If you like, I'll make you a present of them."-Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to ? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so ?

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"If you like, I'll make you a present of them."-Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to ? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so ?


Ans: In Anton Chekhov 's one act play 'The Proposal' Lomov is the speaker./ The speaker is Lomov.

# Natalya is the person spoken to.

#The speaker, Lomov would make a present of Oxen Meadows to Natalya.

#Lomov and Natalya started quarrelling over the ownership of Oxen Meadows.According to Lomov, his aunt's grandmother gave the free use of Oxen Meadows to the peasants of Natalya's father's grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her.Therefore the Oxen Meadows which Natalya claimed to be her property actually belonged to the Lomovs. As Lomov was going to marry Natalya, he could make a present of them to her

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