Part one, chapter one of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina reveals all of the essential aspects in novel. Before the reader even has the opportunity to distinguish what the first paragraph has to offer ... to two vital characters who institute the concept of a broken home. Tolstoy accomplishes using the first chapter to the fullest in order to set the foundation for Anna Karenina. The opening scene in the household of Stephen and Dolly Oblonsky is a disheartening yet crucial scene. Stephen understands he has hurt his wife not only by committing ... to the countryside (which a later character Consta...

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... 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 ... did not have any meaning for her. 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 ...

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Countess Nordston Tolstoy brings Kitty's friend Countess Nordston to life through the use of various literary devices. This enables the reader to better understand this character and it makes her and the novel more real. Like Kitty's mother, the Countess Nordston attempts to act as a barrier to Levin's marriage aspirations. The Countess represents a different life from Levin's, and Kitty must choose between the two worlds, being country life and the materialistic city. When the reader first encounters the Countess at the Shcherbatsky home in Moscow, she is shown in an unfavorable way. "She was...

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• Grade Level: High School