The Lady With The Dog Checking By Anton Chekhov Analysis

It is important that a story contains some sort of conflict, whether it be big or small, to give the audience something to be interested in. Without a conflict, many stories would not have a purpose. Many times, those conflicts end up teaching the readers a lesson or give the audience an insight into the world. ¨The Lady with the Dog¨ is a short story by Anton Chekhov that is centered around a woman and a man who meet and end up falling in love despite the fact that they both are involved in different relationships. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, Russia in 1860, where he grew up until 1975 (Mays 164). His father lost his job and the family moved to Moscow. He then got his doctorate from the University of Moscow and became a doctor for the lower class in Moscow while beginning to write short stories (Mays 164). He died in 1904. The complications within the relationship, the biggest one being that they are both in separate relationships, develop throughout the story and form the conflict. In the beginning of the story, a man named Dmitri sees a young woman walking her dog on the beach in Yalta, which is located in Russia. The man then begins to routinely go to the beach and the square, in which the woman walks her dog at least once, if not more times, a day. The narrator then goes on to explain to the audience that …show more content…
Throughout the story, the conflict develops into a pressing issue in need of a resolution. The resolution is hard to come to for Anna and Dmitri because their relationship is so difficult. In the end, a resolution is not found and the audience is still left asking questions about the story. While some may like the mystery behind their relationship and its resolution, I was frustrated that a clear future for their relationship was not determined by the