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The Lottery Ticket

The Lottery Ticket . Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( Антон Павлович Чехов) (1860-1904). Anton Chekhov . “Medicine is my legal wife…Literature is my mistress” Anton Chekhov. Physician

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The Lottery Ticket

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  1. The Lottery Ticket Anton Chekhov

  2. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov(Антон Павлович Чехов)(1860-1904)

  3. Anton Chekhov “Medicine is my legal wife…Literature is my mistress” Anton Chekhov • Physician • Major Russian short story writer • Playwright

  4. Chekhov About His Writing “You say you have cried at my plays…But this is not why I wrote them, I simply wanted to say to people honestly: “Understand, how bad and boring your lives are!” People should understand this and…create themselves another and better life. What is here to cry about?”

  5. Chekhov’s Talent and Manner • Selecting important moments from the trivial ones • Brevity and conciseness • Anti-ideological • Anti-pedagogical • Objectivity • Free artist

  6. What is satire? What is its purpose? Where have you seen the media use satire?

  7. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDs8v_3WgFA

  8. Written work: “The Lottery Ticket” • Give two examples Chekhov’s satirical humor in The Lottery Ticket • What is he satirizing? • What is the purpose of the satire? • Is it effective? Why/why not?

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