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Essay Archive - The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride
The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride
In the plays The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House by
Henrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists' mental beliefs
combine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story.
The ability of the characters to reject or accept an illusion, along with the
foolish pride that motivated their decision, leads to their personal downfall.
In The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, Gayev and Miss Ranevsky, along
with the majority of their family, refuse to believe that their estate is close
to bankruptcy. I....
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