her brother both look back now to a happier time, a time symbolized for them by the orchard. Nora, on the other hand, is a young woman forced to face the realities of life for the first time. She has also been foolish in allowing herself to become financially involved with Krogstad, but in the course of the play the audience sees her learn how much her life has been an illusion and how much she needs to take control of it herself."
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"Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen and "The Sea Gull" by Anton Chekhov), 2000.
An examination of the two plays' characters and themes as reflections of the societies in which they live.
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An examination of the two plays' characters and themes as reflections of the societies in which they live
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" Ibsen's characters are clearly products of the society in which they live. The plays of Henrik Ibsen have a strong social content, indicating the views of the playwright on some matters, and more directly showing the way different social issues were developing in the society of his time and the way those issues were in turn shaping that society. He wrote about women's rights, the plight of "whistleblowers," the meaning of social responsibility, the effects of corruption. Ibsen's views and his challenging dramatic methods made him something of a social outcast even as he was becoming one of the world's major playwrights, a voice that would speak to subsequent generations perhaps even more strongly than he did to his own. In Hedda Gabler, several of these themes come together, notably the place of women in society, the meaning of social responsibility, and..."
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Class Conflict in Chekhov, 1999.
Examines author's humanistic, non-ideological approach to socioeconomic issues in his short stories.
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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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Destined to Failure, 2007.
This paper examines Anton Chekhov's short stories about failure and disappointment.
1,289 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper discusses how in many of his short stories, Anton Chekhov presents characters that seem to be destined to fail in their lives. These characters have little control over their lives and Chekhov plunges them into situations from which they cannot escape. The paper relates that Chekhov often demonstrates the hopelessness of life with his female characters. The paper analyzes "The Lady with the little Dog," "The Darling," "A Blunder" and "The Cook's Wedding." The paper portrays how in all these stories, Chekhov realistically presents characters who are destined to misery and failure.
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""A Blunder" and "The Cook's Wedding" are very short pieces written near the beginning of Chekhov's career as a writer in the 1880s. "A Blunder" includes characters who control their own destiny, yet, they make an error that will have a long term effect on their happiness. The parents are anxious for their daughter, Natashenka, to marry Shchupkin, the school master. In their haste to bless the wedding, the mother grabs a portrait of a writer from the wall instead of the necessary icon. When the parents realize their error, they and their daughter are left in confusion and disappointment while the fortunate Shchuplin slips quietly out the door."
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?The Lady with the Pet Dog?, 2004.
A discussion of this work by Anton Chekhov.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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Profound revelation is at the heart of Anton Chekhov?s short story, ?The Lady with the Pet Dog?. Chekhov creates a simple, yet moving story, that operates on several levels. This paper examines how Chekhov writes in a nontraditional form, infuses elements from past stories, and applies personal events to shape this story.
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"The most compelling aspect of ?The Lady with the Pet Dog? is the transformation of Dmitry Gurov. In the beginning of the story, Gurov appears to be almost dysfunctional when it comes to personal relationships. He experiences difficulty establishing a satisfactory bond with his wife. We are told that he ?privately considered her of limited intelligence, narrow-minded, dowdy, was afraid of her, and did not like to be at home? (Chekhov 197). In fact, Gurov had been unfaithful to his wife quite often. Additionally, Gurov does not establish solid relationships outside of his marriage. Because of his infidelity, he ?almost always spoke ill of women? and refers to them as the ?inferior race? (197)."
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Revisiting 'Rothschild's Fiddle', 2008.
This paper looks at the idiom of Anton Chekhov by revisiting his work 'Rothschild's Fiddle' and comparing the style to that of contemporary writer Raymond Carver.
2,631 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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In this article, the writer notes that before author Anton Chekhov pursued a career in writing, he was a practicing physician and writing was a way for him to express his feelings, opinions, and experiences. His medical practice helped him to bring a unique perspective to his work. The writer points out that Chekhov expressed many themes in his work, including poverty, tragedy, and pain, yet his work seems simple and clear. It allows the reader to come to his or her own conclusions about the material presented. In this essay the writer explores Chekhov's story "Rothschild's Fiddle," and compares the style with that of the contemporary short story writer Raymond Carver.
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"Another symbol is seen in the association Chekhov creates between Yakov and the violin and the orchestra. The violin represents the influence of music that soothes him and can change his emotion. Yakov uses the violin and fiddling to forget about the losses he's suffered. As a violin player, he is one of a group of music players. The orchestra stands for togetherness, a group of musicians that play a piece of music smoothly and beautifully by cooperating. TThe orchestra could also represent the town Yakov lives in, where everyone is expected to have common courtesy and respect for each other. In that orchestra or environment, Yakov sticks out like a sore thumb. He often becomes uncomfortable with the surroundings where is playing and feels hatred toward the Jews around him. Seeing Yakov so insecure and uncomfortable shows his inability to feel a part of society. He can't fit in. He cannot see things from the other person's perspective and does not care how others feel. He is alienated and lacks basic social skills."
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"Peasant Wives", 2004.
An analysis of the brutal reality of peasant life, as portrayed in Anton Chekhov?s "Peasant Wives".
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how most of the works of the Russian author, Anton Chekhov, involve peasant people, depicting their lives, afflictions, and joys. It examines how he is an author that represents life in a different angle, at times making the readers feel disillusioned or pessimistic after reading his works. In particular, it discusses Chekhov?s ability to illustrate reality about human life through the study of his short story, ?Peasant Wives.? Through an analysis of the text, it posits that the brutality of peasant life is vividly depicted in Chekhov?s literary works, mainly through the characters and themes illustrated in the story.
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"The first theme, the theme of realism, talks about the main elements present in most of Chekhov?s works, which mainly centers on the element of familiar and the negative of the lives of people. Through the theme of realism, Chekhov truthfully illustrates Russian peasant life in ?Peasant Wives,? wherein difficulties experienced by people of poverty and the seemingly ?familiar? conditions that they confront everyday give life to Chekhov?s narrative. Furthermore, through the help of the characters in the story, Chekhov manages to add a different twist to these two elements that is characteristic only of Chekhov?s writing and narrative style."
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