NOT A NINCOMPOOP?
A look at “A Nincompoop” by Anton Chekhov

In day-to-day life, there are often incidents or even common behaviours demonstrated by some that lead others to believe that the person is a nincompoop. Some of those who have been called a Nincompoop possess certain characteristics that a typical Nincompoop exhibits. However, the previous statement does not apply to Anton Chekhov’s real nincompoop in the short story “A Nincompoop.” This short story deals with an employer teaching the governess of his children a lesson about asserting herself when others are trying to exploit or abuse her. Chekhov chooses one of his two characters, the governess, to convincingly mislead one’s opinion about the real nincompoop, but surprisingly, it is the liberal and idealistic character, the employer, who truly embodies the nincompoop in this satire. The ident...

19th 20th abl abus account addit afford also although analysi analyz answer anton appli argument aspect assert attent automat aw back background becom behaviour believ bodi call cannot caught caus centuri certain chang charact characterist chekhov children choic choos come common compagnion complet conclud convinc could day day-to-day deal defenseless demonstr desper despit discov done dowri earli easi educ effort either element els embodi employ enough environ essenc even exclud exemplifi exercis exhibit exploit extent famili femal find first fool forc foreign french futur get good good-intent gover grant guard hand harsh howev idea idealist ident idiot import impoverish inabl incid intent intimid jeopard job keep/save kind known ladi languag lead learn lesson liber librari life like line look lose made make man mani marri mean men mention method might mislead mistak mistress mock money moral must need neglect neither never nincompoop obey often one opinion oppos option other pay perform person poor posit possess power practic present pretend previous question rang reaction read real realiti realli relat repres research role room safe satir shock short side sit societi someon sort speechless statement stori student submiss surpris surviv survivor take taught teach teacher techniqu therefor thing think thinker thought time tri truli two typic understand unlik unpract use usual various way weak wealthi well well-educ within word world would wrong yet