While we read the play I didn't realize any situations in which a character went through anagnorisis (when a character in a book or a play makes a critical discovery.) When I read the description of what the next blog was to be about I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO! I thought I was going to have to reread the whole play again just to find one scene where it occurred! Thank goodness for the presentation we all had to do of the play! It just so happened that in the scene I had to present, Anya realized that she needed to get rid of the Cherry Orchard and all the strings attached to it or she would never come out of the debt or it would be a long time before she did. This happens as the family is out and leaves Anya and Trofimov alone to talk about the fate of the orchard, and she finally tells him that she must get rid of all ties she has with it and why it will cause her much grief if she stays with it. Of course during our presentation, we adapted the scene to a modern day in Plantation, Florida, but the moral and lesson stayed the same.
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