Here is a review left by a customer on a product. Would you say he was satisfied or dissatisfied?
Title: sometimes ambiguity only confuses
Review: Chekhov wrote some fine tales--"Peasants" probably being the best of the bunch. But I found the parable of "The black Monk" one of the most unsatisfying stories I have read. I am left not knowing what the norms of the story are: are we supposed to sympathize with the protagonist or reject his perversity? Is he a hero of sensibility victimized by ordinary people, or is he merely crazy and destructive? Who knows? As the story stands, I find it impossible to say. When a story leaves you straddling a razor, I think it is not a success.
