3. Anton Chekhov
He was a doctor by profession and a writer by temperament and aptitude.
Physician
Major Russian short story writer
Playwright
“Medicine is my legal wife…Literature is
my mistress”
Anton
Chekhov
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. He wrote sympathetically about characters of all
classes, the bored upper classes as well as the
deprived poor.
His work is known for its unique combination of
comedy, tragedy and pathos.
Chekhov has enjoyed great popularity in England.
English translations of his works started appearing as
early as 1903, and influenced leading playwrights and
fiction writers.
In Chekhov, plot is subordinate to character. Because
the short story as a form is too short for the
development of character, Chekhov's stories focus on
a particular mood.
6. Stream of Consciousness
Chekhov is considered the most important
influence on the development of the modern
short story.
His stories dispensed with plot; he
concentrated on what is happening in the
minds of his characters, their "stream of
consciousness", rather than external
incidents.
7. Chekhov’s Talent and
Manner
Selecting important moments from the
trivial ones
Brevity and conciseness
Anti-ideological
Anti-pedagogical
Objectivity
Free artist
8. What is satire?
A literary work in which human vice or folly
is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
What is its purpose?
Satire is often used as an attempt to bring
about social or political change or to prevent
it.
Where have you seen the media use satire?
9.
10. Why do people buy tickets?
Why do people gamble?
How are their lives affected if they win?
Is it possible to remain unchanged if you
win a large lottery?
What are some of the problems/concerns
associated with lotteries?
11. The lottery ticket is satirical short story.
Through this story Chekhov exposes the true
feelings of (stream of consciousness) wife and
husband of different attitudes.
In “The Lottery Ticket” Chekhov dramatizes
the unleashing of selfish and cruel impulses in
the human mind when it is lured by the prospect
of sudden riches.
12. Money changes everything; Anton Chekhov
demonstrates that the mere thought of money
can severely impact a personal relationship in his
short story, "The Lottery Ticket." An older
couple with a family holds what could be a
winning lottery ticket, but resists checking the
numbers while they daydream about what they
might do with the money. At first, their reaction
to the possibility of wealth is joyful; but rather
than share their dreams and communicate their
wishes, IVAN DMITRITCH and his wife Masha
recede into their own worlds.
13. Summary
The story is about a family man named IVAN
DMITRITCH. He and his family were living a middle-class
life and was very well satisfied with their life. Not until one
day, his wife asked her to check the list of lottery drawings
in the newspaper. His wife's number got series 9,499,
number 26. To his shock and amazement, he saw the series
9,499. Without checking the ticket number yet, he and his
wife already started dreaming of a good life. Wanting to put
excitement whether they got the correct ticket number or
not, they first thought of several possibilities on what to do
with the large amount of prize money. They dreamed of a
big property, new furnishings, travelling and paying debts.
Pictures continuously crawl in their minds, each more
selfish than the last. Greed is eating up their imaginations.
14. They have now seemed to realize that their kind of life is
not appropriate for a wealthy and powerly people like
them who has just won the lottery. Ivan and his wife soon
to annoy each other's company and felt anger against each
other, thinking to one another that they are just pain in the
head on their plans.
Seeing his wife's hatred, he quickly glanced at the
newspaper to check the correct ticket number.
Unfortunately, it was number 46, not 26! Hatred and
anger immediately disappeared, but they immediately
seem to realize how small and dark their rooms were, how
their supper is not doing them good, and that the evenings
were long and wearisome.
Their previous simple and contented lives are now
changed with more longing for a better life, after having
false thoughts that they won the lottery.
15. Vocabulary
Drawings : result of a draw
Mockery : make fun of
Douche : stream or jet of water
Tingling : to be effected or excited
by emotion
Saunters : walks slowly
Vint : immersed in a liquid or mixture
Soused : preserved in salty water
Despondently : in a mood of depression
Farthing : former British bronze coin
16. Begrudge : resent or envy
Detestable : loathsome(unpleasant)
Malignantly : in an evil
17. 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?
