Themes of Love

Paper Summary:

This paper summarizes three stories, "The Lady with the Pet Dog" by Anton Chekhov, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller and "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen. The author examines the theme of love in these three stories and finds a common similarity in all of them; love, while often celebrated as a positive experience, can bring about pain and disappointment. The paper points out the different situations and circumstances that the protagonist of each story is in and demonstrates how these situations demonstrate that love has more than one side but accedes that sometimes one must go through complications, pain and angst to find love.

From the Paper:

"While love is often celebrated as a positive experience, we would be wise to learn from these characters and their situations to avoid the same heartache they experienced. Gurov has a chance for love but he must break away from his wife in order to take that chance. Nora discovers that her husband is a fake and she, too, must leave her home and family to embark on her new journey of self adventure. Finally, Linda must live the rest of her days as a widow because her husband decided that he would rather die than grow old with her. While characters in these stories experience loving relationships, they are also impacted by the negative effects of love and the difficulties that it sometimes brings. Their situations demonstrate that love has more than one side."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chekhov, Anton. "The Lady with the Pet Dog." The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. R. V. Cassill, ed. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 1981.
• Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House. Three Plays by Ibsen. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 1963.

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