The Bet

In “The Bet” the author, Anton Chekhov, presents a character, the lawyer, who portrays many optimistic and pessimistic points of view. The story contains many quotes and passages that convey optimism and pessimism.
The lawyer is a young man being twenty-five years old. He is very optimistic and happy towards life. In fact he says, “The death sentence and the life sentence are equally immoral, but if I had to choose between the death penalty and imprisonment for life, I would certainly choose the second. To live anyhow is better than ...