The novel "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is one of the central works of Russian classical literature. The main characters of "Eugene Onegin" embodied the characters of people of the XIX century. But this work is extremely relevant now.
Summary of the novel
Eugene Onegin is the main character of the novel. The story begins with Onegin learning about the serious illness of his uncle, the owner of a huge fortune. Eugene goes to St. Petersburg, knowing in advance that he will be bored in the capital ...
The protagonist Eugene Onegin leads a very hectic social life. Regular receptions, dinners and balls; women who are trying to win his heart; wine, cards and constant diners ... But one morning Onegin realizes that such a lifestyle does not suit him, that entertainment and a Sybarite lifestyle are bored. He tries to read, write, philosophize, but nothing comes of it ... Having finally lost hope that life will sparkle with new colors, the protagonist lets the spleen go.
Property for sale
Suddenly, the main character Eugene Onegin learns about the death of his father. He goes to the village, where there is a house and land that his father left him as a legacy. Upon arrival, he learns that dad lived for many years on money that he constantly borrowed from someone. In order to somehow deal with his father's debts, Eugene decides to sell the estate, secretly hoping that the terminally ill uncle will leave his inheritance to him.
Inheritance
Returning to St. Petersburg, the main character Eugene Onegin learns that his uncle died and left him all his money and land.
Arriving at the former uncle's estate, Onegin decided that moving here would change his life. That's exactly what he does, having decided to move to the village.
Eugene Onegin, the protagonist of the novel, likes village life. Having missed the country for a short time, Onegin realizes that life here is just as dreary as in the capital.
Seeing how hard it is for peasants to cope with financial difficulties, he refuses corvee labor and introduces dues for peasants. Due to such changes, the neighbors begin to call Eugene a dangerous eccentric.
New friend
At this time, Onegin's neighbor, with whom the protagonist is still unfamiliar, returns to his native village. Vladimir Lensky, who is only seventeen years old, lived in Germany for several years and decided to return to his native land.
Onegin and Lensky are two opposite characters, but this does not prevent them from starting communication, they spend almost all their free time together. Opening up to each other more and more, Lensky tells a new friend about his childhood friend Olga. Vladimir says how pure and beautiful his love for her is.
Olga has an older sister who is completely different from her: Tatyana, unlike her immediate and cheerful sister, does not like noisy companies, preferring silence and peace to secular fun.
Sisters Larina
The mother of the girls, while still very young, was given to marry by force, according to the calculation of the parents. She was worried for a long time because of her departure from her native lands, but time passed, the girl became more and more used to the new estate, and soon she began to manage both the household and the will of her husband. The husband, Dmitry Larin, sincerely loved his wife and trusted her in everything. The young family lived simply, respecting the old traditions. The life of the spouses proceeded peacefully, until one day the landlord died ...
One evening, Vladimir decided to visit Olga's family and invited the main character of our story, Eugene Onegin, with him. At first, Onegin doubts whether to accept the invitation - he no longer hoped for fun. However, Eugene decides to go to see Olga, about whom Lensky spoke with such trepidation and admiration. After spending a few hours visiting and meeting Olga and Tatyana, Onegin expresses his opinion about the sisters. He tells Lensky that Olga is a perfect charm, but he would choose Tatyana as his life partner.
Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin": the main character
Since the novel is quite voluminous, it contains both the main characters and secondary ones. Pushkin chose those characters who were prominent representatives of the Petersburg society of those years. Let's pay attention to the main characters of the work "Eugene Onegin."
What else can be said about them? The author’s attitude to the hero of the novel Eugene Onegin is quite reverent. He fondly describes his image, forgives mistakes, and confronts difficult situations. The way Pushkin relates to Eugene, without reproaching him for anything, suggests that the protagonist is the prototype of the author himself.
The image of Onegin
Throughout the novel, you can see how the main character is changing - Eugene Onegin.
This is a young man of twenty-six years old, born in St. Petersburg. Onegin leads a secular lifestyle, carefully monitors his appearance, dresses in the latest fashion. Onegin is a man with good manners, educated, with diverse knowledge and interests. Despite the fact that the main character spends all his free time in noisy companies, he is lonely, suffering from melancholy and longing. Onegin cannot find himself in anything, because he does not know what he wants from life at all.
For a long time tormenting himself with uncertainty, Onegin tries to understand the depth of his feelings for the eldest of the Larin sisters. When Tatyana realizes how strong her love for Eugene is, she tries to create a relationship with him. But after he rejects her feelings, she retreats and begins to live her own life.
Years later, when Onegin had already decided on his life priorities, he sees Tatyana and realizes that he vainly rejected her then. Trying to return her, he receives a sharp rejection from Tatyana, who by this time had already married a military officer, general, and a relative and friend of Eugene.
At this moment, Eugene realizes how much he made a mistake in his youth, and, not finding a place for himself, again loses himself in the ordinary and gray of days.
The image of Tatiana
Tatyana is a calm, restrained, educated girl. She is very different from her younger sister: she does not like noisy companies, she prefers to spend her free time reading, finding peace of mind in this.
Having met Onegin, Tatyana realizes that she is falling in love with him. Modesty does not prevent the heroine from taking the first step towards Eugene, but he rejects it ... Girls of the XIX century did not take the first step, his refusal was a blow to the pride of the girl. However, this strong young woman gathered her courage and began life anew, as if Onegin had never been in her ...
Time passes, Tatyana marries a worthy man, a wealthy General N. However, her heart still belongs to Eugene ... When he comes to Tatyana, wanting to correct the mistake of his youth and offer her a hand and heart, she refuses. Tatyana says she loves Onegin, but she is married to another man. It is impossible for her to betray even an unloved man.
At this Tatyana says goodbye to Onegin, wishing him to find happiness.
The image of Lensky
Vladimir is a rich young nobleman, an enviable groom. He is educated, handsome, educated, has a good condition. Despite the fact that many girls dream of marrying Vladimir, he does not even think about getting married.
For many years he was in love with the girl who grew up with him in the village - Olga. It was the youngest of the Larins sisters who, for many years, was prophesied as a wife to Vladimir.
The image of Olga
Olga is the exact opposite of Tatiana. She is windy and frivolous. Too flirtatious, playful, impossibly cheerful, Olga showed herself in the novel as a person who does not have any serious plans for the future.
It is precisely because of this that there is a conflict between Onegin and Lensky, which flows into a duel that cut short Lensky's life. Olga knew about Vladimir’s love, but after his death she didn’t feel sad for a long time and a few months later married a beautiful and rich young officer.