ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway, Surrealism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 1C06
• Professor: Anne Savage

Document Summary

Story: the uskov family is a well know, rich russian family, the men are having a secret meeting. All measures are taken to make sure that no one can hear. They must keep up appearances: sasha uskov, 25 years old, is the cause of the problem, sitting meekly outside the meeting room, eager to explain his situation, ivan markovitch, maternal uncle to sasha, kind-hearted. Is only there because ivan markovitch told him he must come to plead his case: sasha is eventually called into the room to speak for himself, he tried to justify his action: It"s just a formality anyway: the family eventually decides to help sasha by paying off the iou on the condition that. Sasha works for ivan markovitch for a while: going to ivan markovitch"s farm, sasha demands more money to party that night. Sasha threatens he will forge another note if he doesn"t give him more money.