“If you like, i’ll make you a present of them.”- Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so?

Here, Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov is the speaker. Natalya Stepanovna is the person spoken to. The speaker, Lomov would make a present of the Oxen Meadows to Natalya.

Lomov and Natalya had a quarrel over the ownership of Oxen Meadows. According to Lomov, the peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather used to bake bricks for his aunt’s grandmother. Therefore the Oxen Meadows which Natalya claimed to be her property actually belonged to the Lomovs. As Lomov was going to marry Natalya, he could make a present of them to her.

“How have you the right to give away somebody else’s property?” – Who is the speaker? What property is referred to here? Why does the speaker ask this question?

Here, the speaker is Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov. Here, the property referred to is the Oxen Meadows.

Lomov and Natalya argue over the ownership of Oxen Meadows and soon Chubukov also joins them. According to Lomov, his aunt’s grandmother had given the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Chubukov grandfather for forty years and in return, they had to make bricks for her. But Natalya and Chubukov refuse to believe his words and claim that the meadows belong to them only. Chubukov threatens Lomov, saying that, if he keeps on arguing about the ownership of the meadows, then he will give away the meadows to the peasants rather than giving those to him. At this, Lomov asks Chubukov this question because according to him the meadows belong to him therefore, Chubukov can not give away his property to someone else.

 

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

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

“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?