In my opinion, people in the world probably need a fulcrum, whether it is family, love, or their own glory and dreams. Obviously, Anna's spiritual pillar is her love for Lenski. There is nothing wrong with love itself. Love is pure and noble, but Anna's fault in love is that she is too strict with love. She hates karenin and thinks that karenin is plain and has no love for her at all. She loves Lenski. Although she never admits it, I think what she loves is Lenski's grandeur and his attentions to her, not Lenski himself. It can be said that Anna's life is painful and tangled. She wants to live for love, but she has no tenable position at all. Economically speaking, she has no source of income, and her living expenses are entirely provided by karenin. It is mentioned in the book that karenin even put a roll of money in her letter telling her that she was forgiven. Emotionally speaking, although the book focuses on karenin's resolute disapproval of divorce after Anna gave birth to a child, at the end of the fourth book, it also describes Anna's psychological activity of voluntarily giving up the idea of divorce at this time. I think Anna has changed like this because she can't let go of her son's thanks for tea. She knew that once her divorced husband, karenin, was bound to take away the custody of the children, it would be another painful torture for Anna.
As far as her love with Lenski is concerned, I think their love will go wrong sooner or later, and Anna's death is inevitable. Because Anna doesn't want to accept an ordinary life, she loves Lenski's attentions to her, and she likes to capture men's hearts. This is a woman's nature, understandable, but her mistake is that she wants to keep this state forever, which is theoretically impossible. In other words, few people can struggle in their careers and work, and they can be romantic anytime and anywhere, because playing chess, painting, calligraphy, poetry, wine, rice, oil, salt, vinegar and tea are all part of life, and everyone's energy is limited. Passion and dullness may appear alternately, and may change occasionally, but theoretically it is impossible to be passionate every day. Few men can be passionate about their lover every day until they are old, or even older. Just look at karenin and you will know that although most people think that karenin is a hypocritical and selfish person who should be criticized, I don't think so. Let's not discuss karenin's right or wrong for the time being, but there is nothing wrong with his attitude towards marriage. He regularly gives Anna living expenses and treats her as a guest. If there is anything wrong, it is that she is stuffy and lacks passion, but what Anna needs most is passion. So, when Fu Lenski's love for her faded away, Anna couldn't stand this loneliness any longer. If she doesn't choose to end her life, then I assert that Fu Lenski is the next karenin. Anna may understand this. If she abandons another man, Russian upper class and even Russian society will not tolerate her, which will undoubtedly push her to the wall.
But in the end, she seemed to win. Her death brought endless regrets from Lenski and sympathy from thousands of people in Qian Qian, showing the greatness of her love to the world. Her love reflected the social reality at that time to a certain extent, and her tragic life choice was a portrayal of the life and social microcosm of millions of women in Qian Qian at that time.
Anna is a typical Russian woman, and her tragic fate was doomed from the moment she married karenin. Under the social conditions at that time, once a woman entered marriage, she lost her personality, attached herself to a man physically and mentally, and became a vassal of a man from body to soul. At the same time, her happiness depends on this man. This is a great tragedy. I think the root of Anna's tragedy is the weak position of Russian women, which makes Anna lose her independent personality and the right to speak in life, thus laying the groundwork for her tragic fate.
Anna is unfortunate and lucky at the same time. Anna not only has a good face and a proud figure, but also has a rich spiritual world that contemporary women don't have, or dare to think but dare not reveal. This is its charming charm. Anna has a strong and persistent spirit. Despite the pressure of public opinion, she admitted everything to karenin, bravely and openly cohabited with Fu Lenski, which showed superhuman courage and responsibility, sounded the clarion call of the times to pursue freedom and love, strive for women's rights and individual liberation, and became the origin of women's rights consciousness.