"Lady with a Dog" By: Anton Chekhov

In "The Lady with the Dog," Anton Chekhov uses seasonal change to help shape his narrative through scenes of fall and sunset representing when everything is beginning to settle down. This represents the impulsively maturing people in the world that are hoping for basically nothing and are unsure what they want out of life. The protagonist of this short story learns late in life that love involves a responsibility to the beloved and difficult choices …

…vapid lifestyle in Moscow. By calling women the "inferior race," but needing their attention, Gurov illustrates an internal dissonance with the concept of love. He sees it as "a whole problem of extreme complexity," one leading to "a painful situation" (147). However, through finally falling in love with Ana, and realizing this, Gurov's changes his perception to the problem of extreme complexity. This change in perception is aided by his time shared with Anna at Oreanda.