Would Anna Karenina Have Ended Differently if Vronsky Acted Differently?

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Approaching the end of the novel, Anna basically starts descending into this paranoia that she’s losing Vronsky’s love, and once it’s lost, she will have lost everything—her son, any social respect from other women, etc. They pretty much have an argument with every encounter in their final moments together, and these seem entirely initiated by Anna being irrational and what have you.

After her death, Vronsky is basically dead on the inside and it got me wondering… If Vronsky reacted differently to Anna at the end, would that have saved her (and them)? For example, Anna tells one of the housemaids to inform Vronsky she doesn’t want to see him when he returns from outside, but in Anna’s mind, this is a test. If he truly loves her, she reasons, he won’t care and go to her anyways.

To me, it seemed all Anna really wanted was love expressed passionately 100% of the time. She expresses as much many times to herself. So, instead of constantly going places and being irritated with Anna, let’s say Vronsky really did just spend most his time cuddling with Anna or something (idk lol)… Do you think that would have done the trick? I think it would. In fact, I think if he did that for a few weeks, it would’ve been enough to calm her down and back to her senses.

What do you think?

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