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ABOUT LOVE
ENGLISH | THE HERITAGE OF WORDS
Anton Chekhov
Revealing (showing) his perception about mysterious Love, Anton Chekov in his story About Love expresses that love is governed by emotions which doesn’t care any physical restriction. Describing three love stories, the writer puts forward logic that, “Love is different in each situation and love isn’t confined within marital relationship”.
In a rainy day Alyohin narrated love stories to his friends while having breakfast. Nikanor, a cook was in love with a beautiful maid servant Pelageya and they were living in the same house although they weren’t married. When Nikanor was drunk and had a violent temper he used to abuse and bit her. Sometimes, she had to hide herself to avoid misconduct from Nikanor being a person of
religious conviction, Nikanor insisted that Pelageya. However, she didn’t want to marry with Nikanor, rather she was ready to live with him just so, despite their contradictory (opposite) views and characters, they were in deep love with each other which was a great mystery.
Alyohin, the narrator, while studying at universities used to be in love with a university girl and was living with her in the same house. Although, Alyohin wanted to devote himself completely in love, the girl constantly used to think about monetary and household matters and about destiny of their love. He considered such behaviors in love would be the hindrance and source of irritation and dissatisfaction.
Alyohin also narrated his own love story with Anna Alexeyevna. On coming back home after graduation from university he found that the landed properties had been mortgaged by his father to meet his educational expenses. To pay off the debt, he decided to live in the village working in the farm. However, he had been elected an honorary justice of court of peace and had to go to the town frequently to participate in court session. Once he was invited to dinner by Mr. Luganovich, the assistant president of the court where Alyohin meet his wife Anna, he realized as if he had been familiar with Anna since his childhood. After the meeting, Alyohin started visiting Anna’s house very frequently and gradually they fall in love with each other. However, being trapped by their own reasons and logics because of fear of social criticism, they refrained from expressing their love to each other. Being tired of maintaining two relationships with her husband and Alyohin, Anna started exhibiting carelessness towards her family and became a patient of nervous prostration disease. She was advised to make medical treatment in Crimea. In the meanwhile, Luganovich got transfer order to western province.
To bid farewell to Anna, huge crowd was their at the railway station on the day of her departure. When she bade farewell to her husband, children and friends, Alyohin entered into the cabin to see her of f. When their eyes met, they couldn’t resist themselves from expressing their love to each other. In the mean while, the train started moving and Alyohin got down at next stoppage and moved homewards with heavy heart. On listening to his story, Alyohin’s friends concluded that he should devote himself in other profession rather than farming to keep him happy.
The writer by discussing three love story’s shows the mysterious nature of love, love is not confined and restricted by physical restriction because it is guided by emotion of human being. Showing restlessness of Alyohin who was a bachelor was in love with Anna despite the fact that she was mother of two children, the writer has provide that love is not confined by marital relationship.
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