“The Lady with the Pet
Dog” written by Anton Chekov, is a story about true love that a person didn’t expect
to find. The story shows how if you meet that one special person in your life,
your true love, nothing else seems to matter and nothing will get in the way. The
story’s main character Dmitritch Gurov was a man who was unfaithful to his wife
and felt that he could get any women he wanted, “In his whole nature, there was
something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed them in his
favour…” (Chekov 467), until he met his one true love Anna Sergeyevna. Everything changed after that. They fell in
love with one another, even thou they were both married, they did not let that
stop them from seeing each other. The story portrays the change brought about
in Gurov's heart as he gets to know the amazing Lady with the dog and begins
and an affair that he describes in the end as "only just beginning."
(Chekov 476) For Gurov, Anna brings him a feeling he’s never felt before. “He
felt profound, compassion, he wanted to be sincere and tender…” (Chekov 476).
“The
Horse Dealer’s Daughter” written by D.H. Lawerence. Lawerence’s writing was
much difference then Chekov, there was no indications or clues of love going on
until later in the story. No one expected her to fall in love with doctor that
was a surprising twist to the story. The main character Mabel seemed to be alone in the
world. The one place Mabel felt secure, comfortable and away from the world was
at her mother’s grave site and that is where she saw the doctor Jack Fergusson
and her feelings for him changed after that. They fell in love with each other “He
had never thought of loving her. He had never wanted to love her” (Lawerence
484). Jack came in at the right time and saved her and made her feel loved and
wanted. “I love you! I love you! He said in a soft, low vibrating voice, unlike
himself… Kiss me she said” (Lawerence 485). Mabel was ready to start her new life
with Jack, and wanted to move on with her life and start fresh.
I like the way you interpreted the two short stories, the first one written by Anton Chekov and the second story by D. H. Lawrence. I also chose to talk about love found in both short stories. In "The Horse Dealers Daughter", we get to see what falling in love is like when you least expect it. Mabel and Jack meet at Mabel's mothers grave site, I found that to be quite interesting because that one time chance encounter seemed very unexpected. That was my favorite story of the two because it is not your typical love story and it shows us how you never really know when you will find your soul mate,it really is as they say when you least expect it.
ReplyDeleteYou kind of pointed out something i didn't realize. In both stories the characters don't really look for love, it just happened and was somewhat unexpected. Gurov did not expect love out of the affair. just like in the other story Jack did not seek to love her, it just happened. So maybe both authors went in the same direction in expressing that love just smacks you in the face out of nowhere and is unpredictable with no agenda.
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