Notes For All Chapters English First Flight Class 10 CBSE
1. Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov
- A 35-year-old wealthy landowner.
- Comes to propose marriage to Natalya.
- Personality:
- Nervous and excitable.
- Always worried about his health (palpitations, sleeplessness, twitching).
- Very suspicious and quarrelsome.
- Behaviour in Play:
- Starts quarrelling with Natalya about land and later about dogs.
- Gets angry easily and often shouts.
- Faints in excitement during the quarrel.
- Importance:
- Represents how people value property over emotions in marriage.
2. Natalya Stepanovna
- 25 years old, daughter of Chubukov.
- A well-educated, good housekeeper, but also stubborn.
- Personality:
- Quarrelsome and argumentative.
- Emotional and dramatic – cries when she hears Lomov came to propose.
- Eager to marry though she never admits it directly.
- Behaviour in Play:
- Fights with Lomov over Oxen Meadows and dogs.
- Changes her stand quickly when she learns the truth about Lomov’s proposal.
- Engages in non-stop quarrelling even after engagement.
- Importance:
- Shows how human nature mixes love with quarrels.
3. Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov
- Father of Natalya and a wealthy landowner.
- Personality:
- Greedy and eager to marry off his daughter to a rich man.
- Pretends to love Lomov like a son when he hears of the proposal.
- Quarrelsome and abusive – calls Lomov names during fights.
- Hypocritical – changes sides quickly according to the situation.
- Behaviour in Play:
- At first suspects Lomov came to borrow money.
- Becomes very happy when Lomov talks of marriage.
- Joins quarrels with Lomov and Natalya.
- Finally forces both of them to get engaged.
- Importance:
- Represents parents’ greed and interest in wealth rather than love.
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