Anton Chekhov conceived of this play, which turned out to be his last, as a comedy,designating it “A Comedy in Four Acts” and even emphasizing to the Moscow Art Theatre that the last act should be “merry and frivolous.” He suggested that some portions were even farcical. Nevertheless, most interpretations and theatrical productions have emphasized its tragic aspects. It is understandable why the playwright’s intentions have been largely disregarded; the subject is a serious and depressing one including the family’s loss of their ancestral home and removal from it and other sad developments as well. The destruction of the orchard also represents the destruction of illusions—sad, to be sure, but perhaps hopeful.
Thus, as the inevitable change in society with the dawning of the 20th Century comes, the play represents this time period and portrays an end of an aristocratic era with both tragic and comic elements. The play is best characterized as a tragicomedy.
Answer:
- Fused sentence.
Explanation:
'Fused sentence' is described as the type of run-on sentence in which two independent clauses run together(one after another) without any coordinating conjunction or marks of punctuation to keep the two ideas separate.
The given sentence exemplifies 'fused sentence' as it justifies the above definition where two independent clauses('My mother and father are both scientists' and ' it must have been my just need to become interested in biology') run together without employing any punctuation or conjunction to link them. The correct version could be:
'My mother and father are both scientists, so it must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.'
'My mother and father are both scientists; it must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.'
Allowing farmers to sell fresh produce.
