'Misery' by Antov Chekhov

        In the story 'Misery' by Antov Chekhov, I identified despair and misery as a theme. The surroundings amplify the sentiment of the main character, Iona Potapov. Cold and gray surrounds' Iona Potapov and he is extremely miserable. Iona Potapov wants to speak to another human about his son's death but no one will listen. Failing to speak with any humans, Iona is resigned to speak with his horse.         At the beginning of the story Anton …

…blame, and denial are all part of the experiences we go through in mourning the passing death. A large amount of what we experience is directly related to the environment that we are in when the death occurs. Iona had an especially tough time with this experience in the setting that he was placed in. A perfect situation for Iona would have been a week off from work, and surrounded by close friends and family.