Have you read Makar Chudra? A summary of the work will be described below. This is the first romantic work of Maxim Gorky. A distinctive feature is the opposition of two ideas.
"Makar Chudra": a summary of the work
The story begins with the storyteller and an old gypsy named Makar Chudra sitting on the seashore.
He has already seen a lot and knows how to surprise a person. Another story was about the “eagle and the eagle” - about the sound gypsy Loiko Zobar and Radda.
Loiko Zobar knew all Slavic countries. Glory about him was known for a long time. He was agile and smart, many dreamed of killing him. Loiko was a horse lover and despised money. He could help the needy in difficult times, while the gypsies were insanely beautiful.
It is worth noting that the summary of “Makar Chudra” will help to evaluate the conflict of the work, get acquainted with the main characters.
Loiko arrived in one noble camp. One of the gypsies had a beautiful daughter, Radda, who was known for her beauty and independence of character. Everyone liked Rudda: her black long hair and the same black eyes captivated men. In the evening, Zobar played the violin: all the "local women" burst into tears, only Radda remained stable. Loiko did not like it. The next time Zobar sang a song - Radda was the only one laughing. After that, Zobar decided to ask her for a hand, to which father replied with consent.
The central image of each romantic work of the author is a free person. That is exactly what Raddu and Loyko Maxim Gorky did. Makar Chudra (a summary of the story of the same name is a kind of plan of the original work) - a peculiar, colorful figure in the story. He talks about freedom concisely and beautifully.
Loiko went to the free gypsy and told her that she had captivated his heart and that he would marry her. To which he received an unexpected answer: "A free man will live as he wants." Zobar fled to the steppe, where three hours later Radda came and put a gun to her temple. Loyko was seized with a desire to kill her, but he heard that Rudda had come to put up and that she loved him. She promised Zobar that she would become an obedient wife if he bowed at her feet in front of the whole camp. Zobar agreed. Returning to the camp, Loiko told the old people that now she was the only one in his heart and that he was ready to fulfill her request. As soon as Rudda arrived, he first rushed to her feet, and then took out a knife and planted it on the handle. Rudda, covering her wound with her hair, replied that she was expecting such a death, laughed and fell dead. At this moment, the father of a free gypsy stuck the same knife in the back of handsome Zobar. So they fell together "eagle and eagle." Makar Chudra, the summary of this work should be an impetus for reading the original, told his interlocutor the legend of freedom. Thus, he confirmed that two freedom-loving proud women cannot be together.
“Makar Chudra” (a short summary of the story is needed to evaluate and analyze the story) is a complex compositional work. The structure of “story in story” makes it original and interesting. The beautiful love story of two people putting freedom above all ends in tragedy: independence turned out to be above all feelings for them.