Why the love of Bazarov and Odintsova is impossible to communicate. Could Bazarov and Odintsova be happy? (based on the novel I

01.07.2020

Nihilist Bazarov and love are incompatible things. But suddenly Odintsova appears in his life. After the ball, he realized that "something was not right." And after the first minutes of a closer acquaintance with Odintsova, he was bewitched by her beauty and intelligence. Anna Sergeevna was so smart that it was interesting for Bazarov to communicate with her, and so beautiful that he would like it. When one person is interested in another, when he likes him, love arises. This began to happen to him: he suddenly became verbose, "tried to keep his interlocutor busy." When friends returned home after this meeting, Eugene, still trying to get out of Odintsova's power, already recognizes her beauty and is ahead of Arkady's desire to go to Nikolskoye. Soon Bazarov realized that he had fallen in love. And he tried with all his might to eradicate in himself this chivalrous "feeling that tormented and infuriated him and which he would have refused with contemptuous laughter and cynical abuse if anyone had remotely hinted to him at the possibility of what was happening in him." Eugene struggled with himself: he "expressed indifference to everything romantic," but "indignantly recognized romance in himself." He scolded "in an undertone both her and himself" for what was happening between them, but the image of Odintsova appeared in his head every now and then. He said that it was necessary to put Toggenberg "in the yellow house with all the minnesingers and troubadours", but a few days later he himself took part in a jousting tournament, fighting a duel with Pavel Petrovich. The reason for all the suffering of Bazarov was the nihilist himself, his vulgar materialistic approach to life contradicted the wonderful feeling that suddenly arose in his soul. Eugene furiously understood that a man and a frog are not the same thing, that, despite the anatomy of the eye, there is a mysterious look that there was a man stronger than him, and, therefore, he is not a god, he should burn the pots. The night Evgeny spent with Odintsova showed his inability to open his soul and unleash his feelings, this, as he himself says, is not his part. Indeed, can such a material person as Bazarov afford such an unforgivable luxury as love, yes, he would rather torture and torment himself, but he would never allow himself this. The logical culmination of the relationship between him and Odintsova was, after all, the explanation he made. But how did he do it! It was not a passionate confession of a truly loving person who can no longer live without her. It was an angry and insane accusation of Odintsova because, with her beauty and intelligence, she made Bazarov fall in love with her. At that moment, in his soul he had not a slight "flutter of youthful timidity", but "a passion similar to malice and, perhaps, akin to it." Eugene, having lived all his life as a nihilist and mocking Arkady's loves, so disfigured his soul that he himself was no longer capable not only of a deep, strong, beautiful feeling, but also of at least some kind of love, except for this evil passion. Some time later, there was a new meeting between Odintsova and Bazarov. "Both are not the first youth", "both are smart." Odintsova noticeably aged and with the arrival of Arkady "got back into her rut, her real role, the role of aunt, mentor, mother." Bazarov "had come to his senses for a long time" and wanted to prove to himself and Arkady that "love ... after all, this feeling is feigned." But, despite his external cooling towards Odintsova, he was still drawn to her, and therefore Bazarov had to come to terms with the role of a father, but

Yevgeny Bazarov, the hero of I. Turgenev's novel "Fathers and Sons", is a nihilist who does not recognize anything, and even more so love, nevertheless recognized this feeling. The object of his love was Anna Odintsova. The first time he saw Anna at the governor's ball, she impressed him. “What is this figure? he said. “She doesn’t look like other women.” She also struck Arkady with the "dignity of her posture", he noticed that her eyes looked "calmly and intelligently", everything in her was beautiful. The nose, according to Arkady, is a little fat, but such a lovely woman,

He never met. He speaks to Anna, tells her about Bazarov, Odintsova invites them to her place in Nikolskoye. She is curious to meet a man who does not believe in anything. Bazarov, on the other hand, says that “this lady oh-oh-oh!” Evgeny is attracted by her beauty, but he denies the mind of beautiful women, thinking that “only freaks think freely between women.”
Anna is twenty-nine years old, "her character was free and rather resolute." She is the daughter of a swindler-gambler and an impoverished princess, received a brilliant upbringing, married an elderly man who was in love with her, who died six years later and left her a fortune. Now she is an independent, powerful, independent and intelligent woman.
Friends come to Anna. It lasts three hours, during which Bazarov talks about botany, medicine and homeopathy, Anna keeps up the conversation and finally invites friends to come again. She now impressed Bazarov as a frozen duchess, a "possessing person." Her appearance does not go unnoticed. "What a rich body," said Bazarov on the way. “At least now to the anatomical theater.” On the next visit, Yevgeny characterizes her as a "grated roll", "a woman with a brain." She liked him “by the absence of coquetry and by the very harshness of his judgments.
After marriage, Odintsova considered men "unkempt, annoying creatures," but Bazarov struck her imagination. When he was about to leave to see his parents, Anna suddenly turns pale for herself, “as if something had pricked her in the heart”, and persuades her not to leave.
Fifteen days in Nikolskoye Bazarov spent next to this woman and felt that he loved her. With a decisive confession, he answers the question of why he is tense and reserved. This is not youthful love, but a strong passion. Odintsova from this recognition "became scared and sorry for him." Eugene takes her impulse of pity for a reciprocal feeling, but she gets scared and says that he did not understand her. Bazarov leaves, and Odintsova decides for herself that peace is most important to her, therefore, to the words of Yevgeny before leaving, that she does not love him and will never love him, she is silent and thinks to herself that she is afraid of Bazarov.
The reader understands that Bazarov's rude phrases about Odintsova were caused by his embarrassment in front of her, disgust for beautiful words, and not cynicism.
The author argues with Bazarov's convictions, shows the inconsistency of his disbelief in love. In this story, Bazarov is higher than the "aristocrat" Odintsova, she is too cold and selfish for love. Odintsova is trying to charm Evgeny, pushing him to confess. But a change is taking place in Bazarov, he sees how his convictions are crumbling, he is looking for a reciprocal feeling in Anna. The loss of a loved one is a blow to him. Anna breaks up with him because she believes that they do not need each other and they have too much of the same.
Bazarov is forgotten at work, but he is destined for another meeting with his beloved. He dies in Odintsova's arms, rejected by her: “Well, thank you. It's royal. They say that kings also visit the dying.” He regrets on his deathbed that he did not kiss Anna then, and she kisses him on the forehead. For Bazarov, love was a test of his life values, and he withstood it with honor, without sacrificing his convictions.



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Lyubov Bazarova and Odintsova.

The novel "Fathers and Sons" is built on the relationship between fathers and children. But here, too, the author reveals different points of view about love. How small love can turn into big love. As an independent person who does not recognize women, an egoist, he may be defenseless in front of her. This novel shows what a person can do when he meets his soul mate.

In my opinion, Bazarov's love for Odintsova was unrequited. Undoubtedly, Odintsova was pleased with Bazarov's company, she liked to listen to his opinions, to argue with him. But she never admitted to herself or to him that she loved him. Maybe she is too proud and afraid of losing her independence, so she did not confess. Or maybe she didn't love at all. In my opinion, she did not let him go and did not bring him closer to her. She was afraid of losing his company, but she didn't want to hurt his heart either.

Before meeting with Odintsova, Bazarov held a negative point of view about love and marriage. He believed that no woman is worthy of being talked about in a male society, no woman is able to subjugate him. He did not understand love, did not recognize romance. It seemed to him that only weak-willed people are capable of romance. He considered himself free, with a strong character. By nature, he was a self-confident person, straightforward. He was never shy in front of women and considered it below his dignity.

When Bazarov met with Odintsova, everything changed. He began to be shy in front of women, which was clearly noticed by his friend Arkady. At first, he did not recognize his love, but he wanted to communicate with Odintsova, romance woke up in him (which is uncharacteristic for him).

Finally, he caught himself thinking that he loved this girl, and at some point he confessed to her. He couldn't even stop himself from hugging her. But she didn't answer him yes or no.

Before his death, Bazarov wanted to see Anna and she arrived. But even when he was dying, she did not confess her love to him.

I believe that Bazarov is worthy of respect. He was able to step over himself, through his principles and confess to Odintsova in love. At that moment, he left his pride, independence in front of women and opened his soul to her. But Odintsova could not. She didn't have the willpower to do it. It seems to me that these characters are very similar to each other. Both are independent, proud, selfish. But in the end, Bazarov changes his attitude towards Odintsova, but she does not. If she had thrown away her independence and pride, then I am sure that the end of this novel would not have been so sad.

I believe that Bazarov is worthy of respect. He was able to step over himself, through his principles and confess to Odintsova in love. At that moment, he left his pride, independence in front of women and opened his soul to her. But Odintsova could not. She didn't have the willpower to do it. It seems to me that these characters are very similar to each other. Both are independent, proud, selfish. But in the end, Bazarov changes his attitude towards Odintsova, but she does not. If she had thrown away her independence and pride, then I am sure that the end of this novel would not have been so sad.

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Never. Both of these figures are too tragic for the formula "they lived happily ever after and died on the same day" to apply to them. In general, Bazarov cannot be imagined as a faithful husband or a tender father. Odintsova herself, apparently, is not able to love, if she could not fall in love with such a person who is suitable for her in every sense, like Yevgeny Bazarov. In addition, these are two too strong characters: they will not be able to suppress each other, and they will not agree to obey.

Love for Odintsova is so strong that she managed to break all the vaunted principles and beliefs of Bazarov. He considered himself a strong unbending personality, but turned out to be an ordinary person, subject to ordinary feelings.

Having met Odintsova, he is lost from the very beginning and begins to behave insecurely and unnaturally. One has only to remember how, trying to hide from himself the embarrassment caused in him by this unfamiliar, mysterious and beautiful woman, he tries to get rid of Arkady with cynical phrases. But he himself does not believe himself, calling Odintsova a woman and praising her "rich" body. In fact, his feelings are much more sublime than he himself could expect from himself. This angers Bazarov. He, at first, if he was counting on something, then no more than on a petty affair with a woman he liked, fell under her power. The more Bazarov spends time with Odintsova, the more he falls in love with her. No wonder. Only such a woman, smart, strong, strong-willed, could be loved by a self-confident person like Yevgeny Bazarov. He begins to do things that are completely out of character for him. For example, diplomatically diverts Arkady's attention from Anna Sergeevna and tries to direct it to Katya. Although even without this, Bazarov in the eyes of Odintsova stands immeasurably higher than Arkady Kirsanov; she prefers his company, conversations and walks with him. There is only one obstacle on the way to their relationship. This is Anna Sergeevna herself. She is independent, even too much, and she is lonely by nature. This is heard even in the sound of her last name.

For Odintsova, relations with Bazarov are just a game. True, she enjoys this game, she likes Bazarov, she is interested in him. They amazingly understand each other. Only Odintsova plays all the time, while Bazarov is serious. This is a huge difference between them. Anna Sergeevna, continuing the game, calls Bazarov for an explanation, practically snatches a declaration of love from him. The most surprising thing is that for her, his confession turns out to be completely unexpected and frightening. Her game suddenly stopped, she realized that what was happening now was serious, and one should not joke with such a terrible person in moments of passion.

From that evening, as the explanation took place, Bazarov's unbearable torment began. Before that, at least a small hope for reciprocity lived in his heart, like in any lover. The hero, unwittingly, falls under the influence of romanticism so hated by him.

Pisarev, in his article about Bazarov, analyzes his relationship with Odintsova, the hero's love for her. He writes that Bazarov will never subject his love to any conditions. He will not hesitate to restrain himself, and if he loves, then love with all his heart, without any compromises and concessions on the part of a woman. Of course, Odintsova could have condescended to him, regretted it, but he would have felt falseness in her. He didn't want such a relationship. His feelings are serious, and he needs a serious answer to them. But Odintsova has a completely different temperament, a completely different soul. She was married, but by calculation. At the end of the novel, Churgspew mentions another of her marriages and even makes the assumption that the spouses will be able to love each other, or, rather, “live to love.” But it is much more likely that Odintsova will never be able to experience this feeling.

After the explanation, Bazarov sees Odintsova two more times. When he visits her on the estate, they try to act like adults, serious, self-controlled people. In other words, they pretend that their conversation did not play any role. They themselves believe their words. Only neither one nor the other can forget that painful moment. Another thing is that Bazarov - a person with an iron will - knows how to control, if not his feelings, then his actions. He does not need pity or condescension. If he cannot get in return the same that he gives himself, then it is better for him to give up any attempts at rapprochement and leave.

Bazarov is broken by this love. At the end of the novel, we see him in a state of extreme depression and depression. He either works feverishly or does nothing at all. It was hard to imagine such an outcome at the beginning of the book. It seemed that Bazarov was generally incapable of sentimentality, of love, or of despair. He denied everything, but he could not deny love and death. It was they who denied it.

His misfortune is that he could not love a woman other than Odintsov. Her misfortune is that a woman like her could not respond to Bazarov's feelings. These two characters, by definition, were supposed to be unhappy. And so it happened. They could not be well apart, but together too. By and large, the death of Bazarov is the best way out for him. As for Odintsova, for the rest of her life she remained alone among those around her. She was too alien to reality.

Why do you think the love of Bazarov and Odintsova could not take place
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  • .Bazarov and Odintsova. Did Bazarov's love “trample”?
    Having fallen in love with Odintsova, the main character, Evgeny Bazarov, realized that feelings exist. Love turned out to be stronger than theories, it trampled on the system of views of Mr. pessimist. Romanticism, initially rejected by the hero, is also inherent in him, but love did not “trample” Bazarov himself; after explaining, he plunges into work with his head.

    8. How are the love situations of Bazarov and Pavel Petrovich similar and how do they differ?
    Bazarov's love-passion splits his soul, showing that this rude, cynical nihilist can be a romantic. Love of Bazarov, at first glance, is similar to the love of Pavel Petrovich, it also did not take place, but love did not “trample” Bazarov, after explaining, he goes headlong into work. The test of love shows that Bazarov is able to love truly, passionately, deeply. The relationship between Pavel Petrovich and Princess R. could not be embodied in marriage, a family, they resembled a fire that flared up, and then coals smoldered for a long time. This love is a love-obsession that “broke” the life of Pavel Petrovich, he could no longer live as before after the death of the princess.



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