Talk:The Lady with the Dog

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Analysis
I'd like to add an analysis section or some such while avoiding OR. If anyone wants to jump in feel free.

Possible themes:

Comparison & contrast w/ Anna Karenina (may have drawn on)

both feature young lady named Anna, married to bureaucrat, engaged in adulterous affair

Unlike Tolstoy's work, Chekhov's doesn't moralize (even evokes empathy with adulterers) Tolstoy was "most bothered" by the story

Autobiographical nature of story Chekhov was about Gurov's age & like him had just fallen in love for first time (Olga Knipper)

Lack of resolution

"You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist" (letter to Alexei Suvorin) (are any of Chekhov's other stories similarly left unresolved?)

Chekhov's ability to use minute details to tell a larger story

use of colors

objects such as headless horseman, grey fence

the lovers' situation with respect to contemporary cultural attitudes etc.

Plenty of sources but I'm not sure just how to organize and present it. Gr8white (talk) 21:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The analysis that is here now should be credited to sparknotes.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.78.123 (talk) 19:39, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * If that text was originally on Sparks Notes it should not have been copied to this article. The plot section was also a copy of that site's.  Both were placed here by an anon IP.  I removed both and restored the original plot section. Gr8white (talk) 23:25, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Correct Title
I apologize for my initial move, I didn't realize the variety of titles the story had when I initially moved it. However, since there is no article called "The Lady with the Dog", it seems that the "(short story)" addendum isn't necessary, and i propose that we move it to just "The Lady with the Dog". Rwiggum (Talk /Contrib ) 17:43, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't object to that. I had originally intended to create an article about the film so I made this one (short story) to differentiate it.  Probably still will do so but feel free if you want. Gr8white (talk) 20:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Oates
Why in the adaptation section is there no mention of Oates' story The Lady with the Pet Dog which is the story told from Anna's perspective--150.212.72.23 (talk) 23:21, 4 December 2010 (UTC)