ON THE. Nekrasov, as soon as he became a co-owner of the journal Sovremennik, in the first issue in 1847 published his short and capacious work. It came out under the name "Moral Man" (Nekrasov). The history of the creation of the magazine dates back to A.S. Pushkin.
Transformations of "Contemporary"
When a new printed publication appeared in 1836, it was published four times a year and was completely unprofitable, moreover, devastating. By 1843, a perfect crisis ensued. Its publisher, P.A. Pletnev, in 1846, finally “got rid of” him: he sold to Nekrasov and Panaev.
And the magazine quickly became popular, because the best Russian writers, critics, and historians were involved in working with it. During this period, the poet, with a very deep satire, describes in his works his contemporary society: bribe takers, careerists, and a rogue. A vivid example is the "Moral Man" (Nekrasov). Analysis of the poem, the behavior of its protagonist is the topic of our article.
Satirical portrait
In four stanzas, ten lines each, the poet, as if from pieces of a mosaic, laid down the image of his hero. This is a completely immoral type, which gave the name to the work - “Moral Man” (Nekrasov). We begin our analysis of the poem with the first stanza. To live with such a boring, cowardly, having a perverted concept of morality, and proud of himself, narcissistic type, is completely impossible. His wife went on a date with a noble man, and the hero, remaining with “clean hands”, “crept in” with the police. He wisely refused the duel. And the wife died in longing. The moralist “has done no evil in life”. In this case, he took advantage of public ethics.
Second episode
A friend did not pay a debt to our hero in a timely manner. How is this situation described in the work "Moral Man" (Nekrasov)? An analysis of the poem cannot circumvent this fact: the main character sent a friend to prison, where the borrower died. A sensitive villain cried after death, saying that he “did no harm to anyone in life”. He is absolutely convinced of this, since formally he has the Civil Code on his side.
Third episode
Our "moral man" learned the serf of a peasant as a wonderful cook. But the trouble is, he was carried away by reading and thinking. How can this be allowed? What did the protagonist of the work “Moral Man” (Nekrasov) do? An analysis of the poem cannot be carried out without evaluating the episode. The hero did not think long. He simply carved the rods of a man who realized that he had his own dignity.
According to the "moral man", he is the master, and only he has the right to think - this is the reason of the whole society, and no one will condemn him. After this, the serf could not live in humiliation and drowned. “I found nonsense,” commented on the death of the cook “fatherly” when a scoundrel arrived, who again repeats that “he did no harm to anyone in life”.
Last episode
His daughter fell in love with a simple teacher. But is connivance possible? She must be cursed for this and take advantage of the right of the parent to control the life and happiness of her daughter. A moral person, or rather, a vile and ugly philistine, quickly marries her to a rich old man: supposedly everyone does this, and he is no exception.
A year passes, and his child dies of longing and grief. But the "moral man" is fully convinced that he "did no harm to anyone in life."
Artistic means of the author
How does Nekrasov's poem (“Moral Man”) build its poem? The verse is written mainly by two-stage iambic, which includes pyrrhic. The combination is complex, it has cross paragraphs and paired rhymes. But it is read easily, without tension, naturally, like breathing. In his work Nekrasov (“Moral Man”), the verse consists of four numbered quatrains, each of which contains ten stanzas.
The author does not use epithets, comparisons, metaphors, using colloquial speech, which he first boldly introduces into poetry. This gives worldly flavor to all the actions of the protagonist. His style is democratic. Bitter irony permeates the whole poem, since realism is the artistic method. The same refrain is repeated in every quatrain, drawing the reader's attention to the disgusting cartoon that appears to us as an immoral cowardly egoist.
“Moral Man” (Nekrasov): Theme and Idea of the Poem
The theme of the work was the moral principles of that time. The poet exposes everyone who hides under the guise of morality and morality and does evil. He debunks any so-called decent person, showing meanness close-up, and speaks about her openly and without embellishment. The exposure of a society consisting of petty people who consider themselves to be the pillars on which the state rests has become the main idea of the poem.