In the story The Darling, by Anton Chekhov, Chekhov has a sympathetic mental attitude towards Olenka. According to him Olenka was a person who ask drive in and beau monde in prepare to survive and to have a conclusion in life by deriving an identity for herself. Olenka needed the kind of love that would encompass her fully and give pith to her life. She wanted humans for company and this is evident from the fact that she was unmoved(p) by the black kitten, Briskas affection to her, as stated in the story. From Chekhovs point of view, the love for her two husbands was not due to physiological attraction. For example, Kukin, her first husband, is described as a thin man, with yellowness face and curls combed forward on his forehead, and he is not the kind of man any woman would be physically attracted to. Rather Olenka showed sympathy towards him and his sufferings due to his misfortunes drew her to him. The pitying attitude of the author towards Olenka allowed him to portray her as someone who was hungry(p) for love and company, but was never bothered if her love was reciprocated or not. The love she had with the young boy, Sashenka, clearly proved this fact. Olenka was unaffected by the unwillingness of Sashenka to accept her love and yet she continued to love him.
It can be inferred that Olenka had an identity crisis. She was incapable of having her own opinions and was restricted on those whom she loved. Her submissiveness was clear from how Chekhov described her state during the mourning of her gage husbands death. She was alone and vulnerable. Chekhov also felt that Olenka was selfish in constitution as she lived in fear that Sashenkas parents might take him international from her cocoon of...
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