The image of a romantic noble robber is quite common in literature. Usually, these are people who, for some reason, become unnecessary in society. They are betrayed by friends and relatives, acquaintances turn away from them, and they cannot achieve anything legally, since the law in such cases is imperfect. Pushkin's story is about just such a person, and after reading it, everyone begins to wonder why Dubrovsky became a robber?
Did Dubrovsky want such a share for himself?
A person's fate can very often change depending on circumstances. And, for sure, the young cornet did not suspect what would happen to him. He was brought up in the famous St. Petersburg cadet corps, continued his military service and would have achieved a lot. If not for chance.
A misfortune occurs on his native estate: his old father quarrels with a friend and falls ill. Vladimir goes to him without a moment’s hesitation. On the way, he learns about all the tragic events, and after the death of his father he commits an act worthy of a romantic hero: he burns the estate and goes into the forest. He is surrounded by peasants who also do not like injustice and the power of money. Their devoted attitude towards Dubrovsky creates certain rules in the bandit gang, to which everyone obeys.
All members of the gang understand their hopelessness and what awaits them in the future. Therefore, they rob and burn estates, tightening their actions with each case. But the men do not touch Troyekurov’s Pokrovskoye estate: Masha lives there, who has become close and dear to Vladimir. He fell in love with her and refused revenge, but he was no longer able to stop the lawlessness of his comrades.
Reason for reincarnation
An officer with a bright future turns into a robber. Let him be fair, but he is a robber. And the reasons lie not only in himself. Yes, he is brave, decisive, even desperate. And around him is a thoroughly rotten society. The noble robber Vladimir Dubrovsky has lost all faith in law and justice. He begins to act by his own methods, but even in this case, he maintains moral principles. His image of a robber is much purer and higher than these high-ranking officials and tyrant landowners.
But, feeling sympathy for his hero, Pushkin reveals the real irony of such a transformation: having become a robber, Vladimir fell in love with the daughter of his enemy. He gave up revenge. It turns out that all his actions committed earlier were in vain. You can try to explain his behavior, but you can’t justify his actions in any way. He broke the law, and no matter how much of a hero Dubrovsky may be for his peasants, he is a criminal. He committed murders, leading to the bloodbath at the end of the story.
Roman A.S. Pushkin’s “Dubrovsky” is about the difficult fate of a Russian nobleman who became the head of a popular revolt. The main character of the novel is Vladimir Dubrovsky, a young officer who, due to a high sense of noble honor inherited from his father, takes the path of personal revenge and conflict with the law. The question arises, why did Dubrovsky become a robber?
Circumstances that forced Vladimir Dubrovsky to become a robber
Vladimir is very attached to his father, Andrei Gavrilovich Dubrovsky, despite the fact that he has not seen him for a very long time. A young man leads a pleasant, cheerful life, playing cards, without thinking about the future, all the young man dreams of is a successful marriage to a rich heiress, but everything changes. One day he receives news from an old nanny about his father's serious illness. Without thinking twice, Vladimir takes a vacation and goes home. Along the way, he learns the details of the quarrel between his father and his former comrade, Kirill Petrovich Troekurov. At home, Vladimir finds Andrei Gavrilovich in serious condition. Suddenly, seeing the figure of Troekurov in the window, Vladimir’s father dies. Unable to find the necessary papers for the court case, young Dubrovsky does not file an appeal on time and loses his estate. He sets fire to his family nest so that the enemy does not get it. Not wanting anyone to die, Dubrovsky leaves a path for salvation - an open door, but the blacksmith Arkhip has a different opinion, he locks the house, and the bailiffs who spent the night on the estate die in the fire. Now Vladimir has no other way but to hide from the law in the forest. He leaves with some of his people who do not want to come under Troekurov’s rule. Together they organize a gang of robbers, with Vladimir becoming the leader of the gang.
Dubrovsky becomes a “noble robber” about whom legends are made. He robs rich landowners, destroys their houses, but shows mercy towards the poor nobles.
Vladimir Dubrovsky was not initially a criminal, but Troekurov’s act pushed him onto an illegal path. Powerlessness in the face of a corrupt judicial system capable of taking away a person’s home, an offended sense of noble honor and a desire to avenge the death of his father were the factors that pushed the young officer onto a dangerous path. Fatal accidents that led to tragic consequences made the young man, who had no inclination towards robbery, a threat to all wealthy landowners.
The romantic “noble” robber is an image that is well known in world literary practice. As a rule, they were rejected representatives of the noble class, treacherously deceived by friends or offended by a corrupt law.
Pushkin's hero Vladimir Dubrovsky is one of these “noble” knights of the night. But he did not immediately become a robber. The reader knows that this young man was educated in the Cadet Corps, then served in the guards regiment of the city on the Neva. Like a typical noble son, not lacking in funds, he led the ordinary life of a young rake: he played cards, caroused, got into debt, dreamed of a rich dowry upon marriage. True, this is only the external side of his life. His soul suffered without mother's love and father's affection. He revered his parent and loved his home, where he spent his childhood.
Old Dubrovsky died, unable to withstand the moral bullying of his “friend” Troekurov, who untruthfully took away his family estate of Kistinevka. Vladimir learned about this unrighteous act and acted like a real romantic hero. He burned the estate and, together with his loyal servants, went robber. His action can be explained. Vladimir could not leave the memory of the people closest to him to the person he hated. It is hardly by chance that Dubrovsky, before the fire in Kistinevka, “with a strong emotion” reads his mother’s letters.
Vladimir Dubrovsky understood perfectly well what kind of life awaited him in the future. He was threatened with a miserable existence. Despair pushes him onto the path of robbery. The gang led by him robs and burns rich estates, but he does not touch Pokrovskoye, Troekurov’s estate, because his beloved Masha lives there. Love for her extinguishes his anger a little; Vladimir admits that he “gave up revenge as if it were madness.” But it is no longer possible to stop the predatory tyranny.
Attacks are becoming more frequent. And although, having shown exceptional nobility, Dubrovsky still does not take revenge on Troekurov and does not kill Prince Vereisky, who became Masha’s husband, he continues his unjust business, which becomes more and more cruel and daring.
The bandit's "nobility" ends in a real bloody war and the murder of an officer. Now Dubrovsky is a killer, and not a defender and avenger. Realizing this himself, Vladimir disbands his gang, after which “the menacing robberies and fires stopped.”
Dubrovsky’s behavior can be explained, but it cannot be justified, because one of the Christian commandments says: “Thou shalt not kill.” A person who crosses this line for any reason is therefore called a criminal.
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The main character of A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Dubrovsky” is a young officer, the son of a poor landowner, Vladimir Dubrovsky. Due to a sad set of circumstances, he was forced to become a robber. He would not have taken this path on his own. When Dubrovsky returned from St. Petersburg, his father was in a deplorable state. It turned out that the father’s former friend, the rich and dissolute landowner Troyekurov, illegally deprived the Dubrovskys of their family nest. The false witnesses hired by Troyekurov managed to prove in court that Kistenevka was not the property of the Dubrovskys. Because of all this, Vladimir’s father fell into a serious state and was no longer able to recover. Soon Andrei Gavrilovich died of paralysis.
After his death, officials came to the estate. But the Dubrovsky serfs did not serve their new masters and rebelled. Vladimir somehow calmed the peasants down and even welcomed the uninvited guests quite cordially. That night the officials remained in Kistenevka. The blacksmith Arkhip, following Vladimir's orders, set the estate on fire while everyone was sleeping. Vladimir did not want the house in which he grew up to go to strangers. At the same time, he ordered Arkhip to leave all the doors and windows open so that the guests could leave the estate without harm. However, the servant, disobeying Vladimir, tightly locked all the exits. This led to the officials burning down along with the house. As a result, suspicions fell on Vladimir. At the same time, a gang of robbers appeared in the area, who attacked and robbed exclusively wealthy landowners. These incidents were also attributed to Vladimir.
Throughout the entire novel, we see Dubrovsky in three roles that are completely different from each other: he is an ambitious guards officer, a formidable robber, and a courageous French teacher. Perhaps such reincarnations are associated with an attempt to at least somehow influence one’s destiny. However, even having turned into the leader of a bandit gang, he continues to behave nobly. As one neighboring landowner notes, Dubrovsky does not rob everyone. He even bypasses Troekurov, and having truly fallen in love with his daughter, Masha, Dubrovsky completely refuses to take revenge on his father’s enemy. We can conclude that Vladimir largely depended on the circumstances. He took the path of a robber because of the misfortunes that happened in his family, he also chose this path because of the protest and anger of the peasants, and simply because of the desire to help the people who were dear to him.
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Story by A.S. Pushkin's "Dubrovsky" tells us about an honest, noble man, a young nobleman Vladimir Dubrovsky. Throughout the entire work, we see his life path, and the question inevitably arises: why did an officer of the guards regiment suddenly become a robber?
Vladimir’s father, Andrei Gavrilovich Dubrovsky, stupidly quarreled with his neighbor Kirila Petrovich Troekurov. Both friends loved to hunt. But Andrei Petrovich could not afford to maintain such a beautiful kennel as his neighbor had. And somehow Dubrovsky enviously dropped: “... it’s a wonderful kennel, it’s unlikely that your people will live the same as your dogs.” Troekurov's huntsman was offended by this phrase. He replied that there were nobles who could envy the life of his master’s dogs. Because of this, a serious quarrel arose. After that, the trial began. Because of this legal battle, Andrei Gavrilovich became seriously ill. It was decided to inform his son Vladimir, who at that moment was serving in a guards regiment in St. Petersburg, about this.
Vladimir can be called a spoiled young man; his father did not deny him anything and provided him with all possible means as best he could. The young man was not used to denying himself anything; he led a riotous lifestyle, caroused and dreamed of a rich bride. His life flowed easily and cheerfully until news arrived about his father’s poor health and the deplorable state of the entire estate, which was about to pass into the hands of a neighbor. We must pay tribute to Vladimir, despite the fact that at first he resembles a simple rake, a reveler, in fact he turned out to be a kind, sympathetic person. He immediately leaves for his native Kistenevka.
When Vladimir arrived in Kistenevka, he saw that his father was getting worse and worse. After one of the meetings with Kirila Petrovich, Dubrovsky Sr. cannot stand it, he has a stroke and dies.
After this moment, Vladimir begins to consider Troekurov his blood enemy. Kirila Petrovich was not stopped by the death of his neighbor (and once his friend), and he continues his legal battle. In addition, Troekurov has a bad attitude towards the son of Dubrovsky Sr. As a result, Kistenevka and all the people are given into the possession of Troyekurov.
Dubrovsky spends his last evening on what was once his estate. He is very sad. He is sad and lonely from the death of his parent, from the loss of his family estate. The author often says that young Dubrovsky lacked home warmth and comfort. On the last evening at home, he began to sort through his father's papers. This is how letters from his late mother fell into his hands. Vladimir reads them, it’s as if he is immersed in that atmosphere of tenderness and warmth that he has lacked for many years. He is so carried away by these letters, by his feelings, that he forgets about everything in the world.
Vladimir becomes unbearable at the thought that the house of his ancestors could fall to his enemy. He decides to burn the house so that Troekurov does not get anything. Vladimir is not an evil person, so he does not want victims. He wants to leave all the doors open so that people have a chance to escape from the burning building. But the serf Arkhip violates the will of the master, and the clerks burn in the fire.
As a result, Dubrovsky takes the faithful serfs and goes with them into the forest. It is important to note that the young man has a fatherly attitude towards his people, he feels responsible for them.
Finding no protection from the law, Dubrovsky becomes a cruel but noble robber. It is interesting that he never attacked the estate of his enemy Troekurov. Then it turns out that already at that time he was in love with his daughter Masha.
Despite the fact that Dubrovsky lived according to the cruel rules of force, he still remained precisely a “noble” robber. One could even say that his moral character was much higher than that of those guardians of the law who allowed such injustice as the transfer of property into someone else's possession to happen.
As a result, feeling the inevitability of his sad fate, Vladimir disbands the people loyal to him. He wants them to live a new life, more peaceful and righteous. The hero himself disappears.
It is a pity that the life of a kind, sympathetic, decent person turned out this way. After all, now, in order to survive, he will be forced to hide all his life, most likely, he will never see his beloved girl again. I think that Dubrovsky’s path is not the solution. He decided to administer justice on his own, without having any rights to do so. Robbery, no matter how noble it may seem, is not a solution. It seems to me that Vladimir forgot about the Supreme Court, which really does not make mistakes, and which will reward everyone for their actions.