Cherry Orchard: additional materials. Characteristics of the heroes of the play "The Cherry Orchard" The attitude of Ranevskaya and Gaev to the cherry orchard

Lesson Objectives:

educational:

• to expand the idea of ​​the work of A.P. Chekhov through the analysis of the play by A.P. Chekhov;
• consolidate theoretical knowledge - image, symbol;

developing:

• develop associative, imaginative thinking, the ability to analyze, generalize, draw conclusions;

educational:

• promote spiritual development students, the formation of moral values.

Lesson type: a lesson in the assimilation of new knowledge.

Methods:

• text analysis
• conversation
• tabulation

Equipment:

• computer
• projector
• multimedia presentation
• texts

Epigraph:

All Russia is our garden.
A.P. Chekhov

During the classes

I. Organizational moment.

Announcement of the topic and purpose of the lesson.

II. New material.

1. Introductory speech of the teacher.

The Cherry Orchard- the image is complex and ambiguous. This is not only a specific garden, which is part of the estate of Gaev and Ranevskaya, but also an image - a symbol.

Symbol - (from the Greek symbolon - sign, identification sign) - an idea, image or object that has its own content and at the same time represents some other content in a generalized, non-expanded form.

The Cherry Orchard in A.P. Chekhov's comedy symbolizes not only the beauty of Russian nature, but most importantly, the beauty of the life of the people who nurtured this garden and admired it, that life.

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2. Let's turn to the main characters of the comedy.

Question for the class:

What visions arose in your mind at the mention of the name Gaev?

(Through the "search for associations" students should see pictures of the green "guy", or forest, and conclude that all the ancestors of the Gaevs (and Lyubov Andreevna and Anya are also representatives of this genus) lived in the greenery of the forests. The surname Ranevskaya is associated with autumn apples " wounds, "hence, with a garden, with a vegetative beginning. And her name - Love - turned out to be associated with" love for the garden. "Associations of this name with the" wound ", with the" wounded garden "may also arise.

The surname Lopakhin can be associated with a "shovel", throwing the earth, with strong hands that are not afraid of anything, and the name Yermolai connects the hero with a low class, with a simple folk way of life.

Anya, although she has the surname Ranevskaya, has a different name, so she does not have a love for the garden.)

As in any highly artistic work, everything in Chekhov's play is motivated. The names of the main characters are related to the garden.

(Thanks to the search for associations, students can be brought closer to the correct understanding of the images.)

3. Questions to the class:

What is the relation to the garden of the heroes of the play?

slide 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Students create and complete the table. Work with the text of the work.

4. How do Firs and Petya Trofimov feel about the cherry orchard?

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(For Firs garden - lordly well-being.

"In the old days, forty or fifty years ago, they dried cherries, soaked them, pickled them, made jam ... There was money!"

For Trofimov: the cherry orchard symbolizes the serf past.

"Really... human beings are not looking at you from every leaf, from every trunk...".

"All Russia is our garden" - this is his dream of a transformed homeland, but it is not clear whose forces this will be done.)

5. The image of cherry unites all the heroes of the play around itself. At first glance, it seems that these are only relatives and old acquaintances who, by chance, gathered at the estate to solve their everyday problems. But it's not. The writer connects characters of different ages and social groups, and they must somehow decide the fate of the garden, and hence their own fate.

6. Question to the class:

What is the symbol of the cherry orchard in the play by A.P. Chekhov?

(The garden is a symbol of home, a symbol of beauty, a symbol of the past, a symbol of the present, a symbol of the future)

The garden for the author embodies love for the native nature; bitterness because they cannot save her beauty and wealth; the author's thought about a person who can change life is important; the garden is a symbol of a lyrical, poetic attitude towards the Motherland. In the author's remarks: "beautiful garden", "wide space", the sound of a broken string, the sound of an ax.

Chekhov: "In the second act, you will give me a real green field and a road, and an extraordinary distance for the stage." "The sound ... should be shorter and felt quite far away."

8. Students comment on the epigraph to the lesson: "All Russia is our garden." A.P. Chekhov

Slides 13, 14, 15

III. Summary of the lesson.

The garden is a symbol of the motherland, its past and future.

The play "The Cherry Orchard" is a play about Russia, about its fate. Russia at a crossroads - in the play auction. Who will be the master of the country? Chekhov worries about his country, the play is his testament, but at the same time he understands that it is necessary to break the old, to leave him.

Homework: Answer the question: "What future awaits Russia?"

Lyubov Andreevna is the main character in Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard. This woman is the main representative of the female half of the nobility of that time with all their vices and positive traits. It is in her house that the play takes place.

She skillfully combines both positive and negative traits of her character.

Ranevskaya is a naturally beautiful woman with good manners, a true noblewoman, kind, but very trusting in life. After the death of her husband and the tragic death of her son, she goes abroad, where she lives for five years with her lover, who eventually robs her. There, Lyubov Andreevna leads a wasteful lifestyle: balls, receptions, all this takes a lot of money. Meanwhile, her daughters live in poverty, but she has a cool attitude towards them.

She is far from reality, lives in her own world. Her sentimentality is manifested in longing for the Motherland, for the bygone youth. Arriving, after a long absence home, where she returns in the spring, Ranevskaya finds peace. Nature itself with its beauty helps her in this.

At the same time, she does not think about the future, throws a ball, knowing that she has no money for her later life. It's just that Lyubov Andreevna cannot give up a beautiful life.

She is kind, helps others, especially old Firs. But on the other hand, leaving the estate, she forgets about him, leaving him in an abandoned house.

Leading an idle life can not be happy. It is her fault in the death of the garden. She did nothing good in her life, so she remained in the past, very unhappy. Having lost the cherry orchard and the estate, she also loses her homeland, returning to Paris.

Leonid Gaev

The landowner Leonid Gaev is endowed with a peculiar character in the play "The Cherry Orchard". In some ways, he is similar to his sister Ranevskaya. He is also inherent in romanticism, sentimentality. He loves the garden and is very worried about selling it, but does absolutely nothing to save the estate.

His idealism is manifested in the fact that he makes unrealizable plans, thinking that his aunt will give money, or Anya will marry successfully, or someone will leave them an inheritance and the garden will be saved.

Leonid Andreevich is very talkative, likes to make speeches, but at the same time he can say nonsense. His nieces often ask him to be quiet.

Completely impractical, lazy, not adapted to change. Lives on everything ready, leading a wild life in his old world, not understanding new trends. The servant even helps him to undress, although over time he will not even remember his devoted Firs.

He does not have a family, because he believes that he needs to live for himself. He lives for himself, visiting gambling establishments, playing billiards and having fun. At the same time, he scatters money, having a lot of debts.

You cannot rely on him. He swears that the garden will not be sold, but does not fulfill his promise. Gaev takes the loss of his garden and estate hard, even gets a job as an employee in a bank, but few people believe that he will stay there because of his laziness.

Ermolai Lopakhin

Merchant Ermolai Alekseevich Lopakhin is a representative of a new class - the bourgeoisie, which replaced the nobility.

Coming from the common people, he never forgets this and treats the common people well, because his grandfather and father were serfs on the Ranevsky estate. From childhood he knew what simple people and always considered himself a man.

Thanks to his intelligence, perseverance, hard work, he got out of poverty and became a very rich man, although he is always afraid of losing his acquired capital. Ermolai Alekseevich gets up early, works hard and has achieved success.

Lopakhin is sometimes gentle, kind and affectionate, he notices beauty and, in his own way, he feels sorry for the cherry orchard. He offers Ranevskaya a plan to save the garden, while not forgetting that in her time she did a lot for him. And when Ranevskaya refuses to hand over the garden for dachas, the vein of a predator, a conqueror, appears in his features. He buys an estate and a garden in which his ancestors were slaves, and triumphs, because his old dream has come true. Here you can clearly see his merchant's grip. “I can pay for everything,” he says. Destroying the garden, he does not worry, but rejoices at his own benefit.

Anya

Anya is one of the heroes who aspire to the future.

From the age of twelve, she was brought up on her uncle's estate, left by her mother, who went abroad. Of course, she could not get a proper education, because the governess in the past was just a circus performer. But Anya stubbornly, using books, filled in the gaps in knowledge.

The beauty of the cherry orchard, which she loved very much, and the abundance of time on the estate gave impetus to the formation of her delicate nature.

Anya is sincere, spontaneous and childishly naive. She believes in people, which is why Petya Trofimov, her younger brother's former teacher, had such a strong influence on her.

After four years of the girl's stay abroad, with her mother, seventeen-year-old Anya returns home and meets Petya there. Having fallen in love with him, she sincerely trusted the young schoolboy and his ideas. Trofimov changed her attitude to the cherry orchard and to the surrounding reality.

Anya wants to leave her parents' house and start new life, having passed the exams for the course of the gymnasium and live by working itself. The girl is ready to follow Petya anywhere. She no longer feels sorry for either the cherry orchard or the old life. She believes in a bright future and strives for it.

Believing in a happy future, she sincerely says goodbye to her mother: “We will plant a new garden, more luxurious than this ...”.

Anya is a representative of the youth who can change the future of Russia.

Petya Trofimov

The image of Petya Trofimov in the work is inextricably linked with the theme of the future of Russia.

Petya is a former teacher of Ranevskaya's son. They call him an eternal student, because he will never finish his studies at the gymnasium. Moving from place to place, he wanders around the country, dreaming of a better life where beauty and justice will prevail.

Trofimov really perceives the events taking place, realizing that the garden is beautiful, but its death is inevitable. He hates the nobility, is convinced that their time is up, condemns people who use the labor of others and preaches the ideas of a bright future where everyone will be happy. But the bottom line is that he only preaches and does nothing for this future himself. For Trofimov, it is not important whether he himself will reach this future, or whether he will show the way to others. And he knows how to speak and convince perfectly.

Petya convinced Anya that it was impossible to live the old life, that changes were needed, that it was necessary to get rid of poverty, vulgarity and dirt and become free.

He considers himself a free man and refuses Lopakhin's money, just as he refuses love, denying it. He tells Anya that their relationship is higher than love and calls to believe him, his ideas.

At the same time, Petya is petty. That's when he lost his old galoshes, he was very upset, but he was happy when the galoshes were found.

Here he is, Petya Trofimov - an ordinary intellectual of advanced views, who has many shortcomings.

Varya

Varya, unlike other characters in the work, lives in the present, and not in the past and future.

At 24, she is simple and rational. When the mother went abroad, all the household chores fell on her shoulders, and she coped with this for the time being. Varya works from morning to evening, saving every penny, but the extravagance of her relatives made it possible to save the estate from ruin.

She is very religious and dreams of going to a monastery, only she could not raise money to go to holy places. Others do not believe in her religiosity, but in fact she is.

Varya is direct and strict, not afraid to make comments, but makes them correctly. At the same time, she has a feeling of love and tenderness. She loves her sister Anya very much, calls her a darling, a beauty, and is very worried that she is in love with Petya Trofimov, because he is not a match for her.

Varya likes Lopakhin, whom her mother hopes to marry, but she understands that he will not propose to her, because he is busy accumulating his own wealth.

But Trofimov for some reason considers Varia limited, not understanding what is happening. But this is not so, the girl understands that the estate has fallen into decay and ruined, that it will be sold and the cherry orchard will not be saved. This is the reality in her understanding, and in this reality one must continue to live.

In a new life, Varya will survive without money, because she has a practical character and is adapted to life's difficulties.

Charlotte Ivanovna

Charlotte Ivanovna - minor character in the play. She is the governess of the Ranevsky family. She herself comes from a family of circus performers who earned their living by performing.

From early childhood, Charlotte also helped her parents perform circus acts, and when her parents died, she was raised by a German lady, who gave her an education. Growing up, Charlotte began to work as a governess, earning her living.

Charlotte knows how to show tricks and tricks, speaks in different voices. All this remained with her from her parents, although she knows nothing more about them, even her own age. Some heroes consider her an attractive woman, but nothing is said about the heroine's personal life.

Charlotte is very lonely, as she says: "...I don't have anyone." But on the other hand, she is a free person and does not depend on circumstances, she only observes what is happening from the side and evaluates what is happening in her own way. So, she speaks with a slight reproach about the extravagance of her masters, but she says it with such ease that it is noticeable that she does not care.

The image of Charlotte is in the background, but some of her remarks are connected with the actions of the main characters of the play. And at the end of the work, Charlotte worries that she has nowhere to live and needs to leave the city. This highlights the fact that she is just as homeless as her owners.

Heroes of the work The Cherry Orchard

Main characters

Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya- a woman who does not have money, but wants to prove to herself and the public that they are. Irresponsible and emotional. As a rule, he does not think about what will happen “after”, he lives one day. We can say that in a cocoon of pompous fun, she hides from everyday difficulties, worries and responsibilities. Her bankruptcy occurred during her life abroad - having hastily sold the estate, she returned to France.

Ermolai Alekseevich Lopakhin- a wealthy merchant from a simple class. Quite cunning, enterprising. Rough, but incredibly resourceful. Calculating. It is he who buys the estate main character.

Minor Heroes

Leonid Andreevich Gaev- the sentimental brother of Ranevskaya. In order to "sweeten" her sister's grief after the sale of the estate, she begins to develop plans to overcome difficulties. Quite often they are absurd and ineffective.

Trofimov Petr Sergeevich- a person quite incomprehensible, with oddities. His main hobby is reasoning. Trofimov has no family, does not serve anywhere, he is a man without a fixed place of residence. Despite the fact that he is a person of extraordinary views, sometimes Pyotr Sergeevich contradicts himself.

Anya- a young, fragile, romantic girl. Despite the fact that the heroine supports her parent, some innovative features and a thirst for change are already beginning to appear in her.

Varya- realist. One might say, even a somewhat mundane, peasant girl. She manages the estate, is the adopted daughter of Ranevskaya. He has feelings for Lopakhin, but is afraid to admit it.

Simeonov - Pishchik- a ruined nobleman, who is "in debt as in silks." He tries in vain to cover all his debts. Always in search of livelihood. In order to be rescued financially, he grovels and humiliates himself, without feeling remorse. Sometimes Fortune really is on his side.

Charlotte Ivanovna- governess. Age unknown. Even among the crowd feels lonely. She is able to perform tricks, which indicates that it is possible that her childhood was spent in a circus family.

Epikhodov- if there are "darlings of fate", then he is the complete opposite. Something always happens to the hero, he is clumsy, unlucky and "offended by Fortune". Despite a decent education, he does not know how to express his thoughts properly.

Dunyasha– This girl is a simple maid, but she has ambitions and demands. As a rule, the details of her wardrobe are not much different from the outfits of a secular lady. However, the essence of man remains the same. Therefore, even among the pompous gloss, you can see the fact that Dunya is a peasant woman. Her attempts to look more respectable are pathetic.

Firs, servant- He treats the masters well, but he takes care of them as if they were babies, he is too patronizing. By the way, the hero even dies with the thought of the owners.

Yasha- Once upon a time he was a lackey. Now a soulless and empty dandy who has been to Paris. Treats native people with disrespect. He condemns the fact that Russia is chasing the West, considers this a manifestation of ignorance and ignorance.

Option 3

The play The Cherry Orchard was written by Chekhov in 1903. It shows the main problems of the dying nobility. The heroes of the play are saturated with the vices of the society of that time. In this work there is a discussion about the future fate of Russia.

Lyubov Andreevna is the mistress of the house in which all the events of the play take place. She beautiful woman, brought up, educated, kind and trusting in life. After heavy losses in life, the death of her husband and son, she goes abroad, more than her lover robbed her. Living abroad, she leads a chic lifestyle, while her daughters are in poverty in their homeland. She is on cold terms with them.

And then one spring she decided to return home. And only at home she found peace, the beauty of her native nature helped her in this.

Even without money, he cannot give up a beautiful life.

But being a bad housewife, she loses everything: the house, the garden, and, as a result, the Motherland. She returns to Paris.

Leonid Gaev was a landowner, and had a peculiar character. He was the brother of the main character, he, like her, was romantic and sentimental. He loved his house and garden, but does nothing to save it. He loves to talk very much, and, moreover, does not think about what he says. And nieces often ask him to be quiet.

He does not have his own family, he decided to live for himself, and he lives. He goes to gambling establishments, plays billiards, has fun. He has a lot of debt. You can't rely on him. Nobody believes him.

In this hero, the writer showed almost all the vices of the youth of that period.

Yermolai Lopakhin was a merchant, a representative of the new bourgeois class. He was a native of the people. Remembers the good, and does not break away from the people. He knew that his ancestors were from serfs. With his perseverance and work, he got out of poverty, earned a lot of money.

He offered a plan to save the garden and the estate, but Ranevskaya refused. Then he buys the entire estate at an auction, and becomes the owner, where his ancestors were slaves.

His image shows the superiority of the bourgeoisie over the nobility.

He buys the garden, and when everyone left the estate, he cut it down.

Anya is the daughter of Lyubov Andreevna. She lived abroad with her mother, returned to her homeland at the age of 17 and immediately fell in love with her brother's former teacher. Peter Trofimov. She trusts his ideas. He completely reconfigured the girl. She became a prominent representative of the new nobility.

Petya once taught his son Ranevskaya. He was nicknamed the eternal student, because he could not finish his studies at the gymnasium. He convinced Anya that life must be changed, it is necessary to get rid of poverty. He does not believe in Anna's love, tells her that their relationship is higher than love. Encourages her to go with him.

Varya is the adopted daughter of Ranevskaya, she began to housekeeping on the estate early, she really understands what is happening. In love with Lopakhin.

She lives in the present, not the past and the future. Varya will survive in the new life, because she has a practical character.

Charlotte Ivanovna, Dunyasha, Yasha, Firs servants in the Ranevsky estate, do not know where to go after the sale of the estate. Firs, due to his old age, did not know what to do, and when everyone left the estate, he dies in the house.

This work showed the decline of the nobility.

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The image of the garden in the play "The Cherry Orchard" is ambiguous and complex. This is not just a part of the estate of Ranevskaya and Gaev, as it might seem at first glance. This is not what Chekhov wrote about. The cherry orchard is an image-symbol. It means the beauty of Russian nature and the lives of the people who raised him and admired him. With the death of the garden, this life also perishes.

Center uniting characters

The image of the garden in the play "The Cherry Orchard" is the center around which all the characters unite. At first it may seem that these are only old acquaintances and relatives who have gathered by chance on the estate to solve everyday problems. However, it is not. It is no coincidence that Anton Pavlovich united characters representing various social groups and age categories. Their task is to decide the fate of not only the garden, but also their own.

Connection of Gaev and Ranevskaya with the estate

Ranevskaya and Gaev are Russian landowners who own a manor and a cherry orchard. They are brother and sister, they are sensitive, smart, educated people. They are able to appreciate beauty, they feel it very subtly. Therefore, the image of the cherry orchard is so dear to them. In the perception of the heroes of the play "The Cherry Orchard" he personifies beauty. However, these characters are inert, which is why they cannot do anything to save what is dear to them. Ranevskaya and Gaev, with all their spiritual wealth and development, are deprived of responsibility, practicality and a sense of reality. Therefore, they cannot take care not only of loved ones, but also of themselves. These heroes do not want to heed Lopakhin's advice and rent out their land, although this would bring them a decent income. They believe that dachas and summer residents are vulgar.

Why is the estate so dear to Gaev and Ranevskaya?

Gaev and Ranevskaya are unable to rent out the land because of the feelings that bind them to the estate. They have a special relationship with the garden, which is like a living person for them. Much connects these heroes with their estate. The Cherry Orchard appears to them as the personification of a bygone youth, a past life. Ranevskaya compared her life to "cold winter" and "dark rainy autumn". When the landowner returned to the estate, she again felt happy and young.

Lopakhin's attitude to the cherry orchard

The image of the garden in the play "The Cherry Orchard" is also revealed in Lopakhin's attitude towards it. This hero does not share the feelings of Ranevskaya and Gaev. He finds their behavior illogical and strange. This person wonders why they do not want to listen to seemingly obvious arguments that will help find a way out of a predicament. It should be noted that Lopakhin is also able to appreciate beauty. The Cherry Orchard delights this hero. He believes that there is nothing more beautiful than him in the world.

However, Lopakhin is a practical and active person. Unlike Ranevskaya and Gaev, he cannot just admire the cherry orchard and regret it. This hero seeks to do something to save him. Lopakhin sincerely wants to help Ranevskaya and Gaev. He never ceases to convince them that both the land and the cherry orchard should be leased. This must be done as soon as possible, as the auction will be soon. However, the landowners do not want to listen to him. Leonid Andreevich can only swear that the estate will never be sold. He says he won't allow the auction.

New garden owner

Nevertheless, the auction still took place. The owner of the estate was Lopakhin, who cannot believe his own happiness. After all, his father and grandfather worked here, "were slaves", they were not even allowed into the kitchen. Buying an estate for Lopakhin becomes a kind of symbol of his success. This is a well-deserved reward for years of hard work. The hero would like his grandfather and father to rise from the grave and be able to rejoice with him, to see how their descendant succeeded in life.

Negative qualities of Lopakhin

The Cherry Orchard for Lopakhin is just land. It can be bought, mortgaged or sold. This hero, in his joy, did not consider himself obliged to show a sense of tact in relation to the former owners of the purchased estate. Lopakhin immediately begins cutting down the garden. He did not want to wait for the departure of the former owners of the estate. The soulless lackey Yasha is somewhat similar to him. It completely lacks such qualities as attachment to the place in which he was born and raised, love for his mother, kindness. In this respect, Yasha is the exact opposite of Firs, a servant who has these senses unusually developed.

Attitude towards the garden of Firs's servant

Revealing, it is necessary to say a few words about how Firs, the oldest of all in the house, treated him. For many years he faithfully served his masters. This man sincerely loves Gaev and Ranevskaya. He is ready to protect these heroes from all troubles. We can say that Firs is the only one of all the characters in The Cherry Orchard who is endowed with such a quality as devotion. This is a very whole nature, which is manifested in its entirety in the relation of the servant to the garden. For Firs, the estate of Ranevskaya and Gaev is a family nest. He seeks to protect it, as well as its inhabitants.

Representatives of the new generation

The image of the cherry orchard in the play "The Cherry Orchard" is dear only to those heroes who have important memories associated with it. The representative of the new generation is Petya Trofimov. The fate of the garden does not interest him at all. Petya declares: "We are above love." Thus, he admits that he is not capable of experiencing serious feelings. Trofimov looks at everything too superficially. He does not know the real life, which he is trying to remake, based on far-fetched ideas. Anya and Petya are outwardly happy. They crave a new life, for which they seek to break with the past. For these heroes, the garden is "the whole of Russia", and not a specific cherry orchard. But is it possible to love the whole world without loving your own home? Petya and Anya lose their roots in the pursuit of new horizons. Mutual understanding between Trofimov and Ranevskaya is impossible. For Petya, there are no memories, no past, and Ranevskaya is deeply worried about the loss of the estate, since she was born here, her ancestors also lived here, and she sincerely loves the estate.

Who will save the garden?

As we have already noted, it is a symbol of beauty. Only people who can not only appreciate her, but also fight for her can save her. Active and energetic people who replace the nobility treat beauty only as a source of profit. What will happen to her, who will save her?

The image of the cherry orchard in Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" is a symbol of the native hearth and the past, dear to the heart. Is it possible to boldly go forward if the sound of an ax is heard behind your back, which destroys everything that used to be sacred? It should be noted that the cherry orchard is, after all, it is no coincidence that such expressions as "hit a tree with an ax", "trample a flower" and "cut roots" sound inhuman and blasphemous.

So, we briefly examined the image of the cherry orchard in the understanding of the heroes of the play "The Cherry Orchard". Reflecting on the actions and characters of the characters in Chekhov's work, we also think about the fate of Russia. After all, it is for all of us a "cherry orchard".

Each character in Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" there was an individual attitude to the estate and the cherry orchard in particular. And if, sometimes it was difficult to call this feeling love, then it certainly was not indifference.

Each character in the play had a story related to the garden. At Ranevskaya she was associated with childhood, serenity, cleanliness, heady aroma. For her, the garden is the meaning of life. The woman cannot imagine her life without him, and in the case of an auction, she says that the garden should be sold with her.

But after the auction, the woman quickly comes to her senses and calmly accepts the loss. The author notes that in some way, she is even glad that everything is finally over. Perhaps this is due to the fact that she is again with money, she has something to live on, and quite comfortably.

Gaev just like his sister is very fond of the garden. For a man, losing him means losing something dear and accepting complete defeat. He promises Lyubov that he will do everything in order to redeem the estate. The man is sure to the last that it is in his power. After the auction, Gaev is upset, does not comment on the "loss" in any way, and almost does not talk to anyone. For him, the inspired Yermolai tells everything.

Lopakhin buys the garden at auction. He literally "takes it out from under the nose" of another merchant, throwing ten thousand each time throughout the auction. As a result, the amount was very significant, which led to the unconditional victory of Yermolai. The man rejoices. His interest in the garden is significant. The business plan that he drew up will bring him a lot of profit and the garden will more than pay off. However, the cherries will no longer please the eye, they are all immediately sent under the ax. This shows that Yermolai did not perceive the garden as something beautiful and unearthly. This place interests him only from the point of view of profit. The man believes that admiring the garden is a relic of the past. In addition, it does not bring money, which means it is a waste of time for a pragmatic person.

At the old footman firsa the garden evokes the former wealth of the masters. When the harvested cherry was dried according to a special recipe, and taken out for sale. It was not in vain that he remembered this, since he believes that cherry trees should not only please the eye, but also generate income.

At Ani, the daughter of Ranevskaya at first, like her mother, the garden at first causes a storm of emotions. The girl is happy that she is at home again and admires the beautiful flowering. However, after talking with Peter, she radically changes her attitude towards the estate. The girl thinks about the utopia of serf life, about the remnants of the past.

When the cherry orchard is finally sold, Anya reassures her mother by promising her to plant a new orchard that will be many times better. A girl with undisguised happiness leaves those places where she spent her childhood.

A similar situation occurs with Peter. He talks about the garden with undisguised contempt, boldly looks into the future and calmly leaves the estate, and this despite the fact that he remains practically homeless.

Each character in the story is shown through the image of a cherry orchard - the attitude to life itself. Some cling to the past, others worry about the future, and still others just live in the present.