Question

What did the banker and the young lawyer argue about,in Chekhov's The Bet

Answer 1

The banker argued that capital punishment is more humane than life imprisonment, while the young lawyer disagreed, insisting that he would choose life in prison rather than death. They agree to a bet of two million rubles that the lawyer cannot spend fifteen years in solitary confinement. The bet was on, and the lawyer cast himself into isolation for fifteen years.



(feel free to correct me...if m wrong :-)