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
From a young age, Anna had been thrown from home to home, living with a callous grandmother when she was found to be too ‘intolerable’ to be around her poor addled mother. Her room, which was originally upstairs, was seen as being too much of a risk to her mother considering her numerous rumored problems and as such
The first similarities is woman didnt have a choice as to who they would marry. This is seen in the Article when the author says “Woman didn't have a choice as to who they would marry and, most of the time. Woman didn't even know the man before they wed. This is seen in the book when the author says “ I am you Prince and you will marry me,” Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered. “ I am your servant and I refuse.
It’s different then Benedick and Beatrice’s though in that it is forced and only Claudio gets a say in what is going on.The hero is forced into the marriage by her father. It’s arranged. And ask yourself this; can true love exist in an arranged marriage? People cannot be made to love someone else simply because they are told too. Hero is from a rich family, and Claudio it seems is more in love with the idea of Hero, and her inheritance then with Hero herself. In fact his disinterest in her can be observed at their wedding. She collapses and he doesn’t seem to care about her well-being. He doesn’t even acknowledge it. Hero fulfills her social role well and doesn’t really give an insight to her opinion, but it seems that after all she went through her reward is still Claudio and that seems a little
In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” Oates takes Anton Chekhov's characters and transports them to the 1970s, deciding to retell their story through the lens of the modernized female protagonist, Anna. While this story is obviously different from its original source of inspiration, in this paper I’ve chosen to focus on the similarities that have slight twists in Oates’ retelling. I will firstly look at the structure of the two tales.
These two stories were also very different, they were written in different views. The second story was written in first person, it told a story about a past experience. The first story was very general, it related to many women readers,
Choices are present in every aspect of society, and all humans are forced to make choices throughout their lifetimes. One of those choices that must be made correlates with a theme that resonates throughout all of William Shakespeare’s plays. One of his works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, can provoke his readers to significantly ponder on the idea of love. All individuals must decide for themselves how love works. Is it a choice, or unavoidable feelings that can’t be explained? It can be debated that in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, individuals do not have the luxury of being able to choose whom they love. Their hearts simply just love. This play has a rather symbolic way of revealing its author’s interpretation of this theme. Every
They stop and stare, take one look into her eyes and realize they hold their own story. She's the type of girl people would look at and think, "Wow, she's beautiful. I wish I was her." But, little did they know that this beauty was on the outside, but pain was killing her on the inside. She faked a smile, day by day, but she often wondered if people ever noticed her silent cries for help. Along the way, she realized she forgot how it felt to be happy.
The term epiphany is pretty common in literary terms, and most often means a moment of realization or self discovery. In a story, it’s when a character discovers an awareness or knowledge that really changes their views on life. They start to “see a new light” as some would say. In the story of “The Lady with the Dog,” there are four parts, and each of the four parts of the story involves an epiphany of some sort, one way or another.
Throughout the short story of “Lady with a Dog” many characters drastically change. Personally, I believe that the person that shows the heavier amount of change is Gurov. Of course, both Gurov and Anna change, but Gurov takes things to a different level considering his past.
Throughout history, many things have changed. Humans have completely altered the standards of living, and inventions such as electricity have even created separate realms of reality. However, one thing that has stood the test of time is love. Even from the start of time, humans have been seeking it, falling in and out of it, and creating art, stories, and plays about it. One play in particular is “Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. In this play, Shakespeare articulates how love is either changing, unrequited, or true.
Love is widely known to be an intense fondness or deep affection for a person or thing. This may be a very positive feeling, but like there is always a negative side to things. William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is able to use the characters to present some insight into this side. With the variety of characters throughout the play displaying different scenarios of love, they continuously show that one’s love and desire for anything may come with conflict and people who have opposing opinions as presented through Hermia, Oberon, and Lysander.
These two loves will later clash
Austen compares Elizabeth and Jane to show how differently they are viewed by society. Austin shows that simply being pretty, patient and kind does not guarantee happiness. While Jane was tortured awaiting Mr. Bingely, Elizabeth was chasing her own happiness. Elizabeth wasn’t the prettiest or the sweetest, but certainly was no damsel in distress. Lizzy broke through the restraints of a proper, societal woman in which her sister followed to a tee.
Anna is Alice’s oldest daughter; she’s a successful lawyer and is married to Charles, also a lawyer. Anna is strong and fiercely independent just like her mother. Anna deals with her mother’s disease by suggesting that if her mom “thinks for a second” then maybe she’ll be able to remember things (p. 173). Anna, however still makes time to care for her mom when her dad is away.
In Anton Chekhov’s short story, The Lady with the pet Dog, Dmitry Dmitrich Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna are bound together, not by love, but by their psychological needs. Both need to believe in a phenomenon deeper and more meaningful than each of their despised lives and for this reason; they think the intimacy between them, fueled by desperation, is love. . In reality, the relationship between Gurov and Anna is characterized by lies, boredom with reality, and a desire for self-satisfaction. Physiologically, neither Gurov nor Anna posses the qualities needed to genuinely love another person. In order to do so, one must love themselves, an attribute neither one