Cherry Orchard: Not Good, Not Bad, Just Fair
Submitted by on January 1, 1999
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Not Good, Not Bad, Just Fair
There are no heroes and no villains. In Anton Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard," Chekhov does not favor or disfavor any character. He merely presents the characters fairly. His presentation of the characters may cause confusion if the reader tries to blame the outcome of the story on a character, but maybe there is no one at fault or the blame is to be shared. Lopakhin and Madame Ranevsky are clashing individuals, who are not to be judged as either good or bad. Both characters are human, having honorable traits, and minor disreputable qualities. Lopakhin and Madame Ranevsky's characters are incompatible in the other's mind. Madame Ravensky is a member of the falling aristocracy who is a lost romantic trapped in a fantasy world on the orchard while forgetting her troubles in the "real" world. Contrarily, Lopakhin is a money driven,...