How does Lomov contradict Natalya's saying that her dog Squeezer is better than his dog in the chapter The Proposal?
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Lomov said the squeezer is overshot and an overshot always means that the dog is a bad hunter. He also said that Squeezer's lower jaw is shorter than the upper jaw.
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The Proposal by Anton Chekov is basically a farce is about rich families' tendency to look for matrimonial relationships. The goal is actually to increase their properties and land. Ivan Lomov was a wealthy neighbour of another wealthy farmer Stepan Chubukov. Lomov came to seek the hand of twenty five-year-old Natalya, Chubukov's daughter. All the three are quarrelsome people and quarrel over petty issues.
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- One such quarresl is about their dogs Squeezer and Guess. Squeezer’ is Natalya’s dog and ‘Guess’ Lomov’s. Lomov calls Natalya'd dog an overshot. The major handicap with ‘Squeezer’ is that he is overshot in the muzzle, that is his lower jaw is shorter than his upper jaw
- He also calls Squeezer old and says that dogs like squeezer you would find them under every bush almost, and twenty five roubles is the maximum that any one would pay for a dog like squeeze. Squeezer runs after a sheep while other dogs run after a fox.
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