sorry, but what utter nonsense!
             Mrs. Ranevsky: Cut down? My dear man, I'm very sorry but I don't
             think you know what you're talking about....
             Lopakhin: If we can't think of anything and if we can't come to any
             decision, it won't only be your cherry orchard, but your
             whole estate that will be sold at auction on the twenty-
             second of August. Make up your mind. I tell you there is
             no other way. (Page 621-622)
             This inability on the behalf of the family to realize the seriousness of
             their situation is due to their refusal to accept reality. If they had
             recognized the situation they were in, and dealt with it, (they may have been
             able to save some of their money, or even curbed their spending) they could have
             saved themselves. Unfortunately, once things got bad for them financially, they
             refused to accept that fact that circumstances had c
             ...