The two stories "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov and "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald both revolve around love. Olenka in "The Darling" and Dexter in "Winter Dreams", both make sense of the world around them through love. However in the case of Olenka, love is a means of having opinions for herself, which she derives from those whom she loves, while for Dexter, love helps him to be attuned to life and view the world as something in which he would glory and directs all his dreams on his lover, Judy Jones.
In the story "The Darling", the author portrays love in a way that cannot be view…
