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Genre
Tragicomedy; Chekhov was known for his blending of tragic and comic genres.
Climax
Voynitsky fails to murder Serebryakov.
Protagonists
Voynitsky, Astrov, Sonya
Setting (time)
Turn-of-the-century Russia
Setting (place)
Serebryakov's country estate
Falling Action
Chekhov does not make use of the classical Aristotelian plot line, in which rising and falling action comprise an immediately recognizable climax, catastrophe, and denouement.
Tense
The play unfolds in the time of the present.
Tone
Tragi-comedic
Foreshadowing
Again, because Chekhov makes use of such an unconventional plot structure, often driven by indirect action, there is little foreshadowing.
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