The Beggar by Anton Chekhov - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Chekhov Playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bobTi3hnobGqprs BOOKMARKS: 0:23 Publication Info 2:08 Plot Summary 4:02 Analysis 16:11 Wrap Up and Ratings

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Thanks for watching!

[@KDbooks]

Your knowledge on the history and contextualising it to us lay folk is always effortless.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Thank you. I assure you there was more effort than was apparent put into it!

[@QuestLegacy]

I agree w/ Raised to Walk. With you guys exploring stories from other cultures, getting a little bit of a foreign history lesson is really a fun bonus to your already enjoyable format :)

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Thank you! I'm currently working through the 'over contextualize' advice I get on doing reviews. I'm tryin got make our videos better piece-by-piece.

[@RaisedtoWalkTV]

I love that you explain what was going on in society at the time so we have a framework for Chekhov's story. I'm doing a read through with friends on "The Benedict Option" by Rod Dreher and I think my biggest beef with it is that he almost entirely skips over the actual social dynamics ... as in how REAL PEOPLE were affected.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

There's so much to what makes us "us." I'm currently struggling with this concept in a video we're supposed to record tonight. Such a weighty subject... here's to hoping it comes out well enough!

[@TheNerdyNarrative]

They love to chase their shot of vodka with a big ol bite of a dill pickle! (At least the ones that are friends with my cousins do that) It's insane how much easier it is to understand and discuss these stories when you two flesh out the history and culture the way you do. It's so crazy this was written in 1887 (I believe is what was said) it feels so current.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Hadn't heard the vodka and pickle pairing. I'll have to investigate this myself!

[@rockyrodmusic]

my homework brought me here!

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Cheers

[@fakesmile5204]

Where was the story published?

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Not sure. Was it published first in "The Horse Stealers and Other Stories"? It's not clear to me.

[@korosanii]

What the essay??

[@TheCodeXCantina]

and how

[@svobodastanimirova5771]

You are completely missing the patriarchy, which is prevalent in Checkov's work. The unpaid domestic and emotional labor of the savior is the product of patriarchy. Olga's actions do not represent "the governmental assistance" as you suggest, but rather the invisible labor of the unfree woman.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

This is great. I can't say I really saw this angle so I appreciate you bringing it up. I'll have to look more into it with other future stories. With that said it seems you have some great knowledge. What's surprising is you seem to be making the point this is an allegory and can't be interpreted any other way. I know many literature professors point out that there are usually many angles in which to take a piece as long as you back it up with the text. A lot of early literature students almost go through this sharpening phase where they learn to defend an interpretation and that one angle doesn't refute another's. That's usually where literature discussions are more valuable anyway. I really appreciate you sharing the angle. I'll have to educate myself more on that with his writing.

[@bobbyjosson4663]

What a sad, sick and pretty evil way of looking at any story. How do you know she is unpaid? serfdom finished two decades before in Russia. So all the servants were paid, unless you think they should all starve on the streets! Also, patriarchy is a modern creation of American universities from the mid '70s, so that students could feel self-righteous and Puritanically superior to all history, in all countries and cultures. It's pretty much what Mao did in China in the '60s - when students throw their teachers off bridges and gave in their parents, so that they were "disappeared". Old though had to die. To rubbish a writer who showed magnificent empathy to men and women, of all ages and classes, is horrifying. It is disconnecting, which is what evil boils down to.

[@sheissotshego]

I'm also terrible with names 😂😂😂, so I won't judge you.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

Thanks!