『안나 카레니나』에 나타난 안나와 레빈의 상반된 운명

Tolstoy’s two major protagonists in “Anna Karenina”, Anna and Levin, exist as the reflection of writer’s ego. Whereas Anna lost everything and met her death, Levin experienced the spiritual growth and found happiness. The discrepancy between the ending of Anna’s and Levin’s destiny results from the difference of directivity in one’s life. Anna who went astray drove herself toward destruction, while Levin who went in the right direction turned to God and was reborn as a new person. In determining two contrastive destiny, ‘moral law’ and ‘reason’ played significant roles. Thus, by tracing the interrelationship between the directly-opposed fates of Anna and Levin and the idea of ‘moral law’ and ‘reason’, the artistic way Tolstoy projects his moral and ideological ideas over his protagonists could be identified.