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Comparing Anton Chekhov's The Lady With The Dog

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Loving two people is hard, and even harder when you love them equally. Would you feel and wonder if you even made the right choice in the long run? In the story “The Lady with the Dog”, by Anton Chekhov and the poem “On Her Loving Two Equally”, by Aphra Behn, Anna and the woman from the poem had an arduous time choosing what to do. They individually had their own struggles and different ways of figuring out what to do. What would it take to make the big decision and keep forward in life? Some people believe that individuals can genuinely fall in love with two people at the same time, and not be able to pick between them. The women had a hard time choosing, both did eventually; although it is hard to love two people at the same time it is possible. …show more content…

Anna seemed like an innocent, average woman until you got to know her. She had a perfect life and a husband back at home, but yet she still went on vacation and lied that she was sick. Her husband gave me the impression of someone that didn’t care about his wife. Anna’s story was very fascinating and intriguing, it showed that sometimes love can change.
Having two men that you love equally is somewhat unimaginable. In “On Loving Her Two Equally”, the lady was strongly for Damon and Alexis and could choose. Being in power seems like a big role to have, and an easy, worthy role to have. The woman had all she ever wanted right there in front of her and yet she could decide. It would be easy for a lot of people to choose but she was different. She needed the cupid to come cast his spell on her to help her decide.
In both stories the women had the conflict of choosing between two men with their similar likeness. Jane and the other lady were both just alike. They both had two men, and both needed help deciding. The men from both writings were comparable, they all wanted one woman but she couldn’t decide. Cupid was also needed in “The Lady with a Dog”, just as must as he was needed in “On Loving Her Two

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