A classic tale of love and adultery set against the conditions of high society; in where a character shows a profound passion for love, that is in conflict with moral values and responsibilities; is Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece “Anna Karenina”. Its theme is the institution of marriage and its relation to society and morality. In the character of Anna, Tolstoy creates a woman who is perhaps most unhappily destined for tragedy.
Anna is a beautiful, aristocratic young woman whose life is at the peak of Imperial Russian society. Although a wife and a mother, she moves quickly into a tempestuous affair with the handsome Vronsky, an adulterous relationship that begins as a private infatuation but soon scandalizes an entire city. She soon finds ou
Both of them confronts strong emotions since the moment they met. Anna’s character was so passionate about her love for Vronsky that she forgot about her son, which I consider her biggest responsibility. Anna Karenina found temporary happiness outside marriage; ultimately however, her lack of independence and social inequality within an adulterous relationship causes her grief. Extremely depressed, Anna lost contact with reality and committed suicide. Putting and end to her torments and punishing him for not loving her anymore.
Their love was so powerful that it comes to dominate their very existences, changing forever their friendships, families and futures. But then things started to change. They were having arguments due to Anna’s strong f
Example Essays Home
