Question

1.)Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story.

How does Chekhov's use of the third-person limited point of view in "The Bet" affect the story?


A) He is able to include the essay in which the lawyer explains himself.

B) It allows him to spell out the terms of the bet.

C) He is able to show the banker's worries about his possible defeat by the lawyer.

D) It allows him to reveal the lawyer's reasons for choosing certain subjects of study during his confinement.

Answer 1

Hi!

The answer you're looking for would be option C. He is able to show the banker's worries about his possible defeat by the lawyer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A third person limited point of view refers to the narrator being able to tell what's happening in the story as well as what the other characters in the book are doing and thinking. In the story, a banker and a lawyer bet 2 million rubles to find out if the lawyer is capable of spending 15 years in solitary confinement in prison. Because the author writes in third person, the narrator is able to tell us details such as the banker's worries about his possible defeat by the lawyer.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C: He is able to show the banker's worries about his possible defeat by the lawyer.

The tale is told using the third person limited point of view. This means that we have a narrator that is external to the action of the story, but who follows it from the perspective of one of the characters alone.

The use of the third-person limited point of view allows Chekhov to share with the readers the banker's reasons for wishing to kill the lawyer.