Romantic

Character Role Analysis

Lara Antipova

There's no getting around it: Yuri Zhivago is totally in love with Lara Antipova—a married woman. And need we mention that Yuri is also a married man? One of the toughest things about this romance is the fact that Zhivago actually loves his wife Tonya, and Lara loves husband Pasha. Yuri and Lara also just happens to love each other. Zhivago, in any case, makes his choice pretty clear when his family gets deported and he chooses to live with Lara instead of going after them.