A Lady With A Dog Chekhov

In Anton Chekhov’s short story, “A Lady with A Dog,” Dmitry Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna are two characters bound by their uncontrollable desires. Though tied by lust and loneliness, the character’s dissatisfying and emotionally damaged lives are what eventually weaken the relationship. Though the story plays with multiple themes, the most significant of those themes is that of dissatisfaction. This theme is expanded by the significant shared quality of the main characters. Both Anna and Gurov’s boring and unfulfilling lives are what eventually cause them to have an affair.

Gurov (a professional cheater) not only shows no remorse for his adultery, but he also has a hatred for women as a whole. This anger eventually dissipates upon falling