The Proposal (Drama Task)

The Proposal

Name : Ratna Adi Tejaningrum
Nim : A 320080148
Class : G

1. Character and Characterization
a. Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov
Chubukov is a landowner. Perhaps he is 70 years old. He is a kind-man and polite, for instance to his neighbor. He is relax and senile.
b. Natalya Stepanovna
Natalya is a Chubukov’s daughter. She is 25 years old. Natalya is a talkative girl. She wants to get everything what she wants in the other hand she is ambisious. She is in love, she is like a lovesick cat.
c. Ivan vassilevitch Lomov
Ivan is a neighbor of Chubukov. He is 35 years old, just a critical age. Ivan is a large and hearty. If he gets nervous, his heart is palpitating awfully, especially when he is faced with Natalya. Probably he is afraid with women.

2. Setting
a. Place
It is happened in A drawing-room in Chubukov’s house.
b. Time
It is happened in evening, about 7 p.m.

3. Plot
The plot of the proposal story is a traditional plot structure.
- Exposition: In the evening, at Chubunkov’s house.Ivan Lomov visited to Mr. Chubukov, he wore evening dress, gloves, hat, and so on. Chubunkov was surprised but feels so glad when meet him. Lomov said that he went to propose Natalya (Chubunkov’s daughter). Chubunkov is very happy when hears that and directly accepts the proposal. Lomov feels he is not proper man to Natalya. It is the right time for Lomov to ask Natalya in marriage.
- Complication
When Lomov discussed Oxen meadows is his own, Natalya becomes dies angry and says disagreement. She quarrels with Lomov to get land right. Natalya humiliates Lomov, she thinks that he is a good neighbor but Lomov is just a Land-grabber, Lomov cannot control has emotional sense and shout to Natalya. Natalya complains to her father and ask to him to state that Meadows is Chubukov’s. Lomov blamed Chubukov has taken the Meadows from Lomov’s family. He thought that the Lomov’s is honorable people.
- Climax
The climax is when Lomov and Chubukov humiliate their families each other. Lomov’s heart cannot stop beat. Then he decided to leave that house. After Lomovs left them, Chubukov had forgot to say that actually he had came to propose Natalya. He would to make a proposal. Natalya was shocked when hear that. She wants Lomov comeback soon.
- Resolution
Natalya shall acknowledge that Oxen Meadows is Lomov’s. She also asked to forgive about the debate before. Chubukov is greatly astonished with the alteration of his daughter opinion.

4. Style
The Proposal is dominated with the dialogues or conversation between Ivan Lumov, Natalia, and Chubukov. The writer also used the social diexis such as my dear fellow, my angel, my treasure, and my precious.

5. Conclusion
The conclusion is a relationship between man and society. Because, in this story tells about the relationship between between Ivan Lumov, Natalia, and Chubukov. From the story, we can take message, we must not reckless if we are faced in a problem.