- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Gurov and Anna watch the arrival of a ship from the jetty in Yalta. After the crowd has dispersed and Gurov and Anna find themselves alone, Gurov takes advantage of their solitude to finally kiss her. Even as the romantic aspect of their relationship begins, however, he immediately worries about the judging eyes of society, reflecting that broader social judgment would condemn their actions regardless of the validity of their feelings.
There is also a contrast between the boldness of Gurov kissing Anna and the “timorous” way he looks around afterwards. This will plague Gurov and Anna throughout the story…