Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“Why are you so formal in your get-up?”-Who is the speaker? Who is being spoken to ? What led the speaker to make this comment ?
Natalaya’s father Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov is the speaker. The person who is being spoken to is Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov, Chubukov’s neighbour. Lomov went to Chubukov’s house to propose marriage to Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya, In order to impress Natalya, he wore a dress jacket and white gloves. Chubukov was surprised to see Lomov’s formal dress. Lomov’s polite behaviour seemed a little suspicious to Chubukov. He thought that Lomov was trying to please him so that he could borrow money from him. So, in an attempt to know Lomov’s real intention behind wearing an evening dress to a neighbour’s house, Chubukov made the remark mentioned above.