The Lady With the Dog

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  1. From what point of view is the story being told, and what is the spatial and temporal setting for Dmitri and Anna's first meeting?
  2. The reader is introduced to Dmitri first through direct characterization and then through indirect characterization. What does the reader learn about him through both methods?
  3. The reader is introduced to Anna first through direct characterization and then through indirect characterization. What does the reader learn about her through both methods?
  4. What understanding do they come to when leaving the first setting, and what happens to change this understanding? Thoroughly explain.
  5. In what way do the contrasting settings mirror their relationship?
  6. Characterize Gurov; is he a round or flat character; by the end of the story, would you consider him a dynamic or static? Explain.
  7. Is Dmitri an antihero, why or why not?
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1) The Lady with the Dog in narrated in the third-person point of view. Dmitri and Anna are vacationing at Yalta (separately) The meet one evening while having dinner, as they are seated at tables which are next to each other in the gardens.

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