"She's like a love-sick cat," | "If I give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot for an ideal, or for real love, then I'll never get married."
"She's like a love-sick cat," | "If I give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot for an ideal, or for real love, then I'll never get married."
"She's like a love-sick cat,"- Who said this and about whom? Analyse the character of the person, referred to here, under the light of the comment above.
Chubukov said this about his daughter, Natalya Stepanovna.
In the drama, 'The Proposal', Chubukov is portrayed as a wealthy landowner. He was troubled with the responsibility of finding a suitable husband for his daughter Natalya Stepanovna. At that time it was necessary for a girl in her twenties to get married as early as possible and Natalya was already twenty-five. Therefore she was a burden to Chubukov. Though Chubukov disliked Lomov, he readily accepted Lomov's proposal to marry Natalya and encouraged him to talk to her. Natalya did not love Lomov, yet Chubukov expressed her as 'a love-sick cat' so that Lomov could assume that she too liked Lomov. Like an opportunist, he grabbed the chance and tried to convince Lomov about Natalya's feelings in every possible way. Though Lomov did not get the opportunity to propose her, they finally got engaged only because of Chubukov.
"If I give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot for an ideal, or for real love, then I'll never get married."-Who thinks so? When does he think so? Why does the speaker think about it?
Lomov thinks so.
After hearing Lomov's real intention of coming to Chubukov's house, Chubukov hurriedly goes inside to call Natalya. At this moment, in his soliloquy, Lomov thinks this about himself and expresses his nervousness.
The speaker, Lomov, is a man of thirty-five and according to him, it is a critical age. Therefore he needs to get married to lead a regular life. He also suffers from palpitations, he is always excitable and gets awfully upset. When he becomes nervous, his lips tremble and his right eyebrow twitches. Therefore, he thinks that he needs to marry someone who will take care of him and according to him Natalya will be a perfect wife for him. For this reason, he does not want to waste time in thinking and finding true love.