Folk tales occupy a rather serious place in the Russian ethnos. They express the aspirations, hopes, fears, and even just people. Most Russian fairy tales are permeated with kindness and faith in justice. Sometimes we are faced with the fact that the writer takes as a basis the plot of some folk tale and develop it in his own way. An example is the work of such a writer as Nikolai Ostrovsky. "The Snow Maiden", a summary of which is known to everyone since childhood, received a new and instructive round under the author's pen.
Frost and Spring Love
Let's take a closer look at what N. Ostrovsky writes about. "The Snow Maiden", a summary of which can be conveyed in a few sentences, is filled with a lot of instructive messages to readers. Imagine the ancient mythical land of the Berendeys. And then one day, an unprecedented event happened in her. Spring comes to Krasnaya Gorka near Berendeev Posad (the royal capital). Yes, not alone, but with all her magnificent retinue. Her retinue is noble - cranes and swans. However, the country of the Berendeys unkindly meets Spring (as it seems to her, the reason for this is their relationship with the old Frost). After all, the father of her daughter named Snegurochka is Frost.
Not only in the country of the Berendeys are dissatisfied with this course of things. The sun also expresses dissatisfaction, threatening to no longer warm the earth. Therefore, Spring, in order to somehow help the animals warm up, invites them to sing and dance. However, as soon as they begin to move, an angry cold blizzard immediately rises. Spring gathers all the birds and hides them in the bushes in the hope that the next day will bring the long-awaited warmth.
Father's warning
In addition, old Frost appears from the forest, reminding Vesna of caring for a common child. He offers to hide the Snow Maiden in the depths of the forest, where a warm tower is located. Mother Spring also takes care in her own way - she wants her child to live among people, to enjoy life with them. The meeting turns into a fight. Frost knows that the hot Yarilo wants to destroy the Snow Maiden, making it so that when the fire of love ignites in her heart, she will simply melt. He tells all this to Spring. But she does not believe Moroz's arguments.
From the very beginning, we see the difference in the plots of the folk tale and the one that Ostrovsky wrote. "The Snow Maiden", a summary of the chapters of which we are considering, continues like this. After a long argument, the parents decided to give the girl to be raised by a childless Bobyl. Say, there are no guys there, which means that the heart of the Snow Maiden will be safe. The girl herself admits that she has long dreamed of living with people, singing songs and having fun round dances. In addition, it turns out that the Snow Maiden is not completely indifferent to the young shepherd Lelya. This especially alarmed Frost. He warns his daughter with all paternal severity to stay away from the shepherd, communication with which can ruin her.
Adoptive parents
Summary In the story “The Snow Maiden” (Ostrovsky perfectly describes the farewell to Shrovetide), we will continue with the fact that the Berendeys rejoice at the arrival of Spring, meeting her with songs and dances. Bobyl meets in the deaf more often a beautiful, rich dressed girl, who asks for foster daughters. The life of the Snow Maiden is not easy. The thing is that, being too bashful, she, according to the Bobyls, discouraged all potential suitors. But they so wanted to get rich at the expense of the family in which they would take the girl in marriage.
Suddenly, the shepherd Lel comes to stay at the Bobyls. Nobody wanted to take a handsome and charming guy into their house, fearing that the master's daughters would not resist him. And what to take from the poor shepherd? A very unfavorable party. Therefore, fellow villagers collect money and give it to Lelya so that he can find a place to live somewhere, but not with them. Tempted by money, Bobyls let the young man into the house.
The inexperience of the Snow Maiden
How accurately and deeply Ostrovsky reveals his characters! "The Snow Maiden" is a play, the summary of which cannot convey the entire palette of characters. Let's look at the relationship between the handsome shepherd and the innocent, modest Snow Maiden. Despite the fact that she likes Lel's songs, and the guy himself, the girl's innate modesty clearly prevents young people from getting close.
Yes, and the shepherd was not entirely disinterested. He does not want to sing just for the pleasure of hearing. He asks for more material gifts. For example, kisses. But the Snow Maiden does not understand Lel's aspirations. She wholeheartedly gave the young man a flower for the song performed. The shepherd, tired of explaining the obvious, threw him out and went to other girls who, in his opinion, could better appreciate talent and beauty.
Beauty is an object of envy and resentment
What else does Ostrovsky emphasize? The Snow Maiden (a brief summary of the tale cannot be left without some details) was written a long time ago, but even today we find many instructive moments. So, the Snow Maiden, despite her popularity among young people, cannot find girlfriends. After all, all the guys look at her, and the girls do not want to communicate with the daughter of Spring.
The only one who showed kindness to the Snow Maiden was Kupava, the daughter of a wealthy peasant. She is so frank with the girl that she shares her happiness - the wealthy merchant Mizgir from the royal settlement wooed her. Soon to be a wedding. After some time, the groom himself appears. He arrives with many gifts that he wants to give to Kupava's relatives and close people in honor of his marriage.
Kupava introduces the Snow Maiden to her lover and invites her to a bachelorette party arranged on the occasion of her imminent marriage. But Mizgir falls in love with the Snow Maiden at first sight, completely forgetting about Kupava. He officially announces to the girl about the termination of the engagement, arguing this with his unexpected love for the Snow Maiden. Kupava is so shocked that she decides to commit suicide by drowning herself in the river, but the shepherd Lel manages to save her. Of course, Kupava, like all the other girls in the village, harbored a grudge.
The disgrace of the god Yarila
Let's continue with the summary. The fairy tale "Snow Maiden" (Ostrovsky built it on the basis of the ancient folk beliefs) takes us back to the times when people worshiped natural, natural gods. So, it seems to Tsar Berendey that in Lately the god Yarilo is not merciful to his kingdom. It warms a little, does not allow the crop to ripen, and in general rarely appears.
He tells about this to his close Bermyata. The king is sure that Yarilo is angry with his subjects for the lack of warmth of love in their hearts. As a bright and warm deity, this is unpleasant for him.
Berendey's plan: a summary
Ostrovsky N., whose “Snow Maiden” “exposes” all human passions, leads him to an angry Kupava. She asks to punish the traitor. Justifying himself, Mizgir explained to the king that he no longer considers Kupava his bride, and does not want to marry without sincere love. After listening to the merchant, Bermyata, who had previously been silent, offered the king to force him to marry Kupava. However, the girl herself objected, declaring that she did not need such a traitor for nothing. Mizgir replied that from now on he considers Snegurochka his bride.
All this interferes with Berendey's plan, according to which his subjects need to conclude maximum amount marriages. And the sooner the better. This should appease Yarila. Bermyata was skeptical about the royal plans, citing the fact that more and more suburban girls have been quarreling with their boyfriends lately. Those are subdued by the beauty of the Snow Maiden.
Acquaintance of the Tsar with the Snow Maiden
Enraged, Berendey sentences the merchant to exile from the country. Mizgir agrees with the punishment, but invites the king to take a look at the beauty himself, because of which there are so many conversations. Soon Bobyl together with adopted daughter appeared before the king.
Berendey was amazed at the beauty and chastity of the Snow Maiden, immediately estimating that if he married her successfully, Yarilo would definitely be satisfied. However, here again the question of suitors arose. The heart of the Snow Maiden is cold, and she does not want to get married. Perplexed, Berendey asks his wife, Elena the Beautiful, for advice. The queen, having understood the situation, explained to her husband that only the shepherd Lel could melt the girl’s heart.
Magic Gift of Spring
It would seem that the denouement is not far off. But passions are only heating up. That is exactly what Ostrovsky thought. The Snow Maiden (a summary of the actions of this tale accurately conveys the libretto to Rimsky-Korsakov's opera) does not interest Lel. He is very passionate about Kupava, so much so that he wants to sing his songs only for her. Inviting the Snow Maiden to a night party, the shepherd is not at all going to give her his heart, hinting that the girl has already once failed to appreciate his aspirations. She does not understand carnal feelings, and Lel rejects the girl.
Mizgir also does not waste time and seeks to win his beloved. But the Snow Maiden is not interested in the wealth of the merchant either. The enraged Mizgir tries to take the girl by force, but the magical inhabitants of the forest protect the daughter of the old Frost. As Ostrovsky wrote, the Snow Maiden (a very brief content does not allow to fully reveal all the nuances of the plot) is under the tutelage of Leshy all the time.
Desperate, she asks Vesna to teach her human love. The mother on the last day of her dominion (after all, Yarilo rises in the morning) cannot refuse her daughter. But she nevertheless recalled that these feelings are "like death." The Snow Maiden agrees to everything, just to know love. Spring puts a magic wreath on the girl's head: the first man her daughter meets will become her chosen one.
The destructive rays of the sun
The Snow Maiden meets Mizgir, to whom she gives her love. The merchant is happy and does not believe in the fears of the Snow Maiden about the first rays of the Sun. He solemnly brings the girl to Yarilina Gora, where all the Berendeys have gathered, and the king blesses all the couples who are going to get married.
Unfortunately, Ostrovsky ends the tale tragically. The Snow Maiden (the summary does not contain all the experiences of the girl) dies with the first rays of the sun. The merchant is so shocked that he rushes straight from the mountain into the pool, where he drowns. However, their death did not impress Tsar Berendey. He believes that Yarilo received a great sacrifice, and now their life in the kingdom will improve.
"Snegurochka" Ostrovsky
"Snow Maiden" analysis of the work - theme, idea, genre, plot, composition, heroes, problems and other issues are disclosed in this article.
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky can rightfully be considered the creator of the repertoire for the national Russian theater. Despite the fact that he became famous most of all for his works about the customs of the Russian merchant class (which the critic Nikolai Dobrolyubov very aptly nicknamed " dark kingdom”), among the gloomy and slightly scary stories from the life of Zamoskvoretsk merchants there is a very bright and fabulous work - "Snow Maiden" written in 1873.
At the core plot playwright used Russian folk tale from the collection of Alexander Afanasiev "Poetic views of the Slavs on nature." That is why Slavic higher and lower deities act in the play: Yarilo, Frost, Spring, Goblin. The peculiarity is that the play "The Snow Maiden", unlike all the previous ones, is written in verse, but without rhyme. However, the unified rhythm of the work made it possible to set it to music. The whole play is a kind of poetic stylization of Russian folklore, which Ostrovsky was then passionate about.
This is explained by the fact that in 1873 the troupe of the Maly Theater was forced to move to Grand Theatre during the repair. So under one roof were the opera, ballet and drama troupe. Then the commission of management of the Moscow imperial theaters decided to put on an extravaganza performance with the participation of all the artists. Ostrovsky composed a play in short term, ending on the day of his fiftieth birthday. And the music for the performance was written by a young and then little-known composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Thus, Ostrovsky's lyrical play became a multi-level, multi-layered work, as it embodied both the folk tale about the Snow Maiden and the folk legend about ancient tribe Berendey, and mythological features Slavic legends, And ancient rites and songs. And Ostrovsky's "spring tale" breathes with such purity of poetry that it reminds of Pushkin's fairy tales. Yes, and in terms of meaning, there is a lot of Pushkin in it: life appears as the magic of beauty and tragedy at the same time, and goodness in a person turns out to be a natural basis.
Therefore, the life of nature in the play looks like a realm of harsh contrasts of cold and heat, lifelessness and flowering. Ostrovsky writes about nature as about man. The landscape resembles a portrait in which the artist peers. The abundance of emotional epithets, comparisons that put natural phenomena in line with human feelings, emphasize the closeness of natural and human principles in the mind of the playwright.
The action of the play takes place in the kingdom of Berendey. It is more like a kind of utopian state in which people live according to the laws of honor and conscience, afraid to provoke the wrath of the gods: this is a kind of ideal of a social structure created by Ostrovsky. Even the tsar, who in Rus' was the sole ruler, autocrat, in the work embodies folk wisdom. He worries about his people in a fatherly way: it seems to him that his subjects have ceased to notice the beauty of nature, but are more experiencing vanity and envy. That's why he got angry with the Berendey Yarilo, who every year freezes people more and more. Then Berendey discovers one of the main laws of nature: "All living things must love". And he asks his assistant Bermyata on Yarilin Day to gather as many grooms and brides as possible in order to sanctify their marriage and make a sacrifice to the Sun God.
However, the main dramatic conflict associated with the struggle between love and "heart chill" in the soul of the Snow Maiden, who lives in the cold purity of loneliness, and with her soul strives for the fire of love, which is why she must perish. Father Frost warns mother Spring-Krasna about this: he says that Yarilo swore to take revenge on him using their daughter Snegurochka. Say, when she truly loves, Yarilo will melt her with his hot rays.
It didn’t take long for the Snow Maiden to know what it was. real love. Once in the family of a childless Bobyl, the girl expects the same love that from her mother and father. But Bobyl and Bobylikha perceive their adopted daughter as a kind of bait for rich suitors. Only the suitors are not the same: many guys quarreled with their girls because of the Snow Maiden, but neither she is ready to give her heart, nor foster parents ordinary berendei are not satisfied.
The Snow Maiden herself likes the shepherd Lel, who generously endows all the girls in the area with his songs. This hurts the heroine: she wants to be loved only by her. When is the rich bridegroom, "trading guest" Mizgir, ready to give up all her wealth for the sake of the Snow Maiden, she cannot find feelings for him in her heart. Everyone is unhappy: Kupava, the failed bride of Mizgir, Mizgir, who can no longer think of anyone except the Snow Maiden, who captivated him with her beauty, and the Snow Maiden herself suffers because she does not know what true love is.
Turning to her mother for help, the heroine gets what she wanted more than anything in the world - the opportunity to love. Vesna-Krasna says that she will love the first person she meets. Fortunately, it turns out to be Mizgir, and the reader can imagine that now everything will end happily. But no, Mizgir, intoxicated with the love of the Snow Maiden, wants to show everyone that he was able to achieve his goal - the reciprocity of the beauty. Not listening to the requests of the girl, he literally drags her up the mountain, where the Berendeys met the dawn, and under the first rays of the sun the Snow Maiden dissolves. Having yielded to human law, she melts "from the sweet feelings of love."
The melting of the Snow Maiden is a victory over the "traces of cold" in the heart. She was ready to die for the right to love with all her heart. Mizgir said about it: "Love and fear fought in her soul". Now the fear is cast aside, and the Snow Maiden in the last minutes of her short life is given only to love.
Fearless and Mizgir. He kept his promise: "Trouble will come - we will die together". The death of the Snow Maiden is a disaster for him, so he rushes into the lake to connect with the cool water into which the Snow Maiden has turned, until recently warm in his warm embrace.
But Tsar Berendey calls the death of the Snow Maiden "sad", Then "wonderful". The difference between these epithets suggests to the reader a way out of tragedy into life-affirmation. The death of the Snow Maiden and the holiday of the Berendeys are close by. Its fading brings a flood of light into the world. No wonder the king says:
Snow Maiden sad death
And the terrible death of Mizgir
They cannot disturb us; The sun knows
Whom to punish and pardon ...
Thus the tragedy of the individual is dissolved in the general chorus of nature. In the words of Pushkin, the author's sadness is light, because it is light human soul: she turns out to be free and fearless in love, she is stronger than the fear of self-preservation.
In ancient times, Spring-Krasna and Santa Claus gave birth to a daughter - the Snow Maiden. For 16 years, Frost hid her under the protection of goblin, wolves and owls in a forest chamber, where no one had a road. So that the Snow Maiden would not be damaged by the heat, Frost made all these 16 winters unusually cold and persuaded his wife, Spring, to come to earth later.
But when the snow girl grew up, and she became bored alone among the animals and forest monsters. Vesna-Krasna, pitying her daughter, persuaded Moroz to let her live in the nearby settlement of the Berendey tribe. Frost disagreed. He knew that his enemy, the solar god Yarilo, was angry for 16 icy winters and was going to kindle a love flame in the heart of the Snow Maiden with his rays, which would melt her and destroy her.
Snow Maiden. Feature Film based on the play by A. Ostrovsky, 1968
However, Spring still persuaded Frost to let his daughter go to people. Frost agreed to this, but on the condition that the Snow Maiden lived with the Berendeys in the hut of the impoverished family of the Bobyla Bakula and his wife, Bobylikha. Frost hoped that the suburban guys would not stare at the poor bride, and without their caresses, love in the soul of his daughter would not flare up.
The Snow Maiden gladly agreed to settle among the people. Celebrating Maslenitsa soon - seeing off winter, the Berendeys saw an unusual sight on the edge of the forest. beautiful girl. She said that she had nowhere to go and asked to go to Bakula and his wife.
"Snegurochka", 1 act - summary
The lazy Bobyl and Bobylikh, who lived on paraphernalia from strangers, gladly accepted the Snow Maiden. They expected that rich suitors would flock to such a beauty and endow them with money. All the local guys really began to fight for the Snow Maiden. However, she, the daughter of Frost with an icy heart, did not feel anything for them, although she longed to feel love. The Snow Maiden worked diligently for Bobyl and Bobylikha, but they continually reproached her for her inability to bring the guys.
All suburban girls dried up for the poor shepherd Lelya, who was very handsome, skillfully wove wreaths of flowers, sang sweet, passionate songs and was considered the first heartthrob in the district. The Snow Maiden looked curiously at Lel and loved to talk with him, trying to experience that state of mind that she had never experienced. But Lel, spoiled by girlish attention, either flirted with her or mocked her. Not feeling love, the Snow Maiden, like a child, felt grief and jealousy.
In her best friend, Kupavu, the merchant Mizgir fell in love - a stately young handsome man. With bags of gifts, Mizgir came to woo Kupava in the suburbs, but when he saw the Snow Maiden, he was so shocked by her beauty that he immediately left the bride. He began to ask Bobyl and Bobylikh for the hand of their "daughter". They ordered the Snow Maiden to accept the rich gifts of the merchant. "Take tribute, envious people, from the friend of misfortune, grow rich in my shame, ”she lamented woefully.
Snow Maiden. Cartoon based on the play by A. Ostrovsky
Kupava in a frenzy cursed the deceiver Mizgir and the “homeowner” Snegurochka. By order of Bakula, the Snow Maiden drove Lel away, and he hated her. Kupava decided to go with a complaint about Mizgir to Tsar Berendey himself.
"Snow Maiden", act 2 - summary
Tsar Berendey has long been worried that the last fifteen cold winters and springs have extinguished the fire of love in the hearts of his subjects. Boys and girls were less attracted to each other, the bond between wives and husbands weakened, marital fidelity was shaken.
Tomorrow in the reserved forest, the Berendeys were supposed to celebrate great holiday Yarila: feast all night, and then meet the sunrise. The tsar planned to arrange the wedding of all the brides and grooms among the people during this celebration, so that such a spectacle would appease Yarila, who was angry with the cold.
But on the eve of the holiday, Kupava came to Berendey with a complaint about Mizgir. The king summoned all the people to judge those who dared to abuse the girl's feelings.
The Snow Maiden also came to the court with her parents. When he first saw her, Berendey was delighted with her beauty no less than Mizgir. He asked the Snow Maiden to find herself a groom and participate with him in tomorrow's marriage ceremony. However, she replied that she was unable to feel love.
The king proclaimed: one of the Berendeys who manages to captivate the Snow Maiden with tender passion before dawn will receive her as his wife and will be the first guest at the palace feasts. Mizgir and Lel volunteered to ignite love in the Snow Maiden.
"Snow Maiden", act 3 - summary
In the evening, the Berendeys gathered in a clearing in the forest to celebrate Yarila's holiday. Lel, going up to the Snow Maiden, sang a song about red maidens, but then, in front of her eyes, he began to kiss Kupava. The Snow Maiden began to reproach Lel with tears in her eyes, but he threw to her: “You yourself are to blame, I loved you a lot, I shed a lot of flammable tears furtively.”
Lel left, and Mizgir appeared next to the Snow Maiden. Falling on his knees before her, he begged her for love. But the imperious and proud Mizgir inspired fear in the Snow Maiden. She said she could never love him. Mizgir, having lost his head, tried to take it by force, but the goblin that suddenly appeared by witchcraft threw him into the forest thicket. The charms of the goblin forced Mizgir to chase the ghost of the Snow Maiden all night, which appeared here and there before his eyes.
Having got rid of Mizgir, the Snow Maiden soon met Lel again and began to beg him to take her to the king as his bride. But Lel went to Kupava, saying: I will meet the sunrise of Yaril only with her. The timid feeling of the Snow Maiden, compared with Kupava's ardent love, looked ridiculous and childish in his eyes.
The Snow Maiden, sobbing, rushed to her mother, Spring - to ask her to breathe into her frozen heart genuine passion.
"Snow Maiden", act 4 - summary
Near the place of the festival stood a mountain and a lake. The Snow Maiden ran to the lake shore, and Spring-Red rose from the water to her, surrounded by flowers.
The Snow Maiden began to ask her mother to give her the ability to love. Spring reminded the Snow Maiden of the prophecies of Father Frost: love will destroy her. But the girl insisted: "Let me die, one moment of love is dearer to me than years of anguish and tears."
Spring put a wreath of flowers on her daughter's head, and the soul of the Snow Maiden was seized with love passion. In ecstasy, it seemed to her that even the grass and trees had acquired a new beauty.
Spring wished the Snow Maiden to find a young man to her heart today, but ordered her to hurry home until morning so as not to fall under the rays of the Yarila Sun at dawn, which would kindle the heat in her so that he would melt her. Spring again sank into the lake, and the Snow Maiden joyfully ran along the path - and came across Mizgir, whose courageous appearance now sweetly enchanted her.
She threw herself on his chest and said that she agreed to become his wife. Delighted, Mizgir dragged the Snow Maiden to Tsar Berendey in order to take part in the marriage ceremony with her at sunrise. The Snow Maiden asked to take her home faster, but Mizgir, not listening, ran with her to the clearing, where the Berendey choirs were already beginning to praise the dawn.
The story of Lel and Kupava is so romantic that it has become a symbol of the most pure, sincere and honest love. It once existed in the form of a folk legend, but since the 19th century it has been better known author's fairy tale playwright Alexander Ostrovsky and the opera "The Snow Maiden" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, based on it.
The central place in this work is occupied by the Snow Maiden herself and her tragic story: the daughter of Frost and Spring, she dies as soon as love warms her heart. Lel and Kupava, on the other hand, find their happiness after experiencing their own dramas: Lel is denied love by the Snow Maiden, and because of her, he leaves his bride Kupava Mizgir.
In this "love quadrangle" everyone has a certain role to play. Kupava embodies the living, earthly, human feminine principle. The character of the beautiful shepherd Lelya is borrowed from Slavic mythology: Ostrovsky's contemporaries believed that in ancient times in Rus' this was the name of the divine patron of love and marriage, which can be compared with cupid (modern researchers do not support this point of view). In a fairy tale, he has a truly magical power over women's hearts, to the point that he is simply not allowed to spend the night in houses where there are marriageable daughters. Both Lel and his beloved Kupava are doing big way to acquire true love: Kupava refuses a "marriage of convenience", and Lel is ready to overcome his frivolity and open his heart. And while the Snow Maiden and Mizgir literally burn passions, Kupava and Lel learn the most real and living love.
The events of the fairy tale "The Snow Maiden" take place in pre-Christian times: the fictional Berendeyevo kingdom meets the arrival of spring and summer according to pagan customs. Alexander Ostrovsky handled the folk heritage very carefully, creating an author's work, so the plots and motifs borrowed from folklore culture are carefully woven into this story.
Stone-cutters also sought to preserve this charm: the lyricism of the musician's image is emphasized by the delicate range of the stone used. The scrupulous detail of the work was manifested in the decision of the decor of the clothes: embroidery on the shirt, a colorful check of the fabric of the pants, a rich pattern on the boots. And the patterned carved malachite of the base and the equally whimsically worked out fairy ant grass from ophit unite the characters of one fairy tale in this series - Lelya and Kupava.
From the spring fairy tale by A. Ostrovsky "The Snow Maiden"
Kupava:
By force I found you, desired,
Hearty friend, gray-winged dove!
Not in the eyes, no, not on the cheeks to kiss, -
Lie at your feet, gray-winged dove,
Kupava should lie at the feet.
Lel:
Flies fly and cling to the honeycomb,
A leaf to the water, a bee clings to a flower -
To Kupava Lel.
Kupava:
Blue-winged dove!
My heart is warm, thank you
I will stay with you forever; you from shame
From the burning needles of ridicule and submission
Kupava saved girlish pride.
With all the honest people a kiss
Compared me, forgotten, with everyone.
Lel:
Didn't I know what kind of heart
I'll buy myself, kissing you. If
At the stupid shepherd boy
There is no reason, so with a prophetic heart he will find
He is a girlfriend.
Kupava:
Girlfriend? No, doggy.
Beckon me when you want to caress
Drive and beat, if the caress gets tired.
I'll leave without complaint, just with a glance
I’ll tell you teary-eyed that I, they say,
I'll come again when you beckon.
Lel:
My soul, Kupava, orphan
He walked off his spree-freedom.
The winning head is pumped
To lovely hands, eyes were admired
Until the lovely eyes, the heart was home
To a warm shelter.
Kupava:
Lel is handsome,
How long your love will last, I don't know;
My love forever and ever
The last, gray-winged dove!
Lel:
Let's go soon! The shadows of the night fade.
Look, the dawn is a barely visible strip
Cut through the eastern sky edge,
It grows, clearer, expanding. This
The day woke up and opens the eyelids
Luminous eyes. Let's go to! The time has come
Meet the sunrise of the Yaril-Sun. Proudly
Before the crowd will show the Sun Lel
My beloved girlfriend.
The basis of the plot of the fairy tale is the life story of the Snow Maiden, the daughter of Spring and Frost. The girl really wanted to be free to people, so her parents allowed her to live with the childless Bobyls. The Snow Maiden does not know love. She asks her mother to reward her with this feeling, despite the fact that she may melt with love. The Snow Maiden falls in love with Mizgir, who is also in love with her, and melts with the first rays of the summer sun. Mizgir also dies from his grief - he throws himself from the mountain into the lake.
The main idea of the work is a great feeling of love, for which it is not a pity to give one's life. It is absolutely natural and inevitable for all people.
Read the summary of Ostrovsky's fairy tale Snegurochka
The events of this story take place in prehistoric times country of the Berendeys.
The beginning of spring, the threshold of Maslenitsa. Red hill, all covered with snow. At midnight, Spring-Krasna appears with her retinue of birds. hard frost, the blizzard begins.
Spring admits that she herself is to blame for the fact that she and the birds are freezing. Shouldn't have flirted with old Santa Claus sixteen years ago. They have common daughter- Snow Maiden. Therefore, Spring cannot quarrel with Frost. And he takes advantage of this - he enveloped Spring itself and the Berendeys with cold.
The sun is angry with them for prolonged cold.
Santa Claus appears.
Frost's peaceful conversation with Spring about his daughter turns into an argument. Spring thinks that she is bored in the forest to live among the animals. The Snow Maiden needs freedom, communication with people, girlfriends and guys, love. Frost is categorically against it. He insists that the girl's place in the forest is with hares, martens and squirrels. As a result, they agree to give the Snow Maiden to the childless Bobyl family. There, the girl will have a lot of work, and the guys have no self-interest to pester her.
There is a rumor that if the Snow Maiden falls in love with someone, then there is no salvation for her - the Sun will melt her.
Santa Claus calls the Snow Maiden. He wonders if the girl wants to go live with people. The Snow Maiden admits that she has long dreamed of this. She likes the songs of the shepherd Lel and round dances. Frost was upset by his daughter's answer. But he, reluctantly, let the Snow Maiden go to the people, giving at the same time a punishment - to be afraid of the shepherd Lel and the Sun.
Frost takes a promise from the goblin to protect and protect the Snow Maiden from evil people and leaves. Spring begins.
Berendeys greet spring with merry festivities and celebrate Maslenitsa. Bobyl went to the forest to chop wood and met the Snow Maiden there. He was very surprised and called his wife Bobylikha. Having got acquainted with them, the Snow Maiden asks the Bobyls to take her in as an adopted daughter. Bobyl took the girl to her, hoping to find her a rich groom and cash in on it.
It is not easy for the Snow Maiden at the Bobyls. The girl is unnecessarily bashful and modest, which caused dissatisfaction with the named parents. She refused all suitors, she cannot fall in love with anyone.
Many guys in the suburb are smitten with the beauty of the Snow Maiden, and they quarreled with their girls. Therefore, she had almost no girlfriends. One Kupava, the daughter of Murash, is friends with the Snow Maiden.
Kupava shared with her friend her happiness that she had mutual love with a guest from the royal settlement - Mizgir. The girl wants to introduce the Snow Maiden to her fiancé.
Then Mizgir appears with expensive gifts and woo Kupava. But as soon as he saw the Snow Maiden, he immediately forgot about his bride. Kupava is offended by her friend and offended, her heart is broken. Mizgir brings his gifts to the Bobyls and woo the Snow Maiden. The beans force their named daughter to accept Mizgir. The Snow Maiden obediently fulfills their order.
Meanwhile, Tsar Berendey is talking with his subject about the affairs of the state. Yarilo, God of the sun, is angry with the Berendeys. For fifteen years, cold and crop failure in the kingdom. The warmth in the hearts of people has disappeared. And Berendey decides on Yarilin's day to make a sacrifice to the god of the sun - to marry all the young. Only now all the guys and girls quarreled because of some Snow Maiden.
Then Kupava comes to Berendey and talks about his grief, asks to punish Mizgir. The king orders to call the criminal. Mizgir appears and talks about his love for the Snow Maiden. And he also assures Berendey that he must certainly see this girl in order to understand everything.
The Snow Maiden appears with the Berendeys. Seeing her, the king is amazed at such beauty. He decides that the one who melts the heart of the Snow Maiden before dawn will be her husband.
The festivities begin. In the center of the round dance Lel and the Snow Maiden. At the request of the king to choose a mate, Lel chooses Kupava. The Snow Maiden is very offended and runs away in tears. In the forest, she meets Mizgir, begins to pester. The girl pushes him away, and the goblin leads the guy all night through the forest.
The Snow Maiden asks Spring for love at least for a moment. The mother endows her daughter with this feeling and promises that the Snow Maiden will fall in love with the first person she meets, who turns out to be Mizgir. The girl falls in love with him. Mizgir is immensely happy and leads the Snow Maiden to the Tsar. The first rays of the summer sun appear, and she melts in the arms of her beloved. Mizgir from grief throws himself off a cliff into the lake and dies. The king decides that the sacrifice has been made to Yarila, and orders the festivities to continue.
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