Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“What a weight off my shoulders…..” -What aspect of social condition is revealed by Chubukov through this comment?
The above quoted line has been extracted from Chekhov’s play ‘The Proposal’. In this line the speaker Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov reveals the prevalent social malaise where a grown up daughter is considered as a burden on her parents as they are entrusted with the task of finding a suitable match for her and getting her well-settled in life. Chubukov says these words when finally Lomov and Natalya kiss and declare that they are happy to be engaged. It is evident that Chubukov disapproves of Lomov or rather detests him. Still he is more than eager to get his daughter married to him as that will free him of his duty and responsibility as the father of a marriageable young woman.