The personality of Peter the Great was overgrown with myths and legends even during his rather stormy life. The emperor was distinguished from his compatriots not only by his high growth and heroic strength, but also by his mentality. The oddities of this, of course, clever and far-sighted politician were, to put it mildly, unusual. Either the bells on the guns are ordered to be transfused, then, in an urgent manner, he will decide to "Germanize" everyone. And when a strange creature appeared in his environment, whose skin was unusually black and his teeth unusually white, the faith of the common people, who had long been wary of the emperor that he was actively serving dark forces, only strengthened. While studying at school, we had the honor to get acquainted with Pushkin's wonderful work "The Arap of Peter the Great", the content of which is very entertaining.
The significance of the work
Pushkin began to write his story in 1827. Of interest is the fact that this is perhaps the first work that introduces us to Pushkin the prose writer. The name "Peter the Great Arap" was not given by him, but by the editors of Sovremennik, since at the time of publication it was more a sketch than a full-fledged literary creation. But the story cannot be short, the content of "Arap of Peter the Great" talks about the fact that Peter played an important role in the fate of his favorite and even contributed to his marriage. In fact, this is an artistic fiction. The emperor could not marry Ibrahim Petrovich, because at that time he was in a different world ... In general, Pushkin had long hatched the idea of writing a prosaic work about the Petrine era, which he had been passionate about for a long time and, well aware that the works of I. I. Golikov, to which he relied, rather controversial, did not set himself the goal of creating a strictly historical novel. He was much more interested in everyday life, traditions, customs and various anecdotes, of which there were many about Peter. Most of all, Alexander Sergeyevich was interested in the relationship of the tsar with his mysterious ancestor. What kind of person was he? About this will tell us a tour of history (brief). The contents of "Arap of Peter the Great" speaks of a sort of musketeerist Don Juan, a brave warrior and an intellectual. The character, of course, is romantic, Ibrahim Petrovich at the time of Pushkin was of interest to connoisseurs of the work of the great classic.
Hero personality
The essence of the story (brief) the contents of "The Arap of Peter the Great" displays quite accurately. Unfortunately (or maybe, on the contrary, fortunately), it is hardly possible today to find a source in which an already small story would be retold literally “in a nutshell”. But if the student is “threatened” with an essay, and there is no time to read, you can always watch the wonderful film “How Tsar Peter Arapa Married”, and the child will have some knowledge on this subject. We can say that this film is not so much a brief retelling of the story as a free interpretation, and, using imagination, the student will be able to write a good text.
In the center of the plot, we see a hero whose behavior and personality are quite typical of the literature of those times. A young man who received a brilliant education, with exceptional personality traits and, of course, in love, is involuntarily drawn into the intrigues that reigned in the courtyard of his godfather, Tsar-Father Peter the Great. The essence of the conflict is that, as a loyal supporter of both Peter personally and his deeds, Ibrahim, who is actively “involved” in his policy, sets up the environment of the reformer king against himself. However, despite the exceptional honesty, decency and integrity, it is impossible to call an arap a prominent person. He is completely devoid of initiative and prefers to be led even in the matter of his personal life ...
The plot of the story (short)
The content of "The Arap of Peter the Great" is this: the story begins with the fact that Ibrahim, the hero of the French war against Spain, is involved in a love conflict. Expelled from Paris, experiencing severe heart trauma, he returns to Russia, where he is eagerly awaited by the godfather - Emperor Peter the Great. Already well aware of the "exploits" of his pet, the king offers him an interesting "treatment" of fever - to become his assistant in reforming the system as soon as possible. Ibrahim happily agrees. He agrees to marry the pretty Natalia Gavrilovna, the daughter of Gavrila Afanasevich Rzhevsky, who was "an indigenous Russian gentleman and did not tolerate the German spirit." Knowing the character of Peter, one can easily assume that in this way he wanted to annoy the boyar, who irritated him, for which he chose such a rather cynical path ... The contents of "Arap of Peter the Great" presented in this article, unfortunately, are unlikely to awaken a modern teenager has a desire to get acquainted with the work itself. And it's worth it. Written in an unsurpassed "Pushkin" style, light, somewhat ironic, it is a magnificent example of the work of the great classic. In a word, the best way would be to take and read "The Arap of Peter the Great." The summary, no matter how well written, will not allow the reader to penetrate the essence of this work.