Textual Analysis

In this scene Lopakhin goes through a huge range of emotions in a very short space of time

I this first part of the scene he has just come back from the auction and is terrified to tell Ranyevskya that he has bought it. He doesn't answer Ranyevskya's question directly showing he doesn't want to revel the answer but rather try and avoid the question.

 When Lopakhin starts his monologue, he is trying his best to let down Ranyevskaya as best as he can. He holds some guilt because of the fact he bought the orchard. However he feels it was the only way and comforts himself ion the knowledge he tried to get Ranyevskya to do something with the orchard, he offered her a solution.

When he starts to describe the auction he starts to loose him self in the excitement of it all and explodes with joy claiming the cherry orchard is his, he vocalises his owner ship over the property. This gave me an insight into his character and is a very good example of his super objective to To loose the label of his past and distance himself from poverty and the class of a peasant. I believe that in this moment he realises that he has lost his peasant label for good, as he then goes on to talk about how his father and grandfather were once slaves in the estate.

When he begins to talk about his ancestors he turns to an angry tone as he starts to reminisce about his youth and what his ancestors went through. Lopakhin has now achieved all that he wanted this is shown in his disbelief of what is happening 'I'm asleep - I'm imagining it- its all inside my head'

Lopakhin the goes to shed his quilt onto Ranyeskya, He tells her it is her own fault she lost the orchard. This appears to be his way of dealing with the quilt of buying it and seeing her break down in front of him. there is then a power change in he scene were lopakhim becomes master of the house and thus takes power of the scene, Then after all he has been through as a peasant takes on the same role as the people who kept his ancestors slaves and demands everything to be as he wants io.