Question

Impact of russian revolution in the drama the cherry orchard

Answer 1

 Effect of Russia revolution

      To define a man, one must consider all influences acting upon him. This includes the man’s predetermined genetic makeup and his ability to create his own values based on external influences and his environment. In its most basic form, this is where the nature versus nurture argument derives from. A very important element influencing man is the society he lives in and its political structure. As an author, a playwright and a physician, Anton Chekhov lived throughout the early revolutionary phase of Russia in the late nineteenth century, it should then follow that his nature is partially embodied by a reaction to the characteristics of the society in which he lived. Therefore, an eminent presence of political and philosophical themes from before, during, and beyond Chekhov’s time should be evident in his literature. The socialist idea that progress comes from struggle is explored in the lives of artists in his play The Sea Gull, while his final play The Cherry Orchard examines the repercussions of the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Chekhov explicitly states his political views on freedom in his nonfiction compilation of letters, Letters of Anton Chekhov.