Oxen Meadows episode
At the very beginning of the one act play The Proposal by Anton Chekhov, Ivan is seen to come to his long-time neighbour Chubukov’s house to propose his 25 years old daughter Natalya for marriage. Chubukov accepts his proposal with pleasure and sends Natalya to Ivan. Ivan was a hypochondriac and while trying to convey the reason for his coming, he suddenly gets into argument with Natalya over the ownership of a territory called Oxen Meadows. It was a disputed land between their respective properties. Argument starts when Ivan is about to convey her proposal and mentions that he owns that meadows. The argument becomes furious gradually. They loudly began to prove their ownership. Lomov completely forgets the fact of proposal and marriage. Ultimately, getting very angry, when Ivan does not carry on the argument due to his palpitation, he leaves their house.
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