Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“Now, you know, you shouldn’t forget all about your neighbours, my darling.”-Who said this and to whom? Why was the speaker surprised? Comment on the approach of the speaker.
Chubukov said this to Lomov. The speaker, Chubukov, was surprised to see Lomov, because Lomov had come in a formal attire, lomov was wearing the evening dress and white gloves when he arrived at Chubukov’s place. Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov, a wealthy landowner in Anton Chekhov’s play ‘The Proposal’, gave an exceptionally warm welcome to Ivan vassilevitch Lomov, who was his neighbour. As soon as Lomov entered, Chubukov became surprised and rose up. He expressed his pleasure on meeting Lomov as if he was a long lost friend . He showered a bounty of affection on him with endearing words like “my dear fellow”, “my darling”, “my angel”, “my precious”, etc only to suggest the hypocritical nature of their relationship which became apparent when Chubukov spoke in an aside that he would not lend money it Lomov asked for it.