A.P. Chekhov, known as the master of a short story, owns the work "Ionych". It has a straightforward plot and tells the story of a person living life is essentially meaningless.
Who is Dr. Startsev
In the 1880s in Chekhov's work, a turning point occurred, which gave rise to a new stage and new works. The stories are becoming more philosophical, although they still get along funny and sad. Only sad becomes more sad than in earlier stories. There is a psychological background. Now Chekhov already wants to show the psychological processes taking place inside the person himself.
In general, in the era of "timelessness" - the end of the 19th century - the theme of impoverishment of the personality, impoverishment of the inner world becomes the leading one in the prose of Russian authors. Chekhov also explores the influence of dark forces within a person on his whole life. As in many of his stories, Chekhov showed the doctor in Ionych. The reader appears Dmitry Ionych Startsev, Zemsky doctor, and the story of his failed marriage. This is the upper layer of the work. In a deeper understanding, Chekhov showed the degradation of the doctor.
