The Lady With The Dog By Anton Chekhov

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"The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov was a marvelous story that expresses that love can come out of nowhere. The mood of the story in the beginning was simply just a man casually looking for an affair, and he would prey on women who are just traveling out of their city’s passing by on the streets of Yalta. The mood changes from the beginning from Dmitri, the main male character, just wanting a random hook up, to him falling madly in love with this lady that came to his city with her dog at the end. They first met one fateful day while Dmitri was drinking coffee. He noticed this woman, Anna, with her dog that accompanied her as a companion during her travels. Though Dmitri had a wife, he had a wandering eye and often tried to hook up with
He packed a bag a set off to Anna 's city in hopes to find her. As he searched high and low he found where she lived and was desperate to be with her again, but did not knock on the door due to the fear of her husband may answer the door. He craved to see her another time so, and after camping out in front of her house for endless hours the door opened and out comes an older lady walking Anna’s tongue. Though he wanted to call the dog to him, he refrained because he would not want to explain how he knew the canine to the madam. After reading the newspaper he saw that there was a show going on that night, he went because he knew Anna loved the theater. Once he got there he searched for his beloved Anna and finally found her, but she was with her floosy husband. He watched her down and waited for the right moment to approach her. So he did just that once her husband left, after greeting her her face turned pale and was in shock because she could not believe Dmitri was in front of her in this theater. After running away and him going after her, she stopped and told him to go him and if he did she would see him again. So that’s exactly what he

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