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1. THE PROPOSAL ANTON CHEKOV By Ms Gunjan Chawla Class 10 Meerut Public School, Vedvyaspuri

2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.

3. THEME OF THE STORY ‘The Proposal’ written by Anton Chekov, a famous Russian playwright, is a highly humorous play which satirises marriages of convenience that are solemnized without any feeling of love or affection between the partners, The play, with three quarrelsome characters, is replete with comic situations that generate a lot of humour.

4. CHARACTERS OF THE STORY Lomov Chubukov Natalya

5. exposition Ivan Lomov , a thirty-five year old bachelor, comes to Stepan Chubukov’s house, his neighbour. Lomov wants to propose his daughter, Natalya Stepanovna . Lomov tells Chubukov about the purpose of his visit, the old man who feels it a burden to be the father of a grown up daughter, gets very excited. He is certain that Natalya would readily give consent for the proposal.

6. RISING ACTION He rushes in to call out Natalya. Lomov thinks Natalya is a good wife material. However, when Natalya comes to the drawing room, she is surprised to see Lomov in a formal dress as she doesn’t know the purpose of his visit. After exchanging a few pleasantries, when Lomov is just on the verge of proposing to the girl, there crops up a controversy between the two of them regarding the ownership of a piece of land ‘Oxen Meadows’.

7. RISING ACTION Both Lomov and Natalya claim to be the real owner of this property. Initially both of them claim it very politely. However, soon the argument becomes very heated and they start shouting at each other. Lomov insists that the documents prove the Oxen Meadows belong to him, although at one time they were a subject of dispute. Natalya counters this claim by telling that their land extended till Burnt Marsh, which means the Oxen Meadows were theirs.

8. RISING ACTION In the meantime, Chubukov also makes his entry and joins the two in the argument. After a lot of accusations and mudslinging at each other’s family, the flared up Lomov becomes unwell and his heart starts palpitating dangerously. He leaves the father and the daughter in a fit of temper. Soon after he leaves, Natalya gets to know from her father that he had come to propose her.

9. CLIMAX She tells her father to get back Lomov immediately. Both the father and the daughter accuse each other of driving Lomov out. The father runs after Lomov to get him back. This time Natalya is very sweet to Lomov but she doesn’t know how to make him propose to her. Unfortunately, there is yet another argument between the two before the proposal. This time they started quarrelling over the superiority of their respective dogs. Natalya finds fault with Lomov’s dog ‘Guess’ whereas Lomov feels that his dog is better than Chubukovs ’ ‘Squeezer’.

10. FALLING ACTION Both of them flare up once again and Chubukov joins them. They abuse and accuse each other repeatedly. Lomov , too frail to argue, falls into a chair exhausted. Natalya, considering him to be dead, starts wailing. Chubukov is confused too, but after realising that he’s not dead, he puts Lomov’s hand into his daughter’s hand and gives consent for the wedding on Natalya’s hand.

11. RESOLUTION He gives his blessings and makes them kiss each other. He rushes to get the entire drama through so that the weight of marrying Natalya is off his shoulder. However, though the proposal matures, Lomov and Natalya still continue to argue with each other about the superiority of their dogs. When the curtain drops, the reader is left guessing about the fate of this couple after the two get married.

12. MESSAGE OF THE STORY Marriage is a pious bond between two individuals which should be based on mutual respect and love. Thus, we should not spoil the sacred relationship of marriage by quarrelling and by being mean and selfish. Marriage is pious and there must be a perfect accord between the partners who should be free from all prejudice and selfishness. Short-temper, rage, intolerance, pride and unnecessary arguments ruin the relationship. So, these should be controlled and kept under check.

13. TITLE ‘ The Proposal’ is a play in which Lomov , a thirty-five year old bachelor, apprehensive of never getting a bride of his choice, comes to proposal to Natalya, his neighbour’s daughter. Natalya is more than eager to be proposed by someone. However, he fails to propose her but despite the failure, the proposal turns into a marriage by the intervention of Natalya’s father, Chubukov . Hence, the title clearly lays out the content of the play.

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