Chekhov Gymnasium

The Swimmer by John Cheever, is a short story, written in the late 50’s, early 60’s. The story takes place in a high class suburb, and is an extreme metaphor for the life of drunkenness and negligence. The story is about a mid-aged man named Neddy Merrill. One Sunday, after a drunken Saturday night party, Ned is found drinking and laughing with his wife and other close friends. He decides to swim the eight-mile route back to his home, bouncing from one pool to another. But as the tides change,…

In Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Miss Brill” the main character feels like “Life is like a play.” Every Sunday she goes to Jardins Publiques, but on one particular Sunday it hits her that it is all like a play and she is just one of the many actors/actresses. From the band playing along and the same people showing up to many little aspects that Miss Brill pulls together to explain why it is like a play. Every Sunday of the year the band plays in Jardins Publiques. On this particular…

In 1947, John Cheever wrote a short story titled “The Enormous Radio” about the darkness that is hidden inside others and inside us. He does this through a masterful use of symbols, contrasting Irene and the radio, and dynamic character development. The radio and the protagonist of the “The Enormous Radio” are symbols demonstrating the journey to self-awareness. Cheever conveys this message through the journey of the dynamic protagonist, Irene Wescott—who begins this story as a naïve middle-aged…

is irrelevant but the idea itself is of great interest to Anton Chekhov because it’s the central plot in “The Lady with the Dog.” Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and writer, who focused specifically on short stories. Chekhov’s works weren’t political and served no social value because his writing has been “… a profound understanding of human nature and the ways in which ordinary events can carry deeper meaning” (Anton Chekhov Biography 1). “The Lady with the Dog” is centered on a middle…

New This short story Miss brill, by Katherine Mansfield, is described in the third individual perspective of the storyteller who goes about as the story's voice hero, Miss Brill. The way she's telling the story , Katherine has the capacity let the peruser feel associated with the hero's dejection and the absence of mindfulness. She offers no clarification as to the Miss Brill's past, which leaves the perusers to reach their own particular determination and have a great deal of thought more…

Katherine Mansfield's short story "Miss Brill" introduces an aging, lonely woman living in Paris during 1922. The fictional character, Miss Brill is depicted as disillusioned and desperately seeking acceptance from society in which she lives. As a solution to escaping her isolation, she repeatedly takes a Sunday afternoon stroll to the Jardins Publiques park where she thinks of herself as an actress performing to an audience. Adorned to her precious fur, she sees herself as an active,…

Katherine Mansfield does a phenomenal job portraying the main protagonist, Miss Brill as a judgmental, nosy, and fairly wealthy woman. Mansfield uses literary devices like imagery to show the reader what the fur she's wearing to convey her wealth without directly stating that she's wealthy. Mansfield uses third person limited omniscient to let the reader see what Miss Brill is thinking and in the process, showing us how judgmental and…

In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver we are introduce to three characters of the Narrator, Robert the blind elder fellow and the Narrator’s Wife. We learn of these three character’s genders by Carver’s use of pronouns when he is describing them. Other than that the other descriptions are subtle and not outright. The Narrator’s wife social class before she is married to the Narrator is described by author’s description of a need for a job. “That summer in Seattle she had needed a job…

Gonzalez M. Ashley Professor Sophia Funk Enc1102 MW 2:25pm 16 October 2017 Oh Miss Brill How I Wish You Well In the short story, “Miss Brill”, Katherine Mansfield uses third person point of view to show Miss Brill’s thought process throughout the story. Miss Brill is seen as a dynamic character in this story. A dynamic character is a character who goes through an important change within; personality wise or attitude. Miss Brill’s character showed loneliness, emotional insecurity, and…

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, is a short story illustrating the narrator’s insensitive thoughts and emotions towards his wife’s blind friend and his own limited awareness or (interference) with himself. The narrator then experiences freedom like he never has before alongside Robert, the blind man. Carver interprets different forms of blind both physically and mentally or emotionally. The unnamed narrator makes _________ remarks towards Robert and his wife. He first begins with asking his wife…