Marriage Proposals

In the play ‘The Marriage proposals”, Chekov really shows how silly proposals are. This comedy shows how people would get proposed just because. Most people that got proposed weren’t even compatible with each other or have true feeling towards each other. Being attractive was just enough for them to get proposed. Being married was just something that you needed to do. It was almost like a law. If a woman wasn’t married then she was considered a bad woman. Chekov shows “Symbolic gendering” when Natalya begged her father to get Lomov to come back so he can propose to her. Once she found out that he was there to propose. She was willing to marry him because of how wealthy he is. Examples of current media tho show this is the show “Bachelor”. A bachelor goes on dates with multiple women, he picks the one he likes the most and then he proposes. Another example is MTV “Are You The One”, a bunch of single people move into a house for a few months, they get to know their room mates, they see if they’re a perfect match and then they work on their relationship and fall in love. “The marriage proposal” is definitely an outdated commentary on marriage. Couples these days actually try to build a bond before thinking of proposals. In my opinion I think couples should build a connection first and also communicate with each other and what they want.