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Illustration by D. N. Kardovsky. 1912

"Woe from Wit"- comedy in verse by A. S. Griboedov. A work that made its creator a classic of Russian literature. The comedy combines elements of classicism and romanticism and realism, which were new to the early 19th century.

The comedy "Woe from Wit" is a satire on the aristocratic Moscow society of the first half of the 19th century - one of the peaks of Russian drama and poetry; actually completed “comedy in verse” as a genre. The aphoristic style contributed to the fact that she “went into quotations.”

Museum autograph “Woe from Wit” (the title was transferred by the author from “Woe to Wit”). 1st page

Plot:

The young nobleman Alexander Andreevich Chatsky returns from abroad to his beloved, Sofya Pavlovna Famusova, whom he has not seen for three years. The young people grew up together and loved each other from childhood. Sophia was offended by Chatsky because he unexpectedly abandoned her, went to St. Petersburg and “did not write three words.”

Chatsky arrives at Famusov’s house with the decision to marry Sophia. Contrary to his expectations, Sophia greets him very coldly. It turns out that she is in love with someone else. Her chosen one is the young secretary Alexei Stepanovich Molchalin, who lives in her father’s house. Chatsky cannot understand “who is nice” to Sophia. In Molchalin he sees only a “most pitiful creature”, not worthy of Sofia Pavlovna’s love, unable to love passionately and selflessly. In addition, Chatsky despises Molchalin for trying to please everyone, for his respect for rank. Having learned that it was precisely such a person who won Sophia’s heart, Chatsky becomes disappointed in his beloved.

Chatsky pronounces eloquent monologues in which he denounces Moscow society (whose ideologist is Sophia's father Pavel Afanasyevich Famusov). However, there are rumors in society about Chatsky's madness, started by the annoyed Sophia. At the end of the play, Chatsky decides to leave Moscow.

In the comedy, only 2 classical unities are observed: place and time (the action takes place in Famusov’s house during the day); the third unity - action - is absent; there are 2 storylines in the work: Chatsky’s love and the confrontation between Chatsky and Moscow society. The main idea of the tragicomedy: the protest of a free individual “against the vile Russian reality.” (A.S. Griboyedov).

Poster for the anniversary production in Kiev City Theater (1881)

"Woe from Wit"- one of the most quoted texts in Russian culture. Pushkin’s prediction came true: “half of the poems should become proverbs.” There are a number of continuations and adaptations of “Woe from Wit,” including “Chatsky’s Return to Moscow” by E. P. Rostopchina (1850s), the anonymous so-called. obscene “Woe from Wit” (late 19th century; cf. mention and some quotes in the article by Plutser-Sarno), etc.; For a number of productions, the text of the comedy was radically revised.

Many phrases from the play, including its title, became catchphrases.

Catch phrases and expressions:

However, he will reach the known levels

Chatsky's words: (d.1, appearance 7):

However, he will reach the known degrees,

After all, nowadays they love the dumb.

But because they are patriots

Famusov's words (act. 2, appearance 5):

And whoever saw the daughters, hang your head!..

French romances are sung to you

And the top ones bring out notes,

They flock to military people,

But because they are patriots.

And to mix these two crafts / There are tons of skilled people - I’m not one of them

Chatsky's words (act. 3, appearance 3):

When in business, I hide from fun;

When I'm fooling around, I'm fooling around;

And mix these two crafts

There are a ton of skilled people - I am not one of them.

Who are the judges?

Chatsky's words: (d.2, appearance 5):

Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years
Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea.

Ah, evil tongues are worse than a pistol

Words by Molchalin. (D.2, Rev.11).

Bah! all familiar faces

Famusov's words. (D.4, Rev.14).

Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world!

Chatsky's words. (d.1, yavl.7).

Dreams are strange, but reality is stranger

To the village, to the wilderness, to Saratov!

Famusov’s words addressed to his daughter (d. 4, appearance 14):

You shouldn’t be in Moscow, you shouldn’t live with people;

I gave her away from these grips.

To the village, to my aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov,

There you will grieve,

Sit at the hoop, yawn at the calendar.

At my age one should not dare / to have one’s own judgment

Words of Molchalin (d. 3, appearance 3).

The present century and the past century

Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 2):

How to compare and see

The present century and the past:

The legend is fresh, but hard to believe.

A look and something

Words of Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4):

However, you can find in magazines

His excerpt, look and something.

What do you mean Something? - About everything.

Attraction, a kind of illness

Repetilov’s words addressed to Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 4):

Maybe laugh at me...

And I have an attraction to you, a kind of illness,

Some kind of love and passion,

I'm ready to sacrifice my soul,

That you won’t find such a friend in the world.

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea

Who are the judges? - In ancient times

Their enmity towards free life is irreconcilable.

Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers

The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.

Calendars all lie

Words of the old woman Khlestova (house 3, appearance 21).

You, the current ones, come on!

Famusov's words addressed to Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).

Where, show us, are the fathers of the fatherland, / Whom we should take as models?

(act. 2, appearance 5).

The hero is not my novel

Words of Sophia (d. 3, revelation 1):

CHATSKY

But Skalozub? Here's a peek:

He stands behind the army like a mountain,

And with the straightness of the waist,

In face and voice - a hero...

Sofia

Not my novel.

Yes, vaudeville is a thing, but everything else is gild

Words by Repetilov (no. 4, appearance 6)

Yes, a smart person cannot help but be a rogue

Words of Repetilov (d. 4, yavl. 4), who speaks about one of his comrades:

Night robber, duelist,

He was exiled to Kamchatka, returned as an Aleut,

And the hand is unclean;

Yes, an intelligent person cannot help but be a rogue.

When he talks about high honesty,

Some kind of demon inspires:

Eyes bloody, face burning,

He cries himself, and we all cry.

The door is open for the invited and the uninvited

The door is open for those invited and uninvited,

Especially from foreign ones.

Day after day, tomorrow (today) is like yesterday

Words of Molchalin (act. 3, appearance 3):

CHATSKY

How did you live before?

M o l c h a l i n

The day is gone, tomorrow is like yesterday.

CHATSKY

To pen from cards? And to the cards from the pen?..

Huge distance

Words of Colonel Skalozub about Moscow (d. 2, appearance 5).
In the original: Distances of enormous size.

For big occasions

Skalozub gives a speech regarding plans for the “reform” of the education system in Russia (no. 3, appearance 21):

I will make you happy: universal rumor,

That there is a project about lyceums, schools, gymnasiums;

There they will only teach in our way: one, two;

And the books will be saved like this: for big occasions.

The houses are new, but the prejudices are old

Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 5):

The houses are new, but the prejudices are old.

Rejoice, they won’t destroy you

Neither their years, nor fashion, nor fires.

There is something to despair about

Chatsky, interrupting Repetilov, tells him (d. 4, appearance 4):

Listen, lie, but know when to stop;

There is something to despair about.

And here is public opinion!

Chatsky's words (d. 4, appearance 10):

Through what witchcraft

Everyone repeats the absurdity about me out loud!

Whose essay is this?

Fools believed it, they passed it on to others,

The old women immediately sound the alarm -

And here is public opinion!

And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us

Chatsky's words (d. 1, appearance 7):

I am destined to see them again!

Will you get tired of living with them, and in whom you won’t find any stains?

When you wander, you return home,

And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us.

The women shouted: hurray! /And they threw caps into the air

Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 5).

A million torments

Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 22):

Yes, there is no urine: a million torments

Breasts from friendly vices,

Feet from shuffling, ears from exclamations,

And worse than my head from all sorts of trifles.

Pass us away more than all sorrows / Both lordly anger and lordly love

Words of the maid Lisa (v. 1, yav. 2):

Ah, far away from the masters;

They prepare troubles for themselves at every hour,

Pass us away more than all sorrows

And lordly anger, and lordly love.

Silent people are blissful in the world!

Words of Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 13).

All Moscow ones have a special imprint

Words by Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5).

It won't be good to hear such praise

Words of Chatsky (d. 3, appearance 10).

Is it possible to take a walk / Choose a nook further away

Words by Famusov (d. 1, appearance 4).

Words of Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5):

How will you begin to introduce yourself to the cross school, to the town,

Well, how can you not please your loved one?

Illustration by D. N. Kardovsky. 1912

"Woe from Wit"- comedy in verse by A. S. Griboedov. A work that made its creator a classic of Russian literature. The comedy combines elements of classicism and romanticism and realism, which were new to the early 19th century.

The comedy "Woe from Wit" - a satire on aristocratic Moscow society in the first half of the 19th century - is one of the peaks of Russian drama and poetry; actually completed “comedy in verse” as a genre. The aphoristic style contributed to the fact that she “went into quotations.”

Museum autograph “Woe from Wit” (the title was transferred by the author from “Woe to Wit”). 1st page

Plot:

The young nobleman Alexander Andreevich Chatsky returns from abroad to his beloved, Sofya Pavlovna Famusova, whom he has not seen for three years. The young people grew up together and loved each other from childhood. Sophia was offended by Chatsky because he unexpectedly abandoned her, went to St. Petersburg and “did not write three words.”

Chatsky arrives at Famusov’s house with the decision to marry Sophia. Contrary to his expectations, Sophia greets him very coldly. It turns out that she is in love with someone else. Her chosen one is the young secretary Alexei Stepanovich Molchalin, who lives in her father’s house. Chatsky cannot understand “who is nice” to Sophia. In Molchalin he sees only a “most pitiful creature”, not worthy of Sofia Pavlovna’s love, unable to love passionately and selflessly. In addition, Chatsky despises Molchalin for trying to please everyone, for his respect for rank. Having learned that it was precisely such a person who won Sophia’s heart, Chatsky becomes disappointed in his beloved.

Chatsky pronounces eloquent monologues in which he denounces Moscow society (whose ideologist is Sophia's father Pavel Afanasyevich Famusov). However, there are rumors in society about Chatsky's madness, started by the annoyed Sophia. At the end of the play, Chatsky decides to leave Moscow.

In the comedy, only 2 classical unities are observed: place and time (the action takes place in Famusov’s house during the day); the third unity - actions - is absent; there are 2 storylines in the work: Chatsky’s love and the confrontation between Chatsky and Moscow society. The main idea of the tragicomedy: the protest of a free individual “against the vile Russian reality.” (A.S. Griboyedov).

Poster for the anniversary production in Kiev City Theater (1881)

"Woe from Wit"- one of the most quoted texts in Russian culture. Pushkin’s prediction came true: “half of the poems should become proverbs.” There are a number of continuations and adaptations of “Woe from Wit,” including “Chatsky’s Return to Moscow” by E. P. Rostopchina (1850s), the anonymous so-called. obscene “Woe from Wit” (late 19th century; cf. mention and some quotes in the article by Plutser-Sarno), etc.; For a number of productions, the text of the comedy was radically revised.

Many phrases from the play, including its title, became catchphrases.

Catch phrases and expressions:
Chatsky's words: (d.1, appearance 7):

However, he will reach the known degrees,

After all, nowadays they love the dumb.
Famusov's words (act. 2, appearance 5):

And whoever saw the daughters, hang your head!..

French romances are sung to you

And the top ones bring out notes,

They flock to military people,

But because they are patriots.
Chatsky's words (act. 3, appearance 3):

When in business, I hide from fun;

When I'm fooling around, I'm fooling around;

And mix these two crafts

There are tons of skilled people - I am not one of them.
Chatsky's words: (d.2, appearance 5):

Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea.
Words by Molchalin. (D.2, Rev.11).
Famusov's words. (D.4, Rev.14).
Chatsky's words. (d.1, yavl.7).
Famusov’s words addressed to his daughter (d. 4, appearance 14):

You shouldn’t be in Moscow, you shouldn’t live with people;

I gave her away from these grips.

To the village, to my aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov,

There you will grieve,

Sit at the hoop, yawn at the calendar.
Words of Molchalin (d. 3, appearance 3).
The present century and the past:
Words of Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4):

However, you can find in magazines

His excerpt, look and something.

What do you mean Something? - About everything.
Repetilov’s words addressed to Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 4):

Maybe laugh at me...

And I have an attraction to you, a kind of illness,

Some kind of love and passion,

I'm ready to sacrifice my soul,

That you won’t find such a friend in the world.
Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years

Their enmity towards free life is irreconcilable.

Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers

The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.
Words of the old woman Khlestova (house 3, appearance 21).
Famusov's words addressed to Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).
(act. 2, appearance 5).
Words of Sophia (d. 3, revelation 1):

CHATSKY

But Skalozub? Here's a peek:

He stands behind the army like a mountain,

And with the straightness of the waist,

Sofia

Not my novel.
Words by Repetilov (no. 4, appearance 6)
Words of Repetilov (d. 4, yavl. 4), who speaks about one of his comrades:

Night robber, duelist,

He was exiled to Kamchatka, returned as an Aleut,

And the hand is unclean;

Yes, an intelligent person cannot help but be a rogue.

When he talks about high honesty,

Some kind of demon inspires:

Eyes bloody, face burning,

He cries himself, and we all cry.
The door is open for those invited and uninvited,

Especially from foreign ones.
Words of Molchalin (act. 3, appearance 3):

CHATSKY

How did you live before?

M o l c h a l i n

The day is gone, tomorrow is like yesterday.

CHATSKY

To pen from cards? And to the cards from the pen?..
Words of Colonel Skalozub about Moscow (d. 2, appearance 5).
In the original: Distances of enormous size.
Skalozub gives a speech regarding plans for the “reform” of the education system in Russia (no. 3, appearance 21):

I will make you happy: universal rumor,

That there is a project about lyceums, schools, gymnasiums;

There they will only teach in our way: one, two;

And the books will be saved like this: for big occasions.
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 5):

The houses are new, but the prejudices are old.

Rejoice, they won’t destroy you

Neither their years, nor fashion, nor fires.
Chatsky, interrupting Repetilov, tells him (d. 4, appearance 4):

Listen, lie, but know when to stop;

There is something to despair about.
Chatsky's words (d. 4, appearance 10):

Through what witchcraft

Whose essay is this?

Fools believed it, they passed it on to others,

The old women instantly sound the alarm -

And here is public opinion!
I am destined to see them again!

Will you get tired of living with them, and in whom you won’t find any stains?

When you wander, you return home,

And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us.
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 5).
Yes, there is no urine: a million torments

Breasts from friendly vices,

Feet from shuffling, ears from exclamations,

And worse than my head from all sorts of trifles.
Words of the maid Lisa (v. 1, yav. 2):

Ah, far away from the masters;

They prepare troubles for themselves at every hour,

Pass us away more than all sorrows

And lordly anger, and lordly love.
Words of Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 13).
Words of Chatsky (d. 3, appearance 10).
Words by Famusov (d. 1, appearance 4).

Words of Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5):

How will you begin to introduce yourself to the cross school, to the town,

Well, how can you not please your loved one?
Repetilov tells Chatsky about the “secret meetings” of a certain “most serious union” (d. 4, appearance 4):

We speak loudly, no one can understand.

I myself, when they start talking about the cameras, the jury,

About Byron, well, about important mothers,

I often listen without opening my lips;

I can’t do it, brother, and I feel like I’m stupid.
Famusov’s words addressed to his secretary Molchalin, who brought papers requiring special consideration and signature (d. 1, appearance 4):

I'm afraid, sir, I'm mortally alone,

So that a multitude of them do not accumulate;

If you had given it free rein, it would have settled;

And what matters to me, what doesn’t matter,

My custom is this:

Signed, off your shoulders.
Chatsky's words (d. 4, appearance 14):

Where is there a corner for an offended feeling!

Carriage for me! Carriage!
Words of Chatsky (d. 3, appearance 3).
Chatsky's words addressed to Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4).
Words by Famusov (d. 2, yavl. 5) about old fronds who will find fault

To this, to that, and more often to nothing;

They will argue, make some noise and... disperse.
Famusov's words (d. 2, appearance 1):

How wonderful the light has been created!

Philosophize - your mind will spin;

Either you take care, then it’s lunch:

Eat for three hours, but in three days it won’t cook!
Words by Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5).
Chatsky's words (d. 1, appearance 7):

As we have been accustomed to believe since early times,

That without the Germans we have no salvation!
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 5):

And where foreign clients will not be resurrected

The meanest features of the past life.
Chatsky about his adoration of everything foreign:

May the Lord destroy this unclean spirit

Empty, slavish, blind imitation.
The words of Chatsky (d. 3, yavl. 22), who speaks of the “foreign power of fashion”, forcing Russians to adopt European clothing - “in spite of reason, in defiance of the elements.”
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 2):

How to compare and see

The present century and the past:

The legend is fresh, but hard to believe.
Famusov's words about Moscow young ladies (no. 2, appearance 5).
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).

F a m u s o v

I would say, first of all: don’t be a whim,

Brother, don’t mismanage your property,

And, most importantly, go ahead and serve.

CHATSKY

I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening.

F a m u s o v

That's it, you are all proud!

We should learn by looking at our elders...
The words of Chatsky, who ironizes over the gallomania of the Russian nobility, which was often combined with poor knowledge of the same French language (d. 1, yavl. 7):

What is the tone here today?

At conventions, at big ones, on parish holidays?

A confusion of languages still prevails:

French with Nizhny Novgorod?
Words of Sophia (v. 1, iv. 4):

Lisa

Look at your watch, look out the window:

People have been pouring down the streets for a long time;

And in the house there is knocking, walking, sweeping and cleaning.

Sofia

Happy hours are not observed.
The words of Chatsky’s last monologue (d. 4, appearance 14):

Get out of Moscow! I don't go here anymore!

I’m running, I won’t look back, I’ll go looking around the world,

Where is there a corner for an offended feeling...

Carriage for me, carriage!
Conversation between Sophia and Chatsky:

Sofia

Persecution of Moscow! What does it mean to see the light!

Where is it better?

CHATSKY

Where we are not.
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 14).
Words by Famusov (d. 3, appearance 21).
This is how Chatsky speaks about himself in a conversation with Sophia (D. 1, Rev. 7)
The words of Molchalin, who describes the main advantages of his character in this way (d. 3, appearance 3).
Words of Famusov (d. 3, appearance 21):

Well, there's a great misfortune,

What will a man drink too much?

Learning is a plague; learning is the reason.
Words of Famusov (d. 2, appearance 2):

Would you ask what the fathers did?

We would learn by looking at our elders.
Words of Skalozub (d. 2, revelation 5):

I am a prince - to Gregory and to you

I'll give the sergeant major to Voltaire,

He will line you up in three ranks,

If you make a peep, it will instantly calm you down.
Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 22):

In that room there is an insignificant meeting:

The Frenchman from Bordeaux, pushing his chest,

Gathered around him a kind of evening

And he told how he was preparing for the journey

To Russia, to the barbarians, with fear and tears...
Chatsky's words (d. 1, appearance 7):

The shelves are busy recruiting teachers

More in number, cheaper in price.
Famusov's words about Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).
Words by Famusov (d. 1, yavl. 10).

Here “commission” comes from the French word commission, meaning “assignment” (duty).
Famusov's words are the final phrase of the play (d. 4, appearance 15):

Oh my god! What will he say?

Princess Marya Aleksevna!
Famusov's words:

What about our old people? how enthusiasm will take them,

They will judge about deeds: what a word is a sentence!
Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 3):

Oh! Sophia! Was Molchalin really chosen for her?

Why not a husband? There is only little intelligence in him;

But in order to have children,

Who lacked intelligence...
Famusov, finding Molchalin near Sophia’s room, angrily asks him (d. 1, iv. 4): “You are here, sir, why?” Sophia, justifying Molchalin’s presence, says to her father:

I can’t explain your anger in any way,

He lives in the house here, what a great misfortune!

I walked into the room and ended up in another.
Repetilov's words (act. 4, appearance 4):

CHATSKY

Why, tell me, are you raging so much?

R e p e t i l o v

We're making noise, brother, we're making noise...

CHATSKY

Are you making noise - that's all?..
Who are the judges?
Who are the judges?
From the comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824) by A. S. Griboyedov (1795-1829). Chatsky's words (act. 2, appearance 5).
Who are the judges? for ancient times
Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,
Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers
The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea.
About contempt for the opinions of authorities who are no better than those whom these judges are trying to blame, criticize, etc.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of winged words and expressions. - M.: “Locked-Press”. Vadim Serov. 2003.

Who are the judges?
Quote from the comedy A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit" (1824), no. 2, yavl. 5, words by Chatsky:
Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years, their enmity is irreconcilable towards a free life, Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers of the times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of the Crimea.
Dictionary of catch words. Plutex. 2004.

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Chatsky is the main character of the comedy "Woe from Wit".
The main thing: beauty, honest, straightforward, free-thinking, true, patriot, “serves the cause, not individuals,” ridicules adventures before foreigners, selfless, has a sharp critical mind.
Views: (quotes from the text)
“..I would be happy to serve, it makes me sick to serve.”
Heroes of the comedy about Chatsky:
1) “he writes and translates nicely,” Famusov says about him
2) “..he is sensitive and cheerful, and sharp..” says the maid Lisa about him.
Conclusion: Chatsky’s role is a passive role. Although at the same time it is always victorious
3)”... I remember you often danced with the children with him And yet I love you madly..” - Chatsky has been friends with Sofia since childhood and has loved her for a long time
4) Chatsky is a free-thinking person, for which Famusov calls him a Carbonari and a Jacobin: “... Oh my God, he is a Carbonari...” -(
that is, a revolutionary)
5) According to Chatsky, nobles should not limit themselves only to bureaucratic or military service. Chatsky believes that an intelligent person can also find himself in creativity or science
Alexander Andreevich Chatsky is the main male character of the Comedy; he was orphaned quite early and was brought up in the house of his father’s friend Famusov, together with the patron’s daughter he received an excellent education, over time his friendship with Sophia grew into love, he sincerely admired her and wanted to marry. Chatsky is a very honest and active person, he became bored and went to travel to see the world. Famusov was unable to instill his worldview in Chatsky.
Upon his return, Chatsky lives in the future and has a negative attitude towards the cruelty of landowners and serfdom. Chatsky is a fighter for a fair society. He dreams of benefiting the people
Chatsky's monologue full text:
Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years
Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,
Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers
The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea;
Always ready to fight,
They all sing the same song,
Without noticing about yourself:
The older it is, the worse it is.
Where? show us, fathers of the fatherland,
Which ones should we take as models?
Aren't these the ones who are rich in robbery?
They found protection from court in friends, in kinship,
Magnificent building chambers,
Where they spill out in feasts and extravagance,
And where clients - foreigners - will not be resurrected
The meanest features of the past life.
And who in Moscow didn’t have their mouths covered?
Lunches, dinners and dances?
Aren't you the one to whom I was born from the shrouds?
For some incomprehensible plans,
Did you take the children to bow?
That Nestor of noble scoundrels,
Surrounded by a crowd of servants;
Zealous, they, in the hours of wine and fight,
Both honor and life saved him more than once: suddenly
He traded three greyhounds for them!!!
Or - that one over there, which is for tricks,
He drove to the serf ballet on many wagons
From mothers and fathers of rejected children?!
I myself am immersed in mind in zephyrs and cupids,
Made all of Moscow marvel at their beauty!
But the debtors did not agree to a deferment: -
Cupids and marshmallows all
Sold out individually!!!
These are the ones who lived to see their gray hairs!
This is who we should respect in the wilderness!
Here are our strict connoisseurs and judges!
Now let one of us
Among the young people there will be: the enemy of quests,
Without demanding either places or promotion,
He will focus his mind on science, hungry for knowledge;
Or God himself will stir up heat in his soul
To the creative, high and beautiful arts,
They immediately: - robbery! fire!
And he will be known to them as a dreamer! dangerous!! -
Uniform! one uniform! He is in their former life
Once covered, embroidered and beautiful,
Their weakness, poverty of reason;
And we follow them on a happy journey!
And in wives and daughters there is the same passion for the uniform!
How long ago did I renounce tenderness towards him?!
Now I can’t fall into this childishness,
But who wouldn’t follow everyone then?
When from the guard, others from the court
We came here for a while,
The women shouted: hurray!
And they threw caps into the air!

Watch video of Chatsky’s monologue performed by Vitaly Solomin online:
The author of the play shows the irreconcilability of Chatsky’s clash with Famusov’s society. Chatsky, due to his high development, does not understand what morals, ideals, principles are pursued by representatives of Famus society. The hero does not lie, but speaks directly about his views, for which he will be condemned.
Ultimately, Chatsky, who remained unaccepted and misunderstood in the circles of Famus society, rejected by the love of his life, actually runs away from Moscow, he leaves this place and, at first glance, one gets the clear impression that the ending for the main character is tragic. However, reflecting on this, the conclusion emerges that Chatsky is defeated only by the number of opinions and unacceptable views, and not by their essence. On the part of society, he really suffered a defeat, but the fact that from the spiritual and moral side, Chatsky undoubtedly won a victory over Famusov and his entourage remains undeniable.
The hero was able to create a crazy commotion in this society. And to be able to prove your individuality with dignity and protect your personality, which has formed an opinion and view on every manifestation of life, to reasonably present your disagreement, openly expressing your views on the existing way of life - this is a true victory of morality. And it is no coincidence that the hero is called crazy. And really, would anyone in Famus’s circle really be able to object? Nobody, just crazy people.
Indeed, it is not easy for Chatsky to realize that he was not understood, because Famusov’s house is still dear and significant to him. He is forced to leave these places, since adaptation is in no way inherent to Chatsky. He follows a different path - the path of honor. The hero will never be able to accept false feelings and emotions.
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Illustration by D. N. Kardovsky. 1912

"Woe from Wit"- comedy in verse by A. S. Griboedov. A work that made its creator a classic of Russian literature. The comedy combines elements of classicism and romanticism and realism, which were new to the early 19th century.

The comedy "Woe from Wit" - a satire on aristocratic Moscow society in the first half of the 19th century - is one of the peaks of Russian drama and poetry; actually completed “comedy in verse” as a genre. The aphoristic style contributed to the fact that she “went into quotations.”

Museum autograph “Woe from Wit” (the title was transferred by the author from “Woe to Wit”). 1st page

Plot:

The young nobleman Alexander Andreevich Chatsky returns from abroad to his beloved, Sofya Pavlovna Famusova, whom he has not seen for three years. The young people grew up together and loved each other from childhood. Sophia was offended by Chatsky because he unexpectedly abandoned her, went to St. Petersburg and “did not write three words.”

Chatsky arrives at Famusov’s house with the decision to marry Sophia. Contrary to his expectations, Sophia greets him very coldly. It turns out that she is in love with someone else. Her chosen one is the young secretary Alexei Stepanovich Molchalin, who lives in her father’s house. Chatsky cannot understand “who is nice” to Sophia. In Molchalin he sees only a “most pitiful creature”, not worthy of Sofia Pavlovna’s love, unable to love passionately and selflessly. In addition, Chatsky despises Molchalin for trying to please everyone, for his respect for rank. Having learned that it was precisely such a person who won Sophia’s heart, Chatsky becomes disappointed in his beloved.

Chatsky pronounces eloquent monologues in which he denounces Moscow society (whose ideologist is Sophia's father Pavel Afanasyevich Famusov). However, there are rumors in society about Chatsky's madness, started by the annoyed Sophia. At the end of the play, Chatsky decides to leave Moscow.

In the comedy, only 2 classical unities are observed: place and time (the action takes place in Famusov’s house during the day); the third unity - actions - is absent; there are 2 storylines in the work: Chatsky’s love and the confrontation between Chatsky and Moscow society. The main idea of the tragicomedy: the protest of a free individual “against the vile Russian reality.” (A.S. Griboyedov).

Poster for the anniversary production at the Kiev City Theater (1881)

"Woe from Wit"- one of the most quoted texts in Russian culture. Pushkin’s prediction came true: “half of the poems should become proverbs.” There are a number of continuations and adaptations of “Woe from Wit,” including “Chatsky’s Return to Moscow” by E. P. Rostopchina (1850s), the anonymous so-called. obscene “Woe from Wit” (late 19th century; cf. mention and some quotes in the article by Plutser-Sarno), etc.; For a number of productions, the text of the comedy was radically revised.

Many phrases from the play, including its title, became catchphrases.

Catch phrases and expressions:
- However, he will reach the known levels
Chatsky's words: (d.1, appearance 7):

However, he will reach the known degrees,

After all, nowadays they love the dumb.
- But because they are patriots
Famusov's words (act. 2, appearance 5):

And whoever saw the daughters, hang your head!..

French romances are sung to you

And the top ones bring out notes,

They flock to military people,

But because they are patriots.
- And mixing these two crafts / There are tons of skilled people - I’m not one of them
Chatsky's words (act. 3, appearance 3):

When in business, I hide from fun;

When I'm fooling around, I'm fooling around;

And mix these two crafts

There are tons of skilled people - I am not one of them.
- Who are the judges?
Chatsky's words: (d.2, appearance 5):

Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea.
- Ah, evil tongues are worse than a pistol
Words by Molchalin. (D.2, Rev.11).
- Bah! all familiar faces
Famusov's words. (D.4, Rev.14).
- Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world!
Chatsky's words. (d.1, yavl.7).
- Dreams are strange, but reality is stranger
- To the village, to the wilderness, to Saratov!
Famusov’s words addressed to his daughter (d. 4, appearance 14):

You shouldn’t be in Moscow, you shouldn’t live with people;

I gave her away from these grips.

To the village, to my aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov,

There you will grieve,

Sit at the hoop, yawn at the calendar.
- At my age one should not dare / to have one’s own judgment
Words of Molchalin (d. 3, appearance 3).
- The present century and the past century
- A look and something
Words of Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4):

However, you can find in magazines

His excerpt, look and something.

What do you mean Something? - About everything.
- Attraction, a kind of illness
Repetilov’s words addressed to Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 4):

Maybe laugh at me...

And I have an attraction to you, a kind of illness,

Some kind of love and passion,

I'm ready to sacrifice my soul,

That you won’t find such a friend in the world.
- The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea
Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years

Their enmity towards free life is irreconcilable.

Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers

The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.
- Calendars all lie
Words of the old woman Khlestova (house 3, appearance 21).
- You, the current ones, come on!
Famusov's words addressed to Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).
- Where, show us, are the fathers of the fatherland, / Whom we should take as models?
(act. 2, appearance 5).
- The hero is not my novel
Words of Sophia (d. 3, revelation 1):

CHATSKY

But Skalozub? Here's a peek:

He stands behind the army like a mountain,

And with the straightness of the waist,

Sofia

Not my novel.
- Yes, vaudeville is a thing, but everything else is gild
Words by Repetilov (no. 4, appearance 6)
- Yes, a smart person cannot help but be a rogue
Words of Repetilov (d. 4, yavl. 4), who speaks about one of his comrades:

Night robber, duelist,

He was exiled to Kamchatka, returned as an Aleut,

And the hand is unclean;

Yes, an intelligent person cannot help but be a rogue.

When he talks about high honesty,

Some kind of demon inspires:

Eyes bloody, face burning,

He cries himself, and we all cry.
- The door is open for the invited and the uninvited
The door is open for those invited and uninvited,

Especially from foreign ones.
- Day after day, tomorrow (today) is like yesterday
Words of Molchalin (act. 3, appearance 3):

CHATSKY

How did you live before?

M o l c h a l i n

The day is gone, tomorrow is like yesterday.

CHATSKY

To pen from cards? And to the cards from the pen?..
- Huge distance
Words of Colonel Skalozub about Moscow (d. 2, appearance 5).
In the original: Distances of enormous size.
- For big occasions
Skalozub gives a speech regarding plans for the “reform” of the education system in Russia (no. 3, appearance 21):

I will make you happy: universal rumor,

That there is a project about lyceums, schools, gymnasiums;

There they will only teach in our way: one, two;

And the books will be saved like this: for big occasions.
- The houses are new, but the prejudices are old
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 5):

The houses are new, but the prejudices are old.

Rejoice, they won’t destroy you

Neither their years, nor fashion, nor fires.
- There is something to despair about
Chatsky, interrupting Repetilov, tells him (d. 4, appearance 4):

Listen, lie, but know when to stop;

There is something to despair about.
- And here is public opinion!
Chatsky's words (d. 4, appearance 10):

Through what witchcraft

Whose essay is this?

Fools believed it, they passed it on to others,

The old women instantly sound the alarm -

And here is public opinion!
- And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us
I am destined to see them again!

Will you get tired of living with them, and in whom you won’t find any stains?

When you wander, you return home,

And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us.
- The women shouted: hurray! /And they threw caps into the air
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 5).
- A million torments
Yes, there is no urine: a million torments

Breasts from friendly vices,

Feet from shuffling, ears from exclamations,

And worse than my head from all sorts of trifles.
- Pass us away more than all sorrows / Both lordly anger and lordly love
Words of the maid Lisa (v. 1, yav. 2):

Ah, far away from the masters;

They prepare troubles for themselves at every hour,

Pass us away more than all sorrows

And lordly anger, and lordly love.
- Silent people are blissful in the world!
Words of Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 13).
- All Moscow ones have a special imprint
- It won't be good to hear such praise
Words of Chatsky (d. 3, appearance 10).
- Is it possible to take a walk / Choose a nook further away
Words by Famusov (d. 1, appearance 4).

Words of Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5):

How will you begin to introduce yourself to the cross school, to the town,

Well, how can you not please your loved one?
- About Byron, well, about important mothers
Repetilov tells Chatsky about the “secret meetings” of a certain “most serious union” (d. 4, appearance 4):

We speak loudly, no one can understand.

I myself, when they start talking about the cameras, the jury,

About Byron, well, about important mothers,

I often listen without opening my lips;

I can’t do it, brother, and I feel like I’m stupid.
- Signed, off your shoulders
Famusov’s words addressed to his secretary Molchalin, who brought papers requiring special consideration and signature (d. 1, appearance 4):

I'm afraid, sir, I'm mortally alone,

So that a multitude of them do not accumulate;

If you had given it free rein, it would have settled;

And what matters to me, what doesn’t matter,

My custom is this:

Signed, off your shoulders.
- I’ll go search around the world, / Where there is a corner for the offended feeling!
Chatsky's words (d. 4, appearance 14):

Where is there a corner for an offended feeling!

Carriage for me! Carriage!
- Have mercy, you and I are not guys, / Why are other people’s opinions only sacred?
- Listen, lie, but know when to stop!
Chatsky's words addressed to Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4).
- They will argue, make some noise and disperse
Words by Famusov (d. 2, yavl. 5) about old fronds who will find fault

To this, to that, and more often to nothing;

They will argue, make some noise and... disperse.
- Philosophize - your mind will spin
Famusov's words (d. 2, appearance 1):

How wonderful the light has been created!

Philosophize - your mind will spin;

Either you take care, then it’s lunch:

Eat for three hours, but in three days it won’t cook!
- In my presence, strangers serving as employees are very rare; / More and more sisters, sisters-in-law, children
Words by Famusov (d. 2, appearance 5).
- We are accustomed to believing / That we have no salvation without the Germans
Chatsky's words (d. 1, appearance 7):

As we have been accustomed to believe since early times,

That without the Germans we have no salvation!
- The meanest features of the past life
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 5):

And where foreign clients will not be resurrected

The meanest features of the past life.
- Slavish, blind imitation
Chatsky about his adoration of everything foreign:

May the Lord destroy this unclean spirit

Empty, slavish, blind imitation.
- Despite reason, despite the elements
The words of Chatsky (d. 3, yavl. 22), who speaks of the “foreign power of fashion”, forcing Russians to adopt European clothing - “in spite of reason, in defiance of the elements.”
- The legend is fresh, but hard to believe
Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 2):

How to compare and see

The present century and the past:

The legend is fresh, but hard to believe.
- They won’t say a word in simplicity, everything is with an antics
Famusov's words about Moscow young ladies (no. 2, appearance 5).
- I'd be happy to serve, but being served is sickening
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).

F a m u s o v

I would say, first of all: don’t be a whim,

Brother, don’t mismanage your property,

And, most importantly, go ahead and serve.

CHATSKY

I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening.

F a m u s o v

That's it, you are all proud!

We should learn by looking at our elders...
- Mixing languages: French with Nizhny Novgorod
The words of Chatsky, who ironizes over the gallomania of the Russian nobility, which was often combined with poor knowledge of the same French language (d. 1, yavl. 7):

What is the tone here today?

At conventions, at big ones, on parish holidays?

A confusion of languages still prevails:

French with Nizhny Novgorod?
- Happy hours don't watch
Words of Sophia (v. 1, iv. 4):

Lisa

Look at your watch, look out the window:

People have been pouring down the streets for a long time;

And in the house there is knocking, walking, sweeping and cleaning.

Sofia

Happy hours are not observed.
- I don't go here anymore!
The words of Chatsky’s last monologue (d. 4, appearance 14):

Get out of Moscow! I don't go here anymore!

I’m running, I won’t look back, I’ll go looking around the world,

Where is there a corner for an offended feeling...

Carriage for me, carriage!
- It's good where we are not
Conversation between Sophia and Chatsky:

Sofia

Persecution of Moscow! What does it mean to see the light!

Where is it better?

CHATSKY

Where we are not.
- Tell love the end, / Who goes far away for three years
Words of Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 14).
- If we stop evil, / Take all the books and burn them
Words by Famusov (d. 3, appearance 21).
- The mind and heart are not in harmony
This is how Chatsky speaks about himself in a conversation with Sophia (D. 1, Rev. 7)
- Moderation and accuracy
The words of Molchalin, who describes the main advantages of his character in this way (d. 3, appearance 3).
- Learning is a plague; learning is the reason
Words of Famusov (d. 3, appearance 21):

Well, there's a great misfortune,

What will a man drink too much?

Learning is a plague; learning is the reason.
- We would learn by looking at our elders
Words of Famusov (d. 2, appearance 2):

Would you ask what the fathers did?

We would learn by looking at our elders.
- Give sergeant major to Voltaire
Words of Skalozub (d. 2, revelation 5):

I am a prince - to Gregory and to you

I'll give the sergeant major to Voltaire,

He will line you up in three ranks,

If you make a peep, it will instantly calm you down.
- Frenchman from Bordeaux
Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 22):

In that room there is an insignificant meeting:

The Frenchman from Bordeaux, pushing his chest,

Gathered around him a kind of evening

And he told how he was preparing for the journey

To Russia, to the barbarians, with fear and tears...
- More in number, cheaper in price
Chatsky's words (d. 1, appearance 7):

The shelves are busy recruiting teachers

More in number, cheaper in price.
- What does he say? and speaks as he writes!
Famusov's words about Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).
- What a commission, creator, / To be a father to an adult daughter!
Words by Famusov (d. 1, yavl. 10).

Here “commission” comes from the French word commission, meaning “assignment” (duty).
- What will Marya Aleksevna say?
Famusov's words are the final phrase of the play (d. 4, appearance 15):

Oh my god! What will he say?

Princess Marya Aleksevna!
- What a word is a sentence!
Famusov's words:

What about our old people? how enthusiasm will take them,

They will judge about deeds: what a word is a sentence!
- To have children, / Who lacked intelligence?
Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 3):

Oh! Sophia! Was Molchalin really chosen for her?

Why not a husband? There is only little intelligence in him;

But in order to have children,

Who lacked intelligence...
- Walked into a room, ended up in another
Famusov, finding Molchalin near Sophia’s room, angrily asks him (d. 1, iv. 4): “You are here, sir, why?” Sophia, justifying Molchalin’s presence, says to her father:

I can’t explain your anger in any way,

He lives in the house here, what a great misfortune!

I walked into the room and ended up in another.
- Let's make noise, brother, make noise!
Repetilov's words (act. 4, appearance 4):

CHATSKY

Why, tell me, are you raging so much?

R e p e t i l o v

We're making noise, brother, we're making noise...

CHATSKY

Are you making noise - that's all?..
- I’m not a reader of nonsense, / But more than exemplary ones
Words of Chatsky (d. 3, appearance 3).

Chatsky's words (d. 3, appearance 1):

I'm strange, but who isn't?

The one who is like all fools;

Molchalin, for example...

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Illustration by D. N. Kardovsky. 1912

"Woe from Wit"- comedy in verse by A. S. Griboedov. A work that made its creator a classic of Russian literature. The comedy combines elements of classicism and romanticism and realism, which were new to the early 19th century.

The comedy "Woe from Wit" is a satire on the aristocratic Moscow society of the first half of the 19th century - one of the peaks of Russian drama and poetry; actually completed “comedy in verse” as a genre. The aphoristic style contributed to the fact that she “went into quotations.”

Museum autograph “Woe from Wit” (the title was transferred by the author from “Woe to Wit”). 1st page

Plot:

Chatsky pronounces eloquent monologues in which he denounces Moscow society (whose ideologist is Sophia's father Pavel Afanasyevich Famusov). However, there are rumors in society about Chatsky's madness, started by the annoyed Sophia. At the end of the play, Chatsky decides to leave Moscow.

Poster for the anniversary production in Kiev City Theater (1881)

Many phrases from the play, including its title, became catchphrases.

Catch phrases and expressions:

However, he will reach the known levels

Chatsky's words: (d.1, appearance 7):

However, he will reach the known degrees,

After all, nowadays they love the dumb.

But because they are patriots

Famusov's words (act. 2, appearance 5):

And whoever saw the daughters, hang your head!..

French romances are sung to you

And the top ones bring out notes,

They flock to military people,

But because they are patriots.

And to mix these two crafts / There are tons of skilled people - I’m not one of them

Chatsky's words (act. 3, appearance 3):

When in business, I hide from fun;

When I'm fooling around, I'm fooling around;

And mix these two crafts

There are a ton of skilled people - I am not one of them.

Who are the judges?

Chatsky's words: (d.2, appearance 5):

Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of yearsTheir enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea.

Ah, evil tongues are worse than a pistol

Words by Molchalin. (D.2, Rev.11).

Bah! all familiar faces

Famusov's words. (D.4, Rev.14).

Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world!

Chatsky's words. (d.1, yavl.7).

Dreams are strange, but reality is stranger

To the village, to the wilderness, to Saratov!

Famusov’s words addressed to his daughter (d. 4, appearance 14):

You shouldn’t be in Moscow, you shouldn’t live with people;

I gave her away from these grips.

To the village, to my aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov,

There you will grieve,

Sit at the hoop, yawn at the calendar.

At my age one should not dare / to have one’s own judgment

Words of Molchalin (d. 3, appearance 3).

The present century and the past century

Chatsky's words (d. 2, appearance 2):

How to compare and see

The present century and the past:

The legend is fresh, but hard to believe.

A look and something

Words of Repetilov (d. 4, appearance 4):

However, you can find in magazines

His excerpt, look and something.

What do you mean Something? - About everything.

Attraction, a kind of illness

Repetilov’s words addressed to Chatsky (d. 4, appearance 4):

Maybe laugh at me...

And I have an attraction to you, a kind of illness,

Some kind of love and passion,

I'm ready to sacrifice my soul,

That you won’t find such a friend in the world.

The times of Ochakovsky and the conquest of Crimea

Who are the judges? - In ancient times

Their enmity towards free life is irreconcilable.

Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers

The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.

Calendars all lie

Words of the old woman Khlestova (house 3, appearance 21).

You, the current ones, come on!

Famusov's words addressed to Chatsky (d. 2, appearance 2).

Where, show us, are the fathers of the fatherland, / Whom we should take as models?

(act. 2, appearance 5).

The hero is not my novel

Words of Sophia (d. 3, revelation 1):

CHATSKY

But Skalozub? Here's a peek:

He stands behind the army like a mountain,

Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years
Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,

Words of Colonel Skalozub about Moscow (d. 2, appearance 5).
In the original: Distances of enormous size.