Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“And that blind hen, yes, that turnip-ghost has the confounded cheek to make a proposal. and so on!”-Who is the speaker? About whom is the above line said? Why? How does Natalya react when she comes to know about the proposal?
The speaker of the above quoted line is Chubukov. The above line is said about Lomov. Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov goes to Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov’s house to ask for his daughter, Natalya’s hand. But instead of proposing marriage to Natalya, they get into a quarrel over the ownership of Oxen Meadows. It leads to an ugly squabble and Lomov leaves their house in anger. Chubukov warns him not to set foot in their house again chubukov and Natalya hurl nasty words like rascal,villain, scarecrow, monster and then Chubukov says the above line.
When Natalya comes to know that Lomov had come to proposes marriage to her, she becomes excited and insists that Lomov be called back. She declares that she is feeling ill and orders her father fetch Lomov quickly. She also accuses Chubukov for creating the mess.