the lady with the dog
As a child you dream of being married, having kids and living happily ever after. The day has finally arrived and you marry the man or woman of your dreams. Is this the person whom you were supposed to marry? Will this relationship last till death do you part? Who's to say you will not have an affair. Affairs occur on a daily basis. Everyone has his or her reason for being unfaithful. In the short stories, The Lady with the Dog (Chekhov) and The Lady with the Pet Dog (Oates), infidelity plays a huge part. The characters in both stories knew it was wrong, but gave reasons for their unfaithfulness. In both stories the characters feelings about their spouse, infidelity, and their relationship with their lovers were not the same. The lady with the Dog (Chekhov), Dmitri and his wife did not see eye to eye. His wife considered herself "staid, dignified, and intellectual" (Chekhov p.871). His wife also "read a great deal and used phonetic spelling" (Chekhov p. 871). Dmirti did not see her this way. He thought of her as "unintelligent and inelegant" (Chekhov p. 871). Dmitri felt as if she "loved without any genuine feeling" (Chekhov p.874). Anna (The Lady with the Pet Dog, Oates) is not "comfortable" (Oates p.884) with her husba
After making love she would think of her lover's wife. Anna thought her husband's love making was "clumsy" (Oates p. He begins to talk vaguely of love, women, and no one [could] guess what it meant (Chekhov p. She realized she loved her husband and her husband loved her even through the "craziest of accidents" (Oates p. Even though he is unfaithful to his wife, he seemed bitter about his experiences (Chekhov p. Anna is "disgusted" at the sight of her lover (Oates p. Women knew of his cheating ways, but "there was something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed them in his favor" (Chekhov p. As you can see, being unfaithful is a lot of work; you are constantly living two separate lives. 871), but could not go two days without them (Chekhov p.
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