Question
Do you think both of them really wanted to use the land for themselves?
Solution
The play has its roots in the cultural practice of Russia a century ago when financial stability for the aristocrats was considered in the greater possession of land. Both of them didn’t mind losing the land but they were not willing to accept that the land belonged to the other. They brought all facts to prove that the land belonged to them. They were even willing to present the land to the other as a gift but their egos wouldn’t allow them to concede it to the other.
