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1. Nothing is is impossible, the word itself itself says, “I’m possible!” 2. Suess doesn’t doesn’t ome to you, you go to it. it. . I’"e learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will ne"er forget how you made them feel. Prepared 4y: M0Qadir Rafque
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#. Suess is simple. $o what%s right, the right way, at the right time. &. ”' suessful man is one who an lay a firm foundation
with the bri(s others ha"e thrown at him.”
By: Anton Chekov Q0+: 6hy doe2 Smirno re7er !o 8/quali!y o7 ri5h!2, emancipa!ion9 e!c An2;er: When Smirnov enters the stage, Popova, the widow-heroine, is already there. He demands from her the loan, borrowed from him by her late husband. She refuses to omply, beause,
)a* being in the state of mourning, she has no interest in money-matters, and ( b* her steward is also away. Smirnov shouts and delares to stay there till she pays ba! his money. "pon this, an e#hange of harsh words starts between them about the $delity of men and women. %s Smirnov&s attitude towards Popova is rude and insulting, she ries at him:
“+ou’re a boor! ' oarse bear! ' ourbon! ' monster!” 'n this, Smirnov felt himself insulted. He tells her that he does not are if she is a woman, i.e. the (softer-se#). He tells ategorially to Popova if she wants e*uality, she an have it. He says that they both have to $ght for the e*uality of rights. Smirnov hallenges her for a duel with pistols. She aepts it. Popova threatens him to blow his thi! head with bullet. +u!a, Popova&s old servant, warns Popova that Smirnov wants to shoot her. Smirnov believes that if she deides to $ghts, it is e*uality of rights between men and women. He simply adds that, if the duel ta!es plae, he will shoot her on the priniples of e*uality and freedom to $ght for his rights. his is why he refers to (e*uality of rights, emanipation) et. strange woman she is. He says that she is not only sour-faed, elly-bag, but she is also $re, gunpowder and ro!et. He e#presses his sorrow to have to Prepared 4y: M0Qadir Rafque
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Qadir Jinnah Science Academy Mallian Kalan Sheikhupura !ill her. /t is *uite lear from the whole dialogue that Smirnov&s behavior gets gradually lenient and ivili0ed. /t may be termed at times as humorous and funny but we annot all it (rude).
Q0': 6ha! kind o7 2!a!e o7 mind i2 Popoa in ;hen Smirno 5oe2 !o her hou2e An2;er: Popova is in a state of mourning owing to the death of her husband, who died seven months ago. She has vowed to mourn him till her last breath. hus, she has put on a domino. When the sene opens, she is in a bla! dress, standing and ga0ing at her late husband&s photograph. She then begins to sigh in his memory. When +u!a, her old servant, advises her to give up her mourning and resume normal life, she answers him:
“-y lo"e will die out with me”. She does not li!e the light in the house. She lives in dar!ness even during the daytime. +u!a advises her to give up her prolonged mourning and start her life afresh by remarrying. But she delares: (2y life is already at and end. He is in his grave, and / have buried myself between four walls 3We are both dead). Popova is ('utwardly) in a very sad and mournful state of mind, having no interest in the ativities and oys of life However, what is revealed in the end of the play is an e#at opposite of this.
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2 i! 1u2!ifed 6hy i2 Smirno 8=he 4ear9 accordin5 !o Popoa /?plain An2;er: % dialogue is going on between Popova and +u!a, her old servant, on the stage when Smirnov enters. He demands the repayment of his money, borrowed by her late husband. Popova tells him that she is in mourning and her steward is also away. hus, she annot repay his money at the moment. Smirnov, when hearing this, begins to shout. Popova leaves the stage. Smirnov loses his temper and delares to stay there until he is repaid. Soon Popova re-enters the stage. She orders Smirnov to leave her house, but this order falls 4at on him. hen they start e#hanging their views about the faith of men and women. Smirnov insists that women annot love anyone but themselves. He adds that it is against women&s nature to be onstant and faithful. Popova refuses his views and says that only women are true in love. She e#plains him how men always betray the trust of women. She tells him that her late husband fre*uently betrayed her, and that she is still faithful to his memory. Smirnov reoins, saying, he !nows why she has put on the domino and buried herself within the four walls. He adds that men !now these tri!s of women. She as!s how he has dared say all this. He replies:
“+ou may ha"e buried yourself ali"e, but you ha"en’t forgotten to powder your fae”. /n response to these sarasti remar!s, she lenhes her $sts and ries out:
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Qadir Jinnah Science Academy Mallian Kalan Sheikhupura Hene, these lines supply the title to the play, whih is fully usti$ed as far as Smirnov&s ation and Popova&s reation are onerned..
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“+ou’re a boor! ' oarse bear! ' ourbon! ' monster!” However, soon afterwards she responds to his spontaneous love. /n fat, it is not her feeling of love for Smirnov rather she agrees to marry him beause:
(i) he is a rich-man of high status in the society, (ii) that she will not have to return the loan, and (iii) she will get his wealth and property. /t appears as if she is all the time pretending to be true to the memory of her late husband and waiting for some potential bait. She is, no doubt, a vivid hyporite. he main theme of the play is the e#position of the pretension and hyporisy of the 6ussian women. Here Popova stands for suh 6ussian women of that period. his play also re4ets the soial fats as were found in the 6ussian soiety of that time. he playwright has ritii0ed the 6ussian soiety in a light omi manner and, as suh, it is (a light soial omedy).
Q0: 2 Popoa 2incere and !rue in her loe 7or her la!e hu2band >7 2o, ;hy doe2 2he condemn him 6ha! do you kno; abou! Popoa /?plain briey
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Qadir Jinnah Science Academy Mallian Kalan Sheikhupura oys of life. However, his advie falls 4at. She insists on ontinuing her mourning in the memory of her late husband9only an outward show of grief. /n this regard, she says:
“-y life is already at an end. e is in his gra"e, and I ha"e buried myself between four walls / 0e are both dead.” She also points out that her late husband fre*uently betrayed her love and trust. He often went to other women and negleted her. She would, however, be true in her love forever. urther, she lightly ondemns him for being unfaithful to her. But, despite all his treaheries, she delares:
“-y lo"e will die out with me”. +u!a ma!es another attempt and suggests her to remarry as she is still young with roses in hee!s. He adds that her beauty will vanish with the passage of time, and then nobody will propose her. his suggestion also ends in smo!e. +ater on, however, when Smirnov as!s her to marry him, she at one aepts his proposal. his shows the parado# of her nature. %ll the development of the play shows that she is not sinere and true in her displayed love for her late husband. /n fat, she is in searh of a rih man. When she $nds suh a man, Smirnov, she forgets all her vows about her previous love. hus, she at one agrees to marry Smirnov. his is the parado# in Popova&s harater that e#poses her reality.
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An2;er: Being an e#periened fellow, +u!a, Popova&s old servant, plays the role of an adviser to Popova. He advises a number of things to her, namely,
(i) to give up her prolonged mourning, (ii) to resume the normal lifestyle, (iii) to step out of the four walls of her house, (iv) to take interest in the activities of life. He also does his best to onvine her to remarry in order to start her life afresh. He warns her that beauty is not everlasting as it vanishes *ui!ly. He further adds that nobody will, after ten years, li!e to ourt her. But his e;orts go in vain. +u!a also plays the role of a omi harater. He entertains us with his humorous remar!s. His apprehensions and e#lamations about the hanging situation after Smirnov&s arrival at the stage are a soure of rereation for us. or instane, an 33333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333..
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