In Anton Chekhov’s “Lady with the Pet Dog” and Joyce Carol Oates’s version of the short story of the same title, both authors wrote from different perspectives but retained the use of the third-person point of view. Chekhov’s perspective was through the male character’s point of view, while Oates’s perspective was through the female character’s point of view. Chekhov focuses on the male lover, Gurov, and his thoughts on his affair with a woman named Anna. Similarly, Oates focuses on Anna’s emotions and state of being on her affair with Gurov. However, Chekhov’s point of view on Gurov’s affair was seen as positive and accepted with no feelings of guilt or shame for his actions; while Oates’s point of view on Anna’s affair was negative and unacceptable, displaying emotional chaos and vulnerability. The story was written more...