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Abstract
This study analyzes the work of Anton Chekhov and seeks to explain what Chekhov meant by real life. By incorporating various philosophical themes from the work of the philosopher Henri Bergson, as well as other sources in the Russian philosophical and religious tradition, this study shows how Chekhovs idea of life is manifest consistently, though implicitly, by the combination of elements in his work. The elements of Chekhovs work specifically addressed is his manner of narration and characterization, his use of the visual and the symbolic, as well as his approach to language.