The Lady with the Dog
There are several ways in which you may interpret a story. Marxist interpretations put the emphasis on materialistic concerns and the social classes that make up a society. In the short story "The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov, Anna and Dimitri are two people that have an affair and end up falling in love. Their social classes have a big role in why they did what they did and how they view themselves. Dimitri is a wealthy upper class man who is constantly unfaithful to his wife. The reason for this is because he dose not and has not ever loved her. The story says "He had been talked into marrying in his second year at college."(1524) He didn't marry for love or happiness, he married for the social status of having a wife. And for this reason he doesn't spend a lot of time at home with his wife. Dimitri's experience with women
He had a lot more experience because he has had several affaires before Anna. Although she is wealthy and upper class she is still looked down upon because she is a woman. and this was no doubt why he spoke slightingly of women, to whom he referred as the lower race. They end up meeting and having an affaire. While Dimitri is fine with what they were doing, Anna is not as accepting of their actions. In fact he would probably brag about it to his friends. On this particular trip to Yalta he meets Anna. "(1527) One of the reasons she feels so bad about the affaire and Dimitri doesn't, is because she is a woman. "(1542) This bitterness towards women drives him to use them and just throw away when he is finished with them. So she took it a lot more serious than Dimitri did because she had much more to lose. She also took the affaire more serious because she was a lot younger than Dimitri. Just like Dimitri, Anna is in an unhappy marriage. She is in Yalta by herself on vacation while here husband is still at home.
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