The Darling By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

consequences, like a wound, are usually self-inflicted. In the short stories “The Bet” by Anton Chekov and “Hey Come on Out” by Shinichi Hoshi, both authors authenticate the theme of consequences. Clear as day the theme appears to be consequences.

The theme of “The Darling” tells of a woman named Olenka that changes her interest every time she falls madly in love with a new man. This gives the reader the perception that she cannot form an opinion on her own. The behavior leaves Olenka distraught every time a man leaves her life. Olenka’s relationship between her first and second husband helps elucidate the theme. Olenka’s first husband Ivan Petrovich loved the theater which meant Olenka loved the theater. When Olenka married her second husband Vassitchka he did not enjoy the theater. His opinion became Olenka’s opinion. She then had the belief that she did not have time for the nonsense of theater.

Dmitri Dmitritch Gustov, as characterized by Anton Chekhov in his short story, “The Lady with the Dog”, has had his share of bad relationship experiences. Married at a young age, this man has formed a very negative opinion of women, or as he refers to them, “the lower race”. He has an unconscious realization throughout the story that alters his view of women, or at least one woman in particular. By remaining unfaithful to his wife and rejecting his life in Moscow, Dmitri Gustov is able to find what may be true love.

“Days of a Russian Noblewoman” is a translated memoir originally written by a Russian noblewoman named Anna Labzina. Anna’s memoir gives a unique perspective of the private life and gender roles of noble families in Russia. Anna sees the male and female gender as similar in nature, but not in morality and religiosity. She sees men as fundamentally different in morality and religiosity because of their capability to be freely dogmatic, outspoken, and libertine. Anna implies throughout her memoir that woman in this society have the capacity to shape and control their lives through exuding a modest, submissive, and virtuous behavior in times of torment. Through her marriage, Labzina discovers that her society is highly male centered.

She was alone, and she had to learn to adapt to this state. Some people in this world are born naturally cool. They give off an alluring air of nonchalance and aloofness that simply wins them into the hearts of anyone. Vasilisa Merwyn Dolohov was simply not one of these people. In fact, she was the polar opposite. Her nowhere near perfect white picket fence family had immigrated from Russia to the United States before Lissa was even born, along with the firm belief to achieve the “American Dream.” Her father, Viktor, was an eminent technology mogul while her mother Lenya, was a rising politician from a small town. Striking characteristics that contrasted the two, but they somehow found love, despite it all. All seemed well, as they both were incredibly supportive of one another and worked as a well-functioning machine; making an extensive sum collectively. Residing in America, they cultivated a giant house that was the epitome of luxury and raised the family. Viktor soon became acquainted to the deadly desires of drinking, as luxury was often associated with the finest of the alcoholic beverages. On the daily, he consumed far too many bottles for his own good, professing the excuse that it only increased his

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The Preamble in the Declaration of Independence states: “it is self-evident that all men are created equal.” If this is in fact true then, if this statement would be modernized this would include woman. Pre 1920, with the introduction of woman’s suffrage, woman were not equal to men. Men were the bread winners and rulers of their home. When woman’s’ suffrage was introduced over time all this changed in America. Woman are now the CEO’s of corporations, have prestigious degrees, and are Politian’s.

Dmitri, before he loved Anna, was a dog, one who looked down on women and only thought of the pleasures and benefits he could receive from them. Stuck in an unhappy marriage with his wife to the point that he, “did not like to be at home” (Chekhov, 62). Dmitri, though enjoys the company of women, he acknowledged that “he could not get on for two days together without ‘the lower race’” (Chekhov, 62), the “lower race” referencing women. Consequently, this disgust of his own wife and desire for women causes Dmitri to cheat, “He had begun being unfaithful to her long ago -- had been unfaithful to her often” (Chekhov, 62). Dmitri liked to keep all his affairs simple and amusing, whenever one would begin to be too much work and/or unbearable, he would drop it and proceed to the next one. Though Dmitri is quite an observant person he would focus on the

In this episode we begin to see that without a companion by her side she has no thoughts of her own. This becomes apparent when the narrator says, “She saw the objects about her and understood what she saw, but could not form any opinion about them, and did not know what to talk about”(240). Without a man to help formulate her thoughts, she could not have any. It was as if Olenka never learned how to think for herself. Olenka 's thoughts were always came from someone else rather than herself. Even though the point of view is in the third person, the narrator has some insight into the mind of Olenka. In this episode her appearance begins to change as well as her mind. She becomes thinner and plainer and never leaves her house. Thus, she loses the relationships she had with the townspeople. They stop calling her “The Darling” and the townspeople would ignore her while she walked on the street.