Love and Adultery

“The lady with the dog” by Anton Chekhov is about a married man, Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov, who committed adultery with a married woman, Anna Sergeyevna. During the course of the story, they both end up falling in love and secretly try to find a way to keep seeing each other. Throughout my essay, I will trace the development of the themes beginning with adultery, following with love, and finally with their overlapping. I will prove …

…is unaware of the intention they will not see any difference. Chekhov illustrates that Dmitri starts simply with the amusement of having a love affair. It progresses into love, which possessed him and took Anna to heart. And finally, Chekhov shows that the overlap of themes are truly related with desire. I have proven that the two themes and their overlap are the desire and pleasure that is received in one another under any circumstances.