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The Cherry Orchard is pessimistic in its analysis of social transition.
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AZX300 20th Century Literature: Texts & Debates TMA 01 Melissa K M Newton U474758X 'The Cherry Orchard is pessimistic in its analysis of social transition.' Debate this statement in relation to the performance of the servants' roles in at least TWO scenes from the play. Anton Chekhov wrote The Cherry Orchard as a comedy, yet it has a duality with tragic elements as well. The Cherry Orchard is pessimistic in its analysis of social transition. This can be seen in the performance of the servants' roles. [H1] During the time Chekhov wrote the play, Russia itself was undergoing a social and political change. This change set in motion the rise of the middle class after the abolition of serfdom in the mid-nineteenth century which was a threat to the old aristocracy. Therefore, Chekhov's play, The Cherry Orchard, symbolises this change and how it views social transition in a pessimistic perspective. [H2] Act I of The Cherry Orchard, which...
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