Produced by Anas Maamoun The Author Anton Checkov 18601904 A Russian author who lived between 1860 and 1904 Best known for his short stories and plays Anton Chekhov also worked as a physician His job as a doctor did not pay very well so Chekhov did a lot of different things for mon ID: 913964
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A Marriage Proposal By: Anton Chekhov
Produced by Anas Maamoun
Slide2The AuthorAnton Checkov
: (1860-1904)
A Russian
author who lived between 1860 and 1904. Best known for his short stories and plays, Anton Chekhov also worked as a physician. His job as a doctor did not pay very well, so Chekhov did a lot of different things for money, including writing.
Slide3The CharactersStepan Tschubukov: A country farmerNatalia Stepanova: Tschubukov’s daughter
Ivan Lomov: Tschubukov’s neighbor
Slide4The SettingLocation: In the reception room in Tshcubukov’s
country home in Russia.
Time: The Present [1890s]
Slide5The PlotIvan Vassiliyitch
Lomov, a long-time neighbor of Stepan
Stepanovitch
Chubukov
, has come to propose marriage to
Chubukov's
25-year-old daughter, Natalia. After he has asked and received joyful permission to marry Natalia, she is invited into the room, and he tries to convey to her the proposal
.
Slide6After her father notices they are arguing, he joins in, and then sends Ivan out of the house. While Stepan rants about Lomov, he expresses his shock that "this fool dares to make you (Natalia) a proposal of marriage!" She immediately starts into hysterics, begging for her father to bring him back. He does, and Natalia and Ivan get into a second big argument, this time about the superiority of their respective hunting dogs, Guess and Squeezer.
Slide7Ivan collapses from his exhaustion over arguing, and father and daughter fear he's dead. However, after a few minutes he regains consciousness, and Chubukov all but forces him and his daughter to accept the proposal with a kiss. Immediately following the kiss, the couple gets into another argument.
Slide8Rising ActionWhen Natalia faces Lomov, and Lomov struggles to tell her what is his purpose and he want to express it briefly.
They
end up arguing about their property
and
Lomov forget about his purpose.
Chubukov
enters and then tell him, upon the request of Natalia, that they owned the oxen meadows which cause the problem to rise.
They
drive away Lomov and called him with different names.
Slide9The climaxTschubukov brings Lomov back after he left, but the timid Lomov still cannot bring himself to propose. When he again faints, the
Tshubukovs
repeat their hysteria, finally as Lomov begins to regain consciousness, the father
intevenes
, determined not to miss a second
oportunity
: “Tschubukov! She’s willing! Well, kiss each other and the devil take you both!”
Slide10The ResolutionNatalia, seeing Lomovfaint,thinks
that his dead and starts crying
Chubukov
help
lomov
to gain consciousness.
As
Lomov gain his consciousness
Chubukov
is desperate and wanted the argument to stop so he told Lomov that Natalia accepts his proposal.
Slide11The ConflictMan vs. Man
:
Lomovs
’ principle against Natalia.
Man vs.
Society: The idea that
lomov
wants to marry Natalia not because of love but for economic stability.
Slide12The ThemePrinciples complicates minor issues.
Marriage is a necessity
.
The play
may suggest
that
love sometimes is not important in marriage,
it is sometimes a way to
stabilize financial status.
Slide13ToneHumourousFunny
Mood
The
characters’ attitude in the play is comical which entertains the readers.
Slide14Thank You For Listening!