Lady With The Dog

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The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov, is a story that explores many different themes. This story connects and reflects on how one mans perception of women have changed because of one person. The Lady with the Dog, looks at many themes which Dermot stated in his short story review. Dermot says “we have the theme of infidelity, trust, guilt, respect, compassion, ego, escape, love and secrecy.”(Dermot)
This story is about Dmitry Gurov, who is a married man who has an affair with many different women, and does not see an issue with his actions. Until one day he met a women that would ultimately change his views and actions. Gurov met this women named Anna Sergeyevna whom is also married, but chooses to proceed in this affair. This story follows the development of Gurov who is a womanizer that changes his ways for his true love.
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I believe that after meeting Anna, Gurov changes his perspective on woman. I believe this because in this story, Anna’s personality and expressions towards him are different. “She had the purity of a well-bred, naïve woman who has seen little of life.” (138) I feel as though the author states this in his story to give you a background of how Anna may act in this story. In this paper I will be asking the question of, Does Gurov’s perspective of women changed after meeting his one true love? I will explore his actions towards women and his actions at the end of the

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