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“Eugene Onegin” rightfully stands apart among the works of Russian literature of the 19th century. This is one of the most harmonious in composition and rich in content of Pushkin’s works.
Thanks to the expression of the characters' emotions through poetic form, the novel gains greater lyricism and expressiveness, thus the reader becomes clear and accessible to the entire palette of feelings that the author laid as the basis. In addition, Pushkin introduces himself into the novel as one of the heroes of the story, he keeps Tatyana’s letter and meets Onegin in St. Petersburg. There are many lyrical digressions in the novel, where Pushkin shares his thoughts and experiences with the reader, as if alienating himself from the course and main line of the narrative.
According to the description, the actions in the novel cover a period of time over 6 years. In the process of the story, the characters grow up, go through a certain path in life and turn from dreamy boys and girls into mature, accomplished individuals.
History of creation
(Drawing by A.S. Pushkin in the manuscript of "Eugene Onegin", 1830)
Alexander Sergeevich devoted more than 8 years to his brainchild: having begun work on a novel in verse in the spring of 1823, he completed the work only in the fall of 1831. This was the most painstaking and lengthy work on a work in his life.
He either abandoned work on “Eugene Onegin” or started it again. Conventionally, the work on the novel can be divided into four stages, during which many events happened in Pushkin’s life: the southern exile, the Boldino autumn, and a series of stormy novels. All chapters were published gradually, as they were written, one after another. The last author's version was published in 1837.
Analysis of the novel
The main plot of the work
The plot is based on a love line: young Tatyana Larina falls in love with the bright, extraordinary personality of Evgeny Onegin. Still very young, he is already tired of the noisy bustle and tinsel surrounding him, and calls his soul cold. A young girl in love decides to take a desperate step and writes a letter of recognition, where, with the ardor characteristic of her youthful nature, she pours out her soul to Evgeniy and expresses hope for the possibility of a romantic relationship between them. The hero does not reciprocate Tatyana’s feelings, which greatly hurts her. A decisive explanation takes place between the young people, and Onegin gently tells Tatyana that his callous soul is no longer able to love, even such a young and beautiful girl as Tatyana. Later, when Larina becomes a married woman and seemingly finds quiet family happiness, the paths of the heroes cross again. Onegin understands what a terrible mistake he has made, but, unfortunately, it is no longer possible to correct anything. Tatyana says her famous “...but I was given to someone else, and I will be faithful to him forever...”, which puts an end to the failed love story.
Many mistakes that people tend to make, especially in their youth, prevented the young heroes from being together, despite their mutual love. Only after going through a series of emotional upheavals, Onegin realizes that Tatyana is the very girl with whom he could be very happy, but, as usual, he understands this too late. All this, of course, makes the reader wonder if he is making a similar mistake. Or, perhaps, it immerses you in memories of past sad experiences or makes you relive ardent and tender first feelings.
Main characters
One of the main characters is Evgeny Onegin. A reserved young man with a complex character. The author deliberately does not idealize his image, endowing him with all those shortcomings that are usually inherent to a real person. Since childhood, he did not know the need for anything, being the son of a St. Petersburg nobleman. His soul did not gravitate towards work; it was pampered by novels, balls and scientific works of his favorite authors. His life was as empty as that of a million of the same lordly offspring of that time, filled with revelry and debauchery, senseless wasting of life. As is usual, as a result of this lifestyle, Eugene became a real callous egoist, thinking only about his own pleasures. He doesn’t give a damn about other people’s feelings and easily insults a person if he doesn’t like him or utters a phrase that is inappropriate in his opinion.
Meanwhile, our hero is not without positive traits: for example, throughout the entire novel, the author shows us how Onegin gravitates toward science and knowledge. He is constantly looking for something with which to replenish and expand his consciousness, studies the works of philosophers, and conducts intellectual conversations and debates. In addition, unlike his peers, he very quickly gets bored with the bustle of balls and meaningless pastime. Very soon, the reader can observe his personal growth, while his friends, one after another, inevitably degrade, turning into flabby landowners.
Despite his disappointment and dissatisfaction with the lifestyle he is forced to lead, he lacks the mental strength and motivation to break this vicious circle. He did not grasp the saving straw that the pure and light girl Tatyana, declaring her love.
The turning point in his life is the murder of Lensky. At this moment, Onegin’s eyes open, he understands how insignificant his entire previous existence is. From a feeling of shame and remorse, he is forced to flee, and is sent to conquer the vastness of the country in the hope of hiding from the “bloody shadow” of his murdered friend.
He returns from a three-year voyage as a completely different person, mature and conscious. Having met Tatyana again, who was already married at that time, he realizes that he has feelings for her. He sees in her an intelligent adult woman, an excellent conversationalist and a holistic, mature nature. He is amazed at her greatness and secular coldness, not recognizing in her the timid and gentle village girl that he knew her before. Now she loving wife, tactful and friendly, reserved and calm. He falls madly in love with this woman, and is mercilessly rejected by her.
This served as the ending of the novel; the further life of Onegin and Tatyana remains unknown to the reader. Pushkin does not give any answer to the questions about whether Evgeny was able to come to terms with and forget his love and how he spent his subsequent days? Was Tatyana happy in the future married to an unloved man? All this remained a secret.
No less important is the image described in the novel - the image of Tatyana Larina. Pushkin describes her as a simple noblewoman from the provinces. A modest young lady, not endowed with special beauty or external attractiveness, however, possessing a surprisingly deep, multifaceted inner world. Her romantic, poetic nature captivates the reader and makes her sympathize and empathize with her suffering from the first to the last line. Pushkin himself more than once confesses his love for his fictional heroine:
« Forgive me: I love you so much
My dear Tatiana!
Tanya grows up to be a rather withdrawn, immersed in her own feelings, closed girl. Books became her best friends very early, in them she looked for answers to all questions, through the pages of novels she learned about life. All the more strange for the reader is Tatyana’s unexpected impulse and her frank letter to Onegin. This behavior is not at all typical of her character and indicates that the feelings that flared up for Eugene were so strong that they overshadowed the young girl’s mind.
The author makes it clear to us that even after Onegin’s refusal, and after Onegin’s long departure, and even after marriage, Tanya does not stop loving him. However, her enormous nobility and self-esteem do not give her the opportunity to rush into his arms. She respects her husband and protects her family. Having abandoned Onegin's feelings, she reveals herself as an exceptionally reasonable, strong and wise woman. Duty turns out to be above all else for her, and this decision of hers makes the reader feel deep respect for the heroine. Onegin’s suffering and later repentance are the natural ending of his lifestyle and actions.
(Illustration by K. I. Rudakov "Eugene Onegin. Meeting in the Garden", 1949)
In addition to the main characters, the novel describes many secondary characters, but no one else receives such vivid characteristics as Tatiana and Onegin. Unless the author pays some attention to Lensky. He describes it with bitterness tragic fate with an unfair ending. Pushkin characterizes him as an exceptionally pure young man, with an unblemished reputation and high moral qualities. He is talented and impetuous, but at the same time very noble.
Quotes
“But what was his true genius, what he knew more firmly than all the sciences, what was for him from childhood both work and torment and joy, what occupied his melancholy laziness all day - was the science of tender passion...” -Onegin is characterized as "fun and luxury child"
“The time has come, she fell in love...
Her imagination has long been
Burning with bliss and melancholy,
Hungry for fatal food;
Long-time heartache
Constricted her young breasts:
The soul was waiting for... someone.” —Tatiana on the eve of her meeting with Onegin.
They got along. Water and stone
Poetry and prose, ice and fire
Not so different from each other..." -Contrast and contradictions of young characters.
Conclusion
The description of nature in the novel stands out: the author devotes a lot of time to it. We can find on the pages of the novel beautiful paintings that recreate before our eyes Moscow, St. Petersburg, Crimea, Odessa, the Caucasus and, of course, the wonderful nature of the Russian hinterland. Everything that Pushkin describes is everyday pictures of the Russian village. At the same time, he does it so masterfully that the pictures he created literally come to life in the reader’s imagination and fascinate him.
Despite the disappointing ending of the novel, it cannot be called pessimistic at all. On the contrary, the abundance of bright, living moments makes the reader believe in a wonderful future and look into the distance with hope. There are so many bright, real feelings, noble impulses and pure love here that the novel is more capable of bringing positive emotions to the reader.
The entire composition of the novel is built surprisingly harmoniously, which is surprising, given the long breaks with which the author began working on it again. The structure has a clear, harmonious and organic structure. Actions flow smoothly from one another, and throughout the entire novel, Pushkin’s favorite technique is used - a ring composition. That is, the place of the initial and final events coincides. The reader can also track the specularity and symmetry of the events taking place: Tatiana and Evgeniy find themselves in similar situations several times, at one of which (Tatiana’s refusal) the action of the novel is interrupted.
It is worth noting that not a single love story in the novel has a successful ending: like her sister Tatyana, Olga Larina was not destined to find happiness with Lensky. The difference between the heroes is shown through contrast: Tatiana and Olga, Lensky and Onegin.
To summarize, it is worth noting that “Eugene Onegin” is truly a confirmation of Pushkin’s remarkable poetic talent and lyrical genius. The novel is read literally in one breath and captures you from its first line.
Work:
Eugene Onegin
Evgeny Onegin - a young nobleman, main character novel.
O. received a “French” home education. His education is very superficial (a little Latin, anecdotes from world history, the inability to distinguish “iamb from trochee,” a passion for the works of the then fashionable economist Adam Smith). But the hero fully comprehended the “science of tender passion.” He “lives in a hurry and feels in a hurry.” O. has fun in all ways: attends the theater, balls, friendly dinners, social dinners, etc. But soon the hero becomes disillusioned with everything. He is overcome by the blues. The reason for O.’s melancholy is his spiritual emptiness. The hero’s outer brilliance indicates inner coldness, his causticity speaks of arrogance and contempt for the whole world. O. himself is aware of his “mental disability.” Hoping to dispel the melancholy, O. goes to the village to visit his sick uncle. Here he meets Lensky, who introduces him to the Larin family. Tatyana Larina falls in love with O. and confesses her feelings to him. A meeting with Tatyana touches something in the “cold and lazy soul.” But O. refuses the girl, saying that he is not created for love and family life. After some time, the offended O. Lensky challenges the hero to a duel, where he dies at his hand. The death of young L. shocks O. He leaves to travel. At the end of the novel, O. appears again. He arrives in St. Petersburg, where he meets Tatyana, who has married. Seeing the brilliant princess, O. discovers in his soul the ability to sincerely love (“like a child”). The letter he writes to Tatyana confirms this. Having received no answer, O., in despair, begins to read indiscriminately and tries to compose. But, if in the village he read “out of obligation” and out of boredom, now out of passion. Out of passion, he also commits an “indecent” act: he visits Tatyana without warning, in her dressing room. The hero's emptiness began to be filled with a strong feeling, the life of the heart. Tatyana's refusal dashed all of O.'s hopes, but at the same time produced in him a revolution in all his thoughts and spiritual feelings. The ending of the novel remains open: one can only guess about the further fate of O., who was reborn thanks to love.
EUGENE ONEGIN is the hero of the novel in verse by A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin” (1823-1831). A brilliant metropolitan aristocrat, the last scion of a noble noble family and therefore “the heir of all his relatives” (one of them is an elderly uncle, to whose village E.O. goes at the very beginning of the novel), he leads an idle, carefree, independent life, full of exquisite pleasures and various “charms”. “Having fun and luxury as a child,” he is content with home education and does not burden himself with service (in real life it was practically impossible). But E.O. not just a “young rake”, he is a St. Petersburg dandy, which creates an aura of exclusivity and mystery around him. As a cultural and psychological phenomenon, dandyism “is distinguished primarily by the aestheticism of the life style, the cult of sophistication, beauty, and exquisite taste in everything - from clothing, from the “beauty of nails” to the brilliance of the mind.” It also presupposes the cult of one’s own individuality - “a combination of unique originality, dispassionate indifference, vanity, elevated to a principle - and no less fundamental independence in everything” (A. Tarkhov).
The undoubted internal opposition of this type of behavior (“not to achieve anything, to protect one’s independence, not to look for a place - all this is called being in opposition under a despotic regime,” explained precisely in Shv.O. A.I. Herzen) often took on a political coloring, led to free-thinking, passion for liberation ideas. An example is the society of golden youth " Green lamp"(its member was Pushkin), which was in the sphere of attention of the Decembrist "Union of Welfare". It is no coincidence that the description of the pastime of the St. Petersburg dandy in the poetry collection of the “lampist” Y. Tolstoy “My Idle Time” (1821) became one of the impulses for depicting the day of E.O. in the first chapter.” Desire for rank and career, the cult of idleness, graceful pleasure and personal independence, and finally, political freethinking form an internally unified complex characteristic of the generation of the 1820s. and captured in the image of E.O.
Of course, one could only speak in hints about the hero’s free-thinking, about his involvement in the near-Decembrist circle. But these hints are significant and eloquent. Critical attitude of E.O. to high society and neighboring landowners, voluntary rural hermitage (a kind of internal emigration), alleviation of the lot of serfs (a gesture quite “Decembrist” in spirit), reading Adam Smith, who was popular among the Decembrists, images of Byron and Napoleon - “masters of thoughts” generations - in the village office of E.O., long conversations and debates with Lensky on the most pressing and pressing topics of our time, finally, a direct comparison of E.O. with the freethinker, dandy philosopher Chaadaev, a mention of the hero’s acquaintance with the dashing hussar, Decembrist Kaverin, a story about his friendship with the hero-author, a disgraced poet, and the readiness of E.O. to accompany him in his escape abroad - all this testifies to the true scale of E.O.’s personality, to his belonging to the heroes of the time, who were keenly aware of their historical destiny and social lack of demand, painfully solving the problem of choosing a life path.
The fluency of this kind of hint is one of the main features of the narrative in Eugene Onegin. Its artistic effect lies in the fact that the hero’s everyday appearance and behavior are revealed here at length and in detail, while his inner world, his feelings, experiences, views are spoken of as if in passing and in passing. This effect is possible because a lively, relaxed conversation between the author and the reader, imitating friendly chatter, suggests that the author, the hero, and the reader are “their” people who understand each other perfectly.
The same purpose is served by explicit and hidden comparisons of E.O. with the heroes of European and Russian literature: Faust, Chaiyade-Harold, Adolphe B. Constant, Melmoth the Wanderer of C.-R. Methurin, Griboyedov's Chatsky, and finally, with Pushkin's Aleko and the Prisoner. These numerous analogies help to understand the spiritual and moral image of the hero, to understand the motives of his actions, the meaning of his experiences and views; they seem to convey what is left unsaid by the author. This method of depiction allows Pushkin to abandon the entertaining nature of the action and external intrigue and make the mainspring of the development of the plot the dramatic contradictions in the character of E.O.
Already in the first chapter, which is relatively independent and serves as a prehistory of the hero, E.O., yesterday still a carefree rake and dandy, a genius in the art of love, is experiencing a painful and acute spiritual crisis, the causes and consequences of which are complex and diverse. This is satiety with “everyday pleasures”, “brilliant victories”; this is a cooling of feelings, painful memories and remorse; this is also an increase in opposition, a premonition of conflict with the authorities and alienation from society (anticipation of the coming “malice of blind Fortune and people”, readiness to emigrate). Finally, the gloom and embitterment of E.O., the melancholy that has taken possession of him, his indifference to life and contempt for people, the resemblance to Byron’s Childe-Harol house - all indicate that the soul of E.O. in the grip of demonism - a mercilessly sober attitude to life, seasoned with the poison of doubt about the unconditionality of the highest spiritual and moral values and social ideals. Thus, the hero’s civic potential is called into question.
In the “village” chapters (II-VI) the demonism of E.O. manifests itself more and more clearly and ultimately leads him to disaster. The hero goes through a series of tests here (relationships with society, friendship, love), none of which he can withstand. Deeply despising his neighboring landowners, ignoramuses and serf owners, E.O. nevertheless, he fears their trial and accepts Lensky’s challenge to a duel. “Loving the young man with all his heart,” he - albeit unwittingly - kills his only friend in a duel. Immediately appreciating the spiritual purity, absolute naturalness, sincerity of Tatyana, so unlike secular beauties, unraveling the uniqueness of her nature and feeling his inner affinity with her, E.O., considering himself “invalid” in love and “enemy of Hymen,” with his cold sermon causes her unbearable suffering, which almost killed the heroine. (“Alas, Tatyana fades, turns pale, fades away and is silent!”) It is not without reason that in Tatyana’s symbolically prophetic dream E.O. appears to her not just as a direct murderer, but also as the leader of a gang of “hellish ghosts”, i.e. demonic hero.
On the other hand, new to E.O. village impressions, a touch with the world of Russian nationality and antiquity, a meeting with the “Russian soul” Tatyana - an integral, decisive and passionate nature, friendship with her antipode - the romantic poet, dreamer-enthusiast Lensky, ready to sacrifice his life without hesitation in the name of his own convictions and lofty ideals - prepare the spiritual renewal of the hero.
The shock caused by the involuntary murder of Lensky opens E.O. the danger and destruction of demonic individualism leads it to a new crisis, the need to change life again. Having left the places “where the bloody shadow appeared to him every day,” E.O. goes on a journey across Russia. And not only in order to lose himself on the road: life “without a goal, without work” becomes unbearable for him.
Route E.O. not accidental. He is attracted to places associated with the heroic pages of Russian history: Nizhny Novgorod- “the homeland of Minin”, the Volga expanses, covered in legends about Razin and Pugachev, the “home of liberty” the Caucasus, and finally, the “shores of Taurida” - the place of exile of Mitskevich and Pushkin. He needs to see with his own eyes what it's like current state Russia, whether there are sources and opportunities for meaningful, historically significant activities in it. The results of the long wanderings of E.O. joyless (“melancholy, melancholy!..”). The heroic period of Russian history, it seems to him, is a thing of the past. In modern times, the “mercantile spirit” and petty, insignificant interests triumph everywhere. Now only the sphere of private life can be saving for him. In such a state of mind, E.O returns. to St. Petersburg, where his new meeting takes place with Tatiana, who has already miraculously transformed, becoming a princess and court lady - “the legislator of the hall.”
The ending of the novel is also contradictory. On the one hand, the passion that flared up in the hero’s soul marks the possibility and even the beginning of his spiritual and moral renewal. On the other hand, his hopeless love for Tatyana leads him to the brink of death. Already “looking like a dead man,” E.O. listens to Tatiana the Princess's harsh and deadly rebuke for him, and then follows the sudden appearance of her husband-general, so reminiscent of the appearance of the statue of the Commander in The Stone Guest.
However, what is important to Pushkin is precisely the fundamental possibility of the moral revival of E.O., for the true hero of the novel is not he, but a certain “superhero” - modern man in general. From this point of view, Lensky, E, O. and the hero-author, who has already outlived the demonic complex and, as it were, synthesizes the features of E.O. and Lensky, represent different faces this single superhero, the natural stages of his evolution.
An Artistic Exploration of Conflicting Consciousness modern man, his tense and conflictual relationship with society and the process of his spiritual quest, first undertaken by Pushkin in “Eugene Onegin,” largely determined the main line of development of Russian literature of the 19th century. and gave birth to a whole gallery of characters genetically dating back to E.O. - from Lermontov’s Pechorin to the heroes of F.M. Dostoevsky and L.N. Tolstoy.
Quoted description of E. Onegin
Educated: “...at least not without sin;
Two verses from the Aeneid.
Onegin was familiar with poetry, although
He could not iambic from trochee,
No matter how hard we tried to distinguish...
But I read Adam Smith!”
He had virtues that were valued in society:
"He's completely French.
Could express himself and write;
I danced the mazurka easily,
And he bowed without force."
Does not have the skills to work:
"Onegin locked himself at home,
Yawning, he took up the pen,
He felt sick; Nothing
It did not come from his pen..."
Suffered deeply:
And it rushes, clouded with sadness:
Why wasn’t I wounded by a bullet in the chest?
Why am I not a frail old man?
How is this poor tax farmer?
I am young, the life in me is strong;
What should I expect? melancholy, melancholy!"
Cooled to life:
"...Russian blues
I mastered it little by little;
He will shoot himself, thank God,
I didn't want to try
But I completely lost interest in life."
Dreamer: "Dream is involuntary devotion,
Brief strangeness
And a sharp, chilled mind..."
Doesn't believe in good things:
“Marriage will be torment for us.
No matter how much I love you,
I’ll get used to it and I’ll stop loving you immediately;"
Hypocrite: "How early could he be a hypocrite,
To harbor hope, to be jealous,
Seem gloomy, languish;
Shy and impudent, and sometimes
Shine with an obedient tear!"
Quote characteristic
1. Onegin, my good friend,
Born on the banks of the Neva,
Where might you have been born?
Or shone, my reader;
1. Onegin was, in the opinion of many,
A small scientist, but a pedant
2. Languishing with spiritual emptiness,
He sat down - with a laudable purpose
Appropriating someone else's mind for yourself;
He lined the shelf with a group of books.
I read and read, but to no avail...
3. He had a lucky talent
No coercion in conversation
Touch everything lightly
With the learned air of a connoisseur
4. He knew quite a bit of Latin,
To parse the Epigraphs,
Talk about Juvenal,
At the end of the letter put uale,
Yes, remember, although not without sin,
Two verses from the Aeneid:
5. He could not iambic from trochee,
No matter how hard we tried to distinguish,
Scolded Homer, Theocritus,
But I read Adam Smith,
And he was a deep economist,
That is, he knew how to judge
How does the state get rich?
And how does he live, and why,
He doesn't need gold
When a simple product has:
6. Onegin:
The double lorgnette points askance,
To the boxes of unknown ladies;
And he said:
“It’s time for everyone to change;
I endured ballets for a long time,
But I'm tired of Didelot too"
7. He was bored with the noise of the world:
The betrayals have become tiresome;
Tired of friends and friendship:
He finally stopped loving
And scolding, and saber, and lead
8. His feelings cooled down early
I'm tired of friends and friendship.
9. In short: Russian blues
I mastered it little by little.
10. Onegin was ready with me,
See foreign countries;
But soon we were destined
Divorced for a long time.
His father then died...
Suddenly he really got
Report from the manager
That uncle is dying in bed...
11. Eugene’s fate kept:
At first Madame followed him,
Then Monsieur replaced her.
The child was harsh, but sweet.
Monsieur l "Abbé, poor Frenchman,
So that the child does not get tired,
I taught him everything jokingly,
I didn’t bother you with strict morals,
Lightly scolded for pranks
And he took me for a walk in the Summer Garden
12. Here is my Onegin in freedom;
Haircut in the latest fashion,
How dandy London is dressed -
And finally saw the light.
He's completely French
He could express himself and wrote;
I danced the mazurka easily
And he bowed casually;
What do you want more? The light has decided
That he is smart and very nice.
Everything that Evgeniy still knew,
Tell me about your lack of time;
But what was his true genius?
What he knew more firmly than all sciences,
What happened to him from childhood
And labor, and torment, and joy,
What took the whole day
His melancholy laziness
14. How early could he be a hypocrite,
To harbor hope, to be jealous,
To dissuade, to make believe,
Seem gloomy, languish,
Be proud and obedient
Attentive or indifferent!
How languidly silent he was,
How fieryly eloquent
How careless in heartfelt letters!
Breathing alone, loving alone,
How he knew how to forget himself!
16. How he knew how to seem new,
Jokingly amaze innocence,
To frighten with despair,
To amuse with pleasant flattery,
Catch a moment of tenderness,
Innocent years of prejudice
Win with intelligence and passion,
Expect involuntary affection
17. How early could he have disturbed
Hearts of coquettes!
When did you want to destroy
He has his own rivals.
18. Sometimes he was still in bed:
They bring notes to him.
What? Invitations? Indeed,
Three houses for the evening call:
There will be a ball, there will be a children's party.
Where will my prankster ride?
Who will he start with? Doesn't matter:
It’s no wonder to keep up everywhere.
While in morning dress,
Putting on a wide bolivar3,
Onegin goes to the boulevard
And there he walks in the open space,
While the watchful Breget
Dinner won't ring his bell.
19. Second Chadayev, my Evgeniy,
Fearing jealous judgments,
There was a pedant in his clothes
And what we called dandy.
He's at least three o'clock
He spent in front of the mirrors
And he came out of the restroom
Like windy Venus,
When, wearing a man's outfit,
The goddess goes to a masquerade.
20. What about my Onegin? Half asleep
He goes to bed from the ball:
And St. Petersburg is restless
Already awakened by the drum.
21. But, tired of the noise of the ball
And the morning turns to midnight,
Sleeps peacefully in the blessed shade
Fun and luxury child.
Wake up at noon, and again
Until the morning his life is ready,
Monotonous and colorful.
And tomorrow is the same as yesterday.
22. But was my Eugene happy,
Free, in the color of the best years,
Among the brilliant victories,
Among everyday pleasures?
Was he in vain among the feasts?
Careless and healthy?
23. And my Eugene left you.
Renegade of stormy pleasures,
Onegin locked himself at home,
Yawning, he took up the pen,
I wanted to write, but it’s hard work
He felt sick; Nothing
It did not come from his pen,
24. And already yawned in advance,
Getting ready, for the sake of money,
For sighs, boredom and deception
(And thus I began my novel);
But, having arrived at my uncle’s village,
I found it already on the table,
As a tribute to the ready land.
25. Two days seemed new to him
Lonely fields
The coolness of the gloomy oak tree,
The babbling of a quiet stream;
On the third grove, hill and field
He was no longer occupied;
Then they induced sleep;
Then he saw clearly
That in the village the boredom is the same,
Although there are no streets or palaces,
No cards, no balls, no poems.
Handra was waiting for him on guard,
And she ran after him,
Like a shadow or a faithful wife.
26. The village where Evgeniy was bored,
There was a lovely corner;
There's a friend of innocent pleasures
I could bless the sky.
27. But Lensky, without having, of course,
There is no desire to marry,
With Onegin I wished cordially
Let's make the acquaintance shorter.
They got along. Wave and stone
Poetry and prose, ice and fire
Not so different from each other.
First by mutual difference
They were boring to each other;
Then I liked it; Then
We came together every day on horseback
And soon they became inseparable.
So people (I am the first to repent)
There's nothing to do, friends.
28. Everything gave rise to disputes between them
And it led me to think:
Tribes of past treaties,
The fruits of science, good and evil,
And age-old prejudices,
And the grave secrets are fatal,
29. But more often they were occupied by passions
The minds of my hermits.
Having left their rebellious power,
30. Alone among his possessions,
Just to pass the time,
Our Evgeniy first conceived
Establish a new order.
In his wilderness the desert sage,
He is the yoke of the ancient corvée
I replaced it with easy quitrent;
And the slave blessed fate.
But in his corner he sulked,
Seeing this as terrible harm,
His calculating neighbor;
That he is a most dangerous weirdo.
31. At first everyone went to him;
But since from the back porch
Usually served
He wants a Don stallion,
Only along the main road
Their household noises will be heard, -
Offended by such an act,
Everyone ended their friendship with him.
“Our neighbor is ignorant; crazy;
He is a pharmacist; he drinks one
Glass of red wine
32. That’s exactly what my Eugene thought.
He is in his first youth
Was a victim of stormy delusions
And unbridled passions.
Spoiled by the habit of life,
One is temporarily fascinated,
Disappointed with others
We slowly languish with desire,
We languish with windy success,
Listening in noise and in silence
The eternal murmur of the soul,
Suppressing a yawn with laughter:
This is how he killed eight years old
Losing life's best color.
33. Onegin lived as an anchorite:
He got up at seven o'clock in the summer
And went light
To the river running under the mountain;
Imitating the singer Gulnara,
This Hellespont swam,
Then I drank my coffee,
Looking through a bad magazine
And got dressed...
34. Walking, reading, deep sleep,
Forest shadow, murmur of streams,
Sometimes black-eyed whites
Young and fresh kiss,
An obedient, zealous horse is bridle,
Lunch is quite whimsical,
A bottle of light wine,
Solitude, silence:
This is Onegin’s holy life;
And he is insensitive to her
Surrendered, red summer days
In careless bliss, apart from
Forgetting both the city and friends,
And the boredom of holiday activities.
35. Direct Onegin Childe-Harold
36. When it comes to Evgeny
It has come, then the maidens look languid,
Her embarrassment, fatigue
Pity was born in his soul:
He silently bowed to her,
But somehow the look of his eyes
He was wonderfully gentle. Is that why
That he was really touched
Or was he, flirting, playing naughty,
Whether involuntarily or out of good will,
But this gaze expressed tenderness:
He revived Tanya's heart.
37. In the anguish of heart remorse,
Hand clutching the pistol,
Evgeniy looks at Lensky.
38. Although we know that Evgeniy
I have long ceased to love reading,
However, several creations
He excluded from disgrace:
Singer Gyaur and Juan
Yes, there are two or three more novels with him,
In which the century is reflected
And modern man
Portrayed quite accurately
With his immoral soul,
Selfish and dry,
Immensely devoted to a dream,
With his embittered mind
Seething in empty action.
Eugene Onegin.
Evgeny Onegin is the main character, after whom the novel is named. . This is a young metropolitan aristocrat who received a typical secular upbringing. Onegin was born into a rich but ruined noble family. His childhood was spent in isolation from everything Russian and national. He was raised by a French tutor who,
So that the child does not get tired,
I taught him everything jokingly,
I didn’t bother you with strict morals,
Lightly scolded for pranks
And he took me for a walk to the Summer Garden.”
Thus, Onegin’s upbringing and education were quite superficial. But Pushkin’s hero still received the minimum knowledge that was considered mandatory among the nobility. He “knew enough Latin to understand the epigraphs,” and remembered “anecdotes of bygone days from Romulus to the present day. In the eyes of society, he was a brilliant representative of the youth of his time, and all this thanks to his impeccable French, graceful manners, wit and the art of maintaining a conversation. He led a typical lifestyle for young people of that time: he attended balls, theaters, and restaurants. Wealth, luxury, enjoyment of life, success in society and with women - this is what attracted the main character of the novel.
But secular entertainment was terribly boring to Onegin, who had already “yawned for a long time among the fashionable and ancient halls.” He is bored both at balls and at the theater: “... He turned away and yawned, and said: “It’s time for everyone to change; I put up with ballets for a long time, but I’m tired of Didelot.” This is not surprising - on social life it took the hero of the novel about eight years. But he was smart and stood significantly above typical representatives of secular society. Therefore, over time, Onegin felt disgusted with the empty, idle life. “A sharp, chilled mind” and satiety with pleasures made Onegin disappointed, “the Russian melancholy took possession of him.” “Tormented by spiritual emptiness,” this young man fell into depression. He tries to look for the meaning of life in some activity. The first such attempt was literary work, but “nothing came from his pen,” since the education system did not teach him to work (“he was sick of persistent work”). Onegin “read and read, but to no avail.” However, our hero does not stop there. Having carried out one reform, and that out of boredom, “just to pass the time,” Onegin again plunges into the blues. This gives V.G. Belinsky the basis to write: “The inactivity and vulgarity of life are strangling him, he doesn’t even know what he needs, what he wants, but he... knows very well that he doesn’t need it, that he doesn’t want it.” “What makes self-loving mediocrity so happy and happy.” At the same time, we see that Onegin was not alien to the prejudices of the world. In the novel, Pushkin shows the contradictions in Onegin’s thinking and behavior, the struggle between the “old” and the “new” in his mind, comparing him with other heroes of the novel: Lensky and Tatyana, intertwining their destinies. The complexity and inconsistency of the character of Pushkin’s hero is especially clearly revealed in his relationship with Tatyana, the daughter of the provincial landowner Larin. In her new neighbor, the girl saw the ideal that she had long ago developed under the influence of books. The bored, disappointed nobleman seems to her like a romantic hero; he is not like other landowners. “Tatiana’s entire inner world consisted of a thirst for love,” writes V. G. Belinsky about the state of a girl left to her secret dreams all day long:
Her imagination has long been
Burning with bliss and melancholy,
Hungry for fatal food;
Long-time heartache
Her young breasts were tight;
The soul was waiting... for someone
And she waited... The eyes opened;
She said: it's him!
All the best, pure, bright things awakened in Onegin’s soul:
I love your sincerity
She got excited
Feelings that have long been silent.
But Eugene Onegin does not accept Tatiana’s love, explaining this by saying that he “was not created for bliss,” that is, for family life. Indifference to life, passivity, “desire for peace,” and inner emptiness suppressed sincere feelings. Subsequently, he will be punished for his mistake by loneliness. Pushkin’s hero has such a quality as “direct nobility of soul.” He sincerely becomes attached to Lensky. Onegin and Lensky stood out from their environment high intelligence and a disdainful attitude towards the prosaic life of the neighboring landowners. However, they were completely opposite people in character. One was a cold, disappointed skeptic, the other an enthusiastic romantic, an idealist.
They got along.
Wave and stone
Poetry and prose, ice and fire...
Onegin does not like people at all, does not believe in their kindness, and he himself destroys his friend, killing him in a duel. After these sad events, Onegin is overcome by “wanderlust” and leaves to travel. Returning to St. Petersburg, at the ball, Evgeny Onegin meets Tatyana, who is now married woman. Love flares up in him for Tatiana, who has become “an indifferent princess, an unapproachable goddess.” Onegin languishes and suffers, looking for a reciprocal feeling. But, alas! Onegin is rejected.
Pushkin portrays Onegin, of course, as an egoist, but not self-satisfied, but “suffering.” He is too smart to be satisfied with life, himself, and those around him, but he will never change himself and the world in order to improve them. “Meaning laziness” is the main trait and misfortune of his character. “He was sick of hard work” - this is the main reason why Onegin will never change enough to find happiness.
The main character of the novel is the young landowner Evgeny Onegin, a man with a complex, contradictory character. The upbringing that Onegin received was disastrous. He grew up without a mother. The father, a frivolous St. Petersburg gentleman, did not pay attention to his son, entrusting him to “poor” tutors. As a result of this, Onegin grew up to be an egoist, a person who cares only about himself, about his desires and who does not know how to pay attention to the feelings, interests, and suffering of other people. He is capable of offending, offending a person without even noticing it. Everything beautiful that was in the young man’s soul remained undeveloped. Onegin's life is boredom and laziness, monotonous satisfaction in the absence of real, living work.
The image of Onegin is not invented. In it, the poet summarized the features typical of young people of that time. These are people who are provided for through work and serfs who received a disorderly upbringing. But unlike most representatives of the ruling class, these young men are smarter, more sensitive, more conscientious, more noble. They are dissatisfied with themselves, their environment, and the social order.
In his views and requirements for life, Onegin is superior not only to his rural landowner neighbors, but also to representatives of St. Petersburg high society. Having met Lensky, who received higher education V the best university in Germany, Onegin could argue with him on any topic, as with an equal. Friendship with Lensky reveals in Onegin’s soul the possibilities of faithful, friendly relationships between people hidden behind a mask of cold egoism and indifference.
Seeing Tatyana for the first time, without even talking to her, without hearing her voice, he immediately felt the poetry of this girl’s soul. In his attitude towards Tatyana, as well as towards Lensky, such a trait as goodwill was revealed. Under the influence of the events depicted in the novel, an evolution takes place in Eugene’s soul, and in the last chapter of the novel, Onegin is no longer the same as we saw him before. He fell in love with Tatiana. But his love does not bring happiness, neither to him nor to her.
In the novel “Eugene Onegin,” Pushkin portrayed a frivolous young man who, even in love, cannot give himself advice. Running away from the world, Onegin could not escape from himself. By the time he realized this, it was already too late. Tatyana doesn't believe him now. And this opens Onegin’s eyes to himself, but nothing can change.
The image of Lensky in the novel "Eugene Onegin"
Another path followed by the noble intelligentsia of the 20s of the 19th century is revealed in the image of Lensky. This is the path of fascination with philosophical teachings that were fashionable at that time and dreamy romantic poetry, divorced from life:
Lenskoye has many excellent qualities. Pushkin points to Lensky’s inherent “noble aspirations and feelings and thoughts of the young, tall, gentle, daring,” “thirst for knowledge and labor and fear of vice and shame.”
But Lensky lacks knowledge and understanding of reality. “A dear ignoramus at heart,” he perceives people and life as a romantic dreamer. Like Onegin, the society of the provincial nobility with its narrow interests is alien to him, but he idealizes Olga, an ordinary girl. Lack of understanding of people, enthusiastic daydreaming lead Lensky to a tragic end at his first encounter with reality.
Lensky is an educated, cultured person. His conversations with Onegin touch on philosophical, social, and scientific issues. Pushkin notes his “freedom-loving dreams.” Lensky is a poet, a sentimental romantic. In stanza X of the second chapter, Pushkin lists the main motives of Lensky’s poetry, and in stanzas XXI and XXII of the sixth chapter he cites his elegy as an example of romantic poetry.
The motives that Pushkin notes in Lensky’s poetry are close to Zhukovsky and other sentimental romantic poets of that time. The motifs of “love, sadness, separation”, a mysterious “something”, glorification of the “faded color of life”, “foggy distance” and “romantic roses” are typical of Zhukovsky’s poetry.
Romantics like Lensky cannot withstand the blows of life: they either reconcile themselves with the reigning way of life, or die at the first collision with reality. Lensky died. But if he had remained alive, he most likely would have turned into an ordinary landowner. He would hardly have become a major poet: Lensky’s “languid and sluggish” poetry did not promise this.
Tatiana is the embodiment of everything Russian and national. This is a discreet and pure, but deep nature. She is not like all the secular girls. Her characterization is given as if from the opposite, Pushkin says what is not in her - there is no coquetry, affectation, or insincerity in her. Pushkin explains how such two dissimilar sisters were born in the same family. It turns out that Tatyana has been different from her peers since childhood. She preferred solitude to games, reading to dolls, and she also amazingly feels and understands nature. This sensitivity makes Tatyana closer to the common people than to secular society. The basis of her world is folk culture. The episode with Tatiana's fortune telling and dream shows how much is intuitive in her. At the same time, Tatyana is somewhat similar to Onegin - the desire for loneliness, the desire to understand herself and understand life. But she also has Lensky’s traits - belief in ideal happiness, love, creating a sweet image.
>Characteristics of the heroes Eugene Onegin
Characteristics of the hero Eugene Onegin
Evgeny Onegin is the main character of the novel of the same name by A. S. Pushkin, a young nobleman, a man with a complex and contradictory character. Onegin was born and raised in St. Petersburg. He did not have a mother, and his father, although a rich man, was frivolous and quickly squandered his fortune. After his death, all property went to creditors. Eugene was raised by French tutors who did not devote much time to science. In return, they taught him to speak French, understand Latin, dance the mazurka and recite epigrams. Well and quickly he mastered the “science of tender passion.”
Onegin grew up quite selfish, incapable of work, and easily hurting the feelings of other people. Every day he attended theaters, balls and feasts. The next morning I lazed in bed, and then again prepared to go out into the world. Soon, from such monotony, the young man developed melancholy. In order to somehow diversify his life, he tried to read books and engage in literary creativity. But he also soon became bored with this. Going to the village to visit his dying uncle, who bequeathed him a rich inheritance, he hoped to rest there from the bustle of the capital. He liked the change of environment, but even here he soon began to get bored. Such was the nature of the young nobleman.
In the village, Onegin met Lensky, who later became his best friend, as well as with the Larin family. The meeting with Lensky opened up in him the opportunity for true friendship, hidden behind cold egoism. And the meeting with young Tatyana Larina touched something in his impoverished soul, but seeing the girl’s romantic nature, he did not dare to play with her feelings. In response to her letter of confession, he said that he could love her with the love of a brother and that family ties were not for him. Despite the fact that he was friendly towards these two people, this did not bring him happiness. He accidentally killed Lensky in a duel, and Tatyana was married off to someone else and became a princess. At the end of the novel, he saw her in a different light and fell in love with her, but this time she refused him. This refusal entailed a revolution in all his thoughts and emotional feelings.
For the first time, Onegin’s characterization is given in Chapter I of the novel, where Pushkin not only introduces us to his hero, but also reveals an important stage in his evolution. And how did he appear?
We note Onegin's honesty and directness: he does not try to instill in himself kindred feelings or pity for his rich old uncle. With his characteristic caustic wit, Onegin mocks the hypocrisy of relatives showing ostentatious care for the sick: “What low deceit...”
But Evgeniy is also ironic about himself: after all, it is he who is going to the dying man,
Getting ready, for the sake of money,
For sighs, boredom and deception...
Onegin's directness is a characteristic that hardly excuses his cynicism, the swagger with which the “young rake” speaks about the dying old man.
So in just one stanza, in one statement of the hero, a complex, contradictory character is revealed: Onegin is sarcastic, smart, does not take into account some social conventions and prejudices, is capable of self-exposure, angry and cynical. The hero's words are caustic, full of dark irony. But this was not Onegin’s speech at his first entrance into the world.
He's completely French
He could express himself and wrote...
Young Onegin speaks gracefully, easily, more often in French than in Russian, and knows how to conduct a casual conversation on any topic. Without a doubt, the content of Onegin’s statements testifies to some of his free-thinking, but at the same time it is clear that this free-thinking is shallow and frivolous.
In the story about Eugene's upbringing and social successes, several mocking verses paint him from head to toe and make one guess about his origin, lifestyle, and surroundings. For example: “He served excellently and nobly.”
The words "distinguished-noble" - a common term used in service records and other official documents - help to imagine a brilliant and perhaps brave retired officer. But one cannot help but feel the ironic connotation of these words, especially when you read the next verse - “lived with debts.” Living in debt is a subtle art, which many aristocrats of that time mastered superbly, but it has little to do with nobility. Onegin's father is one of many like him: a carefree, sociable and hospitable playmaker.
Onegin's teacher is also depicted in an epigrammatic style. Image of the teacher and him pedagogical activity helps us understand Onegin’s character, understand why he was able to “touch everything lightly,” “but he was sick of persistent work.”
The author also makes Onegin himself, during the period of his secular success, the target of friendly but merciless ridicule. In themselves, the qualities acquired by Onegin by the time he entered the “society” are not funny or ironic. The funny thing is that this baggage is enough for Evgeny himself, and it’s quite enough for the world: “What do you need more?” - the author asks ironically, revealing the circle of interests of both the hero and the environment.
Let's consider the most important life interest of young Onegin - love game. Why “the science of tender passion”? Why not say “love”? Is it possible to combine the words “science” and “passion”? After all, passion presupposes an uncontrollable feeling, which sometimes even the mind cannot cope with. The fact is that there is no such feeling here, but there is a skillful fake, a complex “science” that replaces true suffering and happiness. And further: “How early he could be a hypocrite,” “Appear gloomy, languish,” “How he knew how to appear new,” etc. Every word speaks of the false, ostentatious nature of feelings, of the fact that Onegin perfectly mastered the entire arsenal of the science of love, but his heart was silent.
Is it his great fault that he, “a child of fun and luxury,” did not find serious business in life? The entire course of the narrative makes us understand that the dear young man, the “philosopher at eighteen years old,” lived as was customary, as was customary in his circle.
Pushkin also recalls his stay in society in the same tone as Onegin’s youth. The son of his time and circle, the poet could not avoid communicating with the light. Digressions help us to more fully feel the atmosphere of cheerful, frivolous emptiness and vulgarity that surrounded Onegin, to see a typical picture of the morals of secular society.
The poet conveys the rapid, uncontrollable pace of Eugene’s monotonous and motley life: “Where will my prankster gallop?”, “Onegin flew to the theater.” Eugene is still full of life, he still greedily pursues its joys. But the closer the narrative comes to the moment of the hero’s disappointment, the more the feeling of sadness, bitterness, and anxiety grows.
Onegin's disappointment is often explained by satiety. But the point, of course, is not only that. After all, most of the youth in his circle did not feel satiated and followed the beaten path. The appearance of disillusioned young people was due to a certain historical situation, which gave rise to the Decembrist movement. But in order to be disappointed in life, one had to have a remarkable nature, to have deeper needs than those who felt great in the whirlpool of society. This is the characteristic of Onegin.
However, Eugene's gloominess - the result of his aversion to secular society - does not yet indicate active protest. One of the means of depicting the “young rake” in Chapter I is the description of the everyday background. For example, when describing what decorated his office, Pushkin does not directly express his condemnation, but, on the contrary, rather justifies Evgeniy.
Onegin is characterized not only by everyday details directly related to him, but also by the depiction of a life that is distant from him - the life of the small St. Petersburg people. This everyday background, contrasted with pictures of Onegin’s life, indirectly casts light on the hero of the novel.
In the stanzas depicting Onegin's disappointment, the background itself changes. This is still the same Petersburg, but not halls and living rooms, not a theater, not everyday pictures, but a poetic Neva landscape that harmonizes with the mood of the hero.
Lanterns are shining everywhere;
Still frozen, the horses fight...
In the subsequent stanzas of Chapter I, the theme of freedom sounds louder and louder. The generation of advanced intelligentsia of the 20s lived in an atmosphere of longing for freedom, feeling like prisoners, convicts.
Getting to know Onegin's uncle in Chapter II of the novel helps us to better understand the evil sarcasm of the hero that sounded at the beginning of the novel. Only one stanza is dedicated to the uncle, in which the poet, in a few lines, reveals the essence of a person, making it possible to imagine both the life path of the character and his environment. Lifestyle, character, spiritual world, level of interests of the old landowner - everything is given in the last two lines of this quatrain.
This is the environment in which Onegin found himself. Apparently, most of the steppe landowners were not much different in spirit and way of life from Uncle Eugene. Their characterization of Onegin, as well as the judgments of secular judges, is in many ways reminiscent of the gossip of enemies. This is what the neighbors say about Onegin: “Our neighbor is ignorant, crazy,” etc.
The neighbors' criticism of the hero also applies to his manner of speaking. The landowners are outraged by Eugene's independent, free tone and the lack of respectful intonations in his speech. It is clear that in such an environment Onegin’s blues could only worsen. But he could not appreciate other aspects of village life. IN further development The image of Onegin plays an important role in its comparison with other characters in the novel.
