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"The Cherry Orchard", 2002.
An examination of mythical concepts in Anton Chekhov?s masterpiece "The Cherry Orchard".
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This paper discusses how "The Cherry Orchard" is not a mythical play in the standard gothic sense. Instead, the mythic within this play is something that can be understood and observed though the viewing of said work. The Cherry Orchard is haunted. The writer discusses how the play is haunted by ghosts of the past. These ghosts which live within the mansion and indeed within the orchard itself manifest themselves in the characters who are both fighting to hold onto the past and those who are battling to move forward into the future.
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"All of the characters within the work are motivated by the ghosts of the past, but there are two characters which stand out as being moved by them. The first is Ranevsky and the second is Lopahin. Ranevsky is haunted by the need to hold onto the orchard. She lost her son in a drowning at the orchard and this is one of the ghosts which haunts the place. She believes that she must hold onto it because of the value to her family. The place has history for her. But it also haunts her. In her heart she wishes that she were not so bound by the place."
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"The Cherry Orchard", 2007.
An analysis of the characters' achievements of happiness in the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov.
1,293 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses the pursuit of happiness in Anton Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard." The paper analyzes the characters within the play and looks at the actions they take in order to attempt to achieve happiness. It then discusses which of the characters did, in fact, manage to achieve the happiness they were pursuing. The paper suggests that real happiness comes from personal satisfaction and a willingness to take action and improve one's life.
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"For many of the characters in the play, happiness is more like the absence of misery. This is seen by the way that the characters spend their time escaping into the past to hide from their problems. Lyobov Andreyevna is the main example of this. This is specific to her memories of the death of her son. This is the reason that she leaves her home and travels overseas. She then spends her time on frivolous things that do not really achieve true happiness. One good example of this is seen where she hires an orchestra for a party, despite not having any money to pay them. This shows that she views happiness as being based on short-term pleasure. In effect, her life is about escaping from misery by constantly seeking pleasure. This does not allow her to achieve any true happiness."
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Social Roles in "The Cherry Orchard", 2002.
Background and text analysis, dealing with social aspects of "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov (money, power, politics, capitalism, communism, aristocracy, and serfdom).
2,301 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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In this paper, the writer accentuates the fine lines between rich and poor, landowner and slave, success and failure, that emerge in the play. The politics and economy of Russia were somewhat muddied at the time, and the capitalists, who used to be serfs, were now taking over the aristocracy, whose members did not have money-managing skills. The paper shows how Lyubov Andreyevna and her brother cling to the aristocratic past, Lopakhin is the capitalist (embodiment of the present economy) and Trofimov is a sort of prophet, predicting the rise of communism (though even Chekhov would not live to see that era). Differences in culture, speech, action, demeanor and viewpoints between Firs and Lopakhin; and all the characters (even the servants) are described.
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"After feudalism was abolished in Russia in 1861, Russia was undergoing some gradual yet drastic economic changes. The growth of entrepreneurial activity was centered around Moscow while St. Petersburg was crumbling with the tsar as he lost authority to the rising merchant class. For centuries, wealth and income had been based solely on the ownership of land. Technically, the serfs were not slaves, but their economic situations forced them into complete submission; their masters could trade them for horses or even dogs. The serfs were freed in 1861, but with no money or property, so for decades, many were still dependent on their masters. It wasn?t until just before the turn of the century that these men began to find their wealth in the form of industrial capitalism (textile production being the most prominent business). Soon these old aristocratic and new capitalist worlds began to battle with each other. This is the Russian economic background of Anton Chekhov?s ?The Cherry Orchard.? (Worrall 13) Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya is a middle-aged aristocratic woman who returns from France to find her estate in danger of being subjugated by the rising merchant class, specifically Yermolay Alexyevich Lopakhin. Chekhov does not favor either the aristocrat or the merchant, but stresses the strengths and weaknesses of both groups? ideals. No one person or governmental system is perfect, and everyone?s ?absurd, unhappy lives? (Lopakhin ? 45) fall victim to the continual change of any society."
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?The Cherry Orchard?, 2002.
An analysis of Anton Chekhov's ?The Cherry Orchard?.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper focuses on the unique writing style of Chekhov, showing how although the themes he addresses echo the concerns of his period, his characters are unlike others seen in literature and his light comedic style serves as a template for other dramas. Chekhov?s plays ?about nothing? are unique, though, in that they strike us with their use of sound and with the idle talk of both protagonists and secondary characters that seem to dance around themes rather than approach them in a linear fashion.
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"Much of the idle talk that is apparent in ?The Cherry Orchard? is designed to portray those that come from an upper-class background as being flighty and concerned with trivialities. When Varya comments ?you have a broach like a bee,? we are reminded of Nora in Ibsen?s ?Doll House? and her macaroons. We see that even though these women of patrician sensibilities are capable of recognizing threats to their prosperity that they ultimately spend much of their time focusing on matters of the senses: in at least several instances, people will comment extensively on the weather, comparing it to the weather in Paris or the weather several months ago. A contrast to this daydream-like approach to life is provided by Lopakhin, who is a businessman versed in matters of finance and real estate development."
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Analysis of Chekov's Play "The Cherry Orchard", 2000.
A discussion of the manner in which inanimate objects take on their own symbolic life, and its contribution to the thematics of the play as a whole.
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This paper presents a brief analysis of how Chekov uses the inanimate objects in his play as almost living things, reflecting on the emotions and attitudes of the characters.
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"We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." This quote by Anais Nin expresses an essential point of view for this discussion about the symbolic meaning of inanimate objects, since it is our personality and our memories, which determine our character and meaning. Our feelings towards certain objects are individual, as everyone associates different things in a different manner. Insofar, "we see them as we are", since they can mirror our past, pains, hopes and our ideals. Thus they become more than just an object, but a symbol for a certain part of someone's feelings and life This is also the case in "The Cherry Orchard": objects as the nursery room, the bookcase and the cherry orchard take on their own symbolic life. "
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The Cherry Tree Myth, 2002.
A look at the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree Myth from a different angle - skepticism.
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The paper discusses the significance of the George Washington and the Cherry Tree myth. The story was first presented in 1806 and since then it has become an important part of the American culture but in recent times this myth has gained popularity for another reason. It now helps America understand what the age of realism has done to its society and cultural traditions. With the loss of innocence, people now view everything with skepticism and therefore even the most highly celebrated figures of American history are often doubted. The paper therefore addresses the symbolism present in the story and studies it from a different perspective.
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"The Myth or fable of George Washington and the Cherry Tree? is more about adding an element of romance to the old figures of American history and is less about teaching honesty or moral values. While the story is clearly the type of fable that one would want to tell his children so that they would understand how important it is to stay away from lies and deception. But the actual moral of this story was a rather different one. We need to understand the symbolism present in the story. The child tells the truth to his father not because George Washington himself was a truthful person who as the story says told his father. ?I can?t tell a lie, you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet." But the story is more about the father?s tolerant attitude towards his children."
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Pride - A Common Literary Theme, 2005.
A review of "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov and "The Stone Angel" by Margaret Laurence, with the common theme of pride.
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This paper considers the theme of pride in two literary works, the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov and the novel "The Stone Angel" by Margaret Laurence. Noting that theme of pride is common in literature, with pride being one of the seven deadly sins in the Christian conception and an example of a fatal flaw in the Greek view in classical literature. This paper then reviews how that theme of pride is seen in these two works in terms of the past, and the actions of individual characters.
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"The theme of pride is common in literature, with pride being one of the seven deadly sins in the Christian conception and an example of a fatal flaw in the Greek view in classical literature. This theme is treated differently by different authors and even in different types of literature. The theme is embodied in the play 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov in the way the characters are portrayed and in the attitudes they take toward their status in society, and it is treated by novelist Margaret Laurence in 'The Stone Angel' through her characters and the way they show pride to be both constructive and destructive..."
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Conflict in Literature, 2003.
A comparative analysis of three works of literature, Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," Joseph Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness" and Henry James' "The American."
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper compares and contrasts three works of literature that discuss the main characters in each as they relate to a central conflict of each work. The works are Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard," Conrad's novel "The Heart of Darkness," and Henry James' novel "The American."
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"There are a variety of themes and conflicts in Chekhov's |The Cherry Orchard" Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness" and James' "The American". In Chekhov's drama we find conflicts of class economics and relationships. In Conrad's tale ..."
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Women of Drama, 2004.
This paper examines the women in three plays: Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," and Strindberg's "The Father."
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The paper offers an analysis of Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," and Strindberg's "The Father." The paper examines the women in these three plays, focusing on their impact on the men and the men's impact on them.
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"Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" and Strindberg's "The Father" are three plays whose conflict revolves around women within the household. In "A Doll's House" Nora's machinations to help her husband result in revelations that for her expose the lack of love she has for her husband and he for her. In "The Cherry Orchard" Madame Ranevsky's selfish behavior involving her lover and the mounting of enormous debt causes the loss of the family estate."
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Tragic Comedy Characters, 2002.
A comparison of the dramatic technique of Bernard Shaw and Anton Chekhov in "The Cherry Orchard" and "Heartbreak House".
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The paper reviews the two plays "The Cherry Orchard" by Bernard Shaw and "Heartbreak House" by Anton Chekhov and examines how the two works are intertwined with each other in theme and structure, the latter inspired by the former. It discusses how both plays are tragi-comedies and how both seem to portray what is right and wrong even though there are no real villains or heroes and how both are seemingly plotless, yet intricately designed to be full of plot detail. It also shows how the similarity between these two plays lies in the techniques employed by the playwrights to achieve this by inserting the tragedy of the everyday into comedy.
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"The dramatic techniques apparent in the two plays being discussed branch out from the root definition of the plays as comedies, or perhaps more specifically as tragicomedies. Tragicomedy is essentially comedy that revolves around tragedy, with a key factor being that the action is revolving around real people. Only real people, in the sense of a naturalistic portrayal of people in real life, are capable of moving from one concept to the other in the space of a breath. The archetypal hero disobeys the archetype if he or she moves from sadness to happiness in an irregular, unforeseeable pattern, a feat required in tragicomedy."
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The Importance of Social Class in Literature., 2002.
This paper uses Marcel Proust's "Swann's Way: Overture", Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" and Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" to explore the concept of class distinction in literature.
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This paper refers to the aforementioned literary works, both American and European, in an exploration of the idea of social class. It shows how social class is a very important issue within European literature, and compares it with the significance attributed to class distinctions in American literature.
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"In the section called "Swann's Way: Overture," Marcel Proust writes about the marcel of the novel, who notes that the older generation takes "almost a Hindu view of society, which they held to consist of sharply defined castes" (1532) into which people are born and then remain throughout their lives. Marcel's aunts represent this view and so do not recognize the possibility that anyone can move from one caste to another, which blinds them to the fact that Swann is part of a social set interacting with those at a much higher level than the aunts or than that into which Swann was born. The aunts assume, as do others, that they know the associates of Swann's father and therefore they know Swann's associates, who would be the same people. It was further assumed that if he knew people outside that circle they would be people from a lower order, people "of the sort to whom he would not have dared to raise his hat" (1532) if he had been with Marcel's family."
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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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Social and Political Criticism in Drama, 1993.
An analysis of social and political criticism in the plays, "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov, "Los Vendidos" by Luis Valdez and "Mother Courage" by Bertolt Brecht.
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"Dramatists often criticize society through the characters and situations they depict on stage. When they do so, they may approach the subject by looking through the world in which they live to what they believe the world should be. They may be writing at a turning point, an era in which social change is in the offing but which is being resisted by the dominant order. They may merely be commenting on aspects of the human condition which persist into their age and which they see as detrimental to society. Whatever their particular situation may be, playwrights criticize society by having characters who represent some social class or ideological position and by using symbolism as well as direct statement to make the audience see something they believe to be wrong. The characters need not themselves have the same realization or understanding of what is wrong in society, and..."
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"The Lemon Orchard", 2002.
Shows how author Alex La Guma's political views are portrayed through his novel, "The Lemon Orchard".
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This essay will argue, if we understand the historical and biographical context of this story, that these questions become resolved as we see them reflecting key aspects of Alex La Guma's literary and political attitudes.
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