Lady With The Dog Symbolism

I personally feel that Anna is suffering from the same dilemma that Gurov is: dissatisfaction with her own, stifled life. Throughout the short story of “The Lady with the Dog” the two main characters Anna and Dmitri cheat on their own significant other while expressing different symbolism. The night sky. The night sky takes on whatever significance the characters accord it and can be either a force for admiration or despair. In our story the two main characters Anna and Gurov have admiration for one another. The two fall for one another but there is also despair. Both lovers are in a marriage and they are destroying their other half. Food and drinks are another symbol in the story. Along with their clothes and houses, food and drink symbolize the wealth and social status of Chekhov's characters. As a marker of affluence and class affiliation, it provides clues as to the characters' likely outlook on society. “One day, "the lady with the dog" sits down next to Dmitri to eat in the public gardens.” The characters are both fairly wealthy to be able to eat in an garden, considering the time frame only the fancy ate in public gardens. Symbolic Colors.

There are two parts of the story where color plays a significant role. The first is in the beginning. When Gurov first meets Anna, she

Unlike Gurov, Anna has never had an affair, and she is young. Later in the story, after they begin the affair and she is less innocent, we do not see the dog as often. The second part is when Gurov visits Anna in her home city. He notes in his hotel that, ''…the floor was covered with grey army cloth, and on the table was an inkstand, grey with dust...'' Later, the fence outside Anna's house is also grey. Here, the repetition of grey represents uncertainty. Gurov's world used to be black and white. The two colors create grey and that is what Gurov is feeling confused with a change of heart. He is