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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
The setting of “The Bet” is incredibly vague. In the same way that the characters are not given names (but are merely referred to as “the banker” and “the lawyer”), the geographic location is also never referred to by name. All of these choices are intentional, as Chekhov is focusing in this story on universal philosophical concerns such as greed and the meaning of life rather than on analyzing the social or political dynamics of a specific town.
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