Classics Without All the Class discussion

I just wanted a place to put some foreshadowing questions and discussions. this book is full of it.

In Part 2, Vronksy has his horse race. The love he has for the horse, in some ways mirrors the obsession he has for Anna. In the end, his focus on the end of the race and winning leaves Frou Frou with a broke back and she must be put down. Knowing what I do about the book...is this a foreshadowing of how his intentions and obesession for Anna lead to a downhill spiral into darkness? For both of them..

Thought?

Yes, I agree. I see the horse scene as a conquest for Vronsky. He feels sad when his actions break the mares back but he moves on awfully quick.

C wrote: "Yes, I agree. I see the horse scene as a conquest for Vronsky. He feels sad when his actions break the mares back but he moves on awfully quick."

Thank you. I had seen it mentioned a few times on other threads we have all been discussing on. It was one of those passages you read, where you sit back for a moment and say..."Hmmmmmm." You know?

I couldn't help but notice how he was focused so much on the prize and conclusion to the race (him winning) that he lost sight of how it would effect the mare. Before the race/heat of competition, the reader can tell how much care and love he has for the horse, but he doesn't show that same care when he needs it to preform.

In part IV there is a scene where Anna is a conversation with Vronsky while she is disentangling the hook from her crochet . At the time when I was reading it seemed like she is disentangling herself from Vronsky (becoming jealous, seeing him as a man) but now it seems that she was disentangling by taking off her rose colored glasses on how she is viewing her "new" life that she has created.

If anyone has any thoughts on what "the lawyer catching moths" meant (if anything) I would love to hear their thoughts.

Part II, Chapter 6:
"...There's a fable of Grimm's about a man without a shadow, a man who's lost his shadow. And that's the punishment for something. ...But a woman must dislike being without a shadow."
"Yes, but women with a shadow usually come to a bad end," said Anna's friend.