Question

What do these lines from Anton Chekhov's The Proposal indicate about Lomov’s decision to marry Natalya? LOMOV: If I give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot, to look for an ideal, or for real love, then I'll never get married. . . . Brr! . . . It's cold! Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking, well-educated. . . . What more do I want?

Answer 1

Answer:

They indicate that he doesn't love her and that he doesn't really want to marry her, but that marriage is convenient and beneficial to him in some way.

Explanation:

Anton states that Natalya is an excellent woman to marry, she has everything he admires, but if he has time to think about this marriage, he will never marry her, because if he stops to think, he will see that she is not the true love that he desires, even though she has many qualities. It shows that he doesn't want to marry her, he would like to marry for love, but Natalya is convenient for him.