Marigolds By Anton Chekhov Analysis

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The things that bring people together are their past experiences and personalities. Both Elizabeth and the lawyer went through excruciating experiences and ended up coming through in the end. Marigolds by Eugenia Collier and The Bet by Anton Chekhov are both fiction short stories. The characters Elizabeth from Marigolds and the lawyer from The Bet are very similar yet completely different based on their personalities and their experiences. Both Elizabeth and the lawyer have very similar personalities. In the short story Marigolds, Elizabeth was very poor and her family could not provide as well as others could. The lawyer, in The Bet, on the other hand was in the middle class yet still felt as if he needed more money, just as Elizabeth …show more content…

One difference between Elizabeth and the lawyer was their skin color. Elizabeth was African American woman, while the lawyer was a white man. Another difference between them is their pride. The lawyer was proud of himself because he had a good job and was not in the lowest social class. Elizabeth on the other hand had no pride in herself or her family. She was poor as well but felt as if she was way below everyone else she knew. Elizabeth also got very frustrated and angry at parts in the story like when she destroyed Miss Lottie’s flowers just because she was not living the life that she wanted. When she was angry, Elizabeth took it out on other people instead of trying to cope with the situation. A quote that shows how Elizabeth like to take her anger out on other people is“The idea caught on at once, for annoying Miss Lottie was always fun.” The lawyer did get angry at the banker but he did not take it out on other people but rather challenged him to show everyone that he was right. The quote “Agreed! You stake your millions and I stake my freedom!” shows that the lawyer will do anything, even give up fifteen years of his life, just to prove himself and his point. The last example that showed contrast between the characters was their personality at the beginning of the story. Elizabeth started out as an immature and childish little girl. As for the lawyer, he started out as a self involved and very selfish man. Both started out very differently and eventually grew into a better version of themselves. Race, gender, beginning personalities, pride, and dealing with situations is what made Elizabeth and the lawyer

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