“Darling, the Meadows are ours!”- Who said this and to whom? Whom did the meadows belong to? Why was there an argument over them?

Chubukov said this to Lomov. The meadows belonged to the Lomovs.

Lomov came to Chubukov house to propose to Natalya for marriage. But he could not tell her his real intention because he started talking about the Oxen Meadows and soon their casual discussion turned into an argument. Lomov claimed that his aunt’s grandmother had given the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Chubukov grandfather for forty years and they had to make bricks for her in return. But Natalya refused to believe his words and claimed that the meadows belonged to the Chubukovs. Soon their argument turned into an ugly squabble.

“You’re not a neighbour, you’re a grabber!”-Who said this and to whom? Why is this said?

Lomov said the quoted line to Chubukov. To Lomov’s claim that he owned the Oxen Meadows, Natalya outrightly protested telling him that it belonged to them, the Chubukovs. This led to an argument. Lomov told that the Meadows belonged to his aunt’s grandmother who let the peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather use it, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. Natalya on the other hand argued that the Meadows belonged to them for nearly three hundred years. None was ready to give in. When the temperature rose, Chubukov appeared to pacify but he himself got involved. Both Lomov and Chubukov started abusing each other. As Lomov considered Oxen Meadows to be lawfully his, he called Chubukov a land-grabber.


“I don’t want anything of yours and I don’t want to give up anything of mine.”-Who says this? To whom does the speaker say this? When does the speaker say this? Bring out the irony latent in it.

“l’ll have the matter taken to court, and then l’ll show you!”-Who is the speaker? Why does the speaker say this? What is the reaction of the person spoken to?


“… and not one has ever been tried for embezzlement, like your grandfather!”-Who said this and about whom? Analyse the character of the speaker under the light of the above statement.

“Oh, unhappy man that I am! I’ll shoot myself! I’ll hang myself!”—Who is unhappy? Why does the speaker wish to die?


“Bring him back! Back! Ah! Bring him here.”-Who says this to whom? When is it said? Why is the speaker so excited? What light does the line throw on the character of the speaker?

“What have they done to me! Fetch him back!”-Who is the speaker? Who is ‘him’? What ironic about the speaker’s request to bring ‘him’ back?


“Forgive us, Ivan Vassilevitch, we were all a little heated.” – Who is the speaker? Who is referred to by ‘us’? Why were the persons referred to ‘a little heated’? Why does the speaker ask for forgiveness?

“Oh, what a burden …. to be the father of a grown-up daughter!”—Who is the ‘father’? Who is the ‘daughter’? Why is the daughter a burden to the father?


“My land is worth little to me, but the principle ..”-Who is the speaker? Which land he referring to? What ‘principle’ does he mean? What made him utter such a statement?

“He got left behind because the Count’s whipper-in hit him with his whip.”- Who is ‘he’ in this sentence? Name the master of him. Name his two contenders. When did the speaker say this?


“What sort of a hunter are you?”-What does Natalya want to say and why does she say so? What suggestions does she make after that?

“I’ve noticed that those hunters argue most who know least.”-State context and explain the content.


“My heart’s bursting!” —Who is the speaker? What happens immediately after the above comment?

“I give you my blessing and so on. Only leave me in peace!”—Who is the speaker? Why did the speaker say so?


“I give you my blessing and so on. Only leave me in peace!”-What does the speaker intend to mean by this comment?

“I … I’m happy too. …”- Who is the speaker? When did the speaker say this? What happened then?


“I ….I’m happy too. ….” -Who says this and when? Why is the speaker ‘happy? How would you explain her happiness?

“What a weight off my shoulders…!”-What aspect of the social condition is revealed by Chubukov through this comment?


“But … still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.”-Who is the speaker? Whom is the speaker addressing? Describe the incident involving Guess and Squeezer.

“… that’s a way to start your family bliss!”-Who is the speaker? What way has been referred to here? Give your view on what the speaker says.