Madame Ravensky In Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

In drama “The Cherry Orchard”, Madame Ravensky is one of the Russian people who her class and aristocracy is losing its power. At the beginning of the play she returns from Paris to her cherry orchard which she had left years ago. Because of massive debts she is facing, there are few solutions that she has to consider: She has to sell the orchard completely which in this case obviously she is not the owner anymore, or if she desires to maintain Cherry Orchard ownership she has to cut down the trees and build summer villas in order to rent them and pay for her debts. When Lyabov Ravensky rejects the idea of cutting down trees to build villas automatically the orchard goes up for a sale. Lopakhin is grandson of a serf who had worked for Ravnekasys family years ago. His social class and wealth are improving so his characteristics have

She committed a suicide in order to extricate herself but she was unsuccessful. Now she is seeking refuge in her memories of an idyllic childhood. For Lyabov, each present moment in the house reminds her of the past. It 's almost as though the house is haunted a place where Madame Ravensky grew up.

However by all these facts there is no doubt that there was a strong relationship between her and Cherry orchard. Considering her sweet memories mentioned before why didn’t she do anything in order to save her own property? In this situation, Lopakhin comes across, asking imploringly simple question: Do you want to save it? Do you want to do something? he wants a simply "yes or no". But Lyabov remains silent, not paying a minuscule attention to him. She loves the orchard but does not want to save it. She is in a dilemma to choose between two sides: Good memories and drastic ones!

" Father died six years ago, and a month later my brother Grisha was drowned in the river, such a dear little boy of seven! Mother couldn 't bear it; she went away, away, without looking round."