Anna Karenina
Why does Anna kill herself?
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Anna decides to kill herself because she mistakenly believes it is the only escape from her unhappy life, specifically in regards to her marital and family woes. None of the viable options, i.e. fleeing, divorcing seem to offer her freedom. Only after it is too late, and she is already falling to her death, does she realize that she made a mistake.