Question by smiley25: What is the main theme of the play ‘the proposal’ by anton chekhov?
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Answer by rhapword
From Wikipedia:
The farce explores the process of getting married and could be read as a satire on the conventions of courtship.
The play points out the struggle to balance the economic necessities of marriage and what the characters themselves actually want. It shows the characters’ desperation for marriage as comical.
In Chekhov’s Russia, marriage was a mean of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions or to satisfy social pressure. The satire is conveyed successfully by emphasizing the couple’s foolish arguments over small things. The main arguments in the play revolve around “The Oxen Meadows” and two dogs called “Ugadi and Otkatai”.
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