Gurov is an attractive man from the upper class who has been trapped for years in a loveless arranged marriage. Close to forty, he is an experienced seducer. He has had many affairs with different women and is always ready to start a new one. He is cynical and bitter due to his adulteries. Gurov is manipulative and amoral though he possesses contradictory impulses. He has a low opinion of women. Indeed, Gurov calls women the lower race. He believed women were lower because he could manipulate, use and get rid of them as he liked. He claims that he could start any affair with any woman and get whatever he wants then forget them with time as they become boring and disgusting due to their unintelligence and to his numerous previous women experience. He really believed in that claim because he has had experiences and proves. He has been with many girls and many times, he left them and forgot them easily as soon as he has had enough of them.
             He has never had any remorse about throwing girls away after he has gotten whatever he wanted from them. Gurov met Anna "the lady with the pet dog" and thought it was just one of the many girls he had been with. His insatiable search of new women is therefore a problem for him. Gurov has claimed many times that women are just the lower race and he never really considered them but he can't really leave without them. Chekhov showed that in his short story saying that in his appearance, in his character, in his whole nature, there was something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed them in his favor; he knew that, and some force seemed to draw him, too, to them (Chekhov, Antov). He is following his claim in this story by going after Anna as he went after any other women. He knew how to get them; he was a ladies' man and knew exactly what to tell them in order to draw their attention.
             This time, Gurov got himself into a new adventure as always. The only problem he...