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Symbols

The Cherry Orchard Something that belongs to the past mobility ▶ feudal society (封建社會) ▶ aesthetic sensibility (審美的敏銳度) ▶ sublime beauty (崇高的美) ↓ Tragically ends with the change in the society

The Cherry Orchard Some aspect of Memory: Interpreted by the various characters & Indicate how these characters feel ▶ Lubov: A personal symbol of her peaceful childhood ▶ Trofimov: the serfs who lived and died in slavery on Lubov’ s estate the memory of their suffering ▶ Lopakhin: a brutal childhood, an obstacle to the prosperity of both himself and Lubov

The Cherry Orchard The Selling of the Cherry Orchard : the old order must give the way to the new ▶ Ideal ▶ Past ▶ Present Bourgeois (資產階級) Aristocrats (貴族) The Utopian World ▶ Trofimov ▶ Lubov ▶ Lopakhin  Cutting down cherry orchard in the final act: Decline of aristocracy

A String’s Snapping and An ax’s thudding against a tree Fiers: "Life's gone on as if I'd never lived” A last comment on the damaging selfishness of aristocrats ▶ The discontinuation of memory: the family finally cuts ties with the past ▶ Lubov and Gaev have already failed to take action to save the estate ▶ They fail to secure a safe place for their most loyal servant

Fiers' Death the passing of the old class system ▶ The passing of the aristocracy‘s reign on the cherry orchard ▶ The death of the old Russia

Themes

Theme – social mobility Definition : Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society. It is a change in social status relative to one's current social location within a given society.

Emancipation Manifesto (1861) In 1861, manifesto issued by the Russian emperor Alexander II that accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the Russian Empire. Chekhov portrays Russia after in the freeing of the serfs, in a moment of flux. While the society used to be well-stratified, now everything's all mixed up.

“You should know your place.” Fiers Dunyasha& Yasha Lopakhin Lubov Andreyevna There are servants who want to stay servants, like 87-year-old Fiers. There are servants who pretend to be ladies and gentlemen, like Dunyasha and Yasha. There are former peasants who are rich and getting richer, like Lopakhin. And the aristocrats on their way nowhere but down. Social mobility can be seen in the dialogue and the interaction between characters in the play. “You should know your place.”

Theme – Memory and the Past The main question: will the cherry orchard be saved or sold? The cherry orchard= the PAST of Russia nobility

Lubov Andreyevna: “Oh, my childhood, days of my innocence Lubov Andreyevna: “Oh, my childhood, days of my innocence! In this nursery I used to sleep…..happiness used to wake with me every morning….” “Look, there’s my dead mother going in the orchard…dressed in white! That’s she!”

Paradox, Irony, and more Themes and Symbols

Paradox (Loehlin 148) Genre: Comedy or tragedy? Style: Naturalistic or symbolic? Politics: Radical (celebrating Revolution) or Reactionary (lamenting the doomed culture)?

Fiers’ death Genre Politics Naturalistic Tragedy Reactionary Symbolic Comedy Radical

How Characters Leave the Estate The parallel between the sequence in which characters exit the estate and their attachment to it (Harvey Pitcher). For example: Anya and Trofimov go first. Gayev and Lyuboff are the last to leave. Firs never leaves the estate until his last breath.

Irony Lopahin’s complacent speech in the close of Act Three (495- 496).

Love, Mortality, and Cultural Clash. More Themes Love, Mortality, and Cultural Clash.

Love Anya & Trofimoff above love (Act II 486) ? Varya and Lopahin love and power. Epihodoff, Dunyasha, and Yasha love triangle. Lyuboff and her secret lover Enervating love.

Mortality Lyuboff’s deceased son and husband. Epihodoff threatens to kill himself. Fiers’ Death.

Cultural Clash Yasha admires French culture while despising Russian culture. Dunyasha favors Yasha over Epikhodov. Yasha’s indifference to Fiers.

More Symbols

More Symbols The nursery (464-5): The hierarchy imposed on children since their formative years. The line of telegraph poles (477) modernity Gayev’s bookcase (472)  consistency and security.

More Symbols Lyuboff’s Dropped Purse (479-80)her extravagant habits Yasha picking coins exploiting his mistress (female master) Varya's Keys (495 below the page) her power as a governor over the orchard. Gayev‘s billiards game (469, 485, 495) depraved life of the aristocracy. Lyuboff‘s flights  her desire to escape from reality

References Loehlin, James N., ed. The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002. 148-61. Print. Braun, Edward. “The Cherry Orchard.” Ed. Vera Gottlieb. The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 111-20. Print. http://myenglish62.blogspot.com/2016/05/symbolism-in-cherry- orchard-by-anton.html https://www.shmoop.com/cherry-orchard.html https://www.sparknotes.com/drama/cherryorchard/

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