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Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

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Essay Topics

1.

What are the comic elements in the play? What are the tragic elements? Do you consider the play to be more comic or tragic?

2.

Pick any three characters and describe their relationship to the cherry orchard. Analyze what this reveals about their identity.

3.

How is music and sound used throughout the play? How does it affect the plot, and what symbolic meanings does it hold?

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