“The lady with the dog” by Anton Chekhov is about a married man, Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov, who committed adultery with a married woman, Anna Sergeyevna. During the course of the story, they both end up falling in love and secretly try to find a way to keep seeing each other. Throughout my essay, I will trace the development of the themes beginning with adultery, following with love, and finally with their overlapping. I will prove …showed first 75 words of 850 total…

…showed last 75 words of 850 total…is unaware of the intention they will not see any difference. Chekhov illustrates that Dmitri starts simply with the amusement of having a love affair. It progresses into love, which possessed him and took Anna to heart. And finally, Chekhov shows that the overlap of themes are truly related with desire. I have proven that the two themes and their overlap are the desire and pleasure that is received in one another under any circumstances.