THe Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride In the plays The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House byHenrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists' mental beliefscombine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story.The ability of the characters to reject or accept an illusion, along with thefoolish pride that motivated their decision, leads to their personal downfall. In The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, Gayev and Miss Ranevsky, alongwith the majority of their family, refuse to believe that their estate is closeto bankruptcy. Instead of accepting the reality of their problem, they continueto live their lives under the illusion that they are doing well financially.The family continues with its frivolous ways until there is no money left (thefinal night they have in the house before it is auctioned, they throw anextravagant party, laughing in the face of impending financial ruin) Even whenLopakhin attempts to rescue the family with ideas that could lead to some of theestate being retained, they dismiss his ideas under the illusion that the
n is not so desperate that they need to compromise any of their dignity. In A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, property and status are againdestined to be lost. Any man whodoes what I have done must not be tolerated in the ranks of science. Nora's failure to accept what she had reallybecome led to the end of her life with Helmer, and her downfall in society. (Page 621-622) This inability on the behalf of the family to realize the seriousness oftheir situation is due to their refusal to accept reality. He ends up in a better state superficially, but internally, his refusalto accept an illusion has led to his intense dislike for himself and his moralbase. I tell you there is no other way. Unfortunately, once things got bad for them financially, theyrefused to accept that fact that circumstances had changed, and insteadcontinued to live as though nothing were wrong. She let the illusion of the old Nora continue well aftershe had become a new person. But you neither think nor talk like the man I could share my life with. She lived her life in an illusion, pretending tobe the old Nora that she was, and not the new and changed woman she haddeveloped into.
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