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			==Part One==

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	In Part 7, the two main characters, Levin and Anna, finally meet. The meeting is interesting because of the way it highlights how easily Levin becomes sucked in by superficiality; we don't realize until after the meeting that Anna is toying with Levin to prove to herself that she can still command the attention of men~~, and~~ then ~~wonder~~ why she can't command Vronsky's attention:		In Part 7, the two main characters, Levin and Anna, finally meet. The meeting is interesting because of the way it highlights how easily Levin becomes sucked in by superficiality; we don't realize until after the meeting that Anna is toying with Levin to prove to herself that she can still command the attention of men. She then wonders why she can't command Vronsky's attention:

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	But ~~thought~~ she liked [Levin] very much [...], the moment he left the room she stopped thinking about him.		But though she liked [Levin] very much [...], the moment he left the room she stopped thinking about him.

	There was one thought and one thought only that in different forms pursued her implacably. If I have this effect on others, on that loving husband and family man, why is it that ''he's'' so cold toward me? Not coldness; he loves me, I'm sure of it. But there's something new now that divides us.		There was one thought and one thought only that in different forms pursued her implacably. If I have this effect on others, on that loving husband and family man, why is it that ''he's'' so cold toward me? Not coldness; he loves me, I'm sure of it. But there's something new now that divides us.
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	One of the chief characteristics of the love Myshkin feels for Nastassya is the pity he feels for her; likewise, Levin's love for Anna is fed by his feelings of pity for her situation.		One of the chief characteristics of the love Myshkin feels for Nastassya is the pity he feels for her; likewise, Levin's love for Anna is fed by his feelings of pity for her situation.


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			In Part 7, the two main characters, Levin and Anna, finally meet. The meeting is interesting because of the way it highlights how easily Levin becomes sucked in by superficiality; we don't realize until after the meeting that Anna is toying with Levin to prove to herself that she can still command the attention of men, and then wonder why she can't command Vronsky's attention:

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			But thought she liked [Levin] very much [...], the moment he left the room she stopped thinking about him.

			There was one thought and one thought only that in different forms pursued her implacably. If I have this effect on others, on that loving husband and family man, why is it that ''he's'' so cold toward me? Not coldness; he loves me, I'm sure of it. But there's something new now that divides us.

			Part 7, Chapter 12, p. 842
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			She is essentially asking herself, if I could have an honest fellow in a happy marriage wrapped around my little finger, ready to be seduced, why can't I attract Vronsky's attention?

			The parallels between Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'' and Dostoyevsky's ''The Idiot'' are remarkable. In one sense it is almost like they are sharing characters and plot details (AK was published about a decade after TI, so it is possible). But the parallels between Levin's meeting with Anna (Anna Karenina) and Myshkin's meeting with Nastassya (The Idiot) are abound. One of the most significant, I think, is Levin's initial impression after leaving his meeting with Anna:

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			What a wonderful, sweet, pathetic woman, thought Levin as he went out into the frosty air with Oblonsky.

			Part 7, Chapter 11, p. 839
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			One of the chief characteristics of the love Myshkin feels for Nastassya is the pity he feels for her; likewise, Levin's love for Anna is fed by his feelings of pity for her situation.


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	The lives we lead can kill off old parts of our selves. This is what's happening to Anna, by living in emotional prisons. She becomes emotionally trapped in her relationship with her husband Karenin, and escapes with her lover Vronsky; but now she is experiencing emotional imprisonment in the relationship with Vronsky. ~~It is as if~~ she~~'s trying~~ to ~~perpetuate~~ some ~~feeling~~ of ~~rebellion or spark of illicitness~~ in ~~her relationship with Vronsky~~, ~~to kindle desire~~, ~~which~~ is ~~why she does not divorce Karenin, keeping the legal status of her marriage questionable~~.		The lives we lead can kill off old parts of our selves. This is what's happening to Anna, by living in emotional prisons. She becomes emotionally trapped in her relationship with her husband Karenin, and escapes with her lover Vronsky; but now she is experiencing emotional imprisonment in the relationship with Vronsky. She begins to hide her emotions from Vronsky the same way she hid her emotions from Karenin. They begin to feel a sense that things cannot continue as they are, and that some major change must take place, just as, at the beginning of Part Four, everyone in the love triangle has the same sense, that something must change, but no one is able to act to bring about changes.

	Or, as Anna might put it: "It is very simple; I'm married to Alexis."		There's further mystery about her divorce, which Anna refuses before departing abroad at the end of Part Four. This mystery continues throughout much of the book. Why isn't she getting a divorce, and when will it happen? It is as if she's trying to perpetuate some feeling of rebellion or spark of illicitness in her relationship with Vronsky, to kindle desire, which is why she does not divorce Karenin, keeping the legal status of her marriage questionable. But it seems completely illogical.

			As Anna might put it: "It is very simple; I'm married to Alexis."

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			When Dolly goes to see Anna, and decides to leave early, there's a passage describing Anna's sadness:

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			Only Anna felt sad. She knew that with Dolly gone there would be no one to stir up in her soul those feelings that had shown themselves during their talk. It was painful for her to have these feelings stirred up; nevertheless she knew that these were the best part of her soul and that this part of her soul was quickly becoming smothered by the life she was leading.

			Part 6, Chapter 24, p. 768
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			The lives we lead can kill off old parts of our selves. This is what's happening to Anna, by living in emotional prisons. She becomes emotionally trapped in her relationship with her husband Karenin, and escapes with her lover Vronsky; but now she is experiencing emotional imprisonment in the relationship with Vronsky. It is as if she's trying to perpetuate some feeling of rebellion or spark of illicitness in her relationship with Vronsky, to kindle desire, which is why she does not divorce Karenin, keeping the legal status of her marriage questionable.

			Or, as Anna might put it: "It is very simple; I'm married to Alexis."

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			==Part Seven==

			==Part Eight==

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			Here's a brilliant passage describing Vronsky's (Anna's lover) accidental encounter with Karenin (Anna's husband) at Karenin's house, on his way to see Anna there:


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