1. The Lottery Ticket
Anton Chekhov

2. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Антон Павлович Чехов) (1860-1904)

3. Anton Chekhov “Medicine is my legal wife…Literature is my mistress”
Physician
Major Russian short story writer
Playwright

4. Chekhov About His Writing
“You say you have cried at my plays…But this is not why I wrote them, I simply wanted to say to people honestly: “Understand, how bad and boring your lives are!” People should understand this and…create themselves another and better life. What is here to cry about?”

5. Chekhov’s Talent and Manner
Selecting important moments from the trivial ones
Brevity and conciseness
Anti-ideological
Anti-pedagogical
Objectivity
Free artist

6. What is satire?
What is its purpose?
Where have you seen the media use satire?

9. Written work: “The Lottery Ticket”
Give two examples Chekhov’s satirical humor in The Lottery Ticket
What is he satirizing?
What is the purpose of the satire?
Is it effective? Why/why not?