Yet, within the intricacy of these ideas lies an unmistakable, underlying theme of death.
Death is influential and weighs upon the minds of many of the characters.
The inextricable situations and conflicts that possesses the characters of Anna Karenina are the components that highlight the central theme of death. As other alternatives slip their grasps, Anna and Karenin turn toward death. Anna is initially frightened and saddened by her dream where she is foretold to die during childbirth, but finds comfort and solace with the idea of dying. Her trouble would come to an end with the end of her life. She sees herself as the source of unhappiness to Karenin, Vronsky, and herself, thus, death would be the easy solution.