In the article we will talk about the tale of a rather famous Russian writer of the beginning of the 20th century, his name is Vincent Vikentievich Veresaev. “Competition” is a work that is included in the circle of children's reading and in the school curriculum. Let us consider in more detail its brief content and determine the main topic.
About the work
Created an instructive and good tale V. Veresaev. The "contest" was dedicated to the eternal theme in art - beauty. The writer seeks to show the reader true beauty. One that not only gives pleasure in contemplation, but can also fill the human soul with love and light.
"Competition" brings a moral lesson not only to children, but also to adult readers. Veresaev reflects on the beauty of humanity by the example of two artists participating in the competition.
Veresaev, “Contest”: summary
The action takes place in a fictional city, here a competition is announced to create the best image of female beauty. The winner of the competition will receive a generous prize and the title "Three-Crowned". From the very beginning, all residents were sure that the celebrated and universally recognized master Twice-Crowned would win. And only he himself doubted himself, because he knew what talent his pupil named Unicorn possesses. In fact, the author shows the clash of two generations of artists.
A very interesting role is assigned to the future masterpiece by Veresaev (“Competition”). So, the picture of the winner will be posted on Beauty Square, everyone will be able to look at it, feel the joy and thank the artist who created it.
Let's hit the road
While the heralds announce the contest, Twice-Crowned is already collecting his things to hit the road, in search of incomparable beauty. Before leaving, he meets a young man who cuts brushwood in the courtyard of the house. It turns out to be a unicorn.
It shows how different his main characters are, Veresaev - the competition has only been announced, and one is already embarking on the road, fearing that he will be able to beat, and the second is peacefully engaged in economic affairs.
The teacher and student sit down to drink wine and talk about the upcoming competition. Twice-Crowned asks the Unicorn when he will go on a journey to seek beauty. To which the student replies that he found her long ago, referring to his beloved Zorka.
The teacher continues his journey, he swims from island to island, goes around the village after village. Months have passed. But the artist did not find the truth of beauty. Despair began to embrace the master. But once in a month of violets, he saw a girl descending from a mountain at dawn. He knelt before her with a cry: "This is she!"
The most beautiful woman
The fairy tale that Veresaev wrote was approaching its denouement. The contest (a brief summary of this illustrates) between the artists begins. The month of grapes has come. At the Beauty Square, the city residents gathered. Two huge rectangular canvases were lined on it and hung up to the time.
He was the first to demonstrate his work Twice-Crowned. His portrait of the radiant Fialkovenchannoy shocked the audience to the core, they have not yet seen such beauty. For a long time people stood in awed silence. However, soon the image of a beautiful woman began to catch up with melancholy and horror: men suddenly began to notice the imperfections and shortcomings of their wives, they in fear thought how they would now live with such terrible women.
True beauty
And now it was the turn of the Unicorn to demonstrate its work. The cover fell from the canvas, and there was a murmur, people began to resent. The picture depicted Dawn, which had a completely unremarkable and ordinary appearance. Against the background of the previous canvas, her image is merk. At first it caused the residents to laugh, then they almost stoned the artist. But after a moment the noise began to subside, the laughter ceased. People saw the eyes of a girl who radiated with kindness and love. The audience saw in the portrait what the Unicorn saw in his beloved. The dawn seemed to shine from within, and this light spread around, illuminating the audience. Their faces have changed, become more beautiful, filled with this light. Husbands no longer worried about the imperfection of their wives, they realized that their women were beautiful, and the beauty around and in themselves.
And then there was a cry: "May the Unicorn be Thrice-Crowned!"
So ends his work Veresaev ("Competition"). Brief summary (briefs) makes it possible to understand the author’s idea - spiritual beauty above physical. And the way people react to portraits also makes sense. They appreciated physical beauty right away, but thought and were horrified. And to see the truly beautiful Zorka, it took time, but the impression that the picture made was much stronger.
Analysis
So, it allows the reader to choose from two options the beauty of the best Veresaev. The “contest”, the analysis of which we will now conduct, raises another important topic. Namely, perception. The whole city saw and knew Zorka, but only the Unicorn could see its beauty and show it to people. This is what determined a truly talented artist. Twice-Crowned when meeting with a girl did not notice anything in her, despite the fact that he was considered the best. But his young student was endowed with greater wisdom and insight. From this we can conclude that the author emphasizes - not everyone is given to see the real beauty.
Thus, Vincent Veresaev showed his vision of the beautiful. “Competition” (analysis of the work confirms this) teaches the reader to look not at the appearance, but at the essence of people, to look into their souls. Indeed, real beauty is in kindness and inner light, and not in external attractiveness.