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Anton Chekhov's "The Bet": Irony and the Value of a Life's Work — Homework
Reread the ending of "The Bet," including the lawyer's letter, before answering.
- 1.How does Chekhov reveal the lawyer's transformation without narrating his thoughts directly?
- 2.What causes the banker to abandon his plan, and what does that reveal about the story's real focus by the end?
- 3.In five or more sentences, defend one reading of the lawyer's final renunciation: wisdom, psychological damage, or both.
- 4.Explain why Chekhov never answers the story's opening question about capital punishment versus life imprisonment, and whether you think that choice strengthens or weakens the story.
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