“My heart's bursting!" —Who is the speaker? What happens immediately after the above comment?

“My heart's bursting!" —Who is the speaker? What happens immediately after the above comment?

The speaker of this line is Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov, in Anton Chekhov's one-act play The Proposal'.

Lomov has come to propose marriage to Natalya but soon engage himself in a heated argument with Natalya. As Lomov is a nervous person, his heart starts palpitating because of the excitement of the argument. He requests Natalya to shut up. But Natalya along with Chubukov start teasing him for having a 'half-dead', 'silly' dog Guess. As a result, the situation becomes critical. They call each other names and try to prove their own dog better than the other by drawing the past reference of 'Marusinsky hunt'. Lomov gets excited. He starts to feel numbness in his foot. Natalya and Chubukov never stop teasing him and drive him crazy. The comic spirit of the humourous dialogues is maintained throughout the play. At last, Lomov faints down and the situation takes another humorous dimension.

"I give you my blessing and so on. Only leave me in peace!"—Who is the speaker? Why did the speaker say so?

The above-mentioned line is taken from The Proposal'. Here, the speaker is Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov.

Lomov came to Chubukov to seek permission for marrying his daughter Natalya. But when Natalya came to meet Lomov, they started quarrelling, firstly regarding the ownership of Oxen Meadows and then over their pet dogs. Their quarrel reached such an extent, that Lomov became sick. Chubukov intervened but could not stop them and lost his peace of mind. It appeared that he was tired and fed-up with Lomov and Natalya and the onerous task of getting Natalya married. So he wanted to be relieved of a father's duty and made the remark.

"I give you my blessing and so on. Only leave me in peace!"-What does the speaker intend to mean by this comment?

"I ... I'm happy too. ..."- Who is the speaker? When did the speaker say this? What happened then?

"I ....I'm happy too. ...." -Who says this and when? Why is the speaker 'happy? How would you explain her happiness?

"What a weight off my shoulders...!"-What aspect of the social condition is revealed by Chubukov through this comment?

"But ... still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer."-Who is the speaker? Whom is the speaker addressing? Describe the incident involving Guess and Squeezer.

"... that's a way to start your family bliss!"-Who is the speaker? What way has been referred to here? Give your view on what the speaker says.

Discuss 'The Proposal as a farcical satire.

Comment on the theme of marriage in this play. How do Lomov and Natalya contribute to this theme?

How did Chubukov welcome Lomov when he paid them a visit?

How does Chubukov react to Lomov proposal?

On what issues did Lomov and Natalya quarrel at first? How did their argument come to an end?

Why did Lomov think about taking a decision about getting married? Whom did he want to marry? Why?

What are Oxen Meadows? What is the measure of the land? What is the controversy?

Describe the episode where Lomov and Chubukov engage themselves in an argument regarding the past incidents of each others' families.

Why did Natalya and Lomov quarrel over dogs?

When does Natalya come to know of the proposal? How does she react? Why does she react in this way?

How did the second argument come to an end?

Narrate in brief what happened at Marusinsky hunt.