Onegin and Lensky have common interests. Two destinies, two loves

They came together. Wave and stone,

Poetry and prose, ice and fire

Not so different from each other.

A.S. Pushkin, "E.O."

Pushkin - great poet and writer of the 19th century. He enriched Russian literature with many wonderful works. Pushkin's most important work was his novel "E.O." The novel in verse "E.O." rightly considered an "encyclopedia of Russian life." The author reflected in it the life of the noble youth of the 19th century, showed the features of Russia at that time.

Central figures novel are two completely different but at the same time similar characters, Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky. Onegin receives a typical aristocratic education. Pushkin writes: "At first Madame went after him, then Monsieur changed her." They taught him everything jokingly, but Onegin still received the knowledge that he needed in a secular society. Pushkin characterizes Eugene as follows:

He is completely French

Could speak and write

Easily danced the mazurka

And bowed at ease;

What do you want more? Light decided

That he is smart and very nice.

In his mind, Onegin is much higher than his peers. He knew a little classic literature, had an idea about Adam Smith, read Byron, but, nevertheless, all these hobbies do not awaken romantic, fiery feelings in Yevgeny's soul, like Lensky's. Eugene spends his best years, like most young people of his circle, on balls, theaters, love affairs. Very soon he begins to understand that this life is empty, that nothing is worth behind the "external tinsel", boredom, slander, envy reign in the world , people spend internal forces on trifles, senselessly burning your life. A sharp, chilled mind and "oversaturation with the pleasures of the world" led Onegin to lose interest in life, he falls into a deep blues:

The blues was waiting for him on guard,

And she ran after him

Like a shadow or faithful wife.

Out of boredom, Eugene tries to look for the meaning of life in some activity: he reads a lot, tries to write, but these attempts are unsuccessful. In the village where Eugene goes for an inheritance, he makes another attempt to occupy himself with something:

Yarem he is an old corvée

I replaced the quitrent with a light one;

And the slave blessed fate.

But in his corner pouted,

Seeing in this terrible harm,

His smart neighbor...

But the aversion to work, the habit of freedom and peace, lack of will and unwillingness to work led to the fact that Onegin became a real egoist, thinking only about himself, about his desires and pleasures, unable to pay attention to the feelings, interests and sufferings of people, capable of easily offend, offend, cause grief to a person, without even noticing it. However, Eugene is not a narcissistic egoist, but, as V.G. Belinsky said, "a suffering egoist." He understands that he is superfluous in this senseless society, but, as neither tries, nor can he completely free himself from the influence of light. Onegin was not satisfied with an empty, meaningless life. But he had neither the strength nor the desire to break with this life, he continues to treat everyone and everything except his own passively and indifferently calmness. Having received a duel challenge, knowing full well his wrong and the senselessness of this duel, Onegin nevertheless accepts the challenge and kills his own. best friend Vladimir Lensky. The murder of Lensky turned Onegin's whole life upside down. He is no longer able to stay in those places where everything reminded him of his terrible crime, "where the bloodied shadow appeared to him every day." And, exhausted by remorse, Onegin rushes around the world. But, despite the cruelty, this test helped Eugene change internally, become more responsive to the feelings of the people around him, his heart opens up for love. But even here Onegin expects the collapse of all his hopes for happiness. His misfortune is a retribution for his aimlessly lived life.

In the novel, in contrast to Onegin, the image of Vladimir Lensky is given. Lensky plays a significant role in understanding Onegin's character. Lensky is a nobleman, he is younger than Onegin in age. He was educated in Germany:

He is from foggy Germany

Bring the fruits of learning

The spirit is ardent and rather strange...

Spiritual world Lensky is the complete opposite of Onegin's worldview. Lensky is "an admirer of Kant and a poet", a hopeless romantic who lives in a world of beautiful dreams and dreams. Feelings dominate his mind, he believes in sincere and pure love, in friendship, in the decency of people. Lensky looks at life through rose-colored glasses, he naively finds soul mate in Olga, who is the most ordinary empty girl who quickly forgot her fiancé who died in a duel.

What can such seemingly different people have in common? They both belong to the nobility, both are smart, educated, both despise the empty social life and both cost much more internal development than the people around them. The romantic soul of Lensky, not spoiled by life, is looking for the beautiful everywhere. Pushkin writes about Lensky: "He was an ignoramus with a sweet heart, he was cherished by hope, and a new brilliance and noise of the world." Onegin went through this a long time ago, he listened to Lensky's ardent speeches with the smile of an elder, he tried to restrain his irony. Pushkin writes: “And I thought it was stupid for me to interfere with his momentary bliss, and without me the time will come, let him live for the time being and believe in the perfection of the world. Forgive the fever young years and youthful fever, and youthful delirium. "For Lensky, friendship is an urgent need, while Onegin is friends" for the sake of boredom, "although he is attached to Lensky in his own way. But, contrary to friendly feelings, Onegin is forced to kill Lensky. Despising the world, he is still cherishes his opinion, fearing ridicule and reproach for cowardice. Because of a false sense of honor, he destroys an innocent soul. Who knows what would have been the fate of Lensky if he had remained alive. Perhaps he would have become a Decembrist, or maybe and just a layman. The author himself believed that

He would have changed a lot.

I would part with the muses, get married,

In the village, happy and horned,

I would wear a quilted robe.

I think Lensky's death is quite logical, he died, as his romanticism would have died over time. According to A.I. Herzen, Lensky was only capable of quickly flaring up and fading away. most likely, in the future Lensky was waiting ordinary life, which would have cooled his ardor and turned him into a simple landowner who

Drank, ate, missed, got fat, sickly,

And finally in your bed

I would die among the children,

Crying women and doctors.

I think that Onegin was nevertheless internally deeper than Lensky. First of all, only deep and thinking people are able to experience dissatisfaction with life and themselves. Throughout the whole novel, I feel only pity for Eugene, because the realization of mistakes comes to him too late. I think Onegin is just a victim of a soulless society, from the floor of influence which Eugene could not get out.

Pushkin portrayed reality exactly as it was at that time, showed that in such a society rotting from within, only mediocre people, whose interests are petty and limited, can be happy. Such exalted people as Onegin and Lensky are unhappy in this life. They either die like Lensky, or continue to live with a devastated soul like Onegin. Wealth and high position in society, inherited by them, do not make their lives easier and do not make them happy. Society and education do not give them the opportunity for personal happiness, the realization of mistakes comes to them too late. But these mistakes cannot be blamed on the heroes themselves. They were made such by society. The environment that surrounded them from birth shaped their characters. According to Pushkin, it was the environment that made these beautiful, intelligent and noble people unhappy in essence and in their inclinations.

Onegin and Lensky, both beloved by the author, are so similar and different, close and far, like the poles of one planet, like two halves of one soul ... Eugene Onegin receives a typical aristocratic upbringing. Pushkin writes: “At first, Madame went after him, then Monsieur replaced her.” They taught him everything jokingly, but Onegin nevertheless received the minimum knowledge that was considered mandatory in the nobility. Pushkin, making sketches, seems to recall his youth: * We all learned little by little * Something and somehow, * So education, thank God, * It is not surprising to shine with us ... Then he characterizes Onegin; * He is perfectly French * Could speak and write; * Easily danced the mazurka * And bowed at ease; * What do you want more? * Light decided * That he was smart and very nice. In his mind, Onegin is much higher than his peers. He knew some classical literature, had an idea about Adam Smith, read Byron, but all this does not lead to romantic, fiery feelings, like in Lensky, or to a sharp political protest, like in Griboedov's Chatsky. A sober, “chilled” mind and satiety with the pleasures of the world led Onegin to lose interest in life, he falls into a deep blues: * The blues was waiting for him on guard, * And she ran after him, * Like a shadow or a faithful wife. Out of boredom, Onegin tries to look for the meaning of life in any activity. He reads a lot, tries to write, but the first attempt did not lead to anything. Pushkin writes: "But nothing came out of his pen." In the village where Onegin goes to collect his inheritance, he makes another attempt at practical activity: But the lordly aversion to work, the habit of freedom and peace, lack of will and pronounced egoism - this is the legacy that Onegin received from " high society» . In contrast to Onegin, another type of noble youth is given in the image of Lensky. Lensky plays an essential role in understanding Onegin's character. Lensky is a nobleman, he is younger than Onegin in age. He was educated in Germany: "He brought fruits of learning from foggy Germany, an ardent and rather strange spirit ..." Lensky's spiritual world is associated with a romantic worldview, he is "an admirer of Kant and a poet." Feelings dominate his mind, he believes in love, in friendship, in the decency of people, he is an irreparable idealist who lives in a world of beautiful dreams. Lensky looks at life through rose-colored glasses, he naively finds his soul mate in Olga, the most ordinary girl. The cause of Lensky's death was indirectly Onegin, but in fact he dies from rough contact with cruel reality. What do Onegin and Lensky have in common? Both belong to a privileged circle, they are smart, educated, in their inner development, they stand above those who surround them, the romantic soul of Lensky is looking for beauty everywhere. Onegin went through all this, tired of hypocrisy and debauchery secular society. For Lensky, friendship is an urgent need of nature, while Onegin is friends "for the sake of boredom", although in his own way he is attached to Lensky. Not knowing life Lensky embodies a no less common type of advanced noble youth, just like Onegin disappointed in life. Pushkin, contrasting two young people, nevertheless notes common features character. He writes: “They got along. Wave and stone, poetry and prose, ice and fire are not so different from each other. "Not so different from each other". What unites them is that they are both egocentric, they are bright individuals who are focused only on their supposedly unique personality. "The habit of counting everyone as zeros, and as ones - oneself" sooner or later had to lead to a break. Onegin is forced to kill Lensky. Despising the world, he still cherishes his opinion, fearing ridicule and reproach for cowardice. Because of a false concept of honor, he destroys an innocent soul.

Plan

1. Contrasting Onegin and Lensky in Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin"
2. What unites Onegin and Lensky
   1. Non-Russian upbringing
   2. Stand above others
   3. Nobility, high understanding of human personality
   4. love of freedom
3. Onegin and Lensky - representatives of the new, young Russia

In the novel "Eugene Onegin" Pushkin portrayed two representatives younger generation contemporary Russia - Onegin and Lensky. Onegin and Lensky are "different among themselves" like "wave and stone, poetry and prose, ice and fire."

Pushkin contrasts appearance, lifestyle, aspirations, desires in them. The contrast is marked especially directly and sharply between the romantic nature of one and the skepticism of the other. But Onegin and Lensky closely converged, "became inseparable" from each other, not only because the extremes converge, but because, despite their difference, they have many common features.

What do Onegin and Lensky have in common? As you know, the foundations of a future personality are laid in childhood, so education plays a huge role in shaping moral principles, habits, tastes and character of a person. There is much in common in the upbringing of Onegin and Lensky. Onegin was brought up by foreign tutors, in isolation from Russian reality:

“The fate of Eugene kept:
At first madame followed him,
Then the monsieur replaced her.”

Lensky, on the other hand, “brought fruits of learning from foggy Germany,” he lived and was brought up abroad, which is why Pushkin calls him “half-Russian.”

But not only education became the main reason for the rapprochement between Onegin and Lensky, it helped them find mutual language, the main thing is that they stand out sharply from environment, stand above the others, both seek. Onegin leaves Petersburg, leaves the light, because "the feelings in him have cooled down, he is tired of the noise of the light," he seeks to escape from there. Lensky says bluntly: "I hate your fashionable world."

Among the humiliated stupidity and stupidity local nobility Onegin and Lensky - bright personalities. They are connected by nobility - a trait opposite to this one-faced mass. The nobility of thoughts, desires, actions are characteristic of both of them. This can be seen in the example of the relationship between Lensky and Olga, Onegin and Tatyana. Lensky and Onegin are brought together by their love of freedom, a high understanding of the individual. Lensky is carried away by "free-spirited dreams", and Onegin strives to be free from the world, from its conventions, from the painful position of a serf-owner. He frees his peasants.

Both Lensky and Onegin are representatives of the new, young Russia. The romantic enthusiasm of Lensky, his faith in goodness, dreaminess, and ardor were inherent in Odoevsky, Obolensky, and the younger Bestuzhev - the Decembrists.

In one of the drafts, Pushkin notes that Lensky "could have been hanged like Ryleyev." He wanted to bring Pushkin and Onegin closer to the Decembrists. He shows how, during his travels, a patriotic feeling arises in Onegin, how he is imbued with Decembrist ideas. Pushkin told one of his acquaintances that "... Onegin had to either die in the Caucasus, or fall into the number of the Decembrists."

Thus, Onegin and Lensky, people various characters and moods, turn out to be connected with the advanced movement of their time.

ONEGIN AND LENSKY IN THE NOVEL "EUGENE ONEGIN"

Pushkin worked on a fashion novel for over eight years, it was the most
his favorite work, it embodied the whole soul of the poet. Novel
was, according to Pushkin, "the fruit of the mind of cold observations and the heart
sad remarks. "Against a wide background of pictures of Russian life,
dramatic fate of the best people of the advanced noble
intelligentsia. Belonging to the highest aristocratic circles,
Pushkin knew the life of the world well. His hero, Eugene Onegin, is the best
spends his years, like most people of his circle, on balls, theaters,
love adventures. He soon begins to realize that this
life is empty, that behind the "external tinsel" nothing is worth, in the light reign
boredom, slander, envy, people waste their inner strength on trifles and
languish