Character History
The essay of Nikolai Nekrasov "Who lives well in Russia" is written more than a century ago. The poem gives a bright characteristic of the troubles and tests through which the Russian people had to go, and draws what the happiness looks like for ordinary men. The work is entitled with the eternal question, over the centuries we are tormented by each of us.The story offers the reader to familiarize himself with the original story. Its main characters became peasants, gathered to determine the estate in which a happy man lives. By analyzing all the ranks, the men acquainted with the stories of characters, the most happy among which was the Seminarist Grigory Dobrozlon. The value of the name Hero in this case is important. Happiness for the student was not material well-being, but peace and peace on the lands of the homeland and the well-being of the people.
History of creation
The poem was created in the period from 1863 to 1877, and during the work, the characters and the plot ideas were repeatedly changed. The work was not completed, as the author died in 1877, but "who in Russia live well" is considered a solid literary opus.
Nekrasov is famous for a clear civil position and speeches against social injustice. He repeatedly raised problems in the work, disturbing Russian peasantry. The writer condemned the appeal of landowners with the serfs, the operation of women and the coercion of children to work. After the cancellation of serfdom in 1861, the long-awaited happiness for ordinary people did not come. The problem of non-free was replaced by other issues relating to the prospects for independently conducting peasant life.
Images dropped in the poem help to enter the depth of the question asked by the author. Nekrasov demonstrates the difference between happiness in the understanding of the landowner and a simple man. The rich are confident that the main thing in life is material well-being, and the poor worship the lack of superfluous misfortunes. The spirituality of the people is described by Ermila Girin and Grisha Dobrozlon, who dream of universal content.
Nekrasov in "Who in Russia to live well" determines the problems of classes, detecting the greed and cruelty of the rich, illiteracy and drunkenness among the peasants. He believes that, realizing what is true happiness, all the heroes of the work will make efforts to its achievement.
Poem "Who lives well in Russia"
Matrain Timofeevna Korchagin - a valid face in the work. In his youth, she was truly happy, since this time of her life was truly carefree. Parents loved the girl, and she sought to help her family in everything. Like other peasant children, Matrena was early learned to work. Games were gradually pushed out with household worries and troubles, but a fast-growing girl did not forget about leisure.
This peasant is hardworking and active. Her appearance was pleased with the eye of statitious and real Russian beauty. Many guys had species on the girl, and once the groom was launched. On this young and happy life before marriage approached the end. The will was replaced by way, reigning in someone else's family, the parents of Matrena flaruse. The mother of the girl, realizing that her husband would not always protect her daughter, mourns her future.
Life in a new house and really did not ask immediately. Zolovka and the parents of the spouse made Matrena work a lot and did not indulge her goodwalk. The only joys of the beauties were a silk handkerchief donated with her husband and a walk on a sleigh.
The relationship in marriage could not be called smooth, because at that time the husbands often beat his wives, and the girls were not for whom to seek help and protection. Weekday Matrena were gray and monotonous, full of grave labor and pop-up relatives. After personifying the ideal of the greatest Slavyanka, the girl had a meagerly demolished all the fate and showed mighty patience.
The born son revealed Matreus from the new side. Loving mother, she gives her child all the tenderness that is capable of. The happiness of the girl was short. She tried to spend the baby as much time as possible, but the work took every minute, and the child was a burden. Grandfather Savely looked after the son of Matrena and once did not cook. The child died. His cum has become a tragedy for a young mother. In those days, such cases occurred often, but became an incredible test for women.
The police who came to the house, the leakage and the storm shared that Matroin in collusion with his grandfather, former convict, specially ruined the baby. It was decided to take an autopsy to establish the causes of the death of the boy. For a girl, it becomes big grief, because now the child can not be buried without crop.
The image of Matrena is a portrait of a real Russian woman, a rack, volitional and patient. Women who are not able to break the life of the peripetics. After time, Matrena reappears children. She loves and protects them, continuing to work for the benefit of his family.
Maternal instinct Matrena Timofeevna is so strong that for the sake of the heroine children is ready for everything. It emphasizes the episode when the son Fedotos wanted to punish the landowner. Osanoy woman fell under rose, bringing himself sacrificing instead of his own child. With the same zeal, it joins her husband, whom they want to pick up in recruits. The folk intercession gives salvation family of Matrena.
The life of a simple peasantry is difficult and full of grief. She survived not one hungry year, lost his son, was constantly worried about the expensive heart of people. All the existence of Matrena Timofeevna is put to deal with misfortunes, standing on her way. The difficulties that fell on its share could break the spirit. Often women like Matrery died early due to the burden and trouble. But those who remained alive caused pride and respect. The image of a Russian woman in the face of Matrena chas Nekrasov.
The writer sees how she is worn and patient, how much power and love keeps her soul, how thoughtful and gentle can be a simple working woman. He is not inclined to call the heroine happy, but is proud that she does not lose, but it turns out the winner in the struggle for life.
Quotes
In Tsarist Russia, the life of a woman was extremely difficult. By the age of 38, Timofeev's Mature, the old woman already called himself. There was a lot of troubles, with whom the woman coped independently, so she condemns the men who weathered to look for happy among the women:
"And the fact that you started, not the case - between babomitically search!"
For the durability and strength of the Spirit, the heroine began to call the "governor", because not every woman was drowned on such heroic actions that Matrain took. A new nickname woman deserved right, but this name did not bring happiness. The main joy for Kurchagin is by no means in folk glory:
"We were weakened by a happy, called the governor-wagonatrut since then ... What's next? I rightly rule the grove of children ... Do you need to know about the joy?The chapter in which the heroine opens his eyes to a mistake, called "Babia Parable". Matrena Timofeevna admits that it is not capable of recognizing himself and other peasants happy. There are too many opposites, tests, anger of landlords, anger from the side of her husbands and relatives, the vicissitudes of fate. Matraine believes that among women there are no happy:
"The keys from the happiness of the female, from our free volochushkit, lost God himself!"