In his short story, Chekhov expresses his personal experience through the character he creates, Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, a married man, who enjoys having an affair with beautiful women he meets on his trip. In projecting the character’s attitude, Chekhov writes “[Gurov] used to call [these women] “the lower race[s]” ” (Chekhov 252), until he meets “The Lady with the Dog”. Thus reveals Gurov’s initial feeling towards the women he sleeps with is nothing beyond sexual pleasure. The statement also shows how low and cheap he thinks of women. In supporting the statement, Creasman in his article asserts Gurov’s initial intention with Anna is going to be “just one more of the many adventures in his life (Creasman 258). Gurov, like many of his acquaintances
