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The Cherry Orchard
Title: The Cherry Orchard
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2009 | Pages: 8.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard: Critical Analysis
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is about a Russian family that is unable
to prevent its beloved estate from being sold in an auction due to financial problems.
The play has been dubbed a tragedy by many of its latter producers. However, Chekhov
labeled his play a farce, or more of a comedy. Although this play has a very tragic
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…showed last 75 words of 2009 total…be half as noticeable without
the tragic occurrences of the family and those surrounding them. Just as with comedy,
the tragic moments would not seem as tragic without the comic outbursts of the
characters and their repeated failing actions. Chekhov intended The Cherry Orchard to
be a comedy or farce; almost all of the producers that chose to interpret The Cherry
Orchard did so as a tragedy. Clearly it is neither. It incorporates both.
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