The Proposal Summary

Introduction

"The Proposal (Class 10)" is a one-act play written by Anton Chekhov. This play is a part of the Class 10 English syllabus with other important plays and poems. It was included in the syllabus to teach students profound life lessons while learning. This act taught a lesson about how anger and argument spoil a relationship. It is a story of how wealthy families seek to tie up with someone through marriage to increase their wealth and property.

The Proposal Class 10 play has three main characters around which the story revolves, i.e., "Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov, Chubukov Chukbukon, and Natalya Stepanova (daughter). It starts with a young man Lomov who presents a marriage proposal to one of his neighbor's daughters. The girl (Natalya) and boy (Lomov) get into a heated argument because he can convey his feeling to the girl over the Oxen meadows. Then Natalya's father participates in the discussion, making it even worse.

After completing this decision, they argued about whose Dog was better. In all these quarrels and heated discussions, the critical thing, ' proposal,' gets forgotten till Lomov falls due to rapid, high heartbreak. Due to this massive situation, Chubokov immediately gives his daughter Natalya's hand to Lomov's hand, but the quarrel still doesn't take a break and continues further.

About the poet

The proposal class 10 author "Anton Chekhov" was born on 29 January 1860 in the Russian Empire. He was the son of Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov (father) and Yevgenia (mother) and was a great playwright and story writer. His mother was a great storyteller who loved storytelling to young children and entertaining them. His father was a physically abusive man highlighted as a hypocritical model in Anton's most writings, and he professionally ran a grocery store. Anton Chekhov was a great writer and an established physician who once said: "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress." Anton is the writer of famous plays and stories such as The 'About Love' Trilogy, The Boys, The Lady with the Dog, Ward No. 6, A Joke, and many more.

Anton Chekov's career started as an author of anecdotes for human journals. With "lowbrow," he became widely popular by 1888, his first work of literary review, and did more voluminous work. He progressed during his early 20s, showing his significant and creative literary achievement.

Summary

The story starts with Chubukov Stepanvitch Chubukov and his neighbor Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov who often gets money from Chubukov. One day Lomov came to Chubukov's house with a request to which Chubukov thought he was asking for money. Still, instead, he requested give marriage proposal for Natalya (Chubukov's Daughter), which made Chubukov happy.

Lomov was dressed well that day and entered his neighbor Chubukov's house with a request in mind. After looking at him, Chubukov asked him about the occasion. Lomov revealed his intention that he came for a desire, and Chubukov assumed that he came for money. But Lomov seeks permission to marry his daughter Natalya and instantly, with happiness, Chubukov calls Natalya into the room.

Lomov thought he was now at the right age to get married as he was 35 years old gentleman who suffered from palpitations and got upset very easily. He was happily choosing Natalya. Instead, she was an average-looking girl and an honest caretaker. He thought Natalya was perfect for him because she did better housekeeping. During the proposal conversation, he unintentionally mentions Oxen meadows, an earlier dispute in both the families that lie between birchwood and burnt marsh.

Natalya couldn't stop himself and told him the Oxen Meadows property belonged to her family. Natalya's words gave rise to a heated conversation and got worse on Chubukov's entry. She asked him to tell Lomov that they owned the property, and in return, Lomov talked to Chubukov disrespectfully, which is not like by him as he is twice his age. Lomov said he had the land papers as proof, and Natalya concluded they had land for nearly 300 years. Lomov called Chubukov a land grabber because the land was his and threatened him that he would take him to court. Then Chubukov attacked personally on Lomov and told him that he was the grandson of a drunkard and that his younger aunt ran away with an architect. Even Natalya called him a Rascal, and Chubukov called him a villain scarecrow & a monster who dared to propose. Lomov couldn't resist all of this and felt like dying.

All of them shouted at each other that badly affect Lomov heart condition. But they don't stop both father and daughter throw Lomov out of house and continued cursing and talking wrong about Lomov. During their conversation, Chubukov incidentally revealed to Natalya that Lomov came here with a marriage proposal for her that left her surprised and guilty for her actions.

So Natalya decided to change the topic and started talking about the shooting, but their bad luck as again they somehow got into a heated argument about their favorite dogs. They fought over whose Dog was much better, Natalya had a squeezer named Dog, which was too much as her father got her Dog (squeezer) in just 85 roubles. She debated that her Dog was better than his Dog as he was one of the pedigrees, but Lomov refused and said that her Dog's lower jaw was shorter than his upper jaw and continued fighting over the breed of Dog.

Again the entry of Chubukov added fuel to the fire conversation. Again Lomov got hyper due to an argument and fell because of vibrations. He got unconscious and couldn't able to drink water, due to which they declared him dead. Chubukov felt helpless and accused himself of the situation. He calls himself responsible for the situation and asks for the knife and pistol. He declared himself the most unhappy man as he couldn't handle anything, and Lomov was in worse condition.

But he (Lomov) moves a bit came in his senses, and they give him water to drink They also call the doctor for his treatment. Chubukov hands over Natalya's hands with his blessings to Lomov and asks them to kiss. Natalya and Chubukov both feel happy, and her father blesses them for a bright future and starts the celebration with champagne. After all settlement Natalya still try to proof that her Dog is better than Lomov's dog.

At last, Chubukov was happy as his duty and burden went off his shoulder, and her daughter was also getting married into a wealthy family despite Lomov being ten years older than her, having palpitations and other problems too. At last, beyond every dispute, the practical decision is successful where all choose to be wealthy.

Key points of summary

• Lomov reached Chubukov's house
• He went to his house with a proposal
• Chubukov gives his consent
• Lomov likes Natalya as his own life
• Lomov and Natalya had a conversation
• The conversation turned into an argument over the land dispute
• Lomov takes his stand and tries to prove ownership
• Natalya prove her ownership
• Arguments reach to shouting level
• Chubukov also interfered and cursed Lomov
• Abuses and Accusation exchanged
• Lomov got palpitation attack
• The motive for Lomov's arrival cleared in front of Natalya
• Again the conversation started with pet dogs
• Again conversation converted into an argument
• Now personal Accusations started
• Lomov become unconscious
• Finally, over disputes, Chubukov gives her daughter's hand to Lomov

Conclusion

The proposal concludes that it shows how the greed of affluent families makes their children marry wealthy families intending to enhance their wealth despite their disputes. The life of three people revolves around disputes that get settled over wealth. The "Proposal Summary" class 10 drama is a one-act play written to tell you the reality of life.