motivation is a motivation which comes within an individual to get satisfaction in life.
In this study, there are two internal factors which influence Anna to break her expected gender roles as a noble Russian woman. The first is her desire to experience
the feeling of love and the second is her desire to break a conservative mind of Russian society towards women and marriage.
a. Anna Karenin Wants to Experience the Feeling of Love
According to Maslow as cited by Goble 1971, needs for love, affection and belongingness emerge after the psychological and belongingness emerge p.40. He
says that “love is a healthy, affectionate relationship between two people which include mutual trust” p.41.
Although Anna has been married with Karenin for eight years, Anna does not feel the existence of a healthy and affectionate relationship with her husband. It is
because their marriage is u nder the arrangement of Anna‟s aunt,
Anna‟s aunt, however, managed to insinuate, through a common acquaintance, that he had already compromised the girl and was in honour
bound to make her an offer. He made the offer, and bestowed on his betrothed and wife all the feeling of which he was capable p.535.
From the quotation above, the writer can see that Karenin has been forced by Anna‟s aunt to marry Anna without asking for agreement from both of them and also without
considering the feeling existed between one another.
This arranged marriage with someone whom she does not love makes Anna experience unbearable unhappiness in her life. One of her unhappiness can be proved
through her dissatisfaction toward both her husband‟s odd appearance and her husband
‟s coldness. „Good heavens, why are his ears like that?‟ she thought, looking at his cold,
and especially at the cartilages of his ears pressing up against the brim of his round hat. Catching sight of her, his lips falling into their habitual sarcastic
smile and his large tired eyes looking straight at her. A disagreeable sensation
opressed her heart…she was particularly impressed by the feeling of dissatisfaction with herself which she experienced when they met p.119.
This quotation shows that whenever Anna takes a look at Karenin‟s outlook, she
always feels disatissfied and opressed. Karenin spends most of his day to take care of his own business. His life is
really apportioned and full of strict punctuality, and he rarely gives attention to Anna and his son. After he finishes his work at ministry, he does not greet Anna but gives
his whole concentration to all colleagues who have been waiting for him at home, “…he had no time to go up to Anna‟s room. He went into his study to see the various
people waiting for him with petitions and to sign some papers brought him by his private secretary” p.124.
Anna and Karenin never have an intimate conversation on their relationship as a husband and wife. All that Karenin talks about is only about the issues in society
and the things related to official stuff. “During dinner he talked a little to his wife about things in Moscow…the most part conversation was general and dealt with
Petersburg official and social affairs” p.125.
