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

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

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

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

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

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

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The correct answer is option D. Chekhov's use of the third-person limited point of view in "The Bet" allows him to show the banker's worries about his possible defeat by the lawyer. Published in 1889, this short story written by Russian writer Anton Chekhov, tells the story of a bet between a lawyer and a banker. both characters agree to bet 2 million rubles to see if the lawyer is capable of spending 15 years in solitude confinement in prison. The use of the third-person allows the reader to not only see the whole story from the point of view of the lawyer, who is the one in prison, but also from the banker. Specially when he starts to worry about the lawyer's possibility of winning the bet, and him going bankrupt.

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