Complete Despair in in Anton Chekhovs Misery Essay -- Antov Chekhovs

In the story Misery by Anton Chekhov, I identified despair and miseryas a theme. The surroundings amplify the sentiment of the main character, IonaPotapov. Cold and gray surrounds Iona Potapov and he is extremely miserable.Iona Potapov wants to speak to another human about his sons death but no onewill listen. Failing to speak with any humans, Iona is resigned to speak withhis horse.At the beginning of the story Anton Chekhov sets the environment for thestory. The twilight of evening. (30) While reading this story, I datethe scenery by what Anton Chekhov wrote. Big flakes of wet snow are whirlinglazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thinsoft layer on the roofs, horses backs, shoulders, caps. (30) The pictureportrayed is that of dull, gloomy, sludge and gray ash covering all of thesurrounding areas. The familiar gray landscape. (30)The dispair and nakedness that Iona feels are sorrow. May it do yougood . . . But my son is dead, mate . . . Do yo u hear? (33). Ionadesperately wants to come apart about his sons death, and how it is affecting him.He wants to tell how his son was taken ill, how he suffered, what he saidbefore he died, how he died(34). Ionas son has died, and he feels as though itshould have been he to the overweight instead of his youthful son. My son ought tobe driving not I(34).The gray dismal surroundings entrap Iona and make the desolation worse...