This document discusses how Anton Chekhov portrays social and economic class structures in two of his short stories, "Enemies" and "The Death of a Government Clerk." Both stories depict the rigid interactions between different classes in 19th century Russian society. "The Death of a Government Clerk" shows the relationship between a low-level clerk and a high-ranking government official, while "Enemies" depicts interactions between a physician and a wealthy man. Through these stories, Chekhov highlights the limited ways people of different classes could interact and portray the class divides of his time period.