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... In Chekhov’s, “The Darling”, Olenka’s very predictable personality was set up immediately and remained constant throughout the story, while in Cather’s “Paul’s Case”, Paul’s character is ever-changing and unpredictable.
In the short story, “The Darling” Chekhov completely describes Olenka’s personality and what others thought of her. ... Chekhov also wrote how other perceived her too, “At the sight of her full rosy cheeks, her soft white neck with a little dark mole on it, and the kind, naïve smile, which came into her face when she listened to anything pleasant, men thought ‘Yes, not half bad,’ and smiled too, while lady visitors could not refrain from seizing her and in the middle of a conversation, exclaiming in a gush of delight, ‘You darling! ...
Cather introduces the protagonist Paul, in the short story “Paul’s Case” much differently than Chekhov introduced Olenka. ...
The flatness of Olenka in “The Darling” helps the reader to follow the story without focusing on how she is developing as she loses loves and retains new loves. ...
Paul’s round character in “Paul’s Case” is not as easy to understand.
Approximate Word count = 890
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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