The Lady With A Dog Analysis

The “Lady with a Dog” is a beautiful love affair of two unhappy star-crossed lovers in turn of the nineteenth century Russia. Marriage wasn’t just rainbows and butterflies back in the day, it had social responsibilities and where set up as a sort of business deal. This short story does a phenomenal job of illustrating the problems with a system of this type. When affection is learned and not felt, our minds and bodies can’t help but yearn for that warmth. Two strangers, a man and a woman married to others find themselves falling in love, this is the situation that Anne and Gurov find themselves in. A relationship that ultimately ends in divorce. Let’s analyze the author Anton Chekhov’s skills at bringing this short story of love and affairs …show more content…
On the other hand, if you look past this sinful layer you’ll sympathize with the characters, this is about more than just the morality of life. Towards the end of the story, moral corruption and degeneration was in truth an accurate picture of the realities of life. Anton wanted to tell the readers that the situation between Dmitri and Anna wasn’t so farfetched, in reality this could happen to the most moral of person. Love is a strong force, and when it knocks at your door marriage and family won’t hold you back. In truth, chances of cheating increase when there is trouble at home, unhappy or discontented marriages are bound to have extra-marital affair. If you interact with a stranger more than you do your partner on a daily basis for long periods of time, this can possibly attract you more to another person. But this isn’t the only reason people participate or are involved in an affair. The fact is that even happy and contended couples may by accidental chance meet somebody else and develop passionate feelings for …show more content…
He is a realist, although he didn’t say cheating or promiscuity is okay, he did emphasize that when people are unhappy, this is the reality of life. He tells a story and refuses to judge the characters or attempt to offer suggestions on how to improve their situation. Instead, Dmitri and Anna accept their reality and live double lives, one open for to the public eye the other their dirty little secret. I enjoyed this novel because of the fact that although they know their ending might not be happy, what ultimately matters to them is enjoying each other’s company. Chekhov makes this is a thrilling romance through the way he ended the story. He just left it open to suggestion, the reader can create their own perfect ending for the