Part one of term paper
Events and experiences in one’s life can alter one’s perspective on life. In Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet,” the protagonist, the lawyer, goes through a transformation as a result of his incarceration. From the beginning of the story until the end of his confinement, the lawyer undergoes a metamorphosis, starting as an optimistic, impul ...

Part two of term paper
... in a discussion which has to do with the immorality of both life imprisonment and capital punishment. The lawyer demonstrates his value of life, when, given the choice between capital punishment and life imprisonment, he chooses the latter, stating, “To live anyhow is better than not at all”(160). The banker responds to this statement by proposing a wager. He bets two million dollars of his wealth that the lawyer will not be able to stay in a solitary confinement for 5 years. The lawyer d ...