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Character sketch of Dmitri Gurov
Short answer
Dmitri Gurov is a middle-aged, married Moscow banker who begins as a cynical womaniser, treating women as the lower race and seeking casual affairs. In Yalta he meets Anna Sergeyevna and is transformed by genuine love, leading a double life of public respectability and secret feeling.
Write the character of Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov in about 150 words. (The Lady with the Pet Dog)
Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, the main male character of Anton Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Pet Dog", is a middle-aged Moscow man who is changed by real love.
Background
Gurov is not yet forty, has three children, and is married to a woman whom he finds stiff and narrow-minded. He studied arts at the university but works in a bank in Moscow. He married young and does not love his wife.
Character
- Womaniser. At the start he treats women lightly, having had many affairs, and speaks of them as "the lower race". He fears his wife and yet deceives her.
- Cynical and bored. He finds married life tiresome and seeks easy pleasures at the resort of Yalta.
- Intelligent and sensitive. He is observant and capable of deep feeling, though he hides it behind a casual manner.
- Changed by love. His affair with Anna Sergeyevna, "the lady with the pet dog", begins as a casual flirtation but turns into genuine love. After returning to Moscow he cannot forget her, goes to her town and meets her secretly.
- Double life. He lives a public life of respectability and a secret, true life of feelings.
Conclusion
Gurov is a complex character who grows from a shallow seducer into a man who understands love, suffering and the falseness of his daily life.
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