Give a brief sketch of the character of lomov ?
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‘Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov‘ was a landowner who lived next door to Chubukov. He was known to suffer from a number of nervous disorders which caused him to feel constantly depressed.
The 35-year-old Lomov is well aware that he is at a critical age to get married. He had proposed to Natalya, whom he believed to be an excellent housekeeper, well-educated and modestly attractive.
However, when he finally musters up the courage to propose, he fails to make his intentions clear to Natalya and instead gets into an argument with her. Natalya was known to be confrontational and abusive during arguments and this only increased Lomov’s emotional tension.
In this struggle, Lomov suddenly faints and loses consciousness. When he regained consciousness, Chubukov quickly offered Lomov’s hand to Natalya. Lomov hoped that his marriage to Natalya would bring him some happiness and stability in his otherwise turbulent life.
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“My dear fellow, why are you so formal in your get-up?”-Who is the speaker? Who is ‘so formal in his get-up? What does he wear? What is the real intention behind wearing the dress?
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⚫The speaker is Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov, a character from Anton Chekhov’s one-act play ‘The Proposal’.
⚫Another character in that play, Ivan Vasilevich Lomov, is ‘so traditional’ in his clothes.
⚫He was dressed in traditional attire with a dress jacket and white gloves.
Lomov arrives at Chubukov’s house in formal attire to meet him. The real purpose of his arrival is to propose marriage to Chubukov’s daughter Natalya. Lomov prefers to be formal in his proposals. But, he is nervous and doubtful about Natalia’s consent. Therefore, Lomov wore traditional clothes with the intention of instilling confidence and impressing Natalya.
