Compare And Contrast Joyce Carol Oates The Lady With The Pet Dog

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This story is not told once ,but twice with Anton Chekhov 's 1899 original as well as Joyce Carol Oates ' version of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" . Each deal with the love lives and the unhappiness of two individuals, the adulterous love between them as well as the actions and decisions made by these adulterers.The characters in both stories knew it was wrong, but gave reasons for their unfaithfulness. In both stories the characters’ feelings about their spouse, infidelity, and their relationship with their lovers were not the same. It is the emotions and the voice of each author that helped to differentiate the two.

Anton Chekhov tells the story of Gurov – a well-to- do man from Moscow who is disillusioned by his unfulfilling marriage. During a vacation in Yalta, Gurov is acquainted with Anna, a young, upper-class lady who, as it turns out, is similarly disappointed with her love-life and husband. What starts out as a simple affair between Gurov and the Anna turns into a relationship which neither wants to give up. Both eventually arrange to see each other regularly and discover, that …show more content…

In addition, she transposes the entire setting to fit in with the 1970 's atmosphere and societal circumstances. Here, the main character, Anna, becomes acquainted with a man, identified only as "the stranger", during a vacation trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts. As in Chekhov 's version, both characters fall in love with each other and thus finally find new hope and love in their lives. Chekhov 's Gurov character can be defined as a man who lost faith in his wife and marriage because he feels that he cannot relate to her any longer.

A comparison of Chekhov 's and Oates ' authorial approaches to constructing the nature of the affairs reveals that there is a most important similarity in what the authors decided to do and a most important

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