The Cherry Orchard · Character
Epihodov
A clerk who calls himself a cultivated man, carries a revolver, and treats every dropped nosegay or creaking boot as proof of cosmic misfortune.
supporting
Also known as Epihodov Firs
First appearance: act i
As a supporting figure in The Cherry Orchard, Epihodov is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Epihodov is the estate's walking disaster, forever knocking over furniture and announcing his own tragic significance to anyone within earshot. He reads books he cannot understand, loves Dunyasha in a way that is mostly…
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- Other
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- Peripheral and minor figures
- Protagonist
- Estate's social spectrum
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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