In checkov's short story "Love", you will see what checkov experienced about olive and marriage...

LOVE In his short story Love, Checkov highlights his experiences about love and marriage while trying to find an answer to one frequently asked question: How is love defined? The main characters of the story are the author himself and a nineteen year old girl, called Sasha, whom he falls in love with. At three o'clock in the morning, he tries to write a love letter to Sasha. He states that this situation, writing a …

…do it. The author sees the big picture when he is married with Sasha. He understands that his old attitude towards womans like casting them off for a stain on theirstockings, one foolish word or not cleaning their teeth was coused by lack of love. Now he forgives everything unconsciously. Although he clarifies he still doesn't know the explanation of love, he now understands that all these forgiveness are coused by his love for Sasha.