Everyone deserves to be happy. Love is blind, unpredictable and can emerge at any point in someone's life. Gurov has seen and done a lot with women in his 40 years on earth while being married, and for that, some might agree that he doesn’t deserve to find love and be happy. Contrary to popular belief, Gurov is a good man, he and Anna deserve to be happy because Gurov is mentally ill, Anna doesn’t know what her husband does for a living and, both become in denial about their love for one and other.
Chekhov states in the lady with the dog, Gurov says, “from the past he preserved memories of careless, good-natured women, who loved cheerfully and were grateful to him for the happiness he gave them, however brief it might be; and of women like …show more content…
When Gurov returned to Moscow he continued his normal routine of taking care of his kids and doing his hobbies such as going to clubs, restaurants, anniversary celebrations, and playing cards with a professor at the doctor's club. Soon Gurov started to feel like he was being haunted by Anna, everything he did and saw reminded him of her, and he soon became frustrated that he didn’t have anyone to talk to about what happened in Yalta, he stated that, “in this home, it was impossible to talk about his love, he had no one outside; he could not talk to his tenants nor anyone at the bank where he worked” (Chekhov 2017). Immediately, Gurov began to despise everything about Moscow when Chekhov says, “Gurov did not sleep all night, and was filled with indignation. And he had a headache all next day. And the next night he slept badly; he sat up in bed, thinking, or paced up and down his room. He was sick of his children, sick of the bank; he had no desire to go anywhere or to talk of anything” (Chekhov 2017). Finally, Gurov makes a desperate attempt to visit S---, to confess his love Anna. He catches her at a theatre with her husband and approaches her while he walks away. Gurov is relieved that Anna shares the same
Chekhov states in the lady with the dog, Gurov says, “from the past he preserved memories of careless, good-natured women, who loved cheerfully and were grateful to him for the happiness he gave them, however brief it might be; and of women like …show more content…
When Gurov returned to Moscow he continued his normal routine of taking care of his kids and doing his hobbies such as going to clubs, restaurants, anniversary celebrations, and playing cards with a professor at the doctor's club. Soon Gurov started to feel like he was being haunted by Anna, everything he did and saw reminded him of her, and he soon became frustrated that he didn’t have anyone to talk to about what happened in Yalta, he stated that, “in this home, it was impossible to talk about his love, he had no one outside; he could not talk to his tenants nor anyone at the bank where he worked” (Chekhov 2017). Immediately, Gurov began to despise everything about Moscow when Chekhov says, “Gurov did not sleep all night, and was filled with indignation. And he had a headache all next day. And the next night he slept badly; he sat up in bed, thinking, or paced up and down his room. He was sick of his children, sick of the bank; he had no desire to go anywhere or to talk of anything” (Chekhov 2017). Finally, Gurov makes a desperate attempt to visit S---, to confess his love Anna. He catches her at a theatre with her husband and approaches her while he walks away. Gurov is relieved that Anna shares the same