Background on The Proposal Chekhov wrote The Proposal, a _______-act play, as a farce. A farce is a light drama that depicts imp
robable situations and characters to create ____________ and _________________ viewers. Reading Selection: The Proposal Characters, Setting, and Plot in The Proposal Part A: Characters • Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov is an elderly ____________________ who is intent on making his daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, happy. Chubukov is a ____________ man. • Natalya Stepanovna is 25 years old. Natalya is a _______________ woman. • Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov is 35 and appears to be healthy, but he suffers from ______________ and heart trouble. Lomov seems to possess a weak strong personality. Part B: Setting The play is set in nineteenth-century ____________. Part C: Plot 1. Exposition: The play is set in the Russian ___________________ during the 1800s. Lomov comes to Chubukov’s house to ask for Natalya’s hand in _________________. 2. Rising Action: Lomov and Natalya start ______________. Natalya and Chubukov overwhelm Lomov with their ____________ and drive him away. 3. Climax: Chubukov informs Natalya that Lomov had come to propose to her. This event ____________ Natalya, and she cries in desperation for Chubukov to bring Lomov back. 4. Falling Action: Natalya and Lomov get into another argument. This argument causes Lomov to ____________. 5. Resolution: Natalya informs Lomov that she is "___________" to marry him after he recovers.
