In “The Lady with the Dog,” Dmitri Gurov is an unhappily married man who seeks excitement in his life by having numerous affairs. To demonstrate, "...when he was in the company of women, he felt free, he knew what to say to them and how to behave; and he was at ease with them even when he was silent" (Chekhov 1) . He considered women “the inferior race” and saw them only as entertainment. This makes it seem like Dmitri isn't satisfied without chasing women and is using it to feed his superficial ego. It is only during his affair with Anna that he begins to "regard his present life as absurd, empty and boring" (Connolly