Anna and Vronsky do not create but destroy Anna becomes sterile, Vronsky abandons his career, Karenin is ruined, and Seroyzha loses his mother all in the name of carnal desire. This is a reflection of Tolstoy's Christian message. The scenes of Levin planting with his peasants are reverent in their sensuality. Levin becomes very concerned with these issues and implements a communal agricultural theory. Indeed, only the characters who regularly connect to the land by either living on it, as Levin does, or escaping the city often to be in the country, as Dolly does are fully sympathetic characters.
Urban centers are hotbeds of corruption and destruction.
They are fashionable and seductive, but they lead to evil things. As if to prove the corruption of these places, Levin always feels uncomfortable in cities, whereas Anna feels out of sorts away from them. But Anna' s double, Levin is also an extremely passionate individual, and his passion is championed because it leads him to the Lord. In general, passion itself is not a bad force, but it can be easily corrupted and lead to problems.