Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“I give you my blessing and so on. Only leave me in peace!”-Who is the speaker ? Why did the speaker say so?
The above mentioned line is extracted from ‘The Proposal. Here, the speaker is Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov. Chubukov, a representative of the patriarchal society, was bothered with the duty of marrying off his twenty-five year old unmarried daughter. He was tired and wanted to get rid of this burden anyhow. Therefore, when he heard that Lomov had come to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage, he was delighted. He did not want to miss the opportunity and wanted to be relieved of a father’s duty. Hence, he made the above remark.