Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -Describe the episode where Lomov and Chubukov engage themselves in an argument regarding the past incidents of each others’ families.
In Anton Chekhov’s one-act play ‘The Proposal’, Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov comes to his neighbour Chubukov’s house to propose marriage to his twenty-five-year old daughter Natalya. However, he forgets his purpose and allows himself to be side-tracked into an argument over property ownership. Both Natalya and her father join the argument. They yell at each other and call names. In this episode there is an exchange of grotesque and ludicrous dialogues which gives rise to loud laughter. According to Lomov, “The Lomovs have all been honourable people…” whereas Chubukov’s grandfather tried ’embezzlement’ and his mother was hump-backed’. On the other hand, Chubukov remarks that Lomovs had ‘lunacy’ in their family, his grandfather was a ‘drunkard’, his younger aunt; Nastasya ran away with an architect and Lomov’s father was a ‘guzzling gambler’. These farcical dialogues give rise to boisterous laughter.