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What is the role of horse in ‘The Lament’?

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The Lament," also called "Misery"? The Lament (Misery) by Anton Chekhov "To whom shall I tell my grief?" THE twilight of evening. Big flakes of wet snow...

What is the main theme in Anton Chekhov's "The Lament," also called "Misery"?

The Lament (Misery)

by Anton Chekhov

"To whom shall I tell my grief?"

THE twilight of evening. Big flakes of wet snow are whirling lazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thin soft layer on roofs, horses' backs, shoulders, caps. Iona Potapov, the sledge-driver, is all white like a ghost. He sits on the box without stirring, bent as double as the living body can be bent. If a regular snowdrift fell on him it seems as though even then he would not think it necessary to shake it off. ....

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The story The Lament depicts the feeling of loneliness coupled with the callousness of the society at large. The story tells us about the grief of an old cab-driver Iona who wants to share the burden ofhis grief with others but nobody is willing to listen to him. People are so self-centered and apathetic that they are not able to feel the tribulations oftheir fellow human beings. The Lament is a story full of grief. Iona, the old cab-driver is grief striken at the death ofhis son. He wishes to share his pain with others. He needs sympathy and kindness. He tries to tell the officer, the three rowdy men and others but to our dismay we find that nobody is interested in him; all turn a deafear and a blind eye to the painful sufferings ofthis old man In the end, we find that Iona tries to share his burden with his horse. He tells the horse the story of his son's death and tries to derive some consolation. Chakhov has pointed out that people are no more sympathetic towards others. They are all self-centered brutes. When Iona is not heeded by human beings, he tries to take recourse to the animal horse. thus., in the story The horse symbolism a friend and sympathiser.