Perhaps, no less than Gray, Assol inspires faith in success, carries the burning of good luck. There were two people in Gray's soul. And in Assol's soul lived two Assols, "mixed in a wonderful beautiful irregularity." One was the daughter of a sailor, a craftsman, who knew how to make toys, diligently sew, cook, wash floors. The other, which Green called a living poem "with all the marvels of its consonances and images," was itself the epitome of poetry. Trembling and worrying, Assol lived in anticipation of a miracle. And in this reciprocity of shadows and light, in this beautiful irregularity, there was, like Gray, its own correctness, there was something inherent in both of them. high art transform the world, inspire to make many amazing discoveries "ethereal-subtle", "inexpressible", "but important, like cleanliness and warmth" . Everything that Assol saw around her, everything she lived with, became "a lace of secrets in the form of everyday life." The very sound of her name, equally strange and unaccustomed to hearing, foreshadowed a meeting with a creature unlike any other. What is the source of Assol's charm? Green is not going to ask us riddles on this score. There is so much purity, spontaneity, naturalness in her soul, such a readiness to see the world with eyes in which nothing adult remains - big eyes child, that together with her we are imbued with the expectation of the Beautiful Unknown. Assol inspiredly promises to his friend, the coal miner Philip, that one day, when Philip fills up his basket with coal, it will turn into a fragrant bush. And Philip really begins to imagine that buds have crawled out of the old twigs and leaves have splashed over the basket. Trembling and agitated, Assol leaves for the seashore, tensely looking out on the horizon for a white ship with a scarlet sail. And we, too, not believing that we believe, are waiting for his appearance. “These minutes were happiness for her,” Greene wrote about his heroine, “it’s hard for us to get into a fairy tale like that, it would be no less difficult for her to get out of her power and charm.” And what a triumph over the prosaic, rough, one-dimensional, flat and philistine idea of life, devoid of any flight of fantasy, the author of the book experiences together with his heroes, when, in front of the shocked inhabitants of Kaperna, a ship suddenly appears with the very sails, whose name is still it sounded like a mockery. The heroine of "Scarlet Sails" at one time seemed to some critics of the book a character, although poetic, but passive, inactive. Such a reproach to Green was addressed more than once. Is he really that fair? Gray was given strength, opportunities, a desire to make Assol's dream come true. But remember that none other than Assol inspired Gray to his act! Assol helped Gray understand one simple truth. To understand and to be convinced of it: one must do the so-called miracles with one's own hands. And maybe that's why Gray didn't want anyone else but Assol. The image and characteristics of Assol The second main character in the story is Arthur Gray, who was born in rich family, and he also had his own dream - to become a captain and he became one. At the age of 15, he went to the ship as a simple sailor and during the sailing time, the captain of the ship taught Arthur various marine sciences. After four years of swimming, returning home, Arthur took from his parents a large sum money to buy your own ship. And from that moment on, he sailed the seas and oceans as a captain. And one day, during his next trip, Arthur met Assol, whom he really liked. And having learned about her dream, he decided and fulfilled it.
We get acquainted with the image of Arthur Gray not at the very beginning of the work. However, he is also the main character who changed the life of the young girl Assol beyond recognition. The main saying that permeates the story is: "When you want to achieve a goal, you will achieve it."
Judging by the fact that Arthur was from a noble family, one could assume that he would grow up as a spoiled man who relies on the help of his close associates in everything. However, the author describes it differently. Already at the age of eight, adult traits of his character began to appear, which are usually unusual for children at such years. I was very impressed by the episode in which he “takes out” the nails from the bloodied hands of Christ. He did it in a childish way (using ordinary paint), but that was not even the point. He said that he did not want and could not allow blood to flow from the hands of Christ. His father thought seriously and, recognizing himself in him, did not punish him.
At the age of 10, he tested himself for strength. Having secretly made his way to the kitchen, where he was forbidden to enter, he saw how the maid was scalded with boiling water. He did the same to himself. Only after she was helped, he showed the doctor his hand, and before that he bravely endured pain.
Similar incidents accompanied him in the future. They very clearly demonstrate his extraordinary character and lively mind. Arthur was a very persistent boy. But this perseverance only served him well. We see how his fate turned out. If his character were different, then he would not have achieved anything in his life and would not have been rewarded with happiness in his personal life.
Alexander Green created " Scarlet Sails in those years when the world order was collapsing around. He wrote a fairy tale about a poor, offended and seemingly homeless girl, when he himself was almost poor and hungry.
The writer carried a notebook with the manuscript of this book with him to the front when he, a thirty-nine-year-old, sick, exhausted man, called to war with the White Poles (1919). He carried the treasured notebook with him around hospitals and typhoid barracks. And in spite of everything, he believed that the "Scarlet Sails" would take place. This belief pervades the story itself.
Her idea was born back in 1916, seemingly by accident. From a childhood dream (the sea) and an accidental impression (a toy boat with a sail seen in a shop window), Greene gave birth to the main images of the story, which he called "fairy tale". This is what is usually called theatrical performance fabulous content. But "Scarlet Sails" is not a play or a fairy tale, but the most real truth. After all, it is not at all uncommon for villages like Kaperna. The heroes of the story do not look like fairy tales, even such as Egl, only little Assol could take him for a magician. And yet, despite the realism of the characters and paintings, "Scarlet Sails" is an extravaganza.
The image of Assol in the story "Scarlet Sails"
The main characters are Assol and Gray. First, the author introduces Assol. The unusualness of the girl is indicated by her name - Assol. It has no "literal meaning". But “it’s good that it’s so strange,” says Aigle.
Assol's "strangeness" is not only in the name, but also in words and behavior. This is especially noticeable against the background of the inhabitants of Caperna. They lived ordinary life- traded, fished, delivered coal, slandered, drank. But, as Egle remarked, they "do not tell tales ... do not sing songs." "Scarlet sails" were mentioned by them only as a "mockery" of the one who believed in them. And when they saw real scarlet sails, they looked at them “with nervous and gloomy anxiety, with vicious fright”, “stupefied women flashed like a snake hiss”, they “poison got into their heads”. It is noteworthy that not only adults became embittered, but also children ... So, anger, cruelty are not traits individual people, but a disease that affected everyone, regardless of age.
Assol was completely different ... She is a stranger in Kapern. The girl could leave at night for Coast, "where ... looked out for a ship with scarlet sails." She felt at home in nature.
And she was filled with love. “I would love him,” said little Assol to Egl, who predicted to her scarlet sails and a prince. She loves her father and comforts him with her feelings. Love separated her from the inhabitants of Caperna, united by malice and poverty of soul.
The image of Gray in the story "Scarlet Sails"
Gray's story also begins in childhood. His entourage is his parents and ancestors, who are present, however, only in portraits. Gray was supposed to live according to a "prearranged plan." The logic and course of his life were predetermined by the family. Actually, like the life of Assol. The only difference is that he was ordered to flourish, and she was to vegetate in an atmosphere of rejection and even hatred of the surrounding people. But the program of life drawn up for Gray failed very early. It did not take into account his lively and independent character.
It all started with the fact that Gray wanted to choose the role of "knight", "seeker" and "miracle worker" in life. In childhood, this role manifested itself in a childish way. Gray smeared nails on the picture depicting the crucified Christ. Then, in order to feel the pain of the maid who scalded her hand, he also scalded his own hand. He slipped her his piggy bank, supposedly from Robin Hood, so that she could get married. A picture on the library wall and a rich imagination helped Gray decide on the future. He decided that he should become a captain. Green gave Gray his dream.
Thus, both Assol and Gray saw their future in childhood. Only Assol just waited patiently, and Gray immediately began to act. At the age of fifteen, he secretly leaves home and enters the unknown life of a sailor. The contrast between domestic and marine life is striking. There is mother's love, indulgence in all his whims, and here rudeness, physical exercise. But Gray "silently endured ridicule, bullying and inevitable abuse until he became a captain."
This hero is subtle. He is able to understand the signs of fate. When he first saw Assol sleeping, "everything shook, everything smiled in him." And he put the ring on the finger of the sleeping Assol.
After hearing her story, Gray already knew what he would do. Green in the most detailed way describes how he chooses silk for sails to show how important it is to him what he is about to do.
Why did Assol and Gray, so distant from each other both by distance and position, still manage to meet? Fate? Yes, definitely. And Gray admits this: "How closely fate, will and character traits are intertwined here." "Fate" he put in the first place. But there are patterns in their history. All Gray's actions after he learned about the prediction for Assol are absolutely in his character: “I understood one simple truth. It is to do so-called miracles with your own hands.”
Of course, A. Green embellished life. He showed what I would like to see in her, and not what is. But his tale supports our belief in miracles that happen in life. And already for many people.
Scarlet sails are a symbol of hope that started it all...
The main features of the story "Scarlet Sails":
- genre: fairy tale;
- plot: prediction and its fulfillment;
- the contrast of "worlds": the "shining world" of Assol and Gray and the everyday world of Kaperna and sailors;
- the ideal hero at the center of the story;
- the presence of symbols;
- concept of "miracle" with my own hands;
- the meeting of two spiritually close people as the semantic center of extravaganza.
The romantic story "Scarlet Sails" became calling card its author. The heroine of this work is a girl who lost her mother. She lives with her father, but honest and kind. Her whole world is fantasies and dreams, once inspired by the prediction of a song collector. The embodiment of a dream that will come true, you just have to believe in it, has become such a romantic image as Assol. The characterization of the heroine is the topic of this article.
Extravaganza
Authors literary works sometimes they use various elements of a fairy tale in their work. This technique allows you to reveal the plot, characters, give the work a lyrical or philosophical meaning. Fairy called his story In this work, realism is combined with magic, and fantasy - with reality. And perhaps through the use of such artistic means became the most touching and sublime image of a girl named Assol in Russian literature.
The characterization of this heroine once seemed consonant with the adherents of the socialist idea with their main postulates. That is why the work of Green in the Soviet Union was widely popular. Today, passions for the "Scarlet Sails" have subsided. And the image main character this story has taken its rightful place in literature. But what inspired the author to write such a romantic story?
Creating the image of Assol
The characteristic of this character includes features that were characteristic of its author. Since childhood, Alexander Grinevsky dreamed of the seas and distant countries. But the romantic personality was increasingly faced with harsh reality. In his dreams he saw beautiful things in reality - a coaster. Grinevsky strove for lofty friendship, but experienced only contempt and ridicule from professional sailors. The desire to defeat rudeness and skepticism was born in the soul of a romantic man, but outwardly resembling the hero of his main book - Longren, Assol's father.
The characteristic of an unfortunate sailor, but a talented writer, according to the memoirs of contemporaries, is the following description: a rather gloomy, ugly person, unable to win over his interlocutor at the first meeting. The fate of the writer was also unlike a fairy tale. But it is known that it was in the years when he had nowhere to lay his head that he created one of the most famous literary heroines- girl Assol.
"Scarlet Sails" wrote Green at a time when all the foundations of life were collapsing around. The writer sometimes even starved, because creativity did not bring him any income. But he carried with him everywhere the manuscript, which later became one of greatest works V domestic literature. In the plot of this story, he put all his aspirations and hopes and believed, like Assol: “Scarlet Sails” would someday see Petrograd. It was during revolutionary events, but the color of the cloth on the cherished ship had nothing to do with the red rebel banner. It was only his Scarlet Sails. The characteristic of Assol echoed the properties of the mental warehouse of the author himself. And with them it was extremely difficult to exist in the world of ordinary people and skeptics.
Are there scarlet sails?
Assol's characteristic is used by the author only to the extent necessary. main theme in the story is hope. The character of the main character does not matter. It is known that she is a closed, modest and dreamy girl. She lost her mother very early, and since her father lost his job, the only source of food in their family was the sale of wooden toys.
The girl was lonely, although her father loved her dearly. Once she met the storyteller Egl, who predicted to her the arrival of a magical ship with sails. There will be a prince on board, and he will certainly take Assol with him.
The girl believed in a fairy tale, but those around her laughed at her and considered her crazy. And yet the dream came true. Once Assol saw scarlet sails.
Characteristics of the heroine from a romantic fairy tale
Exists artistic direction in literature, which is characterized by the assertion of spiritual and almost unattainable values. It's called romanticism. In the works of this direction there are fabulous and mythological motifs. And their heroes are in constant search for some ideal. german romantics dreamed about blue flower. similar ideal steel for Assol scarlet sails. The characterization of the heroine of Alexander Grin in this respect includes typical
Arthur Gray image
The prince, whose appearance was predicted by the storyteller, was an ordinary young man, although from a wealthy family. Since childhood, like the author of the story, he dreamed of becoming a captain. An irresistible desire to comprehend the wisdom of marine science pushed him to leave native home. At first he was a simple sailor, but years later his dream came true. Gray purchased his ship and became a captain. And once he heard stories about the crazy dreams of a girl who is waiting for the prince on a fairy-tale ship. He was touched by Assol's dream, and he decided to make it come true.
Dreams Come True…
The captain ordered the scarlet sails to be raised. The ship entered the port, and a girl was waiting for him on the shore. Everything happened just as the good Aigle had predicted. And it does not matter that Assol Gray learned about the dream in advance. The main thing is faith and hope. After all, they can save a person even in the most Hard times. The characterization of Assol and Gray was compiled by the author on the basis of his personal worldview and life experience. The main feature of these characters is the ability to believe in a dream. And this, perhaps, saved the writer when he was in exile. A. Green's life was rather difficult, but he always found a place for a miracle in his heart. Even when others did not understand and condemned him.
The appearance of the heroine
Not of paramount importance in the story are the appearance and character of a girl with nice name Assol. The characterization of the heroine, as already mentioned, is less significant than her ability to believe in a dream. But still, a little should be said about the appearance of this character.
Assol is presented in the story as the owner of a thick mop of hair, taken into a scarf. Her smile was meek, and her eyes seemed to contain some sad question. The figure of the heroine is depicted by A. Green as fragile and thin. The girl worked diligently, helping her father create miniature ships from wood.
Assol - personification tender beauty, spiritual meekness and diligence. And this is not surprising, because this is exactly the typical heroine of many well-known romantic tales, which resides for a long time waiting for the handsome prince. As it should be according to the laws of the genre, at the end magic story All Assol's dreams come true.
