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Cherry Orchard

Tragi-comedy

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⮚ (^) Tragi-comedy ⮚ (^) Chekhov’s View ⮚ (^) Tragic Elements ⮚ (^) Comic Elements ⮚ (^) Critic Quote 2

⮚ Tragedy: An event causing grist suffering,

destruction, and distress.

⮚ Comedy: A genre that uses laughter and humor to

entertain and amuse.

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Tragi-comedy: ⮚ (^) John Fletcher, an English playwright, introduced the term "tragi-comedy" in the 17th century, combining tragedy's sorrow with comedy's uplifting joy. ⮚ (^) Fletcher's innovative storytelling style has created a new form of drama that blends serious tragedies with comedic moments, revolutionizing the stage experience. ⮚ (^) Tragi-comedy is a dynamic storytelling genre that blends laughter and tears, creating a dynamic dance that showcases both sad and funny moments in an impressive performance. ⮚ (^) Tragi-comedy is often described as ‘laughter through tears.’ 5

Stanislavsky: ⮚ (^) “The use of tragedy and comedy in the play is very inextricably blended by Chekhov” 7

Cherry Orchard as a Tragi-

comedy

In the play, the tragic and comic actions are presented side

by side. When the situation is highly serious or sad, Chekhov

puts some comic actions in that place to lighten the effects of

seriousness or sadness. Now we will pick some examples of

tragic and comic actions from the play:

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1: Epikhodov’s Accidents ⮚ (^) Epikhodov, a clerk, is a source of comic relief in the play. People call him “Two and Twenty Misfortunes” because he frequently gets involved in accidents and mishaps. generating laughter in the play despite his tragic circumstances. 10

He says:

I’m going. There you see, excuse the expression, the kind

of circumstances I clump into by the way. It’s simply,

even out of this world.

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TROFIMOV: In the train an old woman called me a

decayed gentleman.

LUBOV: You were quite a boy then, a nice little student,

and now your hair is not at all thick and you wear

spectacles. Are you really still a student? [Goes to the

door.]

TROFIMOV: I suppose I shall always be a student.

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3: Lopakhin’s Lack of Sophistication

⮚ Lopakhin's wealth often leads to comedy, as he

struggles to announce the sale of a cherry orchard,

highlighting his discomfort in high society.

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Tragic Elements

1: The Sale of the Cherry Orchard: ⮚ (^) The cherry orchard, a symbol of the past and memories, is sold to Lopakhin, a former serf who plans to cut down trees and build villas. This sale symbolizes the societal changes in Russia during this period, with the aristocracy being replaced by the merchant class. The characters, including Firs, lose their identity and sense of self due to the orchard's sale. Despite warnings and proposals to save the estate, Ranevsky and Gaev cannot escape their past and face reality, leading to their downfall. Their inertia and inability to adapt to changing circumstances contribute to the tragedy of the sale. 17

The above sentence shows how the Cherry orchard is dear

to her and it seems the priority of her life and her life

comes to an end if it’s to be sold, symbolically, but in the

end, the Cherry orchard is sold and bought by Lopakhin.

Here she says;

I am going to die, this is very minute, Yasha, go and find

out who bought it.

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And not only the charry orchard is taken away from her but

she also loses her dearest house too. At the end of the play,

we observe how she in a painful voice bids farewell to her

dearest house.

My dead, my gentle, beautiful orchard! My life, my youth,

my happiness, goodbye! Good-bye!

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