An "Unreasonable" Drama - the Bear

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"The Bear" is a drama written by Anton Chekhov. It can be regarded as a comedy since it is to give audience entertainment and amusement. This is usually achieved by creating discrepancies among the characters and the audiences so that audiences may feel something strange and laugh. Although the conflict of this play is quite plain and straightforward, audience will not feel bored as such technique is applied smartly throughout the story. The theme is about a queerish beginning of love between Mrs. Popov, who views herself as a faithful, loyal and steadfast widow, and Smirnov, a loaner of Mrs. Popov's husband who are interested in money and women issues. In this play, discrepancies are created by utilizing human's sophisticated feelings and emotions that may be far from their control. So the characters may act unreasonably which you may not understand. However, it does a good work for comedy since events may take part suddenly which are out of the expectation of the audiences. By providing no clues for the subsequence of the story, the effect of comedy is enhanced significantly. Actually, unpredictable result can give audiences surprise.

There are a lot of unexpectednesses in this play that may be quite contrary to the pref

The climax is at the time when Smirnov expresses his love towards Mrs. Popov. Although Mrs. Popov keeps on saying, "I loathe you!" and "We'll shoot it out!" (1331), it is not her actual feeling. Since when Smirnov decides to go, she says, "Just a moment."(1332) Apparently, Mrs. Povpov does not want him to leave. It is quite contradictory to what she wants. It is her who wants to get rid of Smirnov. It is for no reason for her to tell him to stay. Also, Smirnov decides to leave without taking anything. He cares about the money business very much at the beginning of the story but suddenly he changes his mind. It is not because he does not need the money anymore. It is his unexplainable feeling of love towards Mrs. Popov overrides his urgent need of money.

Human are complicated creatures. Their feelings always fluctuate in the way that is beyond the control of themselves. So the characters behave quite unreasonably in which feelings control their actions. Not withstanding that it is a good way of aggravating the effect of comedy, it is true that people do not know what they are doing sometimes.

Another interesting point is that being a money collector, it is expected that Smirnov will only care about money issue. Nevertheless, he shifts his mind suddenly from money to woman. He cares about how Mrs Popov sees him. He recks about his appearance: "dust over [him], [his] boots dirty, unwashed, hair unbrushed, straw on [his] waistcoat ". "[He] bet the little woman [takes] him for a burglar."(1326) He wants to catch the attention of the lady. It is quite inexplicable why he has such feeling. It is only his internal thought that comes out suddenly. It gives au

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