Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina Essay Anna and Levin both experience epiphanies at the end of the novel. Their visions are very different though, which is ironic because Tolstoy portrays Anna and Levin as doubles. The ending creates a contrast and shows how two similar people can end up in very different situations. Passion is a major theme in relating Anna and Levin’s lives because in Anna’s case passion led to destruction, but Levin’s passion …

…their soul rather then for a gratification through things such as marriage and family. With the completion of these two stories, the doubling and comparison of Anna and Levin is complete. I think that Tolstoy try’s to portray this double ending as two ways that life can take you. If you look for meaning and reality then you will succeed but if you live for lust and passion then it can harm your life.