Frequently we see a struggle for control within relationships as in relationships there are both subtle and overt ways in which partners seek to exercise control.According to Kate Chopin, relationships reduced to one person’s will controlling another, or sometimes the internal struggle is internal between one person’s conflicting desires.As such it is my intention to examine [Chekhov's] “ The lady with the pet dog” and [Faulkner’s] “A Rose for Emily” and to highlight how control is exercised by the protagonist in both pieces.

Anton Chekhov wrote a short story in 1899, entitled "The Lady with the Pet Dog." It depicts an affair involving Anna and Gurov. The story occurs in a Russian town called Yalta.
At the beginning of the story, Gurov is "pushed" into having affairs; just as he was pushed …show more content…
Homer enjoyed the attention he received with Miss Emily as he was deemed white trash [Faulkner,2] “As they passed on Sunday afternoon in the glittering buggy, Miss Emily with her head high and Homer Barron with his hat cocked and a cigar in his teeth, reins and whip in a yellow glove” He used Miss Emily for the level of prestige he garnered while he was with her on there sunday carriage rides as like Gurov Homer took with no intention of giving only in his case his actions would prove fatal.
The town seeing that Homer was playing Ms Emily contacted her family and Ms Emily begins to plan her wedding [Faulkner,4]“We learned that Miss Emily had been to the jeweler's and ordered a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters H. B. on each piece. Two days later we learned that she had bought a complete outfit of men's clothing, including a nightshirt” at which point Homer runs