Discuss the character of Natalya - The Proposal


Q: Discuss the character of Natalya. OR, Discuss the role of Natalya.

A:    Natalya is one of the three characters in Anton Chekhov’s one - act play ‘The Proposal’.

          Natalya Stepanovna, the 25 year old daughter of Chubukov is good looking, well educated and accomplished in household works. She is a love - sick cat and marriageable daughter who is in search of her man.

          Before proposal, when Lomov becomes argumentative with Natalya over a land, she suspects that Lomov has come to talk about Oxen Meadows. So she becomes furious and finally turns Lomov out.

          Later Natalya learns from her father that Lomov came to beg her hand in marriage and being hysteric she forces her old father top fetch Lomov.

          Later Natalya indulges her in another dispute with Lomov over the superiority of Squeezer to Guess. Love - sick yet materialistic, Natalya ultimately unites with Lomov through a hasty marriage.




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