A story of love lost and reborn: both Anton Chekhov's 1899 original and Joyce Carol Oates' version of "The Lady with the Dog" deal with love lives and unhappiness of two individuals. Anton Chekhov tells the story of Gurov, a wealthy Muscovite disappointed by his unsatisfactory marriage. During a holiday in Yalta, Gurov meets Anna, a young upper-class lady who, it seems, is equally disappointed in her love life and her husband. What begins as a simple relationship between Gurov and Anna turns into a relationship that neither of them wants to give up. Both eventually decide to see each other regularly and discover that they want to continue their relationship despite being aware that this is not accepted by the society in which they live. Being together is the only thing that gives them the feeling of being safe and happy. Joyce Carol Oates borrows this original plot and creates a new story that describes a similar problem from the woman's point of view. Furthermore, it transposes the entire setting to fit the atmosphere and social circumstances of the 1970s. Here, the protagonist, Anna, meets a man, identified only as "the stranger", during a vacation trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts. As in Chekhov's version, both characters fall in love with each other and thus finally find new hope and love in their lives. Chekhov's character Gurov can be defined as a man who has lost faith in his wife and marriage because he feels he can no longer relate to her. . He recognizes that she Matthias M. Edrich is "of limited intelligence, narrow-minded and slovenly" - nowhere near as "worldly" and educated as he would like her to be. So, Gurov has your... middle of the paper... the story is played by the dog. In the first text, the dog is the only element that helps Gurov recognize Anna during his first meetings with her. The white Pomeranian is the only detail that sets Anna apart from everyone else in Yalta – not her “blond hair” or “average height,” which could apply to anyone. Similarly, in Oates' version, the dog's primary purpose seems to lie in adding a point of reference to the "stranger" or in further capturing Anna's attention and providing an initial interface between her and the man. According to the text, the dog not only makes Anna feel comfortable talking to its owner, but also provides the "stranger" with an excuse to start a conversation. Perhaps the situations in both versions of the story would not have occurred without this "pet dog" as the initial intermediary between Anna and her future lover. Matthias M..