Both Uses of
serf
in
The Cherry Orchard
- My father was the serf of your grandfather and your own father, but you—you more than anybody else—did so much for me once upon a time that I've forgotten everything and love you as if you belonged to my family …. and even more.†
Act 1 *
- [Pause] Think, Anya, your grandfather, your great-grandfather, and all your ancestors were serf-owners, they owned living souls; and now, doesn't something human look at you from every cherry in the orchard, every leaf and every stalk?†
Act 2
Definition:
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(serf) Middle Ages Europe: a person who is bound to the land and owned with the land by the feudal lord