Reason:

1. The harm caused by the social environment The era environment that Russia was in at that time was the social root cause of Anna's tragedy. Russia in the 19th century was a historical period of alternation between the old and the new.

The desire of young aristocratic young men and women to pursue freedom of love and freedom of marriage cannot compete with the powerful feudal autocratic forces, let alone withstand the fatal blow from the traditional feudal moral system. The extremely harsh external social environment determined her inevitable tragic ending.

2. The limitations of the character’s own character. The fundamental cause of Anna’s tragedy is of course the imposition and persecution of the social environment at that time, but Anna’s own character weakness undoubtedly aggravated the harm caused to herself by external factors, leading to The ultimate tragedy.

Among Anna's multiple and complex personality factors, factors such as arbitrary and willful, passion and paranoia undoubtedly have a destructive power. Anna's extreme personality can easily lead to suicidal tendencies, which foreshadows her tragic fate.

3. The shackles of traditional concepts For Anna, the oppression first came not from the outside world, but from herself. Anna was born into a noble family and received orthodox aristocratic education since childhood. Although she was later influenced by bourgeois ideas, in fact, she did not and could not completely get rid of the traditional ideas of the aristocratic class.

The established fact that she is both a wife and a mother constitutes a particularly complex contradiction in Anna's pursuit of love. The traditional moral sense that she cannot get rid of makes Anna suffer mental torture. She has been living in fierce contradictions, which is the inner source of Anna's tragedy and one of her own limitations that she cannot overcome.

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Creative background

Since the 1870s, the Russian countryside has been invaded by capitalist forces, and activities such as "going to the people" have The development of Tolstoy began a new ideological crisis and a new period of exploration. He is panic-stricken and doubts the purpose and meaning of existence. Because of his "terrible position" in the parasitic life of the aristocracy, he is deeply distressed and does not know "what to do."

He studied various philosophical and religious books but could not find the answer. He even hid the rope and took away the shotgun, fearing that he would kill himself trying to free himself. After that, he visited priests, bishops, monks and hermits, and got acquainted with Kang, a peasant and independent believer.

Shustav. Finally, he completely rejected the government-run church and accepted the patriarchal peasant beliefs. This was a period of Tolstoy's complex explorations, which produced Anna Karenina (1873-1877).

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