p.123. There will be no one who can defeat the power of love from Anna to Seriozha.
Anna does not only treat her own son but also Dolly‟s children with a lot of love and kindness, “She could remember not only all their names but exactly how old
the children were, their characters, and what ailments they had had; Dolly could not help being touched” p.81. The way Anna pays attention to Dolly‟s children shows
that she is a good-hearted woman with maternity. Besides being a loving mother and aunt, Anna also becomes a good-hearted
teacher for children. She teaches Russian for senior high school boys and for a girl she has brought home, and she even contributes her knowledge and time to write
children‟s book p.728.
c. Intelligent
Anna is a perceptive woman. She is good at noticing things that people in general do not notice. She knows how the whole life of Petersburg Society goes on.
She knew each one‟s habits and weaknesses and where the shoe pinched this or that foot, knew their relations with one another and with the head
authorities, knew who sided with whom, and how and by what means each supported himself, and who agreed and disagreed with whom and why”
p.142. From the quotation above, the writer can see that Anna is so intelligent that she is
able to observe the people surrounds her accurately in a short time. She is a thorough observer and she can adapt helself to particular circumstances easily.
Besides being a good observer, Anna is also a knowledgeable person. She is fond of reading various kinds of books. “She spent a great deal of her time reading,
both novels and such serious literature. She ordered all the books favourably reviewed in the foreign papers and magazines she took in” p.674.
Her hobby of reading and her ability to make a special study from various sources help Vronsky easily find his subject interests on particular fields. “He amazed
at her knowledge and her memory” p.674. Anna‟s capability to memorize many things from the books she has read makes Vronsky impressed on her.
d. Sincere
In the society, Anna makes friends with everybody. Since her husband owns the highest esteem in the government set, Anna is highly exalted by the people
surrounds her. However, she does not feel com fortable being in such position. “It
seemed to her that she and all of them were insincere, and she began to feel so bored and ill at ease with them” p.142. For Anna, having a good reputation by being
deceitful in front of the public will only gain burde ns for someone‟s life.
In the first chapter, it has been explained that Anna and Karenin‟s marriage is arranged by her aunt. Being forced to accept an arranged marriage makes Anna live
under opression and hypocrisy. Therefore, to release herself from opression and deceits, she opts to be honest to herself and to her husband, “…I could not help being
in despair. I listen to you, but I am thinking of him. I love him, I am his mistress”
