Anna's "bewitchment" of Levin is further evidence of her perdition and ultimate doom. Confronting Vronsky's coldness, she feels that "side by side with the love that bound them there had grown up some evil spirit of discord" which neither will be able to overcome.
Levin's sympathy for Anna underlines their similar natures, for each seeks a deeper life meaning than that defined by their social milieu. Tolstoy seems to imply that they might have become lovers under different circumstances. But after this brief coincidence of their parallel careers, Levin and Anna pursue different paths. Hers ends in death while Levin discovers the key to life.
