attitude toward love during Chekhov’s time is very patriarchal and is considered normal to marry for practical reasons, parental pressures or other considerations rather than for love. The feelings that accompany love, such as passion and spirituality, are not a societal consideration and this institutional attitude toward human emotion is the catalyst for Chekhov’s story. When a person is deprived of love, he or she builds up a futility of life which consumes the human soul. In Anton Chekhov’s “The…

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. At the ripe…

Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Pet Dog can be said to be one of the most controversial fictions in the way it the extramarital affairs and the mystery of love that plagues the 21st century families. By the use of imaginary characters, Chekhov explores the theme of immorality and irresponsible behaviors among married couples who seek real satisfaction in secrete yet intimate relationships with other married partners. Whereas the likes of Gurov poses as the spoilt seed of the collapsing society…

Comparison and Contrast on Love Stories by Anton Chekhov As one of Russia’s greatest writers and playwrights of modern times, Anton Chekhov wrote many plays and short stories during his lifetime. Among his stories, there are two famous love stories; “The Lady and the Dog” and “The Darling”. In “The Lady and the Dog”, which was published in 1899, Chekhov tells the story of Dmitri Gurov, who is a Moscow banker intrigued by the sudden appearance of a young, upper-class lady who, as it turns out, is similarly…

Anton Chekhov was born in a small port town in the Crimea. He has been living in poverty since he was sixteen. A small general store owned by his father was experiencing bankruptcy and forced the whole family move to Moscow to avoid the creditors. Since his father had to work far away from home and only comes home on Sundays and holidays, the role head of the family was handled by Chekhov. As the head of the household, he has to make a living. Showing an interest in writing at an early age, he uses…

Anton Chekhov in “the Lady with the Dog,” brilliantly displays the quest of one man to find happiness. Anton Chekhov’s short story, The Lady with the Little Dog, is the simple story of a philandering married man who finally falls in love with an unhappily married woman with whom he has an affair. Though it is a remarkably simple plot, the story is compelling to read because Chekhov’s use of two effective plot devices with diction and symbolism. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport…

Anton Chekhov’s Concerning Love is exactly that, a short story concerning the love that both Alyokhin and Anna Luganovich feel for each other but never act upon. The love started when Alyokhin took up a part-time job in town as the honorary justice of peace. Through his work he met Anna’s husband, Dmitry Luganovich, who invited Alyokhin back to his house for dinner. Alyokhin immediately took a strong liking towards Anna, “…here was a young, beautiful, kind, intelligent, enchanting woman, unlike…

Love has always been a controversial issue throughout centuries. However, it was, and is, still one of the most popular topics in literature.One cannot help but be reminded of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet when that particular topic is brought up, which is one of the finest examples on this topic. Despite all the literary works written about love, love itself remains unexplained. The questions “why” and “when” is often asked –it can usually be answered vaguely or deeply, but sometimes…

and equal partnership of a man and a woman that is given to us by God. For non-believers, it 's just a legal or formal recognized union between partners that are in a relationship. Lady with the Pet Dog, written by Anton Chekhov is a short story that focuses on two people that find themselves in love. They are not in love to the person that they are married to, but with each other. Dmitri is a professional banker who is nearly forty, has three kids, dislikes his wife, dislikes women in general, and…

Bad Romance As Haddaway once said, “what is love? Baby, don 't hurt me, don 't hurt me - no more.” Everyone has a different perspective of what love really is. People can fall in love or believe they are in love because of physical attraction. Some may believe that lust can become into something more. In the short story, “Lady with Lapdog” by Anton Chekhov translated by David Magarshack, the main protagonist Gurov is married with a twelve-year-old daughter and two sons. He is not extremely…