Александр Андриенко - Антон Павлович Чехов - Дуэль
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In the “duel” there is no real common cause or common value with which all personalities would be correlated. Chekhov depicts a random group of people united only by time and space. No strong ties unite them. This is a private being in its most pure form. The fate of some, in essence, does not affect the rest. The heroes are divided and therefore central events do not bind and do not exhaust them. The unity of the story is not based on events, but on the universal properties of the world depicted. Each hero is separate, private, pursuing his personal goals, faces difficulties common to everyone. Everyone should win alone. And it doesn’t matter from what environment the hero, what is his profession, education, level of development; Regardless of all this, he will definitely encounter certain public difficulties. Several problems are set in the story, and each of them is illuminated by the final thought and is resolved only in its light. “Salvation must be sought only in itself ...” - and this thought is justified by Laevsky’s last words. A person himself is only an understanding of his most secretive properties and spiritual qualities. The “duel” shows many mistakes and misunderstandings that arise either because of the misunderstanding of their neighbor, or because of incomplete knowledge about him.