Alexander Ostrovsky in the play "Thunderstorm" divided all the inhabitants of the city into two large groups: the "dark kingdom" and the oppressed. The first includes powerful, rich and ignorant people who suppress everything modern and living. Bright representatives of this group are Wild and Boar. The author contrasts them with the victims of the "dark kingdom", oppressed people. These include Kuligin, Katerina, Boris, Tikhon, Varvara, Kudryash. Unhappy heroes equally suffer from representatives of the "dark kingdom", only they show their protest in different ways.
Money rules the world
The characteristic of the Wild becomes clear after reading the name of the landowner, which speaks for itself. Savel Prokofich is a wealthy merchant and a very respected person in the city of Kalinov. This is one of the most negative characters in the play. Rude, aggressive, ignorant, stubborn - this is such a brief description of the Wild. This person feels his impunity, so he is led by unbridled arbitrariness. The landowner allows himself to treat people like insignificance, to be rude, call names, offend - all this gives him unspeakable pleasure.
Wild can be characterized in one word - tyrant. Savel Prokofich frightened everyone around him, there is no rest from him either to people around him or to relatives. The Wild characterization of the readers is disgusting. Every day, his wife, with tears in her eyes, begs everyone not to anger the master, but it is impossible not to anger him: he himself does not know what his mood will be in a minute. Home from the rage of Savel Prokofich hiding in closets and attics.
The landowner's excessive greed
Characteristics of the Wild will be more complete if greed is added to tyranny. More than anything, he loves his money, parting with which for him is like a knife in his heart. The servant did not dare to hint about a salary. The owner himself understands that you need to give the money, and in the end he will give it back, but before that he will surely scold the person. Offending someone, pricking a master more painfully was worthless. He is not at all ashamed of strangers, uses strong phrases and, without hesitation, crouches over those who are weaker than him.
Ignorance and despotism of the moneybags
Shyness before peers, rejection of everything new is also a characteristic of the Wild. The landowner does not care about the feelings of the people around him, but he holds his temper before those who can fight back. Savel Prokofich did not dare to be rude to the passing hussar, but then he offended his insults at home. Kabanikha, he also does not dare to show his character, because he considers her equal to himself.
Ostrovsky very well showed Wild ignorance in the conversation of the landowner with Kulagin. Savel sincerely believes that a thunderstorm is sent as a punishment for sins. He accuses Kulagin of fraud, because how can one defend oneself from the elements with sticks and poles. The Wild characterization shows how stupid and retarded he really is. His ignorance can be traced in the manner of speaking, in intonation, using abusive, offensive expressions, distorting words of foreign origin. A rude, stupid, stubborn despot - that’s what you can say about Wild.