The image of Tatyana Larina absorbed all the author’s dreams about the female ideal. Tatyana remained forever the beloved heroine of the great poet and prose writer. For the first time, the reader meets the heroine in her parents’ estate, which is compassionately watched over by the mother of the Larin sisters. Tatyana’s father is a “kind fellow” who is a little “lagging” behind the modern march of time. Family life is calm, monotonous, patriarchal.
From the very youth Tatyana was sharply different from other village children. She did not like simple children's games, reminiscent of a “shy doe” who thrives in solitude. The girl was brought up on the legends of an old nanny and loved to while away her time reading books. The atmosphere of “old times” in her native estate instilled in Tatyana a belief in ancient customs, girls’ fortune-telling, and dream interpretation. Having matured, Tatyana turned into a dreamy and thoughtful young lady. Without possessing “screaming” beauty, she attracts people to her rich inner world, naturalness and simplicity.
It's time for love. Tatiana seemed to be living in anticipation when Onegin appeared on her horizon - mysterious and unknown. And the girl fell in love. Ardently, anxiously and with all my soul. Tormented by exciting torments, Tatyana decides to desperate step and writes a letter of recognition to her lover. She places the real confession and herself with it in the hands of Eugene Onegin. Tatyana hopes for reciprocity, but her chosen one rejects her. They were so alien to him sincere feelings and impulses.
Tatyana, without ceasing, loved Onegin. Even when he caused the death of Lensky, her sister’s fiancé. And when he left on a long trip. She visited his empty estate, trying to better understand the man she fell in love with. Two years later, the reader meets Tatyana again. She is married to a noble prince. There was no trace left of that inexperienced and outspoken girl. The “new” Tatiana matured spiritually, became unapproachable, but at the same time did not lose her natural simplicity. Rotation in high society and the nobility of her new position did not spoil her at all. The meeting with Onegin certainly stirred up a storm of feelings in Tatyana. But she didn't show it. Having received a letter of recognition from him, the heroine sheds tears of sadness, but does not honor ex-lover answer. Finding herself alone with Onegin, Tatyana does not hide the fact that she still loves him, but at the same time she intends to remain faithful to her legal spouse. Tatyana doesn’t hold a grudge against Evgeniy, but she doesn’t leave any reason for his hopes.
Quotes
So, she was called Tatyana.
Not your sister's beauty,
Nor the freshness of her ruddy
She wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
Dick, sad, silent,
Like a forest deer is timid,
She is in her own family
The girl seemed like a stranger.
She didn't know how to caress
To your father, nor to your mother;
Child herself, in a crowd of children
I didn’t want to play or jump
And often alone all day
I sat silently by the window...
Thoughtfulness, her friend
From the most lullabies of days,
The flow of rural leisure
Decorated her with dreams.
And there were children's pranks
Alien to her: scary stories
In winter in the dark of nights
They captivated her heart more...
She liked novels early on;
They replaced everything for her;
She fell in love with deceptions
And Richardson and Russo...
Her imagination has long been
Burning with bliss and melancholy,
Hungry for fatal food;
Long-time heartache
Her young breasts were tight;
The soul was waiting... for someone...
"Eugene Onegin" is a novel in verse. If not the best, then one of the best best works great Russian classic. A.S. Pushkin for the first time reveals Tatyana Larina, who is an ideal for him, which he tenderly and lovingly praises.
It is believed that the prototype of the heroine was a real woman who left after her husband, who was exiled to Siberia.
The ideal image of the heroine in the novel “Eugene Onegin”
Pushkin calls his heroine a simple and at the same time very common name - Tatyana. Her character is sincere, folk, natural, but nevertheless she cannot be called a simpleton. The heroine's sincerity is combined with the extraordinary depth of her soul.
She is a big lover of books, brought up on them and the stories of her nanny, and is different from her surroundings. Tatyana is not used to being affectionate with her parents and playing with other children, like all her peers. She appears to readers as a girl somewhat removed from the rest of society. For Pushkin, this is the ideal image of the heroine in the novel “Eugene Onegin”.
She loves nature and lives according to its rhythms and laws, feeling her unity with it.
Public opinion not so important for a girl. But she lives in a world of ideals, sincere soulfulness, high spiritual morality and purity.
She likes it better country life, closeness to nature, which she feels and loves. Then, having gotten married, living in St. Petersburg and leading social life, she will remember with longing the life she had in her beloved village.
A.S. Pushkin, “Eugene Onegin”: heroes and their love
Pushkin describes in his novel two bright images main characters. This is Tatyana Larina, Evgeny Onegin, who oppose each other and at the same time attract. The girl’s pure and sincere soul comes into contact with a young man who has already seen a lot in his life and is disillusioned with life. Onegin's spiritual emptiness and Larina's soul filled to the brim are dramatically revealed in the novel.
It would seem that love should work miracles, and Tatyana, who is strong and sincerely in love, will definitely be able to change everything. Eugene Onegin, however, rejects her after her confession and leaves her completely at a loss. Was it love or passion? Tatyana, being a dreamy girl, fell in love not with real person, but into the image she invented, which she drew in her dreams.
The young man, who attracted her with his aloofness and mystery, those traits that were inherent in her, nevertheless turned out to be not the romantic hero from her dreams and dreams. He turned out to be an empty, disappointed and even corrupted man by the secular life of the capital. But, despite this, noble nobility lived deeply in him, and Tatyana was not deceived. Evgeny Onegin left, leaving the girl in complete confusion.
He had a chance to change and find the soulfulness that he once had. But it was too complex and incomprehensible for him, and the young man or “young old man,” as critics sometimes called him, decided to simply retire and continue his usual way of life.
Much later, Tatyana Larina and Evgeny Onegin will meet in St. Petersburg. And then the fire of passion will no longer burn her, but Onegin. Tatyana, in turn, having become a high society lady, will not lose her ability to love. However, this time she will reject Eugene - not in order to take revenge or follow the norms accepted in society.
She loves him, no matter what, and does not hide it from him. But she continues to be guided in life by her high spiritual and moral principles and cannot break the vow given to her destined husband. At the same time, she understands that Onegin is not driven by passion and selfish pride. And how can she answer otherwise? Decide to have an extramarital affair? By doing this, she would not only desecrate her love, but also betray herself, sacrificing her inner rules of life.
V.G. Belinsky about Tatyana
Ideal image the heroines in the novel “Eugene Onegin” were described in detail by V.G. Belinsky, calling it the image of the truth of a Russian woman, and the novel a real encyclopedia of Russian life.
Tatyana in his perception is deep and strong woman, without the painful contradictions of complex souls, which sometimes they themselves are not able to understand. She is whole, united and pure in nature. And it doesn’t matter who she is today: a society lady or a simple girl from the village. Wherever she is, high spiritual integrity does not leave her, and no matter what happens to her, she is guided by the values living within her.
Tatiana and Olga
Tatyana, the ideal image of the heroine in the novel Eugene Onegin, is the complete opposite of her sister Olga. The latter is a flighty girl with a carefree and narrow-minded disposition. Her image is revealed in its entirety in her disdainful attitude towards the one who loved her young man- Lensky, who, because of her frivolous behavior, challenges Onegin to a duel and dies there.
Tatyana cannot be spiritually friends with her flighty sister; she needs depth and meaningfulness in her own and other people’s thoughts and actions, which Olga cannot give her.
Natural image
Tatyana is able to contemplate beauty, feel harmony, understand the language of nature and love the world. She loves to watch the sunrise and think about the moon, walk through fields and meadows, admire beautiful natural landscapes, especially in winter, and even
Its image is close to the pagan one, when people lived in unity with the world around them, with nature, without separating themselves from it and finding in nature all the answers to the questions they had. Tatyana believes in superstitions, omens, fortune telling and dreams. And this belief further strengthens her connection with nature.
Social image
Social life is a burden for the girl. Her deep inner nature resists falsehood, but she is forced to come to terms with it and live as fate ordered her. By the end of the novel, the naive village girl learned to put on a secular cold mask and walk around in it, like all the people around her. But, despite this, she does not lose her essence and spiritual qualities.
Favorite Quotes
Those who read, studied and studied the novel “Eugene Onegin” in school can remember quotes from it all their lives. Thanks to the beautiful and light style of the great Russian poet, the poems are remembered quickly and for a long time: “Wild, sad, silent, like a timid forest deer...”
In the novel “Eugene Onegin”, quotes characterizing the image of Tatiana, vividly and simply depicting the Russian, remain in the memory of young people, help in comprehending the mysterious Russian soul and a deeper understanding of themselves.
Pushkin is a poet whose work is extremely accessible to human understanding. The clarity of images and harmony of his works have educational significance. His lyre awakens good feelings in people. No matter what he describes, no matter what he talks about, in his lines one can feel the love for people and life.
“Eugene Onegin” is one of the poet’s iconic works. The form of this work is unusual and complex. This is a novel in verse; there have been no works of this kind in Russian literature before.
“Eugene Onegin” is a source of ideas about Russian life during the Pushkin period. One of the central figures of the novel is Tatyana, the daughter of the Larins landowners.
By showing the image of Tatyana, the only integral character in the novel, Pushkin demonstrates a real phenomenon in Russian life.
"...Thoughtfulness, her friend
From the most lullabies of days
The flow of rural leisure
I decorated her with dreams..."
Tatiana lives among ordinary people who are unfamiliar with the noise and bustle big world. They are naive and sweet in their own way.
Tatyana is drawn to someone whom she has not yet met, but who would be smarter, better, kinder than those around her. She mistakes her neighbor, landowner Evgeny Onegin, for such a person. Over time, sweet Tatiana falls in love with him.
He is truly smarter than those around her, more knowledgeable and reasonable. He is capable of good deeds (he alleviated the plight of his serfs):
“Our Evgeniy first conceived
Establish a new order.
Vintage corvee yoke
Replaced it with easy quitrent, -
And the slave blessed fate..."
But Onegin is far from ideal. Tatyana has not yet recognized this. He is an idle gentleman, lazy, spoiled by life, uneducated, not knowing what to do, because he has no mental strength for a fruitful life, and an empty life gnaws at him with melancholy.
Tatyana writes a letter to him, declaring her love. But Onegin cannot cope with his egoism; he does not accept her spiritual impulses.
After Onegin leaves the village, Tatyana tends to be in his house, reading books. She learned a lot and understood a lot. Onegin is not the way she imagined him. He is a selfish, selfish person, not at all the hero to whom her tender soul was yearning.
After time has passed, Onegin meets Tatyana again in St. Petersburg. She is the wife of an old general. And then Onegin looked at her in a new way. In wealth and nobility, she seems completely different. Love flared up in his soul. This time she herself rejected him, knowing his selfishness, knowing the emptiness of his soul and not wanting to break the word she gave to her husband.
This soul, kind Tatyana, knew how to love deeply. Having parted with Onegin and realizing that he was not the hero of her novel, she still continued to love him and suffered from it. Tatyana did not become the general’s wife of her own free will; her mother “begged” her to do so. She did not part with her love: in her soul she loved Onegin.
Tatiana's soul is the soul of the best Russian women, no matter how different their destinies, thoughts, deeds may be.
The genius of Pushkin lies in the fact that he invited society to take a fresh look at the fate of the Russian woman. He wrote a character hitherto unknown in Russian literature. Firmness of nature, strength, simplicity, naturalness, loyalty to one’s word, decency - these traits determined the integrity and strength of the heroine’s character. Tatiana's strong principles were unshakable throughout the entire story. She was disgusted by hypocrisy, insincerity, idle talk, everything that she called “the rags of a masquerade.”
Since childhood, Tatyana was close to the people, to folk poetry. Her soulmate is the nanny, to whom she confided her secrets. Throughout the entire story inner world Tatiana does not change. No external circumstances will force her to leave the true path, or “break her spiritual makeup.” The poet's admiration and love in the novel are given to Tatyana in full.
Conclusion
Pushkin combined two eras in himself: he had well-known features of the present and some echoes of the past, in the midst of which his own upbringing took place; on the other hand, with him a completely new period began, the period of modern literature.
With his novel “Eugene Onegin,” Pushkin taught everyone who wrote after him to depict the strength and suffering of a Russian woman just as simply and sincerely. Pushkin raised the importance of the Russian woman in our consciousness. He created the basis for those high ideals of women that we see in subsequent works of other authors.
The image of Tatyana Larina in Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”
Belinsky called Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” “the most sincere work” of Alexander Sergeevich. And the author himself considered this novel his best creation. Pushkin worked on it with great passion, devoting his whole soul to creativity, all of yourself. And, undoubtedly, the images of the main characters of the novel are very close to the author. In each of them he reflected some of his own characteristics. They became almost family to Pushkin. The author is closest to the image of Tatyana, who, in essence, is the ideal of a Russian woman for Pushkin. This is exactly how he imagined a true Russian woman: sincere, fiery, trusting and, at the same time, possessing spiritual nobility, a sense of duty and strong character.
In the portrait of Tatyana, Pushkin does not give an external appearance, but rather an internal portrait of her: “... Wild, sad, silent...”. This is an atypical image, attracting not with its beauty, but with its inner world. Pushkin emphasizes the difference between Tatyana and Olga:
Not your sister's beauty,
Nor the freshness of her ruddy
If she wouldn’t attract anyone’s eyes, he says about Tanya and then repeats more than once that Tatyana is ugly. But the image of this meek, thoughtful girl attracts the reader and the author himself with its charm and unusualness.
In the second chapter of the novel we meet a girl whose favorite circle of life consists of nature, books, the village world with stories nanny's tales, with her warmth and cordiality.
Thoughtfulness, her friend
From the most lullabies of days,
The flow of rural leisure
Decorated her with dreams.
Reading the novel, you will notice that in those stanzas where Tatyana is spoken about, there is always a description of nature. No wonder Pushkin conveys many times state of mind Tanya through images of nature, he emphasizes the deep connection that exists between a village girl and nature. For example, after Onegin’s stern sermon, “dear Tanya’s youth fades: this is how the shadow of a barely born day dresses the storm.” Tanya’s farewell to her native places, native fields, meadows is accompanied by a tragic description of autumn:
Nature is tremulous, pale,
How the victim is lavishly decorated...
Tanya’s entire inner world is in tune with nature, with all its changes. Such closeness is one of the signs of a deep connection with the people, which Pushkin greatly valued and respected. The Song of the Girls, consoling Tanya, attachment to “Grey-haired Phillipyevna”, fortune-telling - all this again tells us about Tanya’s living connection with the folk element.
Tatyana (Russian soul,
Without knowing why)
With her cold beauty
I loved Russian winter.
Loneliness, alienation from others, gullibility and naivety allow the “tender dreamer” to confuse Onegin with the hero of the novel, to appropriate for herself “someone else’s delight”, “someone else’s sadness”.
But, soon seeing that the hero of her dreams is not at all what she imagined him to be, she tries to understand Onegin. The girl writes an ardent, passionate letter to Onegin and receives a stern sermon in response. But this coldness of Eugene does not kill Tanya’s love; the “stern conversation” in the garden only revealed to Tanya Onegin’s hard-heartedness, his ability to ruthlessly respond to sincere feelings. Probably, the birth of “that indifferent princess” with whom Onegin is struck and wounded in the eighth chapter begins already here.
But, meanwhile, even Lensky’s death did not destroy the deep feeling that Tatyana felt for Onegin:
And in cruel loneliness
Her passion burns more intensely,
And about distant Onegin
Her heart speaks louder.
Onegin left, and, it seems, irrevocably. But Tatiana, before visiting his house, continues to refuse everyone who wooed her. Only after visiting the “young cell” and seeing how and how Evgeniy lived, she agrees to go to the “bride market” in Moscow, because she begins to suspect something terrible for herself and for her love:
What is he? Is it really imitation?
An insignificant ghost, or else -
Muscovite in Harold's cloak?
interpretation of other people's whims,
Fashion vocabulary words?
Isn't he a parody?
Although Eugene’s inner world is not limited to the books he read >
Tanya does not understand this and, making erroneous conclusions, becomes disappointed in love and in her hero. Now she faces a boring road to Moscow and the noisy bustle of the capital.
In the “district young lady” Tatiana, “everything is outside, everything is free.” In the eighth chapter we meet the indifferent princess”, “the legislator of the hall”. The old Tanya, in whom “everything was quiet, everything was simple,” has now become a model of “impeccable taste,” a “true ingot” of nobility and sophistication.
But it cannot be said that now she is truly an “indifferent princess”, incapable of experiencing sincere feelings, and that not a trace remains of the former naive and timid Tanya. The feelings are there, they’re just well and firmly hidden now. And that “carefree charm” of Tatiana is a mask that she wears with art and naturalness. The light made its own adjustments, but only external ones; Tatiana’s soul remained the same. That trusting “girl” still lives inside her, loving the “Russian winter”, hills, forests, the village, ready to give “all this glitter, and noise, and child for a shelf of books, for a wild garden...”. Now the impetuosity and recklessness of feelings have been replaced in her by self-control, which helps Tanya withstand the moment when the embarrassed, “awkward” Evgeniy is left alone with her.
But still, Tatiana’s main advantage is the spiritual nobility of her truly Russian character. Tatyana has a high sense of duty and self-esteem, namely
In Alexander Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin", of course, the main in a feminine way is Tatyana Larina. The love story of this girl was later sung by both playwrights and composers. In our article, the characterization of Tatyana Larina is constructed from the point of view of her assessment by the author and in comparison with her sister Olga. Both of these characters in the work are shown as completely opposite natures. Of course, we must not forget about love line novel. In relation to Onegin, the heroine also shows us certain sides of her character. We will analyze all these aspects further so that the characterization of Tatyana Larina is as complete as possible. First, let's get to know her sister and herself.
We can talk about the main character of the novel for a very long time and a lot. But Pushkin showed the image of her sister, Olga Larina, quite succinctly. The poet considers her virtues to be modesty, obedience, simplicity and cheerfulness. The author saw the same character traits in almost every village young lady, so he makes it clear to the reader that he is bored describing her. Olga has the banal feel of a village girl. But the author presents the image of Tatyana Larina as more mysterious and complex. If we talk about Olga, then main value for her is a cheerful, carefree life. Of course, Lensky’s love is present in her, but she does not understand his feelings. Here Pushkin is trying to show her pride, which is absent if we consider the character of Tatyana Larina. Olga, this simple-minded girl, is unfamiliar with complex spiritual work, so she took the death of her groom lightly, quickly replacing him with the “love flattery” of another man.
Comparative analysis of the image of Tatyana Larina
Against the background of her sister’s rustic simplicity, Tatyana seems to us and the author to be a perfect woman. Pushkin states this quite directly, calling the heroine of his work a “sweet ideal.” a brief description of Tatiana Larina is inappropriate here. This is a multifaceted character, the girl understands the reasons for her feelings and actions, and even analyzes them. This once again proves that Tatyana and Olga Larina are absolute opposites, although they are sisters and were brought up in the same cultural environment.
Author's assessment of Tatyana's character
What kind of main character does Pushkin present to us? Tatyana is characterized by simplicity, leisurely, thoughtfulness. Special attention the poet pays attention to such a quality of her character as belief in mysticism. Signs, legends, changes in the phase of the moon - she notices and analyzes all this. The girl loves to tell fortunes, and also gives great importance dream Pushkin did not ignore Tatyana’s love of reading. Brought up on typical women's fashion novels, the heroine sees her love as if through a book prism, idealizing it. She loves winter with all its disadvantages: darkness, twilight, cold and snow. Pushkin also emphasizes that the heroine of the novel has a “Russian soul” - this important point in order for Tatyana Larina’s characterization to be as complete and understandable as possible for the reader.
The influence of village customs on the character of the heroine
Pay attention to the time in which the subject of our conversation lives. This is the first half of the 19th century, which means that the characteristics of Tatyana Larina are, in fact, the characteristics of Pushkin’s contemporaries. The character of the heroine is reserved and modest, and reading her description given to us by the poet, we can note that we learn practically nothing about the girl’s appearance. Thus, Pushkin makes it clear that it is not important outer beauty, but internal character traits. Tatyana is young, but looks like an adult and an established person. She did not like children's games and playing with dolls, she was attracted mysterious stories and love suffering. After all, the heroines of your favorite novels always go through a number of difficulties and experience suffering. Tatyana Larina's image is harmonious, dim, but surprisingly sensual. Such people are often found in real life.
Tatyana Larina in a love relationship with Evgeny Onegin
How do we see the main character when it comes to love? She meets Evgeniy Onegin, already being internally ready for a relationship. She is “waiting for... someone,” Alexander Pushkin carefully points this out to us. But don’t forget where Tatyana Larina lives. Characteristics of her love relationship depends on strange village customs. This is manifested in the fact that Eugene Onegin visits the girl’s family only once, but people around are already talking about engagement and marriage. In response to these rumors, Tatyana begins to consider the main character as the object of her admiration. From this we can conclude that Tatyana’s experiences are far-fetched and artificial. She carries all her thoughts within herself, melancholy and sadness live in her loving soul.
Tatyana's famous message, its motives and consequences
And the feelings turn out to be so strong that there is a need to express them by continuing the relationship with Evgeniy, but he no longer comes. According to the etiquette requirements of those times, it was impossible for a girl to take the first step; it was considered a frivolous and ugly act. But Tatyana finds a way out - she writes a love letter to Onegin. Reading it, we see that Tatyana is a very noble, pure person, high thoughts reign in her soul, she is strict with herself. Eugene’s refusal to accept her love girl is, of course, discouraging, but the feeling in his heart does not go away. She tries to understand his actions, and she succeeds.
Tatyana after unsuccessful love
Realizing that Onegin prefers quick hobbies, Tatyana goes to Moscow. Here we already see a completely different person in her. She overcame the blind, unrequited feeling within herself.
But Tatyana feels like a stranger, she is far from his bustle, glitter, gossip and attends dinners most often in the company of her mother. Unsuccessful made her indifferent to all subsequent hobbies of the opposite sex. The integral character that we observed at the beginning of the novel “Eugene Onegin” is shown by Pushkin as broken and destroyed by the end of the work. As a result, Tatyana Larina remained a “black sheep” in high society, but her inner purity and pride were able to help others see a true lady in her. Her aloof behavior and at the same time unmistakable knowledge of the rules of etiquette, politeness and hospitality attracted attention, but at the same time forced her to remain at a distance, so Tatyana was above gossip.
The final choice of the heroine
At the end of the novel “Eugene Onegin,” Pushkin, completing the plot, gives his “sweet ideal” a happy family life. Tatyana Larina has grown spiritually, but even in the last lines of the novel she confesses her love to Eugene Onegin. At the same time, this feeling no longer has power over her; she makes a conscious choice in favor of loyalty to her lawful husband and virtue.
Onegin also pays attention to Tatyana, “new” to him. He doesn’t even suspect that she hasn’t changed, she just “outgrew” him and “got over” her former painful love. Therefore, she rejected his advances. This is what appears before us main character"Eugene Onegin". Her main character traits are strong will, self-confidence, and kind character. Unfortunately, Pushkin showed in his work how unhappy such people can be, because they see that the world is not at all what they would like. At Tatiana's difficult fate, but her craving for personal happiness helps her overcome all adversity.