The lady with the dog soon becomes his next conquest. Anna and and Gurov quickly become friends and then lovers. Afterwards, Anna considers herself a fallen woman, and with shame assumes that Gurov will never respect her again. Gurov finds himself bored by her concerns. The affair continues, but ends abruptly when Anna is summoned back home by her husband.
The Lady with the Little Dog Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Lady with the Little Dog”, is a story of an unfaithful married man who finally falls in love with an unhappily married woman with whom he has an affair. Though it is a simple plot, the story is compelling to read because Chekhov’s use of two effective ways of telling it. In every conversation between the guy (Dmitri) and his mistress (Anna), Chekhov notes silences. In every case, the silence between the characters raises the tension of the moment in which it is inserted. In the first instance, the two have just met, and are making small talk about Anna’s little dog.
Feeling reinvigorated, I rise up from my spot and head to the shoreline to walk amongst the sand and the waves. The water collides with my legs and feet as I walk serenely towards the setting sun. My breath skips at all the beautiful colors escaping into the sky. I am in wonder of this exquisite, living place. I look around me thankful of receiving such a gift.
These stories are all the same, true love at first sight and as they fall in love with each other. Their families hate each other or are planning to kill each other, but through all the fighting two people in a deep passionate love have unexpected turns in their love life. In Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story there are similarities between different characters in each of these stories and there are even scenes that are alike. As everyone knows in Romeo & Juliet Romeo a fair gentlemen and son of Montague falls in love with Juliet a daughter to Capulet. This is the same for West Side Story but Tony a local Jet falls in love with Maria a sister to a Shark.
------------------------------------------------- In Chekhov’s story, “The Lady with the Dog,” Gurov seeks out women other than his wife, to enter into relationships with. Gurov is obviously not happy with his wife and also feels women in general are merely there for his amusement. Gurov admittedly considers women the “lower race” yet when in their company “he felt free, and knew what to say to them and how to behave; and he was at ease with them even when he was silent.” (240) Gurov saw Anna and made a consequence decision to pursue her. Gurov pursued Anna believing she would be like every other women he had pursued and he would walk away without emotional ties. ------------------------------------------------- Anna, at the time of meeting Gurov, was also not happy with her husband.
The Lady with the Pet Dog In this short story, Chekhov breaks the story down into four parts that portrays the change brought about in Gurov’s heart as he encounters Anna, the Lady with the dog. In the beginning of the story, this character Gurov is an unhappily married man with a daughter and two sons. He is frequently unfaithful and considers women to be of “the inferior race.” While he is vacationing in Yalta, he sees a young lady walking along the seafront with her small dog and goes over to her to have a conversation. This Lady, Anna Sergeyevna, is also vacationing in Yalta while her husband remained at home. And soon enough, Gurov and Anna engage in an affair.
“The Lady with the Dog”, which famous novelist Vladimir Nabokov said was one of the greatest short stories every written, demonstrates a parallel of compassion and reason that is only comparable to the very life of the doctor/artist (Moss). The Ying-Yang theme of love and logic is found all throughout the story of “The Lady with the Dog”. “The Lady with the Dog” is a short story about an affair between an older (married) Russian banker and a much younger (also married) woman that meet on vacation in Yalta, where Chekhov was living in at the time due to medical concerns (Kakutani). The banker in the story, Dmitri Gurov, has a pretty standard marriage with a woman his own age and three children, but has also had multiple affairs with women that have meant as much to him as his marriage, nothing. The young woman, Anna Sergeyevna, is as young as Dmitri’s daughter, resembling the same innocence and naiveté, and is on vacation alone awaiting her husband’s arrival.
The bright green palm trees were everywhere, making my trip feel so real although I felt like I was in a dream my whole experience was so amazing. As I walked along the tropical beaches, the sand pressing into my toes and the sounds of the crashing waves were
Far away lights are flickering. (3-5) One gets the feeling of a touch of romance when the speaker calls somebody to the window to enjoy this picturesque scene of a summer evening with him. (6) The short but striking opening line compliments the tone of the poem. An enjambment in lines 2 and 3, the commas and semicolons in lines 3-6, together with the different lengths of the lines, gives the impression of the rhythm of the waves. The following alliterations: tonight and tide (1 & 2), full and fair (2), coast and cliffs (3 & 4), Gleams and gone (4), together with the assonance in lines 1 & 2, tonight and tide, contributes to the light and peaceful flow of the first six lines.
An essay on “The lady with the little dog” by Anton Chekhov. The short story ‘The lady with the little dog’ by Anton Chekhov is a panoply of the writer’s expertise in propounding the much cherished theme of love and marriage through a discreet analysis. In fact, this is a gripping story with vivid and electrifying episodes of the said thematic concerns. The writer in his master craftsmanship and consummate skill lays foundation to explore the realm of relationships within the confines of a Russian setting wherein lies so many social stigmas against a healthy bond between a man and a woman. So he infuses a new spirit to the old bones of love and gives a good account of its attendant issues in order to revivify the glory of it in the eyes of the readership.