Lady and the pet dog

A detailed Summary of Lady and the pet dog

In reading the short story The Lady With The Pet Dog by Anton Chekhov

Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin one can see key similarities of the

works. The short story by Anton Checkov deals with a man and a woman

both married but regardless of this fact they fall in love with each

and have a secret affair. The short story by Kate Chopin deals with a

married woman who is tempted to have an affair with one of her husbands

friends, but she resist unlike the characters in The Lady With The Pet

Both of the works deal with the fact that each of the characters are

involved in committed relationships, but they are tempted to cheat in

relationships. The characters in the short story The Lady With The Pet

fall in love with each other and have an affair regardless of the fact

both of the individuals are married. A lady arrives in town with a

white dog, which would give her her name initially since no one knew of

true identity. "She walked along, always wearing the same beret and

with the white dog no one knew who she was and everyone called her

'the lady with the pet dog'"(194). The man that has an acute interest

she is too and this is not tolerated in marriage. He is truly crossing

Approximate Word count = 1739
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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