Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“She’s like a love-sick cat,”-Who said this and about whom? character of the person, Analyse the character of the person, referred to here, under the light of the comment above.
Chubukov said this about his daughter, Natalya Stepanovna. In this play Chekhov portrayed Chubukov as a wealthy landowner who was troubled with the responsibility of finding a suitable match for his daughter. At that time an unmarried girl above twenty was considered to be a burden to her father and Natalya was already twenty-five. Therefore, when Lomov expressed his desire to marry Natalya, Chubukov even before taking his daughter’s consent, readily accepted the proposal. He also assured Lomov that Natalya was love-sick’ just to get rid of his trouble. Like an opportunist, he grabbed the chance and tried to convince Lomov about Natalya’s feelings in every possible way.