A Proposal Class 10 Notes: This article hands out complete and detailed revision notes for CBSE Class 10 English Chapter 9 A Proposal along with a PDF link to download and save the notes for future reference. CBSE’s updated syllabus and guidelines have been referred to while preparing the short notes for students of the 2023-2024 batch since we believe that it is important for students to stay updated about the changes made by the board and use the appropriate study materials while preparing for the exam.

The revision notes presented here will inform you about the synopsis of the story, the theme of the story, and the summary of the chapter. These are important for students to understand the chapter, clarify doubts if any, and thus score well in the exams by solving questions from the chapter in detail.  

Revision Notes for Class 10 English A Proposal

The revision notes for the Class 10 A Proposal have been provided below. Use the PDF link to save the handwritten notes for quick revision during exams. Students are still advised to read the chapter thoroughly before going through these revision notes for better clarity of the story.

Synopsis of the Story

The story is a comedy-drama where three people get involved in heated arguments over a disputed property. Lomov comes to Chubukovs with a proposal to marry her 25-year-old daughter. During the proposal, all three of them end up arguing with each other. Know the complete story by reading the summary presented below.

Theme of the story

The story indirectly talks about an important issue related to wealthy families and greedy people who have the tradition of marrying another wealthier family to extend their riches and expand their economic situations.

Summary of A Proposal

The story has three characters, Ivan Vassilevitch from the Lomov clan, Stepan Stepanovitch from the Chubukovs clan, and his daughter Natalya Stepanovitch. It begins with Ivan visiting Stepan at his house with a proposal in his mind. They greet each other and extend warm welcome and nostalgic moments of their neighborhood. On being asked about the reason for the visit, Ivan hesitates which makes Stepan think that he must have come to take money which he would not return. After gathering some courage, Ivan tells Stepan that he wants to marry his daughter Natalya. Stephans sheds tears in excitement and embraces Ivan for his proposal. He takes an exit from the hall to call his daughter.

By the time Ivan thinks that Natalya’s entry into his life can change for good. He will have somebody beside him during his palpitation attacks and help him whenever he gets upset. Additionally, Natalya was a 25-year-old, educated, not-so-bad-looking girl, who was appropriate to be her wife. Natalya arrives and both Ivan and her get engaged in conversations. Ivan starts talking about their neighborhood while making the proposal and says that Oxen Meadows belongs to his family. To this, she replies that the land belongs to her family. Both started arguing over this topic and Stepan entered the hall hearing them shouting. Natalya tells her that Ivan claims the Oxen Meadows to be a property of their family to which Stepan replies that it belongs to them. Soon, all three of them start arguing and abusing each other’s family. Meanwhile, Ivan gets a palpitation attack and leaves the house.

The father-daughter duo keeps abusing the Lomovs and arguing over the same topic. During the argument, Stepan reveals that Ivan was here to make a marriage proposal to Natalya. She gets excited and shocked at the same time and asks her dad to call Ivan back. He does as his daughter asks him to do and Ivan comes back. After exchanging a few words, Natalya says that her dog Squeezer was better than his Guess. This starts another heated argument between the two which is soon joined by Stepan. This time, Ivan ends up fainting during the argument because of his palpitation attack.

Natalya asks her father to wake him up as she likes him too and wants to get married to him. Ivan wakes up and expresses her feelings to him but their argument about their dogs continues. The curtain falls down but they keep arguing with each other.

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