Luke: characteristic (“At the bottom”). M. Gorky

Gorky's play “At the Bottom” at the beginning of XX made a huge impression on the public. Without embellishment, the world of people who descended to the last degree of squalor to the very "bottom" of life was exposed to the world of cheaters, prostitutes and killers of thieves of various stripes. Maxim Gorky infused the play “At the Bottom” with a protest against the social foundations of capitalist society and a call for a calm, equitable and fair life.

Starting with the topic “Luke: characterization” (“At the bottom”), it should be noted that people living in the cheapest shelter, reminiscent of a dark and dirty basement, became ugly victims of cruel and unfair orders of society, when a person thrown out of normal life begins to live in wolfish laws and turns into a disenfranchised and miserable creature.

Luke: Characteristic

“At the Bottom” is a play that brings together several different characters. One of the residents of the overnight stay is the old man Luka, who became the most controversial and controversial hero of the play. It is with him that the main philosophical question of this work is connected: “Which is better - compassion and“ a sublime and comforting lie ”or truth?” Does one need to be so compassionate that it can then be used as a saving tool?

"People" and "people"

Going deeper into the topic “Luke: Characterization” (“At the Bottom”), it can be noted that it is this hero who becomes the only person who truly compassionates the residents of the rooming house. He notes that there are "people" and there are "people." “People” by nature are very weak and weak-willed, they constantly need the support and strength of another, and faith and hope can serve as a powerful incentive for them. “Humans” are, on the contrary, spiritually strong people. These are those who need neither pity, nor compassion, nor comforting lies. This is exactly what Hero Satin is, who believes that a person should be respected first of all, and pity only humiliates him, although Satin himself is a big cheater who lives by knowingly lying and deceiving.

The play "At the bottom." Luke

Luke, the ticking wife of Tick, Anna, says that she should not be afraid of death, and that she will soon be well in Heaven with God. He gives the actor hope for a city in which alcoholics are treated for free, though he forgot the name of the city, but promised to remember it.

In the play "At the Bottom" Luke to all affectionate, kind and merciful. He doesn’t say much to himself, he just jokes that he was "crushed a lot, that's why he is soft." He has no bad and good people, in each he finds something good and bright, and comforts and edifies everyone. To the prostitute Nastya, he says that if you believe that you had real love, then it was.

Luke in the play “At the Bottom” advises the thief Pepl and Natasha to go to Siberia for free life, where it will be much easier for them to start all over again.

There was nothing left for the unfortunate residents of the overnight stay, except to believe his words, which, although they sounded implausible, gave faith like the rays of the sun in pitch darkness.

Lies for salvation or bitter, but, right?

Luke in the play “At the Bottom” by his philosophy in some way calls for Christian humility, patience and sensitivity to others. He says to one of the heroes: “What is the truth to you?” After all, it can become for you like a blow to the head with a butt.

The good that this hero bears in himself awakens in a man an overnight stay, even a doomed one, the desire to live and be better. But when the old man disappears, the whole life of many people of this cursed place will collapse.

In conclusion of the theme “Luke: characterization” (“At the bottom”), it should be noted that there is no definite answer to this eternal question, but Gorky himself believes that truth is better than compassion. The author himself expresses full confidence that only truth and a correct understanding of the significance of human compassion will help save humanity.