Lomov :Lomov can be considered as the pivotal character in the one-act play “The Proposal” since the play revolves round the proposal offered by Lomov for Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya. Being a typical landowner, Lomov considers marriage as to maintain social status and relationships rather than an emotion involving personal feelings. He is desperately in search of a wife in his mature age, and that’s why he is even prepared to marry Natalya who quarrels with him on petty matters. Although Lomov suffers from somewhat hypochondria and insomnia yet he, not unlike that of Natalya, argues over some petty matters like small area of land, Oxen Meadows and hunting dogs.
Chubukov :Chubukov is delineated as Natalya’s father in the one-act play “The Proposal”. He wants her daughter to get married as early as possible and that’s why he accepts Lomov’s proposal for marriage for her daughter, though he doesn’t like Lomov to a great extent. Natalya seems to be burden to her father and he desperately wants to get rid of her. The dramatist’s portrayal of Chubukov considering her daughter a liability reflects the social life and mindset of the people encompassing marriage as a means to mitigate the burden on the part of a girl’s father. Inspite of all these, he acts as a gulf between Natalya and Lomov and wishes that they get married soon.