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Part 6, Chapter 11
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Anna Karenina, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Marriage and Family Life
Adultery and Jealousy
Physical Activity and Movement
Society and Class
Farming and Rural Life
Compassion and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
The next morning, Levin wakes up early, but he can’t wake up the other two men, so he goes out hunting by himself. Levin and Laska search for snipe through the marsh; they are in perfect sync as they hunt, and Levin is able to snag several birds, particularly after a little boy runs up to him and says that duck had been spotted there yesterday.
When Levin is able to commune with the marsh by himself, without the distractions of society, he feels like himself again. Tolstoy provides a poetic meditation on the marsh and the communion between Levin and his dog, and Levin hunts well when he is at one with nature, when thinking and putting on airs are no longer interfering and distracting him.
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