Very similarly, in The Cherry Orchard, the actual situation is caused by changing times and particularly by an important social change. ... Witnessing this fact is the character of Lopakhin. ... He is a former serf but now proud owner of the house neighboring the Cherry Orchard. ... It is a situation where the Russian aristocracy is dying and do not realize that they no longer posses an economic position with long-term security and in the case of The Cherry Orchard, this fact is witnessed by the lack of serious interest that the aristocrats give to the seriousness of the threat of losing th...

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