Truth in the Face of Reality: Anton Chekhov's "Lady with the Dog"

Emily Dickinson once penned a proverb about love, saying "Love is anterior to life,/ Posterior to death,/ Initial of creation, and/ The exponent of breath" (Dickinson). Even supposed recluses, like Dickinson, naturally look to love for hope that life is more noble than it seems. When assailed by mundane perplexities, humans search for romance to raise them out of the entangling pit of common life. Especially enticing is forbidden love--love that can only exist under …

…and truth and a rejection of lies. Only in the pursuit of truth in every relationship and situation can hope be found amidst the complexity. Works Cited: Chekhov, Anton. Short Stories & Novel. New Delhi: Adarsh Books, 2005. Dickinson, Emily. "Love is anterior." The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. Project Bartleby Archive. 2000. 11 February 2006. <http://www.bartleby.com/ 113/3037.html>. Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina. New York: Bantam Books, 1960.