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The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, And Foolish Pride Essay, Research Paper

The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride

Chandler Friedman

English 231

Dr. Clark Lemons

In the plays The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, A Doll’s House by

Henrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists’ mental beliefs

combine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story.

The ability of the characters to reject or accept an illusion, along with the

foolish pride that motivated their decision, leads to their personal downfall.

In The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, Gayev and Miss Ranevsky, along

with the majority of their family, refuse to believe that their estate is close

to bankruptcy. Instead of accepting the reality of their problem, they continue

to live their lives under the illusion that they are doing well financially.

The family continues with its frivolous ways until there is no money left (the

final night they have in the house before it is auctioned, they throw an

extravagant party, laughing in the face of impending financial ruin) Even when

Lopakhin attempts to rescue the family with ideas that could lead to some of the

estate being retained, they dismiss his ideas under the illusion that the

situation is not so desperate that they need to compromise any of their dignity.

Lopakhin: As you know, your cherry orchard’s being sold to pay your

debts. The auction is on the twenty second of August. But

there’s no need to worry, my dear. You can sleep soundly.

There’s a way out. Here’s my plan. Listen carefully, please.

Your estate is only about twelve miles from town, and the

railway is not very far away. Now all you have to do is break

up your cherry orchard and the land along the river into

building

plots and lease them out for country cottages. You’ll then have

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