Social Mobility Reflected In Anton Chekhov’sthe CherryOrchard (1903): Marxist Approach

This study is about social mobility in Anton Chekhov's drama entitled The Cherry Orchard which is analyzed by using Marxist perspective. There are several problem statements; to find out the indicators of social mobility; to know how Anton Chekhov describes social mobility in his drama, and to find out the reasons why Anton Chekhov addressed social mobility in his drama. This research belongs to the qualitative descriptive research. The primary data was from The Cherry Orchard drama script by Anton Chekhov. Secondary data of this research were taken from books, journals, internet and other sources related to this research. The results of this study such as: there were three social mobility indicators and five social classes; social mobility of this drama is illustrated by character, place, event and diction; the reason Anton Chekhov insert social mobility was in order to give responds to the social economic conditions at the time.