Assignment Task5

Choose one question from the question and choose as an topic, support that topic with other questions. Must have 5 paragraphs: Intro, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion.

In Bunin’s stories his protagonists find themselves far from home. Why does “In Paris” begin in the atmosphere of gloom, rain and darkness and end on a sunny spring day? What role do loss and alienation play in Bunin’s stories? Why are the social and age boundaries that separate characters in Chekov’s story irrelevant in this one? Explain why longing for love which joins this couple, lasts only for an instant, while death inevitably parts them? Grey and red are the dominating colors of this writing. Explain the symbolic significance of the grey overcoat with the red lining in “In Paris”. Why does Nikolay die in spring when the full circle of season is not terminated? Is his death «on the third day of Easter » a good sign as the first week after Easter is the Light week? Why does Nikolay die not when he is disappointed in his destiny, but on the contrary when he had found true love?