Nikolai is too obsessive with his definite desire of having his own estate. As we see, Nikolai keeps thinking all the time about obtaining country-dwelling; he always reads advertisements of "the sale of so many acres of arable and meadowland, with residence attached, a river, an orchard, a mill, and ponds fed by springs" and he also makes plans for his estate which show same features:(the main residence, the servant's wing, the kitchen-garden, and gooseberry bushes.) Moreover, he is so ambitious that he can do everything like living "thriftily", dressing "like a beggar", and saving up all money in the bank, in order to succeed his dream. His marriage with an ugly widow on

This story is written when Russia is under the rule of Czar Nicolas II and has a group of gentry, which is distinct group, and a group of peasants. The peasants are poor and not be able to have life with total freedom or political rights. From the perspective of Chekhov, every men should have their own freedom or rights to do anything; however, there are some groups of men not taking an advantage of opportunity to grasp joy of life.

ly to gain her money and not considering himself guilty of her death caused from his regime show his selfishness. Nikolai's purpose in yearning for the estate is to uplift his social status, wanting to be a gentry as we see that he likes to act "in the most ministerial manner", he also repeats that "we the gentry, or speaking as a gentleman", and seems to have quite forgotten that his "grandfather was a peasant", and his "father a common soldier." These express that he has aristocratic values and doesn't want to return to the state of poverty, being t

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Approximate Word count = 667
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)