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* NothingButSkinAndBones: Near the end of "The Bet", the banker goes in to check on the lawyer, and discovers that the lawyer's haggard appearance: his beard and hair are grey, a yellowish face, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. In addition, the lawyer is now about 40 years old.
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* NothingButSkinAndBones: Near the end of "The Bet", the banker goes in to check on the lawyer, and discovers that the lawyer's haggard appearance: appearance has changed after nearly 15 years of solitary confinement: his beard and hair are grey, a yellowish face, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. In addition, the lawyer is now about 40 years old.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: In "The Bet", the young lawyer makes the wager that he can endure 15 years of imprisonment to prove whether imprisonment is more humane than execution. Near the end of the wager, the lawyer has accumulated wisdom from reading the books throughout the years, but when the banker goes to check on him, he has become an old, haggard skeleton-like human with his overgrown grey hair and beard, yellowish skin, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. During this time of imprisonment, the lawyer has spent 15 years of his life in voluntary confinement, is about 40 years old, and in addition to his accumulated knowledge, his body has turned into NothingButSkinAndBones, and might possibly acquire dementia.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: In "The Bet", the young lawyer makes the wager that he can endure 15 years of imprisonment to prove whether imprisonment is more humane than execution. Near the end of the wager, the lawyer has accumulated wisdom from reading the books throughout the years, but when the banker goes to check on him, he has become an old, haggard skeleton-like human with his overgrown grey hair and beard, yellowish skin, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. During this time of imprisonment, the lawyer has spent 15 years of his life in voluntary confinement, is about 40 years old, and in addition to his accumulated knowledge, his body has turned into NothingButSkinAndBones, and might possibly acquire may have developed dementia.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician in the turn of the previous century. He's best known for his dramatic works, and especially his four major plays: ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', ''Theatre/ThreeSisters'', ''Theatre/UncleVanya'' and ''Theatre/TheCherryOrchard''. His plays seem to be nearly-plotless character studies. Although they're often about how depressed people are with the lives they lead, Chekhov referred to his plays as Comedies (aside from ''Three Sisters''). His main objective with his work was to get people to see the pain in their lives and make a change. He worked as a doctor most of his life, and there are many doctors as characters in his work. His plays were not well-received initially, and he almost gave up writing after the first production of ''The Seagull'' was a bomb... and then it was revived four years later by the Moscow Art Theater and was a huge smash hit.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n short-story writer, playwright and physician in the turn of the previous century.The20thCentury. He's best known for his dramatic works, and especially his four major plays: ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', ''Theatre/ThreeSisters'', ''Theatre/UncleVanya'' and ''Theatre/TheCherryOrchard''. His plays seem to be nearly-plotless character studies. Although they're often about how depressed people are with the lives they lead, Chekhov referred to his plays as Comedies (aside from ''Three Sisters''). His main objective with his work was to get people to see the pain in their lives and make a change. He worked as a doctor most of his life, and there are many doctors as characters in his work. His plays were not well-received initially, and he almost gave up writing after the first production of ''The Seagull'' was a bomb... and then it was revived four years later by the Moscow Art Theater and was a huge smash hit.
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He is strongly associated with Stanislavski (the father of Method acting), who considered himself ''the'' expert on Chekhov's plays. Chekhov disagreed, as Stanislavski insisted on playing Chekhov's comedies completely straight.
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He is strongly associated with Stanislavski (the father grandfather of Method acting), who considered himself ''the'' expert on Chekhov's plays. Chekhov disagreed, as Stanislavski insisted on playing Chekhov's comedies completely straight.
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At the age of 20, he wrote a short story called "What's Most Commonly Found In Novels, Novellas etc.". That's right, the guy created a short prototype for Wiki/TVTropes!
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** In ''The Butterfly'', while Olga seemed to genuinely love her husband, she entered into an affair with another man. Said affair was miserable for both parties, yet neither Olga nor her partner would cut it off. Olga’s husband Dymov would find out about it, yet he believed it was [ExtremeDoormat his own fault], and as you might expect their marriage severely suffered. Dymov was a doctor and was working with a patient one day when he contracted his illness. Olga upon learning of this, realizes she wasted their marriage with someone who made her miserable while neglecting someone she actually did love. She's determined to turn things around, but alas it is too late and the illness takes Dymov’s life.
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** In ''The Butterfly'', while Olga seemed to genuinely love her husband, she entered into an affair with another man. Said affair was miserable for both parties, yet neither Olga nor her partner would cut it off. Olga’s husband Dymov would find out about it, yet he believed it was [ExtremeDoormat [[ExtremeDoormat his own fault], fault]], and as you might expect their marriage severely suffered. Dymov was a doctor and was working with a patient one day when he contracted his illness. Olga upon learning of this, realizes she wasted their marriage with someone who made her miserable while neglecting someone she actually did love. She's determined to turn things around, but alas it is too late and the illness takes Dymov’s life.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: A common trope in some of Chekov's stories is that people in unhappy marriages end up finding love in affairs, although notable exceptions exist
** In ''The Butterfly'', while Olga seemed to genuinely love her husband, she entered into an affair with another man. Said affair was miserable for both parties, yet neither Olga nor her partner would cut it off. Olga’s husband Dymov would find out about it, yet he believed it was [ExtremeDoormat his own fault], and as you might expect their marriage severely suffered. Dymov was a doctor and was working with a patient one day when he contracted his illness. Olga upon learning of this, realizes she wasted their marriage with someone who made her miserable while neglecting someone she actually did love. She's determined to turn things around, but alas it is too late and the illness takes Dymov’s life.
** In ''The Butterfly'', while Olga seemed to genuinely love her husband, she entered into an affair with another man. Said affair was miserable for both parties, yet neither Olga nor her partner would cut it off. Olga’s husband Dymov would find out about it, yet he believed it was [ExtremeDoormat his own fault], and as you might expect their marriage severely suffered. Dymov was a doctor and was working with a patient one day when he contracted his illness. Olga upon learning of this, realizes she wasted their marriage with someone who made her miserable while neglecting someone she actually did love. She's determined to turn things around, but alas it is too late and the illness takes Dymov’s life.
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At the age of 20, he wrote a short story called "What's Most Commonly Found In Novels, Novellas etc.". That's right, the guy created a short prototype for Wiki/ThisVeryWiki!
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He is also the TropeNamer for the ubiquitous-on-this-site ChekhovsGun.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: In "The Bet", the banker wagers 2 million rubles that the lawyer wouldn't last 5 years in an isolated cell; the lawyer raises the term of confinement to 15 years. During the first year, the lawyer endures loneliness and boredom, according to his notes. Later, in the fifth year, he doesn't eat or drink, lies on his bed, and is seen yawning and muttering angrily to himself and crying, according to people who see and hear him from the window. Near the end of the final year of confinement, the lawyer has become little more than skin and bones, has long gray hair, a shaggy beard, and pale, yellowed skin. The banker considers smothering him to death to put him out of misery, until he finds a letter the lawyer has written in which he despises freedom, life, health, and what the books call the blessings of the world. In his imagination, the lawyer has seen incredible sights of nature, worked miracles, murdered, burned cities, preached new religions, and conquered kingdoms and empires. He ultimately despises the blessings of this world and its wisdom, and he plans to leave before the appointed time, forfeiting his wealth.
** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement Those who are imprisoned by means of solitary confinement may experience the symptoms of anxiety, depression, anger, cognitive disturbances, perceptual distortions, obsessive thoughts, paranoia, and psychosis.]] Nowadays, the United Nations considers solitary confinement of 15 days or more as torture.
** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement Those who are imprisoned by means of solitary confinement may experience the symptoms of anxiety, depression, anger, cognitive disturbances, perceptual distortions, obsessive thoughts, paranoia, and psychosis.]] Nowadays, the United Nations considers solitary confinement of 15 days or more as torture.
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** "On Mortality: A Carnival Tale" is a several pages of a glorious Food Porn, which suddenly ends with the [[BigEater main character]] dying of a stroke right before eating the best piece of meal.
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** "On Mortality: A Carnival Tale" is a several pages of a glorious Food Porn, which suddenly ends with the [[BigEater main character]] dying of a stroke [[BlackComedy right before eating the best piece of meal.]]
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* NothingButSkinAndBones: Near the end of "The Bet", the banker goes in to check on the lawyer, and discovers that the lawyer's haggard appearance: his beard and hair are grey, a yellowish face, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. In addition, the lawyer is now about 40 years old.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: In "The Bet", the young lawyer makes the wager that he can endure 15 years of imprisonment to prove whether imprisonment is more humane than execution. Near the end of the wager, the lawyer has accumulated wisdom from reading the books throughout the years, but when the banker goes to check on him, he has become an old, haggard skeleton-like human with his overgrown grey hair and beard, yellowish skin, sunken cheeks, a long and narrow back, and bony hands. During this time of imprisonment, the lawyer has spent 15 years of his life in voluntary confinement, is about 40 years old, and in addition to his accumulated knowledge, his body has turned into NothingButSkinAndBones, and might possibly acquire dementia.
* WhyWontYouDie: In "The Bet", as the banker's wager is about to reach its conclusion, the banker finds his fortunes have greatly declined from risky investments on the Exchange and bad investments. Lampshaded by the banker, who is at risk of nearly going bankrupt and losing two million rubles to the lawyer:
-->"That cursed bet... [[LampshadeHanging Why didn't the man die?]] He's only forty years old. He will take away my last farthing, marry, enjoy life, gamble on the Exchange, and I will look on like an envious beggar and hear the same words from him every day: 'I'm obliged to you for the happiness of my life. Let me help you.' No, it's too much! The only escape from bankruptcy and disgrace—is that the man should die."
* WhyWontYouDie: In "The Bet", as the banker's wager is about to reach its conclusion, the banker finds his fortunes have greatly declined from risky investments on the Exchange and bad investments. Lampshaded by the banker, who is at risk of nearly going bankrupt and losing two million rubles to the lawyer:
-->"That cursed bet... [[LampshadeHanging Why didn't the man die?]] He's only forty years old. He will take away my last farthing, marry, enjoy life, gamble on the Exchange, and I will look on like an envious beggar and hear the same words from him every day: 'I'm obliged to you for the happiness of my life. Let me help you.' No, it's too much! The only escape from bankruptcy and disgrace—is that the man should die."
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* ''Film/SpeedForThespians'', a weird but also surprisingly faithful adaptations short film adaptation of Chekhov's one-act play ''The Bear''--in the short the whole play is acted out by an experimental acting troupe on a bus.
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* ''Film/SpeedForThespians'', a weird but also surprisingly faithful adaptations of Chekhov's one-act play ''The Bear''--in the short the whole play is acted out by an experimental acting troupe on a bus.
* ''Film/SpeedForThespians'', a weird but also surprisingly faithful adaptations of Chekhov's one-act play ''The Bear''--in the short the whole play is acted out by an experimental acting troupe on a bus.
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* GermanRussians: Von Koren in "The Duel".
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