MA English Punjab University Paper : Drama Part 2 Past paper 2016 Lines a. If we're to start living in the present isn't it abundantly clear that we've first got to redeem our past and make a clean break with it? And we can only redeem it by suffering and getting down to real work for a change. Reference These lines are taken from the play The Cherry Orchard by absurd play writer Anton Chekhov, Act 2 Context Madam Ranvesky returns from Paris, along with her daughter Anya to her family estate in Russia. Varya, Ranevsky's adopted daughter, reveals that the family's estate, a cherry orchard, is to be sold at auction in order to pay their debts. Lopakhin, a businessman, proposes solutions to save the estate. Auction day arrives, however, the family essentially does nothing and the play ends with the sale of the estate to Lopakhin. The family leaves to the sound of the cherry orchard being cut down. Explanation Trofimov, like Ranevsky, sees the cherry orchard as b
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