His last play, The Cherry Orchard, is one of his most well known and controversial works(Farrow 1235). The Cherry Orchard is about a Russian family that passively watches as its estate and cherry orchard are taken away due to financial problems. ... With this, Chekhov succeeds in confusing tragedy and comedy in The Cherry Orchard. The characters in The Cherry Orchard contribute greatly to the comedy. ... Gayev's actions also suggest comedy in The Cherry Orchard. ...

• Word Count: 1891
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Two works in particular are perfect reflections of this perennial conflict: Le Colonel Chabert by the great Honore de Balzac and The Cherry Orchard by the Russian play writer Anton Chekhov. ... Very similarly, in The Cherry Orchard, the actual situation is caused by changing times and particularly by an important social change. ... 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 Che...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace-all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least."" (26-31) The Duke felt that any pleasure she experienced should be drawn from him and that he should be the one single object of importance to her. ... "The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace-all and each Would dra...

• Word Count: 2454
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Another method tried by Europeans to grow an apple tree was through its cuttings, but apples are part of a group of fruits "that proved much harder to cultivate, including apples, pears, plums, and cherries. ...

• Word Count: 2482
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School