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This one act play by Chekhov is a farce that makes fun of a) _____________. The idea that marriage is an arrangement between two people, without romance or love is shown by Chekhov by having the two people involved in the proposal argue until they agree to get married at the end.
In "The Proposal", Chekov utilizes the relationship of two wealthy men to create a situation where Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov, a long-time neighbour of Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalya Stepanovna .She is already b) _______________for marriage and a bit of a shrew. After Lomov has asked and received c)_______________________to marry Natalya Stepanovna, she is invited into the
room, and he tries to convey to her-the proposal.
Lomov is a hypochondriac (someone who thinks he is always sick) and, while trying to make clear his reasons for being there, he gets into arguments with Natalya Stepanovna about a d)_________________ie "The Oxen Meadows" and later about which dog is better "Guess or Squeezer." The satire is conveyed successfully by emphasizing the couple's e) ___________ arguments over such small things. Lomov ends up having "palpitations" and a numb foot. After Natalya's father notices that they are arguing, he too joins in. They f)_______________against each other and against their ancestors. The argument gets so heated that Lomov leaves after
being totally insulted by the two, without g)______________.
Chubukov then tells his daughter that Lomov was about to propose, and at this news she immediately starts behaving h)___________________. Prone to hysterics, she pretends that she's "dying" and screams for her father to bring him back. He does return complaining about palpitation and twitching eyebrows. Natalya tries to placate him by accepting that the meadows were his and that they were wrong.
Soon they get into another argument, this time again about the superiority of their respective dogs. Ivan collapses and they fear he has died. However, after a few minutes he i)_________________, and Chubukov( eager to marry off his daughter) all but forces him and his daughter to j)_________________with a kiss. Immediately
following the kiss, the couple gets into yet another argument.
Foolish
proposing.
accept the proposal
melodramatically
regains consciousness
joyful permission
romance and marriage
level accusations
beyond her prime
disputed piece of land
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Answer:Now, Miss Fairchild discovered that his right hand was handcuffed with the left one of another man. This brought the suspicion in her mind that her friend might have been involved in some unlawful activities and hence was arrested. This is why the “glad look in the girl's eyes slowly changed to a bewildered horror “.
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