Anton Chekov's The Bet: An Existentialist View
This paper employs the framework of Fredric Nietzsche, as theorized in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to interpret Chekhov's story The Bet (2013). The story is about a young lawyer who enters a contract to bargain his youthful fifteen years in solitary confinement to win two million from a rich banke...
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This paper employs the framework of Fredric Nietzsche, as theorized in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to interpret Chekhov's story The Bet (2013). The story is about a young lawyer who enters a contract to bargain his youthful fifteen years in solitary confinement to win two million from a rich banker. The Bet (2013) explores whether capital punishment is humane or life imprisonment is a better option for crime and punishment. The study is qualitative, and through textual analysis, findings have been reached using Nietzsche's existential theoretical lens. The study finds that the lawyer suffers imprisonment but leaves before its termination as he has discovered all meanings of life are mere illusions. The study concludes that Chekhov scans the normative behaviors of people, in this case, the Banker and lawyer, and proves to be a sad reflection on the human condition.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1caf57f4a81c48b29a0e22a55d76716e2024-02-02T15:26:22ZengDepartment of English, University of ChitralUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature2617-36112663-15122023-12-017IIAnton Chekov's The Bet: An Existentialist ViewSalman Hamid Khan0Dr. Abdul Hamid Khan1Farishta Hamid Khan2English Language Teacher, Higher Education Academy of Research and Training (HEART), Higher Education Department, PeshawarAssociate Professor, Department of English, Linguistics and Literature, Qurtuba University, PeshawarBS English, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar This paper employs the framework of Fredric Nietzsche, as theorized in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to interpret Chekhov's story The Bet (2013). The story is about a young lawyer who enters a contract to bargain his youthful fifteen years in solitary confinement to win two million from a rich banker. The Bet (2013) explores whether capital punishment is humane or life imprisonment is a better option for crime and punishment. The study is qualitative, and through textual analysis, findings have been reached using Nietzsche's existential theoretical lens. The study finds that the lawyer suffers imprisonment but leaves before its termination as he has discovered all meanings of life are mere illusions. The study concludes that Chekhov scans the normative behaviors of people, in this case, the Banker and lawyer, and proves to be a sad reflection on the human condition. https://www.jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/234The Bet, Chekhov, Existentialism, Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
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| title | Anton Chekov's The Bet: An Existentialist View |
| title_full | Anton Chekov's The Bet: An Existentialist View |
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| title_short | Anton Chekov's The Bet: An Existentialist View |
| title_sort | anton chekov s the bet an existentialist view |
| topic | The Bet, Chekhov, Existentialism, Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
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