Submitted To Mrs Indira Sharma PRESENTATION WORK Submitted By Ashwani Kumar BA1 st year 573713 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ANTON CHEKHOV He was born on 29 January 1860 in Taganrog Russi ID: 910511
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PRESENTATION
ON
GRIEF
(ENGLISH ELECTIVE)
Slide2Submitted To:
Mrs.
Indira Sharma
PRESENTATION WORK
Submitted By:
Ashwani
Kumar
B.A.-1
st
year
5737/13
Slide3ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANTON CHEKHOV
He was born on 29 January 1860 in Taganrog, Russi
a
and he was died on 15 July,
1904
.
Anton Chekhov was a
Russian short-story writer, playwright
and physician
.
He had a disease in which he could live only for a few years.
Slide4WHAT IS GRIEF?
Grief is the emotion people feel when they experience a loss. Greif can make us feel guilty. Some people might blame themselves or think they could have done something to stop the death.
Slide5THEME OF GRIEF
The theme of misery is the callousness of man, his unwillingness to share the grief of others. Man is very selfish and is not concerned towards the grief and sorrow of others. Thus the story depicts the apathy of man to man.
Slide6SUMMARY OF THE STORY
It describes the plight of a Russian Cab driver who wants to share his grief with someone but does not find a sympathetic listener. Cab driver namely Iona has lost his Son.
Iona was in search of some man before whom he can unburden his heart and thus find an outlet for his grief, so he was waiting for some passenger at the cab station.
Slide7SUMMARY OF THE STORY
Iona’s first passenger was an Officer. When Iona tells him that he lost his only son a few days ago, the Officer simply asks him what he had died of. After this his interest flags and he curses and swears at Iona for his bad driving.
Slide8SUMMARY OF THE STORY
Iona waits for another passenger. A little later three young men hire his carriage at a very low fare. Iona does not mind the fare. One of them gives Iona a blow on the neck. Iona wants to tell them the story of his grief, but as soon as he begins, they reach their destination.
Slide9SUMMARY OF THE STORY
Iona says, “My Son– died this week”.
-- The remark comes ‘Cabby Are you married?’The listeners are so disconnected and disinterested that Iona is left alone.
Slide10SUMMARY OF THE STORY
His Grief makes him feel that death had gone to the wrong door. As he was alive and his son was dead. Iona’s heart is full of grief, he wants to unburden his heart. So when he sees the hall porter, he decides to go to him and speak to him. In order to engage him in talk, he asks the hall porter what time it was. The porter tells the time and Iona is again left alone.
Slide11SUMMARY OF THE STORY
After his bad experience with people, Iona decides to go to the stables. Finally, he decides to tell the complete story to his horse. The real purpose is that Iona must unburden his heart before someone.
Slide12SUMMARY OF THE STORY
‘Grief’, with its basic simplicity and minuteness of detail, is a typical example of Chekov’s craftsmanship. The author’s sense of sorrow at man’s inhumanity to man, and his compassion for the lonely and the downtrodden is reflected in this disturbing tale.
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