Analysis Of The Kreutzer Sonata Posdnicheff

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The Hidden Homo In Leo Tostoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata Posdnicheff is experiencing what can be best described as a dysfunctional relationship. After murdering his wife, many things come into play: the question of love, jealousy, and the idea of marriage itself. But one thing I found the most engaging is Posdnicheff’s homosexuality. Posdnicheff’s jealous rage and poor relationship with his wife and all women in his life are result of his own homosexual emotions. Posdnicheff is gay because there is no way he sees equality in women. The reason Posdnicheff doesn’t see equality is because of the jealousy women hang above men’s’ heads in society. Posdnicheff even explains that for women “the attraction of the greatest number of men is ideal of life, and it is for this reason that they have no feeling stronger than that of the animal need of …show more content…

After listening to the piece it seemed to have some connotations to it. The feeling from the song is certainly an exciting one. It also has an intimate feeling though. One that I think reflects Posdnicheff’s wife’s feelings towards the violinist. Although it’s hard to say whether or not she loves the man, she certainly enjoys spending time with him, and the piece that they practice during that time reflects the relationship, itself. I think this is relevant to Posdnicheff because it’s a situation he can actually learn from. His wife doesn’t seem to care about almost anything that has to do with him. Their relationship is haywire and according to Posdnicheff their kids don’t even make his wife happy. Posdnicheff, as I mentioned before, believes that relationships just excuses to have sex all the time. But his wife’s affair seems to point otherwise. The violinist enjoys spending time with Posdnicheff’s wife. After hearing Posdnicheff’s theory on the pointlessness of marriage and reproduction it made me think of human

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