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Deep Analysis of Anna Karenina Part Two: Criminal Consummation (Chapters 1 to 11) (Patreon)

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2021-02-17 12:49:03
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If you would like to focus on what I believe to be the most important, resonant, and rewarding passages of Part Two, I would suggest you pay attention to, and reread, chapter nine - Anna and Vronsky post criminal consummation.

I've bolded the areas you might want to watch/listen to the most in the timestamps below if you don't have a whole thirty minutes.

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 What did you think of Part One?
  • 2:00 How to play the "repeated words game"
  • 4:50 How to reread deeply 
  • 8:18 Chapter VIII: juxtaposition, symbolism, themes
  • 11:45 A delicious literary scene (Alexei - inside and out)
  • 14:15 Nothing, nihilism, and deep meaninglessness 
  • 16:30 How to become a mind-reader (internal/external)
  • 18:00 Anna's tragedy - too keenly sensitive for her world
  • 19:00 Chapter IX
  • 22:10 Anna and Vronsky's post-consummation scene
  • 25:28 Are you willing to pay the price for your actions?
  • 30:00 Anna's dream of both men as her husband

Let us know your thoughts on anything that stuck out to you in your reading so far.

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Deep Analysis of Anna Karenina Part Two: Criminal Consummation (Chapters 1 to 11)

0:00 What did you think of Part One? 2:00 How to play the "repeated words game" 4:50 How to reread deeply 8:18 Chapter VIII: juxtaposition, symbolism, themes 11:45 A delicious literary scene (Alexei - inside and out) 14:15 Nothing, nihilism, and deep meaninglessness 16:30 How to become a mind-reader (internal/external) 18:00 Anna's tragedy - too keenly sensitive for her world 19:00 Chapter IX 22:10 Anna and Vronsky's post-consummation scene 25:28 Are you willing to pay the price for your actions? 30:00 Anna's dream of both men as her husband

Comments

Anonymous

I am completely won over by Alexey Alexandrovich’s character. Out of all the brilliant characters in this novel, he stands out the brightest. Perhaps I see much of him in myself. He strives to be what society wants him to be. A useful man, who brings value to his community. He struggles with empathy, with reading emotions in others. It’s fascinating to see him attempt to rationalize this weakness of his, and his avoidance of those aspects within himself which he doesn’t have complete control or understanding. Who can say they haven’t done the same? These traits evoke a modern-day typical Type A perfectionist/overachiever. Even that unpleasant habit of sarcasm and snobbery he displayed at the train station feels wonderfully contemporary. The expectations that I’ve seen other readers saddle on him - that he should be a more affectionate husband, more in tune with his wife’s feelings, that he should simply know that what Anna needs from him is a dramatic and emotive display of jealousy or distress to demonstrate his love for her - are so unrealistic. Some people simply don’t think in the context of English romance novels, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Anna did him dirty. Alexey Alexandrovich does not understand what is being expected of him. He’s an individual with some bad habits, who needed someone compassionate to educate him in the ways of love and tenderness. A good wife would help her husband become the man she could tolerate. Instead he has someone who delights in his discomfort. Who doesn’t (as far as we see) even give him a chance. Let me know what you think! Would love to chat more with others who agree/disagree.

Janette Wilson

In previous readings of the book I had never really considered Alex. with much sympathy I felt so sad for him in this chapter the double realisation of his loss of Anna and his vulnerability.