Lesson Summary
Anton Chekhov's ‘The Lady with the Dog' focuses on Dmitri and Anna as they struggle with the difficulties of deception – the story's primary theme –
to cover their crime of infidelity
.
What is the climax of the lady with the dog?
Returning to Moscow,
he expects to forget her
–more or less–in a month. Now midway in “The Lady with the Pet Dog” comes the quiet climax of the story. This quintessentially Chekhovian moment is so private and internal that it is easy to miss the first time one reads the story.
What is the ending of the lady with the dog?
In the end,
Von Diderits sends Anna a letter urging her return, and she leaves Dmitri with something like relief
. When parting with Dmitri, Anna states, “It's a good thing I am going away … It's fate itself!”
What is the theme of Lady?
The most notable theme in The Lady, or the Tiger? is
that actions have consequences
. After all, it is the action of the princess to decide if her love is killed before her eyes or if he spends the rest of his life married to another woman.
What might be the reasons that Gurov falls in love with Anna?
It is difficult to know exactly why Gurov falls in love with Anna, but we are given a number of reasons. First,
he is dissatisfied with his own wife
. In general, too, he is attracted to women and they to him, and he has had a number of affairs. … In this case, however, it is her innocence that attracts Gurov to Anna.
What is the rising action of the lady with the dog?
This is where we meet our two main characters and where they meet each other. The rising action occurs in
Part 2 when the couple begins their affair
. At the end of Part 2, each person goes back to his/her own life, and Gurov believes the affair to be over, just as the others in the past have been.
Why is Chekhov's The Lady With the Dog considered a work of realism?
Realism, Romance
“The Lady with the Dog” is
the realistic story of two people having an affair
. Rather than rely on symbols or allegory, this narrative is presented in a straightforward, careful manner that reflects life as it actually is.
What is the major irony in the lady with the dog?
In the short story, “The Lady With the Pet Dog,” Anton Checkov uses
irony when he allows the womanizer Gurov to finally fall in love and build a relationship when he is growing old
. But despite their love for one another, the relationship brings them sadness rather than joy.
What happens to Gurov and Anna at the end of the lady with the dog?
The lady with the dog soon becomes his next conquest. Her name is Anna Sergeyevna, and she, too, is married, though her husband is absent. She and Gurov quickly become friends and then lovers. … The affair continues, but ends
abruptly when Anna is summoned back home by her husband
.
Why is the story titled The lady with the dog when the dog plays a very small role in the story?
At the beginning of The Lady with the Little Dog, Gurov is
portrayed as an amoral misogynist
. His unhappy marriage has left him bitter and longing for pleasure. Upon meeting Anna, he simply refers to her as “the lady with the little dog” because he views women as inferior.
What is the plot of The Lady, or the Tiger?
“The Lady or the Tiger” is a short story without resolution. Set in a kingdom ruled by a semi-barbaric king, the story
centers around the king's approach to justice
. Any subject who commits a crime of sufficient interest is summoned to the royal arena where they choose their fate by picking between two doors.
How did the lady and the tiger end?
The kingdom official tells the five travelers that once they figure out which lady the prince had married, he will tell them the outcome of “The Lady, or the Tiger?” The story
ends with a comment that they still have not come to a decision
.
How old is Anna in the lady with the dog?
Anna: Anna Sergeevna von Diederitz is a young woman of
twenty
.
What is the main message of The Lady, or the Tiger?
The main themes in “The Lady, or the Tiger?” are
choices and consequences, power and judgement, and love and jealousy
. Choices and consequences: The king's justice system is based on choices and consequences. Those who choose to commit a crime must then choose the door that will decide their fate.
How does Gurov feel about his wife?
Gurov's Wife has been married to Gurov for over ten years at the start of the story and had three children with him, but she does not come with him to Yalta. … While she considers herself to be very intellectual, Gurov thinks now that she's rather affected, unintelligent, and
lacks any real feeling
.
How does Anna react after she and Gurov sleep together?
Gurov ruminates on the different reactions different women have to sex, and compares Anna to the others. After they sleep together,
when she laments her new status as a fallen woman
, Gurov quickly grows bored. He takes her to Oreanda, where they hang out until dawn.
Does Gurov really love Anna?
If, at the story's start, Anna was to Gurov merely a fresh, young face, she isn't any longer. He recognizes that she's aging (or will be shortly), and goes on to conclude
that he loves her deeply
, anyway.
What is the beginning of the story the lady with the dog?
First published in 1899, it describes
an adulterous affair between an unhappily married Moscow banker and a young married woman which begins while both are vacationing alone in Yalta
.
Where does the story of the lady with the dog take place?
A love story among the nobility of the Russian Empire: a man and a woman, both married, fall in love. In the Nineteenth Century, at
the seaside resort of Yalta
, the upper class Dimitri Gurov from Moscow meets Anna Sergeyovna walking with her little dog.
What are the characteristics of the realism movement?
realism, in the arts,
the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life
. Realism rejects imaginative idealization in favour of a close observation of outward appearances. As such, realism in its broad sense has comprised many artistic currents in different civilizations.
How does Anna Sergeyevna describe her husband as?
Anna's husband is some sort of official in St. Petersburg who means to come down to vacation in Yalta with Anna, but grows ill and never makes it. When Gurov sees him at the opera in St. Petersburg, he is described as
“tall and stooping
,” someone who seems to be continually bowing and sucking up to his superiors.
Where does Anna live in the lady with the dog?
We know immediately that she is a lady, married, bored, and modest. While chatting with Gurov, Anna reveals some of her background. She was raised in Petersburg and now lives
in “S.”
with her husband.
How is Anna portrayed in the lady with the dog?
Anna is the titular character of the story, the Lady with the dog. … Anna begins the story more or less already in the place that Gurov ultimately ends up—feeling her inner life deeply, desperate to escape her day-to-day existence with her “flunkey” husband, and hungry to be really, truly loved.
What is the plot?
In a narrative or creative writing, a plot is
the sequence of events that make up a story
, whether it's told, written, filmed, or sung. The plot is the story, and more specifically, how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in time.
Which came out of the door the lady or the tiger?
The question Frank Stockton asks the reader is, “Which came out of the opened door, –the lady, or the tiger?” But it, without a doubt, was
the tiger
. If, the princess directed her courtier to the lady, she would suffer every time she saw him and the lady together.
What does semi barbaric mean?
In the most simple and literal sense, the prefix semi- means half or partly, and barbaric means
cruel or savage
, or primitive and uncivilized, or even a combination of the two. So, if you were to describe someone as semi-barbaric, you would be saying he or she is a little bit cruel or only slightly uncivilized.
Why did the princess chose the lady?
She
loved her suitor enough that she wanted them to be happy
. She could still see the suitor and be friends. She wouldn't have to deal with the guilt of his death. The princess and her lover were soul mates.
Did the princess send her lover to The Lady, or the Tiger?
The princess hated the lady behind the door. … This proves that the princess not only wanted her lover to herself forever, but hated even the idea of her lover bing married to anyone else but herself. Because of this it obvious the princess sent her
lover to the tiger
.
Why does The Lady, or the Tiger end with a question?
In your opinion, why does the story end without an answer to the question?
Because the author wants you to think about what you think she should have done
, what you think she did, and what you would have done if you were the princess.
