Songs For Every Book

Songs for Every Book: Anna Karenina

SPOILERS

“Tower (Don’t Look Down)” by Skylar Grey reminds me of Anna Karenina towards the end of the book when she turns crazy and paranoid, thinking Vronsky doesn’t love her.  (Both she and the song are preeeeeetty passive aggressive.)

On top of that, the guy in the song is supposedly leaving the girl for the sake of his career.  Vronsky is faced with the same dilemma–Anna vs. advancement in the military.  And Anna in her befuddled state doesn’t seem all that convinced that he’s choosing her…


 
“Just leave me here to die
As I watch you climb
Up to the top of your ambitions.”

What do you think? Is it a match?

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