Among the numerous supporting characters in L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” the image of Fyodor Dolokhov especially stands out for me personally. Somehow he attracts the attention of readers, makes him stand out among the numerous representatives of the noble class described in this great work.

Fyodor Ivanovich Dolokhov is a contradictory and ambiguous personality. A handsome officer, a brawler and a brave man, the last male representative of the impoverished noble family, smart and well-educated, Dolokhov was always the life of the party and a favorite of beautiful ladies. His appearance was conducive to the appearance of numerous novels in his life.

A twenty-five-year-old infantry officer, well-built, of medium height, with blond curly hair and blue eyes, and an elegant curved line mouth, women cannot help but like Dolokhov. The halo of a “martyr” that arose around him after being demoted to the army makes him even more attractive in the eyes of secular beauties. Even more attractive is the fact that for the offense he committed together with Pierre Bezukhov and Anatoly Kuragin, only he suffered; the rest got away with their joint hooliganism. Of course, Dolokhov did not forgive his “friends” for such injustice.

The rake and duelist Dolokhov spends his time in cheerful company for carousing and card game. His ability to win at cards even gave rise to rumors that he was a sharper. However, as a thinking person, Fyodor Dolokhov is often bored by such a pastime. He preferred to get rid of this boredom with the help of strange, mostly cruel, actions.

The unbridled nature of his character was always combined with reckless courage, reaching the point of insolence. During wartime, Dolokhov used these qualities to stand out, become famous and rich.
I began to respect Fyodor Dolokhov very much when I learned that wealth for him is not an end in itself. This man, who at first glance had nothing sacred in his life, adored his mother and sister, was a devoted and gentle son and brother, and was ready to do anything for their well-being. Perhaps he himself was ashamed of these feelings, strenuously hiding his tenderness under the guise of insolence and cynicism. But the main thing is that he had these feelings.

The courage of Fyodor Dolokhov and the fact that he achieved everything in his life himself are also respectable. He was not rich, did not have connections that would allow him to improve his position in society, and could always rely only on himself. Despite all the contradictory nature of this image, there is something very attractive about it.

Essay by Fedor Dolokhov

Fyodor Dolokhov is one of the most complex characters in the novel. Coming from an impoverished noble family, he has only his mother and sister among his relatives. Initially received good education and education. He has an attractive appearance, which he readily uses to seduce women. A gambler, a rake and a duelist - in a word, an adventurer.

During his service, he was often demoted to the ranks of soldiers due to duels or manifestations of character. The same character and willingness to take risks own life helped him to be restored to the rank of officer. His colleagues unanimously consider him a brave man, but Dolokhov’s brave deeds end when he receives the desired promotion. He is not inclined to show courage just like that, without expecting personal gain. He will certainly notify his superiors about all his exploits.

IN social life Dolokhov is also a notable personality. He enjoys attending entertainment events; his entertainment borders on recklessness. Often he comes close to the line between “decent” and “indecent.” He makes friends easily, but does not feel real affection for anyone. He needs friends to take advantage of their position in society and money. Most of all, he became friends with Anatoly Kuragin, a rake like himself. But Nikolai Rostov, a representative of a respected and wealthy family, was not interested in Dolokhov as a friend. First, their values ​​were completely opposite. Secondly, Dolokhov was hurt by Sonya’s refusal, who preferred Nikolai to him. Therefore, Dolokhov did not begin to make friends with young Rostov, but instead decided to beat him at cards, thus receiving material benefits from him. Dolokhov was often lucky at cards; there were even rumors that he was a sharper. Dolokhov himself willingly spread such rumors.

Against the backdrop of a dissolute life, unexpected manifestations of completely different qualities occur. It turns out that Dolokhov dearly loves his mother, which he himself informs Rostov about. He is wounded and cries, remembering her. Dolokhov tells Nikolai that he is ready to die for those he loves, and is ready to trample everyone else if they get in his way. He asks Pierre for forgiveness on the eve of the Battle of Borodino. Previously, Dolokhov abused Pierre's hospitality, seduced his wife and brought the matter to a duel. It turns out that this egoist Dolokhov is capable of loving someone, capable of admitting his guilt. But this nobility was so rarely manifested in him.

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The life of a teenager is very difficult. This is a difficult age in which many problems can be expected. They are very difficult to deal with alone. Most adults say that life is easy for a teenager because they live at their parents' house

Anna NAYDENOVA,
gymnasium No. 18,
10th grade,
Korolev,
Moscow region
(teacher -
Natalya Anatolyevna Borisenko)

Dolokhov in the novel by L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace"

Dolokhov is not the main character of the novel “War and Peace,” but his image is so bright and individual that it immediately interests the reader. Tolstoy endows this hero with such seemingly incompatible character traits that throughout the entire novel we wonder what he really is like.

For the first time we meet Dolokhov, a Semyonov officer, during a revelry at Anatoly Kuragin’s place, at the moment of making a bet that he “will drink a bottle of rum while sitting on the third floor window with his legs hanging out.” The reader is in suspense: how will this crazy prank end and who is this confident, daring young man?

Dolokhov's appearance stood out clearly from others. He was “a man of average height, curly hair and light eyes. He was about twenty-five years old... his mouth, the most striking feature of his face, was completely visible... and all together, and especially in combination with his firm, insolent, intelligent gaze, created the impression that it was impossible not to notice this face "

In general, the desire to stand out, to always be in the center of attention - distinguishing feature Dolokhova. To be a leader among the rich guards officers, he becomes a dashing rake, a gambler and a thief. Being a poor man, without any connections, living with Anatoly Kuragin, a very rich young man, he “managed to position himself in such a way that Anatole and everyone who knew them respected Dolokhov more than Anatole.”

Upon further acquaintance with Dolokhov, we see that he is a selfish and painfully proud young man. For him, such a moral concept as friendship is a purely relative concept. Being on friendly terms with Pierre, who hospitably provided him with his home, Dolokhov, with a clear conscience, starts an affair with his wife and, on top of all this, cynically and brazenly insults Pierre in the presence of guests, bringing the matter to a duel. Dolokhov is always used to winning against everyone and achieving what he wants. He just as easily excludes Nikolai Rostov from among his friends when he finds out that Sonya loves Nikolai, and not him. This is a blow to his pride. But losing is not in his nature. He must take revenge or win back. Having challenged Nikolai to a game, he dispassionately wins a huge amount of money from him, thereby compensating for his loss.

Yes, Dolokhov is a player by nature, and life for him is to a greater extent game. A man of an adventurous nature, he likes to tempt fate. This is confirmed by his prank with the policeman, for which he was demoted to soldier, and by Natasha’s escape plan, which he prepared at Anatole’s request. Dolokhov also shows desperate fearlessness in war, when he captures the enemy or penetrates the French camp along with Petya Rostov, whose life he risks as well as his own.

But all his heroism is largely ostentatious, demonstrative, aimed at self-affirmation. He will definitely later remind his superiors about his successes.

But not everything about this hero is clear and understandable to the reader. There are scenes in the novel that reveal to us a completely different Dolokhov. So, from the duel scene we learn that Dolokhov, this desperate reveler and rake, is a loving son and brother. Wounded, he cries and confesses to Rostov that he has a mother, how much he loves her: “...she will not bear this... My mother, my angel, my adored angel...” What tenderness and these words are imbued with love! It is also surprising that Dolokhov, seemingly incapable of feelings and experiences, despising female society, suddenly falls in love with Sonya and even proposes to her. And before the Battle of Borodino, having accidentally met Pierre, he asks to forgive him for everything that happened between them.

At such crucial moments in life, it seems that Dolokhov tears off his mask and reveals the best and real that is in him. And how can such completely opposite feelings - hatred and love, cruelty and tenderness - coexist in him? He confesses to Nikolai: “I don’t want to know anyone except those I love; but whom I love, I love him so much that I will give my life, and I will crush everyone else if they get in my way.”

Sometimes Dolokhov reminds me of Pechorin in some way. After all, Pechorin also always has his own interests in the foreground. Here is Pechorin’s entry in his diary: “I look at the suffering and joy of others only in relation to myself as food that supports my spiritual strength.” And here is Dolokhov’s statement: “...I pay attention to the rest only to the extent that they are useful or harmful.”

So, to a greater extent, Tolstoy portrays Dolokhov as a negative hero. It is noteworthy that the author himself never calls him by name. Dolokhov does not pass his test by the moral categories of goodness, truth and simplicity. The author condemns false heroism and personal egoism in it. It’s no coincidence that Natasha didn’t like him so much. It seems to me that the author expresses her attitude towards him with the words: “...Everything is assigned to him. And I don’t like it.” I agree with Tolstoy. But still, I like Dolokhov more than Berg or Boris Drubetskoy, who always try to look better than they really are. Tolstoy endowed this hero with a feeling of love for his mother, and this, I think, leaves us with hope that not everything is lost in his fate, that Fyodor Dolokhov will still meet in his life “such a heavenly being who would revive, purify and exalt him "

Alexey Durnovo talks about the prototypes of the heroes of the famous epic by Leo Tolstoy.

Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

Nikolay Tuchkov

One of those characters whose image is more fictional than borrowed from specific people. Like unattainable moral ideal, Prince Andrei, of course, could not have a specific prototype. Nevertheless, in the facts of the character’s biography one can find many similarities, for example, with Nikolai Tuchkov.

Nikolai Rostov and Princess Marya are the writer’s parents

He, just like Prince Andrei, received a mortal wound in the Battle of Borodino, from which he died in Yaroslavl three weeks later. The scene of the wounding of Prince Andrei at the Battle of Austerlitz was probably borrowed from the biography of Staff Captain Fyodor (Ferdinand) Tiesenhausen. He died with a banner in his hands when he led a Little Russian grenadier regiment against enemy bayonets in that very battle. It is possible that Tolstoy gave the image of Prince Andrei the features of his brother, Sergei. At least this applies to the story of the failed marriage of Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova. Sergei Tolstoy was engaged to Tatyana Bers, but the marriage, postponed for a year, never took place. Either because of the inappropriate behavior of the bride, or because the groom had a gypsy wife with whom he did not want to part.

Natasha Rostova

Sofya Tolstaya - the writer's wife

Natasha has two prototypes at once, the already mentioned Tatyana Bers and her sister, Sophia Bers. Here it should be noted that Sophia is none other than the wife of Leo Tolstoy. Tatyana Bers married Senator Alexander Kuzminsky in 1867. She spent most of her childhood in the writer's family and managed to become friends with the author of War and Peace, even though she was almost 20 years younger than him. Moreover, under the influence of Tolstoy, Kuzminskaya herself took up literary creativity. It seems that every person who went to school knows about Sofya Andreevna Tolstaya. She actually rewrote War and Peace, the novel main character which had a lot common features with the author's wife.

Rostov

Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy - the writer’s grandfather

The surname Rostov was formed by replacing the first and last letters in the surname Tolstoy. “R” instead of “t”, “v” instead of “th”, well, minus “l”. Thus, the family, which occupies an important place in the novel, acquired a new name. The Rostovs are the Tolstoys, or rather the writer’s paternal relatives. There is even a coincidence in names, as in the case of the old Count Rostov.

Even Tolstoy did not hide the fact that Vasily Denisov is Denis Davydov

The writer’s grandfather, Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy, is hiding under this name. This man, in fact, led a rather wasteful lifestyle and spent colossal sums on entertainment events. And yet, this is not the good-natured Ilya Andreevich Rostov from War and Peace. Count Tolstoy was the governor of Kazan and a well-known bribe-taker throughout Russia. He was removed from his post after auditors discovered the theft of almost 15 thousand rubles from the provincial treasury. Tolstoy explained the loss of money as a “lack of knowledge.”

Nikolai Rostov is the father of the writer Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy. The prototype and the hero of “War and Peace” have more than enough similarities. Nikolai Tolstoy served in the hussars and went through everything Napoleonic wars, including the Patriotic War of 1812. It is believed that the descriptions of war scenes with the participation of Nikolai Rostov were taken by the writer from his father’s memoirs. Moreover, Tolstoy Sr. completed the financial ruin of the family with constant losses at cards and debts, and to correct the situation he married the ugly and reserved princess Maria Volkonskaya, who was four years older than him.

Princess Marya

Leo Tolstoy's mother Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya, by the way, is also the full namesake of the book heroine. Unlike Princess Marya, she had no problems with the sciences, in particular with mathematics and geometry. She lived for 30 years with her father in Yasnaya Polyana (Bald Mountains from the novel), but never got married, although she was a very enviable bride. The fact is that the old prince, in fact, had a monstrous character, and his daughter was a closed woman and personally rejected several suitors.

Dolokhov's prototype probably ate its own orangutan

Princess Volkonskaya even had a companion - Miss Hanessen, who was somewhat similar to Mademoiselle Bourrienne from the novel. After the death of her father, the daughter began to literally give away property, after which her relatives intervened and arranged Maria Nikolaevna’s marriage to Nikolai Tolstoy. Judging by the memoirs of contemporaries, the marriage of convenience turned out to be very happy, but short-lived. Maria Volkonskaya died eight years after the wedding, having given birth to her husband four children.

Old Prince Bolkonsky

Nikolai Volkonsky, who left the royal service to raise his only daughter

Nikolai Sergeevich Volkonsky is an infantry general who distinguished himself in several battles and received the nickname “Prussian King” from his colleagues. His character is very similar to the old prince: proud, self-willed, but not cruel. Left service after the accession of Paul I, retired to Yasnaya Polyana and began raising his daughter.

The prototype of Ilya Rostov is Tolstoy’s grandfather, who ruined his career

He spent all his days improving his farm and teaching his daughter languages ​​and sciences. An important difference from the character from the book: Prince Nikolai survived the War of 1812 very well, and died only nine years later, slightly short of seventy.

Sonya

Tatiana Ergolskaya - second cousin Nikolai Tolstoy, who was brought up in his father’s house. In their youth they had an affair that never ended in marriage. Not only Nikolai’s parents, but also Ergolskaya herself opposed the wedding. IN last time She rejected a marriage proposal from her cousin in 1836. The widowed Tolstoy asked Ergolskaya's hand in marriage so that she could become his wife and replace the mother of his five children. Ergolskaya refused, but after the death of Nikolai Tolstoy she really began raising his sons and daughter, devoting the rest of her life to them.

Dolokhov

Fyodor Tolstoy-American

Dolokhov also has several prototypes. Among them, for example, is Lieutenant General and partisan Ivan Dorokhov, the hero of several major campaigns, including the War of 1812. However, if we talk about character, Dolokhov has more similarities with Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy the American, a famous brethren, gambler and lover of women in his time. It must be said that Tolstoy is not the only writer who included the American in his works. Fyodor Ivanovich is also considered the prototype of Zaretsky, Lensky’s second from Eugene Onegin. Tolstoy received his nickname after he made a trip to America, during which he was thrown off a ship and ate his own monkey.

Kuragins

Alexey Borisovich Kurakin

IN in this case it is difficult to talk about the family, because the images of Prince Vasily, Anatole and Helen are borrowed from several people who are not related. Kuragin Sr. is undoubtedly Alexey Borisovich Kurakin, a prominent courtier during the reign of Paul I and Alexander I, who made a brilliant career at court and made a fortune.

Prototypes of Helen - Bagration's wife and mistress of Pushkin's classmate

He had three children, exactly like Prince Vasily, of whom his daughter caused him the most trouble. Alexandra Alekseevna really had a scandalous reputation; her divorce from her husband made a lot of noise in the world. Prince Kurakin, in one of his letters, even called his daughter the main burden of his old age. Looks like a character from War and Peace, doesn't it? Although, Vasily Kuragin expressed himself a little differently.

Anatol Kuragin, apparently, has no prototype, except for Anatoly Lvovich Shostak, who at one time seduced Tatyana Bers.

Ekaterina Skavronskaya-Bagration

As for Helen, her image was taken from several women at once. In addition to some similarities with Alexandra Kurakina, she has much in common with Ekaterina Skvaronskaya (Bagration’s wife), who was known for her careless behavior not only in Russia, but also in Europe. In her homeland she was called the “Wandering Princess,” and in Austria she was known as the mistress of Clemens Metternich, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire. From him, Ekaterina Skavronskaya gave birth - of course, out of wedlock - a daughter, Clementina. Perhaps it was “The Wandering Princess” that contributed to Austria’s entry into the anti-Napoleonic coalition. Another woman from whom Tolstoy could have borrowed Helen’s features is Nadezhda Akinfova. She was born in 1840 and was very famous in St. Petersburg and Moscow as a woman of scandalous reputation and wild disposition. She gained wide popularity thanks to her affair with Chancellor Alexander Gorchakov, a classmate of Pushkin. He, by the way, was 40 years older than Akinfova, whose husband was the chancellor’s great-nephew.

Vasily Denisov

Denis Davydov

Every schoolchild knows that the prototype of Vasily Denisov was Denis Davydov. Tolstoy himself admitted this.

Julie Karagina

There is an opinion that Julie Karagina is Varvara Aleksandrovna Lanskaya. She is known exclusively for the fact that she conducted a long correspondence with her friend Maria Volkova. Using these letters, Tolstoy studied the history of the War of 1812. Moreover, they were almost completely included in War and Peace under the guise of correspondence between Princess Marya and Julie Karagina.

Pierre Bezukhov

Peter Vyazemsky

Alas, Pierre does not have any obvious or even approximate prototype. This character has similarities both with Tolstoy himself and with many historical figures who lived during the times of the writer and in the years Patriotic War. There is, for example, interesting story about how the historian and poet Pyotr Vyazemsky went to the site of the Borodino battle. Allegedly, this incident formed the basis of the story about how Pierre traveled to Borodino. But Vyazemsky was a military man at that time, and arrived on the battlefield not due to an internal call, but due to official duties.

That's how we are we see him for the first time - drunk, in a white shirt, at dawn, in the noisy company of Anatoly Kuragin: “Dolokhov was a man of average height, curly hair and with light blue eyes... He did not wear a mustache, like all infantry officers, and his mouth, the most striking the entire feature of his face was completely visible... In the middle, the upper lip energetically dropped onto the strong lower lip like a sharp wedge, and something like two smiles constantly formed in the corners... and all together, and especially in combination with a firm, insolent, intelligent look, made the impression such that it was impossible not to notice this face.” These are light Blue eyes, we will see this firm, arrogant and intelligent look many times: at the review in Braunau, and in the battle of Shengraben; during a duel with Pierre, and at the card table, at which Rostov lost forty-three thousand to Dolokhov, and at the gates of the house on Staraya Konyushennaya, when Anatole’s attempt to take Natasha away was foiled, and later, in the war of 1812, when the detachment of Denisov and Dolokhov rescued from French captivity of Pierre, but in the battle for the prisoners a boy, Petya Rostov, will die - then Dolokhov’s cruel mouth will curl, and he will give the order: to shoot all the captured French.

Dolokhov- the most incomprehensible, the most mysterious of all the heroes of War and Peace. We admire his reckless courage, his sudden and brief tenderness; we are frightened by his cruelty, we want to comprehend this mysterious character. What is he really, Fyodor Dolokhov? He “was a poor man, without any connections. And, despite the fact that Anatole lived in tens of thousands, Dolokhov lived with him and managed to position himself in such a way that Anatole and everyone who knew them respected Dolokhov more than Anatole.” He has nothing and no one to count on - only himself. The three of us had fun: Dolokhov, Anatole and Pierre - “they got a bear from somewhere, put it with them in a carriage and took it to the actresses. The police came running to calm them down. They caught the policeman and tied him back to back to the bear and let the bear into the Moika; the bear is swimming, and the policeman is on it...” How did it all end?

Dolokhov was an officer- and therefore he was demoted to soldier. Pierre did not serve anywhere, he could not be demoted, but he received a light punishment, apparently out of respect for his dying father. Anatole was an officer - he was not demoted. Dolokhov remembered this for both Anatoly and Pierre. He learned another lesson on . Having met Zherkov, who previously belonged to his “violent society,” he became convinced that Zherkov “did not consider it necessary to recognize him” in a soldier’s overcoat. Dolokhov did not forget this either - and when Zherkov, after Kutuzov’s conversation with the demoted man, joyfully greeted Dolokhov, he responded, pointedly coldly. This is how a character is formed before our eyes, a cruel and selfish person is formed, lonely as a wolf. The first words we heard from Dolokhov were cruel. Drunk Pierre tried to repeat his “feat”: drink a bottle of rum while sitting on open window. Anatole tried to hold Pierre.

• “Let it go, let it go,” said Dolokhov, smiling.”

After that A year has passed - a very difficult year of soldiering, difficult campaigns and no less difficult reviews. We saw how Dolokhov defended his dignity before the review in Braunau and how persistently he reminded the general of his merits in battle. He miraculously did not die on the ice of Austrian ponds, came to Moscow and settled in Pierre’s house. Just as he didn’t feel sorry for Pierre before, he doesn’t feel sorry for him now: while living in his house, he started an affair with his wife. He didn’t fall in love with her, didn’t love her - that would at least to some extent justify him. No, Helen is as indifferent to him as other society women, he is just having fun and, perhaps, taking revenge on Pierre for the story with the bear, for the fact that Pierre is rich and noble. At a dinner in honor of Bagration, “Pierre sat opposite Dolokhov and Nikolai Rostov. He ate a lot and greedily and drank a lot, as always. But... he didn’t seem to see or hear anything... and was thinking about one thing, heavy and unresolved.

This one is unresolved, the question that tormented him were the hints of the princess in Moscow about Dolokhov’s closeness to his wife and this morning the anonymous letter he received... Every time his gaze accidentally met Dolokhov’s beautiful, insolent eyes, Pierre felt like something terrible, ugly was rising in his soul, and he would rather turn away.” Pierre knows: Dolokhov will not stop at disgracing his old friend. “It would be a special delight for him to dishonor my name and laugh at me, precisely because I ... helped him.” This is what Pierre thinks while Dolokhov and Nikolai Rostov, looking at him mockingly and disapprovingly, drink to pretty women.

He is afraid of Dolokhov- mighty Pierre. Having trained himself to think everything through to the end and to be frank with himself, he honestly admits to himself: “It means nothing to him to kill a person... He must think that I am afraid of him. And indeed, I’m afraid of him...” But in his soul, overcoming fear, rage rises, and when Dolokhov, with “a serious expression, but with a smiling mouth at the corners, turned to Pierre with a glass,” this rage boils up and seeks a way out.

• "For health beautiful women, Petrusha, and their lovers,” said Dolokhov.
• This was not enough: he snatched from Pierre’s hands a piece of paper with the text of the cantata - in itself this would have been quite possible with their friendly relations, but now “something terrible and ugly, which had troubled him during dinner, rose up and took possession of” Pierre.
• “Don’t you dare take it! - he shouted.”

Dolokhov knows that Pierre does not know how to shoot. But he also answers the second: “No apologies, nothing decisive.” Both seconds understand that a murder is taking place. Therefore, they hesitate for about three minutes, when everything is ready. It seems that nothing can save Pierre. Does Dolokhov understand this? What is Pierre's guilt before him - why is he ready to kill this man? Dolokhov missed, shooting at Pierre, whom he severely insulted. But in a few weeks he will not miss in another duel - a bloodless one. Living in Pierre's family, Dolokhov destroyed this family. Entering the house of Nikolai Rostov, he tried to take his friend’s bride away. Sonya refused him - Dolokhov is not the type not to take revenge. He does not challenge Nikolai to a duel, but beats him at cards - consciously, coldly and deliberately: he invites his victim with a note to the hotel, asks several times: “Or are you afraid to play with me?”, warns: “There is a rumor in Moscow that I a sharper, so I advise you to be careful with me,” “and, having won a huge amount, “smiling clearly and looking into Nikolai’s eyes,” he remarks: “You know the saying: “Happy in love, unhappy in cards.” Your cousin is in love with you. I know". He will not allow himself to be insulted with impunity, but did Nikolai really want to insult him? On the contrary, he bowed to him, adored him - this is how he is punished for his adoration.

May be, a few months later, while helping Anatoly take Natasha away, Dolokhov will remember how Sonya did not respond to his feelings and preferred Nikolai. Maybe this way he will take revenge on the Rostovs in his own way.

He scary man, Fedor Dolokhov. At twenty-five years old, he knows the people among whom he lives well, and understands: neither honesty, nor intelligence, nor talent are valued by these people. He was used to not trusting honesty, intelligence and talent. He is cynical and can deceive anyone, even yesterday's best friend, because he knows: it will be forgiven. Weakness will not be forgiven. And inhumanity will evoke respect and fear. Maybe that’s why Dolokhov calls his mother an angel and loves her devotedly, because she alone wants to see in him a “high, heavenly soul”? He chose correctly: Sonya is exactly the pure and faithful soul he is looking for. But he doesn’t happiness: she loves another. Deciding to take revenge on Nikolai, Dolokhov decided to win forty-three thousand from him. “He chose this number because forty-three was the sum of his years and Sonya’s years. It’s difficult for us to imagine that this cruel, cold man capable of such sensitivity - adding up his years and Sonya's. But he is capable.

I remember the novel "War and Peace" from school. Fortunately, I watched Bondarchuk’s film even before reading it, otherwise I would have spat on Andryusha Bolkonsky so much that only Napoleon with his plump neck and fat thighs You can spit: little spittle, small hands, small legs - nothing beautiful face and princely blood does not save this runt. Not a single director dared to cast an actor in the role of Andrei Bolkonsky whose size would correspond to what Tolstoy wrote about.
At the same time, the victim of the director's envy is a truly interesting and handsome character - Fyodor Dolokhov. Because in Tolstoy he is wonderfully good in all respects, but in the films he is either the stupid Efremov, or the stupid surname Zadler, or the boring mustachioed Burke.
The image of Fyodor Dolokhov immediately catches your attention. A real man is a military man, a player and a raider. Let's omit the fact of his cohabitation with Anatole ("It was Dolokhov, a Semyonovsky officer, a famous gambler and brigand who lived with Anatole"), because sodomy was not noticed on the pages of our number two works.
At the beginning of the novel, Dolokhov is 25. His height is also so-so - average, but everything is better than short. He was curly-haired and, as was customary with Tolstoy, his beautiful eyes were his light blue eyes. The mouth also did not lag behind the eyes, and even, according to the master scribe, surpassed everything in its beauty. Due to the lack of a mustache (the British bastards, it was necessary to take Jay Jay Field instead of Burke with a scar and a mustache covering it) “his mouth, the most striking feature of his face, was completely visible.” Like Yoda, under the weight of age and perversity, I see more and more in the imperishable lines of Lev Nikolayevich a touch of voluptuousness: “The lines of this mouth were remarkably finely curved. In the middle, the upper lip energetically fell onto the strong lower lip like a sharp wedge, and in the corners something like two smiles, one on each side; and all together, and especially in combination with a firm, insolent, intelligent look, created such an impression that it was impossible not to notice this face.”
Dolokhov had neither a dowry nor connections. Proud to the point of ambition, intelligent, cruel and tough, he managed to gain the respect of the rich people around him, with whom he did not stand on ceremony, of both sexes.
Not the least advantage of Dolokhov was the ability to drink and not get drunk - in the matter of womanhood, this is very important. And Dolokhov, like a normal man, loved women so much, ahem, to fuck.
For his entertainment, Dolokhov was punished to the fullest, almost the same for all the suckers and brats like Anatolka and Petrushka, as evidenced by the case with the bear and the quarterly. But he didn’t give up; rather, he only became angrier and more reckless. He carried out military affairs regularly and, in general, everything that concerned weapons was done by him with honor - the same duel with Bezukhov shows Dolokhov exclusively with positive side(we will omit the real reason duel, besides, Dolokhov never cheated on anyone) - He gave Pierre the opportunity to fire the first shot, for which, by the will of Lev Nikolaevich and the Indian fate, he paid.
It seems to me that Lev Nikolaevich had exceptionally warm feelings for his handsome, breathtakingly courageous and arrogant hero, so he settled him with his old mother and hunchbacked sister. The hero's heart was tender and vulnerable, he was forced to hide it under a thick shell of vice and hatred of the rich. Wonderful character, the best of 559!
JJ Field, Tolstoy as Dolokhov wrote from him