Anna Karenina and Du Shiniang are both famous literary characters. The former is a young royal la-dy portrayed by Russian novelist Tolstoy; the latter is a prostitute portrayed by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty. The characters are from totally different backgrounds, but both suffer a lot in their pursuit of love. Finally, one of them dies under the wheels of a train, and the other becomes tragically obscure. They are from different countries and societies, but, the causes of their tragedies are somewhat similar.%安娜·卡列尼娜和杜十娘,都是为人熟知的文学经典形象,一个是俄国小说家托尔斯泰笔下的贵族少妇,一个是明代小说家冯梦龙刻画的风尘花魁。两人虽然出身不同,但都为了追求爱情历尽艰辛。最后,一个在呼啸的列车下丧生,一个被滚滚洪流吞没,她们虽处在不同的国家和社会,但是,造成她们悲剧的成因却有相似之处。
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