Psychological Analysis of Anton Chekhov's the Lady with the Pet Dog

The next silence comes after a week of continued daily meetings and foretells the relationship’s passage from casual to physically intimate.  Before the silence is noted, Dmitri and Anna are at a jetty admiring the sea and watching the boats come and go, and Dmitri is watching Anna closely; as she chatters aimlessly, he notices her movements and the shining in her eyes, all of which are the backdrop for the rising tension that peaks during a moment of silence:  ‘“The weather’s improved towards evening,” he said.  “Where shall we go now?  Shall we take a drive somewhere?”  She made no answer.’  Anna’s failure to respond (her silence) marks the height of the tension and is immediately followed by a sudden embrace, a passionate and romantic kiss, laden with the nervousness that comes with public indiscretion, and finally, the suggestion from Dmitri that the two go to a private place to consummate the relationship:  “Let’s go to your place…” he said softly.  And they both walked quickly’.  Once again, after a silence, the relationship escalates.  Chekhov uses the device repeatedly as the two fracture over Anna’s guilt and go their separate ways; the extended

However, when Kukin went on a short trip to Moscow, Olenka was left alone and was restless without him. Olenka loved Kukin and had soaked in every single bit of him, but without his presence she was left at a standstill. After she had received the news of his death, Olenka was devastated and had nothing exciting to live for. And for a second time, a man in her life whom she cherished had died. However, after only three months of grieving, Olenka had met another male figure in her life named Vassily Andreitch Pustovalov. For Olenka, this had once again given her the optimism to see through a fulfilling future with a partner by her side.

Love is a beautiful thing. The ability to feel is a gift that we should all cherish. However, there are people who are so lost that they abuse their gift to feel. They start spiral into self-destruction by hurting themselves and others emotionally and even physically. Secretly they are crying for someone’s help by doing these hostile actions, but others take it as being malevolent and apathetic. The narrator of “Diary of an Oxygen Thief” by anonymous has the same experience as every person on this planet who believe they are broken and want to feel something. The narrator accounts the experiences of how all of his troubles began that left him the way he is now in his diary. The narrator seeks the bane of affections, but one day it will come

This paper will analyze the paragraph from Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Dog” on page 572 that begins with “The room was close and smelt of the scent she had bought…”. This paragraph consists of a narrative discourse, focusing on Gurov’s previous relationships with women.

For centuries, there have been doubts about translating works of literature, but in Chekhov’s, The Lady with the Dog which today is his best known, most translated short story. Chekhov tells the story of a chance meeting between Dmitri Gurov and Anna Sergeevna, both on vacation and both without their spouses. We get the feeling these two characters feel their lives are boring and mundane. When these two empty hearts meet they capture a glimpse of happiness that fines them accidental in love. Chekhov’s story takes place in late nineteenth-century Russia were marriage arrangements and social status are popular. We will be analyzing Chekhov’s story, The Lady with the Dog, and two other translations. By using Chekhov’s story Lady with the Dog and two other translations, it is my hope to show how important translation is to society. Since the beginning of time humans has found a way to communicate, translating works of literature makes communication possible; although words sometimes get miss translated we gain the culture of others.

The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekov is the story of womanizer Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov. Throughout the story Dmitri shows he has little respect for women and find them to be easy to fool. Dmitri is a married man who has lost faith in his marriage. Where does this fall into literary theory? This story seems to fit well into the feminism literacy theory by following a man who disrespects and looks down on women.

Each of the story’s main settings, Yalta, Oreanda, Moscow, and S---, reveal something about the central characters and their relationship: Chekhov introduces The Lady With The Dog with the setting of Yalta, so the reader immediately associates the central characters Anna and Dmitri, who initially appear straightforward and almost stereotypical, with casual affairs and infidelity. Chekhov increases complexity to the characters through backstory, and uses the isolated setting of Oreanda to reflect the development of the relationship between the characters. When Anna and Dmitri go back to their homes, Chekhov suggests that they are unhappy. Again, the setting compliments the atmosphere of the narrative as Moscow and S--- are given hostile description.

After the triumph of their reunification and Gurov’s realization that he had fallen in love “for the first time in his life,” the reader is left uncertain as to whether the relationship will ultimately succeed or not. Chekhov ended his story with the words: “And it seemed that, just a little more--and the solution would be found, and then a new, beautiful life would begin; and it was clear to both of them that the end was still far, far off, and that the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning.” The first part of the aforementioned passage demonstrated an intense sense of hope, that the world of Anna and Gurov was about to be changed forever for the better. However, the second part hints at the moral dilemmas that Chekhov has largely managed to avoid throughout the story and put forth the idea that the couple would soon face a litany of challenges that they may not be able to overcome. “Lady with a Dog” was inspired by Chekhov’s romantic relationship with an actress and as such, he intended the story to focus on love.

With her love for Raskolnikov fully expressed, she has no choice but to stay by his side even in Siberia. She makes frequent visits to him in attempts to

The story “The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov is the beginning of a love tragedy between the two main characters who meet and start an affair in Yalta. Dmitri Gurov, the male protagonist who is a playboy, meets Anna Sergeyevna, the female protagonist, constantly go back and forth with flirting and sexual relations while in Yalta. After they leave Yalta, they could not stand being away from each so they keep seeing each other and the story ends with the words “…it was only the

The majority of women say, “All men are dogs” weather because of a past experience or a bad break up. However, I don't think they have taken into consideration of how a man's life struggle could have affected that. For example, Dimitri Antirich Guav, the main character in the short story, “The lady with the dog” by Anton Chekhov had married young and was in an unhappy relationship. As a result, he has a growing love for Anna. In what ways does Dmitri prove his love for Anna is just to fulfill his narcissistic persona, could this love be sincere or enough to fill up his ego?

The Russian 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 Lady with the Dog”, the readers are placed in a setting where the main character Gurov, and his love interest Anna, are given the emotional freedom to feel love toward one another. This freedom is the driving force in the story

Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer who was known for his short stories and plays. The Lady with the Dog, written in 1899, is a story that focuses on two lovers that continue to have an affair despite the fact that they are both married. When Chekhov died he was laid in the town of Yalta, whereby the lovers' in his story have their initial meeting. It can be argued that the relationship at the center of the story reflects the romance of Chekhov's. The Lady with the Dog is portrayed as a rather typical Chekhov tale in that it reflects the main style and literary preferences of the author. The story seems to break traditional rules of storytelling, especially considering his plot and conclusion. This story is essentially describing to us what

In “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov a man by the name of Dmitri Gurov, a Russian born with a wife and three kids, vacations in the beautiful land of Yalta. During his stay Gurov meets a woman named Anna Von Diderits, who is also married and just so happens to have a dog. Gurov and Von Diderits fall madly in love with each other. This story by the renowned Russian author and playwright was an all-around fascinating read. This isn’t Gurov’s first affair either, but after each affair he continues with everyday life without a second thought.

Lulu was a composed and shy woman, who mostly kept to herself. Lulu suffered domestic abuse, and had her ear cut off by her ex-husband. Lulu was a cellist, although she worked at a local Café. Lulu seemed to be reserved, and did not speak of her ex-husband to Rudy, although he was an exceptional man. Her ex-husband had abused her frequently, and ended up going to prison. Although Lulu was not a particularly beautiful woman, she had something that made Rudy love her. Despite Rudy’s missing eye, she adored him. This also helped lead me to the belief that internal beauty is what causes love, because outward appearance in inferior to internal beauty.