According to Statistic Brain Research Institute, forty-one percent of marriages have one or both spouses admitting to infidelity, both physically and emotionally. The reason behind infidelity is irrelevant but the idea itself is of great interest to Anton Chekhov because it’s the central plot in “The Lady with the Dog.” Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and writer, who focused specifically on short stories. Chekhov’s works weren’t political and served no social value because his writing has been “… a profound understanding of human nature and the ways in which ordinary events can carry deeper meaning” (Anton Chekhov Biography 1). “The Lady with the Dog” is centered on a middle aged man, Dimitri Gurov, finding the love of his life, Anna
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Dimitri himself doesn’t realize he’s fallen in love with her until they share a moment along the cost of Yalta filled with the rich scenery of sundown and their first kiss. Yalta serves as a shift in the atmosphere from the couple’s romantic moment to the harsh reality of their marital statuses. It also serves as the focus point where Chekhov and Gurov meet the woman that changes their opinion on love. Once Anna leaves Yalta, Gurov no longer has an interest in the scenery or Yalta because there is nothing left for him. Anna was essentially his world. The atmosphere goes from a vibrant scenery “magical décor- sea, mountains, clouds, the open sky” to a cold atmosphere and Gurov wanting to leave “Here at the station there was already a breath of autumn, the wind was cool” (Chekhov 39). Anton, Gurov being a mirror image of the author himself, was finally able to marry, Olga Knipper, the person whom he loves. He went from a bachelor most of his life and having a negative view on marriage to being a married man himself. But as he continued further into his career, he met Olga Knipper. Olga was a remarkable woman who made Anton doubt his own beliefs about love. They wrote letters to each other and these letters “were a source of joy and consolation, through illness and separation” (Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper
Dimitri himself doesn’t realize he’s fallen in love with her until they share a moment along the cost of Yalta filled with the rich scenery of sundown and their first kiss. Yalta serves as a shift in the atmosphere from the couple’s romantic moment to the harsh reality of their marital statuses. It also serves as the focus point where Chekhov and Gurov meet the woman that changes their opinion on love. Once Anna leaves Yalta, Gurov no longer has an interest in the scenery or Yalta because there is nothing left for him. Anna was essentially his world. The atmosphere goes from a vibrant scenery “magical décor- sea, mountains, clouds, the open sky” to a cold atmosphere and Gurov wanting to leave “Here at the station there was already a breath of autumn, the wind was cool” (Chekhov 39). Anton, Gurov being a mirror image of the author himself, was finally able to marry, Olga Knipper, the person whom he loves. He went from a bachelor most of his life and having a negative view on marriage to being a married man himself. But as he continued further into his career, he met Olga Knipper. Olga was a remarkable woman who made Anton doubt his own beliefs about love. They wrote letters to each other and these letters “were a source of joy and consolation, through illness and separation” (Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper