Duel between Lensky and Onegin (Analysis of an episode from the sixth chapter of A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”). “Duel of Onegin and Lensky” (School essays) Description of the scene of the duel of Onegin and Lensky
Alexander Pushkin, "Eugene Onegin",
duel scene.
Read by Dmitry Ex-Promt
Music - overture to the opera "Eugene Onegin"
Now the pistols are flashing,
The hammer rattles on the ramrod.
Bullets go into the faceted barrel,
And the trigger clicked for the first time.
Here is gunpowder in a grayish stream
It's spilling onto the shelves. jagged,
Securely screwed flint
Still cocked. For the nearby stump
Guillot becomes embarrassed.
Cloaks are thrown by two enemies.
Zaretsky thirty-two steps
Measured with excellent accuracy,
He took his friends to the extreme,
And everyone took their pistol.
************************************
“Now get together.”
In cold blood,
Not yet aiming, two enemies
With a firm gait, quietly, evenly
Walked four steps
Four mortal stages.
His pistol then Evgeniy,
Without ceasing to advance,
He was the first to quietly raise it.
Here are five more steps taken,
And Lensky, squinting his left eye,
I also began to aim - but just
Onegin fired. They struck
Time clock: poet
Silently drops the pistol,
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Quietly puts his hand on his chest
And falls. Misty Eyes
Depicts death, not agony.
So slowly along the slope of the mountains,
Sparkling in the sun,
A block of snow falls.
Doused with instant cold,
Onegin hurries to the young man,
He looks and calls him. in vain:
He's no longer there. Young singer
Found an untimely end!
The storm has blown, the color is beautiful
Withered at dawn,
The fire on the altar went out.
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Review by Elena Belova,
which I am in awe of!
Thank you Lenochka!
Here you go! And I'm ready to listen.
Everything around is quiet. Won't break
Nothing of that wondrous atmosphere,
When only the sound of an ancient clock
Quietly echoes these lines.
Ah, Dima! How cruel fate is
Sometimes he gets along with those
Who is young, pure and insulted,
Endowed with a sensitive soul
Unable to bear insults.
He was killed.
Time passes.
And you read these lines,
I'm listening to. We're there again
Where Pushkin tells us
About this seemingly random
Duels stupid and sad
And your voice revives
That world, distant but alive!
With thanks!
Lena.
Duel in the novel "Eugene Onegin"
Introduction
A novel in verse by A.S. Pushkin’s “Eugene Onegin” can rightfully be considered a work that, according to Belinsky, is “an encyclopedia of Russian life.” Detailed description the everyday life of a person at the beginning of the 19th century allows us, the readers, to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of a time so distant from us, while showing in detail how and what the nobles lived not only in both capitals, but also in the provinces.
Gukovsky G.A writes about the novel: “...the very number of everyday themes and materials fundamentally distinguishes Pushkin’s novel from previous literature. In “Eugene Onegin” the reader is presented with a series of everyday phenomena, morally descriptive details, things, clothes, colors, dishes, customs.”
The novel contains 8 chapters, each of which reveals the images of the heroes, their inner world and characters, around which all the storylines develop: Eugene Onegin, Tatyana Larina and Vladimir Lensky. The novel has two storylines: Onegin and Tatyana and Onegin and Lensky.
In the person of Onegin, Lensky and Tatyana, according to Belinsky, Pushkin depicted Russian society in one of the phases of its formation, its development.
Belinsky characterizes these heroes.
Onegin is a suffering egoist... He can be called an involuntary egoist, the critic believes, in his egoism one should see what the ancients called rock, fate.
In Lensky, Pushkin portrayed a character completely opposite to the character of Onegin, Belinsky believes, a completely abstract character, completely alien to reality. Lensky was a romantic both by nature and by the spirit of the times. But at the same time, “he was an ignoramus at heart”:
always talking about life, never knew it.
Tatyana, according to Belinsky, is an exceptional being, a deep, loving, passionate nature.
Love for her could be either the greatest bliss or the greatest disaster of life, without any conciliatory middle. When reciprocated, the love of such a woman is an even, bright flame; V otherwise- a persistent flame, which willpower may not allow it to break out, but which is the more destructive and burning the more it is compressed inside.
The sixth chapter of the novel can be considered a key episode in understanding the characters’ characters. This episode is a kind of milestone, a turning point in the plot of the novel “Eugene Onegin”. The duel between Onegin and Lensky is the most tragic and most mysterious episode of the novel.
Duel in the novel (“Eugene Onegin”, Chapter 6)
DUEL (“Courteously, with cold clarity / Lensky called his friend to a duel”) - from the French. duel, from lat. duellum - a duel, a fight with the use of weapons, taking place between two persons according to certain rules and with the goal of restoring the honor of one of the offended (insulted) duelists. A duel is a class-noble custom that became widespread in Russia in the 18th-19th centuries. [Onegin Encyclopedia: In 2 volumes – M.: Russian Way 1999–2004.]
A duel is a duel that takes place according to certain rules, a paired fight, with the goal of restoring honor and removing the shame caused by an insult from the offended person. Thus, the role of the duel is socially significant. A duel is a specific procedure for restoring honor and cannot be understood outside of the very specificity of the concept of “honor” in common system ethics of the Russian Europeanized post-Petrine noble society. Naturally, from a position that in principle rejected this concept, the duel lost its meaning, turning into a ritualized murder. [Lotman Yuri Mikhailovich. Roman A.S. Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin": Commentary. Teacher's Guide.]
The meeting with Tatyana and the acquaintance with Lensky take place with Onegin in the spring and summer of 1820 - he is already 24 years old and he treats Lensky a little patronizingly, looking at his “youthful heat and youthful delirium” like an adult.
The reason for the duel may seem quite ridiculous to the reader - a minor quarrel between Onegin and Lensky. The image of the younger Larina is also important in the novel for creating a love triangle: Onegin - Olga - Lensky. But this triangle is imaginary. Olga sees in Evgenia only her sister's fiancé, and Olga is not at all attractive to Onegin. However, it is Olga’s innocent, thoughtless coquetry with Onegin at the ball that seems treason and betrayal to Lensky, a young romantic in love:
Coquette, flighty child!
She knows the trick,
I've learned to change! (Chapter 10, stanza XLV)
Imagining himself the hero of the novel, Vladimir challenges Onegin to a duel to defend his honor and honor beautiful lady. The duel contributes to a more complete disclosure of the characters of Onegin and Lensky. Both heroes understand the error of their decision and bitterly regret what they did, but it is not possible to avoid a bloody clash.
It is clear to the reader that a random quarrel is only a pretext for a duel, but the reason for it, the reason for Lensky’s death, is much deeper.
A force enters into the quarrel between Onegin and Lensky that can no longer be reversed. This is the power of public opinion. The bearer of this power is hated by Pushkin. He doesn't write anything good about him:
Zaretsky, once a brawler,
Ataman of the gambling gang,
The head is a rake, a tavern tribune,
Now kind and simple
The father of the family is single,
Reliable friend, peaceful landowner
And even an honest person:
This is how our century is corrected! (Chapter 6, stanza IV)
Pushkin deliberately chooses verbs that correspond to Onegin’s state. The verbs are in the past tense, showing the reader the irreversibility of the course of events.
He tells himself that he:
Had to prove myself
Not a ball of prejudice,
Not an ardent boy, a fighter,
But a husband with honor and intelligence.(Chapter 6,stanza X)
Besides - he thinks - in this matter
The old duelist intervened;
He is angry, he is a gossip, he is loud...
Of course there must be contempt
At the cost of his funny words,
But the whisper, the laughter of fools... (Chapter 6, stanza XI)
But Pushkin explains this from his own position:
And here is public opinion!
Spring of honor, our idol!
And this is what the world revolves on! (Chapter 6, stanza XI)
Onegin understands the horror of everything that is happening around him, the ability to remain alone with his conscience, “summoning himself to a secret judgment,” and to act as his conscience dictates is a rare skill. The “executioners” turn out to be the Pustyakovs and Buyano, and Evgeniy does not dare speak out against them.
Onegin truly suffers. He is tormented by this situation, but...he accepted the challenge and the duel is a matter of honor.
Lensky, with his youthful enthusiasm, is pleased that the challenge has been accepted. Before the duel, Lensky goes to the Larins’ house, although he did not want to see Olga until recently. She (as usual) was friendly and affectionate:
He sees: he is still loved;
He is already tormented by repentance,
Ready to ask her for forgiveness... (Chapter 6, stanza XIV)
Returning home, Lensky writes poetry, unlike Onegin, who not only sleeps soundly, but is also late for the duel.
In a duel, Lensky was killed...Killed not because of Onegin’s revenge, but because Eugene, although he hated the society in which he was supposed to be, he could not go against this society and social “rules”.
Onegin takes revenge on Lensky for inviting him to a ball where the “rabble” that Eugene hated so much was located. Onegin, due to his age, perceives this as a game and tomfoolery. But for Lensky this is not the case. He is a romantic who imagines himself to be a knight. For him, the fact that Onegin invited Olga to dance is considered treason, both in relation to Olga (betrayal of love) and in relation to Eugene (betrayal of friendship). A challenge to a duel is followed by an answer - consent; Seeing that Vladimir began to raise the gun, Evgeniy shoots. Lensky was killed.
The duel in the novel is strange, but this strangeness does not exclude the tragedy of what is happening.
Onegin brought a French servant as a second to the duel. The rules of the duel were violated: duels, as matters of honor, could ONLY take place between people with a noble title. Consequently, the seconds must also be of noble class.
Onegin deliberately breaks the rules. Thus, he shows his disrespect for the retired officer Zaretsky, Lensky’s second, and openly declares to him:
I don't foresee any objections
For my presentation:
Even though he is an unknown person,
But, of course, the guy is honest(Chapter VI, stanza XXVII)
It is important to note that in the same chapter and stanza, Onegin calls the servant friend (« Here he is: my friend,monsieurGuillot"), but the author calls Onegin and Lensky enemies (“Enemies stand with downcast eyes”)
Zaretsky, feeling insults directed at himself, wished not to notice them. Onegin himself did not appreciate the moral qualities of his second.
Ya.A. Gordin notes that Onegin is guided by the same considerations that A.S. himself followed. Pushkin novel in verse: “Judging by what we know about Pushkin’s duels, he was quite contemptuous of the ritual side of the duel. This is evidenced by his last duel, before which he invited the opposing side to choose his second - even a lackey. And this was not the result of special circumstances. This was the principle that he proclaimed back in Onegin, forcing him, a socialite and an experienced fighter, to take a servant as his second, and at the same time ridiculed the dueling pedant Zaretsky.<…>
For Pushkin, the main thing in a duel was the essence and result, not rituals. Peering into the dueling element raging around him, he was guided by the Russian duel in its typical, and not ritual-secular, version...” [Gordin Y.A. Duels and duelists. St. Petersburg, 2002. P. 31].
Zaretsky is an intriguer who wants to “cause young friends to quarrel / And put them on the barrier” (chapter VI, stanza VI).
Onegin's participation in the duel is forced. He feels guilty for his behavior in the Larins' house. But the fear of being a coward in the face of those whom Eugene hates so much makes a duel inevitable.
Onegin does not want to take revenge on Lensky. His attitude towards the duel is not at all similar to Lensky's.
The novel "Eugene Onegin" was created two centuries ago. But even now it occupies a prominent place in Russian literature, standing out for its uniqueness, relevance, and even the fact that it was written by Pushkin himself. This is a man who occupies an entire era and shines at the zenith of fame. He outshines everyone around him and you can’t argue with that. “For two hundred years his works have been read and moved our hearts.” Two hundred years... how many events happened during this time, but he was always loved and read. He was a star that would never go out; and which will illuminate our path, helping us figure out what is good and what is bad in our lives. This is the guiding star, thanks to which it is impossible to go astray. This cannot be done by reading his works, admiring Onegin and condemning Lensky, feeling sorry for Tatyana and criticizing Olga.
Reading it again and again, you are amazed at the feelings that permeate it through and through. "Eugene Onegin" surprises us with its diversity and perfection. I think that now there is not a person who does not know the heroes of this novel, or who could not read at least a page from it.
Everyone knows Onegin and Lensky. Their strange friendship still touches the heart. They are so different. I can’t help but want to ask the question: what are they? Pushkin answers it himself and very accurately. This is what he says about Onegin:
How early could he be a hypocrite?
To harbor hope, to be jealous,
To disbelieve and make one believe,
Seem gloomy, languish.
In contrast to Onegin, the poet describes Lensky as follows:
From the cold depravity of the world
Before you even have time to fade,
His soul was warmed
Greetings from a friend, caress from the maidens;
He was a sweet ignoramus at heart.
And these people were brought together by an informal accident. Onegin came to the village because of his inheritance, and Lensky, tired of the bustle of the capital, wanted to retire. Pushkin contrasted these two images with each other. They were even received differently in the village. Onegin was called “a most dangerous eccentric,” and Lensky was “asked to be a groom.” So they became friends:
Wave and stone
Poetry and prose, ice and fire
Not so different from each other.
First by mutual difference
They were boring to each other;
Then I liked it; Then
We came together every day on horseback
And soon they became inseparable.
So people (I am the first to repent)
There's nothing to do, friends.
In that friendship, Lensky is only a “temporary exception” for Onegin. He is looking for something new, not yet boring, and sees all this in Lensky’s face. It seems to me that Onegin treated him with condescension, the way adults treat a small, stupid child. While Lensky was burning with the desire to do something extraordinary, Onegin served him as an “invigorating balm.” This once again proves Lensky’s frivolity and frivolity. They think differently, feel differently, speak differently. Onegin is sober in his views, he judges the world like a complete cynic, protected by the impenetrable armor of egoism. According to Belinsky’s definition, he is a “suffering egoist.” After all, how can a person be happy if he does not believe in love? He's just playing at it. It is unknown to Onegin - a fan of the “science of silent passion”, but if you listen closely, passion does not know the rules, for Onegin, maybe only later, realizing that he did not know love yet, he renounced it, he will truly suffer. He has a huge sense of superiority. Then he will understand that this feeling was “imaginary”, then, after Lensky’s death, after confessing to Tatyana. And he will regret that nothing can be corrected or returned.
Lensky is the complete opposite of Onegin. Pushkin treats him with irony and tenderness. Herzen said about him: “This is one of those chaste natures that cannot acclimatize in a depraved and insane environment; having accepted life, they can no longer accept anything from this unclean soil, except death.” Lensky is a star that flashed only to go out. It seems to me that he should have died. Such a soul could not accept the conditions of life and see the world soberly; it could not, as Belinsky writes, “develop and move forward.” Otherwise Lensky would have become a copy of Onegin, and this
unacceptable. But, nevertheless, despite all their differences, there was something that united them. They stood out from the crowd. They are the “black sheep” of that time. This is their difference from the rest of the world.
The descriptions of Onegin and Lensky are imbued with Decembrist sentiments. And they are suitable for the role of the Decembrists, but not one of them becomes one. Why? Yes, because Onegin is an individualist, who cannot imagine life next to someone, focusing on himself, and not on the general life - this is the difference that separated Onegin from the Decembrists.
Lensky was closer to them, but did not become one either:
He believed that his friends were ready
It's an honor to accept his shackles
And that their hand will not tremble
Break the slanderer's vessel...
The death of Lensky was written after the death of the Decembrists. This is no accident. His death is described in such tones that it makes us think of a huge catastrophe. He dies too early. This emphasizes his similarity with the Decembrists.
But then Tatyana Larina’s name day comes. They become turning point in the lives of heroes. During them, the world in which Lensky lived was blown up. Blown up brazenly and unceremoniously. Destroyed by Onegin - a former best friend, and now an enemy. And they are both to blame for this. Onegin is angry with Lensky, because he said that there would be no one at the name day, and the hall was full of guests. Onegin is forced to communicate with them, having so carefully guarded his privacy. Onegin decides to take revenge:
Approaching the moment of vengeance,
Onegin, secretly smiling,
Approaches Olga. Quick with her
Hovering around the guests
Then he sits her down on a chair.
Starts talking about this and that;
Two minutes later
Again he continues the waltz with her;
Everyone is amazed. Lensky himself
He doesn't believe his own eyes.
He begins to flirt with Olga. For him, this is just a game; the hero does not suspect what a storm of feelings he has caused in Lensky’s soul. The game with feelings, so familiar to Onegin, for Lensky turns into a game with destinies. Insulted, he challenges his friend to a duel. Onegin is surprised. He sees no reason for a duel, but agrees without hesitation. Only after Lensky’s death does he realize what he’s done, but it’s too late. He is "smitten." However, the shock for Onegin is not the death of Lensky, but the understanding that the feeling of superiority that he was so proud of suddenly disappeared, leaving him defenseless. Here it is impossible to say with certainty who is to blame for the duel and its tragic outcome. Onegin? Yes, he only wanted to annoy Lensky, to take revenge for unknown reasons. Onegin had no idea what this would lead to. Pushkin describes his condition after Lensky’s death as follows:
He was overcome with anxiety
Wanderlust
(A very painful property;
Not many. Voluntary Cross).
He could have called off the duel, but did not do so because he was too influenced by the time. And this is his fault.
Lensky's fault is that he is very hot-tempered and jealous, but is this really his fault? Then the fault is that he, having already repented of his impulse, did not cancel the fatal meeting. Or maybe Pushkin is to blame for bringing them together? But no matter who is to blame, Lensky’s death is the main event of the entire novel, its turning point.
A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” was a work of worldwide significance for his contemporaries, as it taught how to live, correctly evaluate and choose life paths, taught morality, reason, identity and citizenship. “By reading Pushkin, you can perfectly educate the person within you” (V.G. Belinsky)
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THE POET IS KILLED - A SLAVE OF HONOR!!
Boris Kustodiev Pushkin on the Neva embankment 1915
Today I want to remember one of the most famous literary duels. In ratings, social In polls, I am sure she should take first place in popularity. But first, let's remember the names of the duelists.
EUGENE ONEGIN
A. Samokhvalov Onegin at the ball
He - main character Romana is a young landowner. Onegin is the son of a rich master, “heir to all his relatives.” He did not need to work for a piece of bread, “he was sick of persistent work.” The upbringing Evgeniy received was the worst. He grew up without a mother. The father, a frivolous gentleman and official, did not pay any attention to his son, entrusting him to hired tutors and governesses. They taught the boy almost nothing, did not educate him in any way, and only slightly scolded him for his pranks.
In St. Petersburg, Onegin leads an empty, aimless and meaningless life. Meeting with friends in a restaurant, visiting the theater, balls, courting women.
Tired of being bored in St. Petersburg, Onegin goes to the village to be bored. And here his life is not distinguished by a wealth of events: swimming in the river, horseback riding and walking, reading magazines, kissing serf girls.
VLADIMIR LENSKY
A. Samokhvalov Lensky before the duel
Onegin's "half-Russian neighbor", a "fan of Kant and a poet" does not have a clear idea of real life. Lensky is young. He is 18 years old in the novel. He is 8 years younger than Onegin. Nevertheless, Lensky received higher education at the best university in Germany. Lensky is partly a young Onegin, not yet matured, not having had time to experience pleasure and not having experienced deceit, but having already heard about the world and read about it.
Lensky is a friend worthy of Onegin. He, like Onegin, is one of the best people then Russia. A poet, an enthusiast, he is full of childlike faith in people, romantic friendship to the grave and in eternal love. Lensky is noble, educated, his feelings and thoughts are pure, his enthusiasm is sincere. He loves life.
And it is precisely such a positive character that the author “kills” in a duel.
The story of the duel itself seems to be banal and simple. Lensky is in love with Tatyana Larina’s sister, Olga. Olga's romance with Lensky develops rapidly. They walk, read, play chess. Lensky thinks about his beloved all the time.
Lensky invites Onegin to Tatyana's name day. Onegin agrees to go.
Onegin deliberately courtes and dances only with Olga, she promised him all the dances. Lensky is jealous and leaves with the thought of a duel. Noticing Vladimir's absence, Onegin became sad, and so did Olga. Lensky chooses his second:
Zaretsky, once a brawler,
Ataman of the gambling gang,
The head of the rake, the tavern tribune,...
Zaretsky brings Lensky's challenge to Onegin. Having received a challenge to a duel, well aware of his wrongness and the meaninglessness of this fight, Onegin nevertheless accepts the challenge and kills his young friend Vladimir Lensky.
The murder of Lensky turned Onegin's whole life upside down. He is no longer able to remain living in those places where everything reminded him of his terrible crime, “Where the bloody shadow appeared to him every day.”
Well, now read the stanzas of the novel and look at the artists’ illustrations for this chapter.
CHAPTER SIX
F. Konstantinov Onegin and Lensky
.......
IX
He was pleasant, noble,
Short call, il cartel:
Courteously, with cold clarity
Lensky invited his friend to a duel.
Onegin from the first movement,
To the ambassador of such an order
Turning around, without further ado
Said he's always ready.
Zaretsky stood up without explanation;
I didn’t want to stay any longer
Having a lot to do at home,
And immediately he went out; but Evgeniy
Alone with your soul
He was unhappy with himself.
X
And rightly so: in strict analysis,
Having summoned himself to a secret trial,
He blamed himself for many things:
First of all, he was wrong
What is above timid, tender love?
So the evening joked casually.
And secondly: let the poet
Fooling around; at eighteen
It's forgivable. Eugene,
Loving the young man with all my heart,
Had to prove myself
Not a ball of prejudice,
Not an ardent boy, a fighter,
But a husband with honor and intelligence.
XI
He could discover feelings
And don’t bristle like an animal;
He had to disarm
Young heart. "But now
It's too late; time has flown...
Besides - he thinks - in this matter
The old duelist intervened;
He is angry, he is a gossip, he is loud...
Of course there must be contempt
At the cost of his funny words,
But the whispers, the laughter of fools..."
And here is public opinion! 38
Spring of honor, our idol!
And this is what the world revolves on!
XII
Seething with impatient enmity,
The poet is waiting for an answer at home;
And here's a tall neighbor
He solemnly brought the answer.
Now it’s a holiday for the jealous person!
He was still afraid that the prankster
Didn't laugh it off somehow
Having invented a trick and breasts
Turning away from the gun.
Now the doubts are resolved:
They must go to the mill
Arrive tomorrow before dawn
Cock the trigger on each other
And aim at the thigh or temple.
.........
XIX
Lensky was distracted all evening,
Sometimes silent, then cheerful again;
But the one who is nurtured by the muse,
Always like this: frowning brow,
He sat down at the clavichord
And he played only chords on them,
Then, turning his gaze to Olga,
Whispered: isn't it? I'm happy.
But it's too late; time to go. Shrunk
He has a heart full of longing;
Saying goodbye to the young maiden,
It seemed to be torn apart.
She looks him in the face.
"What's wrong with you?" - Yes. - And to the porch.
XX
Arriving home, pistols
He examined it, then put it in
Again they are in the box and, undressed,
By candlelight, Schiller opened it;
But one thought surrounds him;
A sad heart does not sleep in him:
With inexplicable beauty
He sees Olga in front of him.
Vladimir closes the book,
Takes a pen; his poems,
Full of love nonsense
They sound and flow. Reads them
He speaks out loud, in lyrical heat,
Like Delvig drunk at a feast.
A. Kostin Lensky before the duel
..........
XXIII
So he wrote darkly and languidly
(What we call romanticism,
Although there is no romanticism here
I don't see; what's in it for us?)
And finally, before dawn,
Bowing my weary head,
On the buzzword, ideal
Lensky quietly dozed off;
But only with sleepy charm
He forgot, he's already a neighbor
The office enters silently
And he wakes up Lensky with a call:
“It’s time to get up: it’s past seven.
Onegin is probably waiting for us.”
XXIV
But he was wrong: Evgeniy
At this time I was sleeping like a dead sleep.
The nights and shadows are already thinning
And Vesper was greeted by a rooster;
Onegin is sleeping deeply.
The sun is already rolling high,
And a migratory snowstorm
Shines and curls; but the bed
Evgeniy hasn’t left yet,
A dream is still flying over him.
He finally woke up
And the curtain parted the floors;
He looks and sees that it’s time
It's a long time to leave the yard.
XXV
He calls quickly. Runs in
His servant, the Frenchman Guillot, comes to him,
Offers robe and shoes
And hands him the laundry.
Onegin hurries to get dressed,
The servant tells him to get ready
Go with him and with you
Take also a combat box.
The running sled is ready.
He sat down and flies to the mill.
We rushed over. He tells the servant
Lepage 39 fatal trunks
Carry after him, and the horses
Drive into the field to two oak trees.
XXVI
Leaning on the dam, Lensky
I've been waiting impatiently for a long time;
Meanwhile, the village mechanic,
Zaretsky condemned the millstone.
Onegin comes with an apology.
“But where is it,” he said in amazement
Zaretsky, where is your second?”
In duels, the classic and the pedant,
He loved the method out of feeling,
And stretch the man
He allowed - not somehow,
But in the strict rules of art,
According to all ancient legends
(What we should praise about him).
XXVII
“My second? - said Evgeniy, -
Here it is: my friend, Monsieur Guillot
I don't foresee any objections
For my presentation:
Even though he is an unknown person,
But of course the guy is honest.”
Zaretsky bit his lip.
Onegin asked Lensky:
“Well, should we start?” - Let's start, perhaps.
Vladimir said. And let's go
For the mill. While away
Zaretsky is our honest fellow
We entered into an important agreement
The enemies stand with their eyes downcast.
A. Samokhvalov Seconds before the duel
XXVIII
Enemies! How long have we been apart?
Has their bloodlust gone?
How long have they been leisure hours,
Meal, thoughts and deeds
Did you share together? Now it's evil
Like hereditary enemies,
Like in a terrible, incomprehensible dream,
They are in silence to each other
They are preparing death in cold blood...
Shouldn't they laugh while
Their hand is not stained,
Shouldn't we part ways amicably?..
But wildly secular enmity
Afraid of false shame.
XXIX
Now the pistols are flashing,
The hammer rattles on the ramrod.
Bullets go into the faceted barrel,
And the trigger clicked for the first time.
Here is gunpowder in a grayish stream
It spills onto the shelf. jagged,
Securely screwed flint
Still cocked. For the nearby stump
Guillot becomes embarrassed.
Cloaks are thrown by two enemies.
Zaretsky thirty-two steps
Measured with excellent accuracy,
He took his friends to the extreme,
And everyone took their pistol.
F. Konstantinov Duel of Onegin and Lensky
“Now get together.”
In cold blood,
Not yet aiming, two enemies
With a firm gait, quietly, evenly
Walked four steps
Four mortal stages.
His pistol then Evgeniy,
Without ceasing to advance,
He was the first to quietly raise it.
Here are five more steps taken,
And Lensky, squinting his left eye,
I also began to aim - but just
Onegin fired... They struck
Time clock: poet
Silently drops the pistol,
Ilya Repin Duel of Onegin with Lensky 1899
Quietly puts his hand on his chest
And falls. Misty Eyes
Depicts death, not agony.
So slowly along the slope of the mountains,
Sparkling in the sun,
A block of snow falls.
Doused with instant cold,
Onegin hurries to the young man,
He looks and calls him... in vain:
He's no longer there. Young singer
Found an untimely end!
The storm has blown, the color is beautiful
Withered at dawn,
The fire on the altar has gone out!..
XXXII
He lay motionless and strange
There was a languid world on his brow.
He was wounded right through the chest;
Smoking, blood flowed from the wound.
One moment ago
Inspiration beat in this heart,
Enmity, hope and love,
Life was playing, blood was boiling:
Now, as if in an empty house,
Everything in it is quiet and dark;
It fell silent forever.
The shutters are closed, the windows are chalked
Whitewashed. There is no owner.
And where, God knows. There was no trace.
XXXIII
Nicely cheeky epigram
Enrage a mistaken enemy;
It's nice to see how stubborn he is
Bowing my eager horns,
Involuntarily looks in the mirror
And he is ashamed to recognize himself;
It’s more pleasant if he, friends,
Howls foolishly: it’s me!
It's even more pleasant in silence
Prepare an honest coffin for him
And quietly aim at the pale forehead
At a noble distance;
But send him to his fathers
It will hardly be pleasant for you.
XXXIV
Well, if with your gun
Young friend is smitten,
An immodest look, or an answer,
Or some other trifle
The one who insulted you behind a bottle,
Or even himself in ardent annoyance
Proudly challenging you to battle,
Say: with your soul
What feeling will take over
When motionless, on the ground
Before you with death on his brow,
He gradually ossifies,
When he is deaf and silent
To your desperate call?
E. Samokish-Sudkovskaya Death of Lensky 1900s
In the anguish of heart remorse,
Hand clutching the pistol,
Evgeniy looks at Lensky.
"Well? killed,” the neighbor decided.
Killed!.. With this terrible exclamation
Smitten, Onegin with a shudder
He leaves and calls people.
Zaretsky carefully puts
There is a frozen corpse on the sleigh;
He is carrying a terrible treasure home.
Smelling the dead, they snore
And the horses fight with white foam
The steel bits are wet,
And they flew like an arrow.
The text of the novel in verse by A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin” was used
materials from the site “Eugene Onegin”
Completed by Sergey Kotosonov, 9th grade
A duel is a pair fight that takes place according to certain rules, with the goal of restoring honor and removing the shame caused by an insult from the offended person. The duel took place according to strict unwritten rules. Protection of the corporate Protection of human honor and dignity The role of the duel is socially symbolic THE IDEA OF THE DUEL Narrow-class Universal
A confrontation or insult as a result of which one party considered itself insulted and as such demanded satisfaction. Call. From that moment on, the opponents were not supposed to enter into any relationship: their seconds took it upon themselves. Selecting seconds and discussing the severity of the offense. Choosing the nature of the duel. The second sent a written challenge to the enemy - a cartel.
Participants: Onegin and Lensky. Reasons for the duel: Onegin’s frivolous behavior in the Larins’ house and his courtship of Olga, Lensky’s fiancée: “I swore to enrage Lensky and to take some revenge.” Seconds: Zaretsky - from Lensky's side, footman Guillot - from Onegin's side.
Lensky: Where, where have you gone, the golden days of my spring? Zhukovsky: About my golden spring days... Milonov: Like a light ghost, the golden days of my spring have flown away. Kuchelbecker: So fly, golden dream, Fade, my spring! The cliches of romanticism are parodied.
Onegin: afraid of unfavorable public opinion. Lensky: full of romantic impulse. Zaretsky (Lensky’s second): - when transferring the cartel, he ignored his duty to persuade opponents to reconciliation; -did not meet with Onegin’s second the day before to discuss the rules of the duel; -Onegin’s second became a footman, although they both should have a noble rank; -did not cancel the duel, although Onegin was significantly late; - did not stipulate in the conditions of a duel that the opponents should stop after the first shot. Pushkin: he could not have “killed” Lensky. But this is his farewell to romanticism.
Konstantinov F.D. Illustration for the 6th chapter of “Eugene Onegin”
Accuracy, leisurely, objective, detailed description. Repetitions. Transfers. Comparisons, anaphora. V.G. Belinsky: “The details of Onegin’s duel with Lensky are the height of artistic perfection.”
Condemnation for fear of breaking secular conventions. A tragic mistake: the concept of secular honor for the hero is more significant than moral duty. Reckoning - pangs of conscience (“the murderer of a young poet”, “killed by a friend’s hand”) Lovely and ironic. Lensky's tragedy: he sacrifices his life for the right to play the role of a romantic hero. The sacrifice is ridiculous, senseless, according to the author.
Which fate is more realistic? - doesn't matter. Important – there won’t be any! Down-to-Earth Or maybe even this: an Ordinary poet’s destiny awaited... Sublime Perhaps he was born for the good of the world Or at least for glory...
P.I. Tchaikovsky: “Isn’t the death of a richly gifted young man deeply dramatic and touching? Isn’t there a dramatic situation in the fact that a bored capital lion, out of petty irritation, against his will, as a result of a fatal coincidence of circumstances, takes the life of a young man whom, in essence, he loves!
Compositional: culmination storyline Onegin - Lensky and its denouement. Pushkin's farewell to romanticism. A turn in Onegin's fate (the beginning of a turning point in his consciousness). A new secondary character has been introduced - Zaretsky.