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N. A. Nekrasov
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The image of a Russian woman in the poetry of N. A. Nekrasov
Every writer strives to create in his works a type of woman that would express his ideas about the ideal heroine. Such are Pushkin’s Tatyana Larina, Turgenev’s girls: Liza Kapitana, Natalya Lasunskaya, Elena Stakhova. These wonderful heroines, who embodied the best features of the Russian character, were generated by the nobility. Nekrasov introduces a new heroine into his poems and poems - a peasant woman who combines the moral purity characteristic of noble girls and hard work, perseverance, and strength of character, which are formed precisely by the peasant environment.
In the poet’s early poems we see, as it were, the first sketches of the future bright and expressive image of the “majestic Slavic woman.” Nekrasov’s first poem, which brought him fame, "On the road" dedicated to the fate of the peasant girl Grusha, who was destroyed by the gentlemen with their apparent kindness. Having given her a noble upbringing and education, they then returned her to the peasant environment, from which she had completely alienated herself. This dramatic fate of an educated girl from the people, dependent on the whim of the master, appears before us in the story of her husband, the coachman. The fates of Russian peasant women are surprisingly similar to each other in that they are filled to the brim with grief, resentment, humiliation, and backbreaking labor. Therefore in the poem "Troika", drawing a charming portrait of a “black-browed savage,” the author sadly foresees her future life, which will turn this charming, full-of-life creature into an early-aged woman, in whose face “an expression of dull patience and senseless eternal fear will suddenly appear.” Thus, drawing images of peasant women, the author persistently asserts the idea that unbearable living conditions, lack of rights, and slavery ruin their destinies, cripple their souls, in which strength is uselessly extinguished, desires and aspirations are killed. The poem “The village suffering is in full swing” tells about the hard lot of women. The basis of the life of the nameless heroine of this poem is endless hard labor, which exhausts her strength and does not allow her to rest.
The poor woman is exhausted,
A column of insects sways above her,
It stings, tickles, buzzes!
Lifting a heavy roe deer,
The woman cut her bare leg -
There is no time to stop the bleeding!
This realistically drawn picture gives a vivid idea of the life of a free peasant woman, for the poem was written in 1862, that is, after the abolition of serfdom. The fate of the Russian woman from the people still remains difficult. But these unbearable conditions harden female character, forcing you to persevere through life’s trials.
To Daria's share from the poem "Jack Frost" a terrible grief befalls - the death of the husband, the breadwinner, the support and hope of the family. But it is not only the poverty that threatens in the near future that is drying up Daria. The worst thing for her is the loss of her beloved husband. Pride forces her to hold back the approaching tears, which nevertheless spill onto the “coffin canvas.” Daria's courageous and persistent character is manifested in the fact that she herself sews a shroud for her deceased husband, carefully takes the children to a neighbor, and goes to the forest for firewood immediately after the funeral. Pictures of Daria's dying dream reveal with particular force her high moral qualities - devoted love for her husband and children, hard work, willpower. To express his deep sympathy for the heroine, the author uses such epithets to create her image as “bitter widow”, “young widow”, and affectionately calls her “Daryushka”. The poet uses a metaphor here in a very unexpected way. The tears of the crying Daria either fall like rain, then flow out like overripe grains, or harden into pearls. Mentally speaking to her husband, endlessly grieving for him, Daria courageously faces trouble, taking care of the children. But she is so accustomed to sharing her joys and sorrows with Proclus that even after his death, thinking about her son’s upcoming wedding, she addresses her deceased husband as if he were alive.
Didn’t I try to take care of him?
Did I regret anything?
I was afraid to tell him
How I loved him!
How much tenderness, love, care, affection and warmth is contained in these simple, artless words! Even hard peasant work is painted with light, joyful tones in the picture of the heroine’s dying dream, because in it next to her are those who are dearest to her: a caring, hardworking husband, a nimble little son Grishukha, a beautiful Masha the playful girl. This bright, festive picture is the last thing the freezing Daria sees. Only in death does she find peace and happiness, for life promises her only hopeless need and grief. This means that Daria’s misfortune reflected the tragedy of many peasant women: wives, sisters, mothers. It is not for nothing that in the poem the author’s narration about the sad fate of the heroine is interrupted by the poet’s excited monologue about Russian peasant women. In it, he paints a generalized image of a “majestic Slavic woman” who “will stop a galloping horse and enter a burning hut.”
Beauty, the world is a wonder,
Blush, slim, tall,
She is beautiful in any clothes,
Dexterous for any job.
He endures both hunger and cold,
Always patient, even...
I saw how she squints:
With a wave, the mop is ready!
This bright, expressive portrait reveals the high moral traits of a peasant woman: strength, endurance, hard work, integrity of character, modesty, dignity. The Russian peasant woman, crushed by backbreaking labor, nevertheless managed to preserve a free heart, strength of spirit, physical and spiritual beauty even in slavery. Perhaps, these features of a Russian woman from the people were most fully embodied in the image of Matryona Timofeevna Korchagina from the poem "Who lives well in Rus'". But there is also something new in her that distinguishes her from other heroines of Nekrasov. She protests against her slave position and actively fights for her happiness. Actually, Matryona Timofeevna’s whole life, which she tells the truth-seekers about, is an endless stubborn struggle with grief, injustice, humiliation, and lawlessness. Introducing readers to his heroine, Nekrasov gives her portrait, which expresses the popular idea of female beauty.
Matrena Timofeevna,
dignified woman,
Wide and dense
About thirty-eight years old.
Beautiful: gray hair,
The eyes are large, strict,
The richest eyelashes,
Severe and dark.
The entire appearance of Nekrasov’s heroine is full of dignity and calm restraint. In her life, short joys were replaced by severe misfortunes, which, however, did not break her strong nature. The enormous spiritual powers of this woman helped her endure the terrible death of her first-born Demushka; they gave her the strength to protect her from cruel punishment second son Fedotushka, to achieve the cancellation of the illegal sending of her husband to the recruiting force. She achieved her relative well-being herself, bravely struggling with troubles and adversity, defending her human dignity. Matryona Timofeevna's story about her life is crowned with a parable about the keys to women's happiness.
The keys to women's happiness,
From our free will
Abandoned, lost
From God himself.
In Nekrasov’s poem there is an optimistic thought that the “keys” must be found, for the Russian peasant woman deserves a happy and free life which will help realize her rich moral forces, having found a worthy use for them.
The lyrics of N. A. Nekrasov represented a completely new stage in Russian literature. He spent most of his life in close proximity to the common people, so he learned in every detail all the hardships of the life of a serf. “The spectacle of national disasters” began to excite the future poet even in his early years. “...The heart, bleeding, hurts with someone else’s sorrow...” - he said in his poems and called his poetry “the sad companion of the sad poor, born for labor, suffering and fetters.”His poems are no longer just mourning for the plight of the Russian people, they contain the voice of the people themselves, the embodiment of their thoughts and feelings. The poet merged so much with the people, with their ideas and ideals, that his author’s “I” became a man of the people himself - a poor man, a serf, a peasant woman. We feel their voices, their feelings and moods in the poem “Frost,
Red nose"; it is they themselves who speak about their pain, suffering, dreams, love and hatred... But on the whole, the work is filled with bright faith and hope for the best.
The central event of the poem is the death of a peasant, and the action in the poem does not extend beyond the boundaries of one peasant family, but the meaning put into it by the author is national. The peasant family in the poem is perceived as a part of vast Russia: the thought of Daria, as it deepens, turns into the thought of the “majestic Slavic woman,” and the deceased Proclus resembles the epic hero Mikula Selyaninovich. And Daria’s grief itself is a reflection of the centuries-old troubles of the long-suffering Russian peasant woman, a woman-mother, “the great grief of a widow and mother of small orphans,” as the author says. Reading the work, you constantly notice that in the particular the general appears, and through the life of one peasant family, the established way of Russian folk life shines through for centuries. Nekrasov in his work seems to poetize the “family thought,” but this is not the only thing that attracts him.
The poet cannot speak without compassion about the fate of a simple Russian woman.
Centuries passed - everything strived for happiness,
Everything in the world has changed several times, -
God forgot to change one thing
The harsh lot of a peasant woman...
These lines are also a reflection of national, national life. In images and paintings, striking in their truthfulness and strength, Nekrasov depicted the thoughts and feelings, work and struggle, everyday suffering and rare joys of a Russian woman.
In the poet's works, the image of a peasant woman, pure in heart, bright in mind, and strong in spirit, often appears. Such is Daria, the heroine of the poem “Frost, Red Nose.” The author's admiration is drawn to Daria's beauty, her dexterity and strength in her work, her responsiveness, dedication, mental fortitude and ability to self-sacrifice.
Once in her youth she amazed with her beauty, she was both dexterous and strong, but she, like every peasant woman, had to endure such a life, “which is hardly more difficult to find.” The poet could not indifferently see how a powerless Russian woman, crushed by slavery and overwork, suffered. And he says, turning to the peasant woman:
He didn't carry his heart in his chest,
Who did not shed tears over you.
“Man is thrown into life as a mystery to himself, each
The day brings him closer to destruction - there is a lot of terrible and offensive in this! This alone can drive you crazy,” Nekrasov wrote to Leo Tolstoy. “But then you notice that someone else or others need you - and life suddenly gains meaning, and the person no longer feels that lonely, offensive uselessness...” That is why the widowed Daria overcomes her grief, because when she meets misfortune, she does not She cares about herself first. She is “full of thoughts about her husband, calling him, talking to him.” Dreaming of her son’s wedding, she thinks not about her own happiness, but about the happiness of her beloved Proclus, turns to her deceased husband, and rejoices at his joy. The same warm, kindred love extends to other people. And yours own death Daria overcomes with the power of love, which extends to children, to Proclus, to all of nature, to the earth-nurse.
Nekrasov admires the Russian peasant woman, her inner beauty and spiritual wealth.
Composition
The beauty is a wonder to the world,
Blush, slim, tall,
She is beautiful in any clothes,
Dexterous for any job.
N. A. Nekrasov
“The Great Slav” became the heroine of many poems and poems by N. A. Nekrasov; they are all imbued with deep compassion for her fate. The poet suffers with her from backbreaking work and moral humiliation. However, it cannot be said that the Russian woman appears in Nekrasov’s poems only in the image of a peasant woman tortured by work, whose fate was reflected in all the social contradictions of the country. There is another type of woman in Nekrasov’s poetry, in which folk performances O a real beauty, strongly built, ruddy, lively, hardworking. Nekrasov draws attention to the inner beauty and spiritual wealth of the Russian peasant woman:
There are women in Russian villages
With calm importance of faces,
WITH beautiful power in movements,
With the gait, with the look of queens.
In the image of a Russian woman, Nekrasov glorifies perseverance, pride, dignity, care for the family and children.
This type was most fully revealed by Nekrasov in the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'” in the image of Matryona
Korchagina.
One of the parts is called “Peasant Woman,” in which Matryona herself talks about her fate. This story reflects all the life hardships of a Russian woman: separation from her husband, eternal humiliation, the suffering of a mother who lost her son, fires, loss of livestock, crop failure. However, these trials did not break her spirit; she retained her human dignity.
The image of Matryona Timofeevna is presented in the poem in dynamics, in development. So, for example, in the story with Demushka, at first, in a fit of despair, she is ready to endure everything:
And then I submitted
I bowed at my feet...
The character of the heroine is tempered precisely in these difficult trials. This is a woman of great intelligence, selfless, strong-willed, decisive. In characterizing Matryona, folklore genres are widely used: songs, laments, lamentations. They help to express pain and melancholy, to show more clearly the bitter life of Matryona Timofeevna.
In her speech, folklore features are observed: repetitions, constant epithets, exclamation forms, addresses, an abundance of diminutives. These features make Matryona’s speech uniquely individual and give it a special liveliness and emotionality. This is the image of a peasant woman who is not only strong in spirit, but also gifted and talented.
Matryona's story about her life is a story about the fate of any peasant woman, a long-suffering Russian woman. The chapter itself is not named after her, but “Peasant Woman”. This emphasizes that Matryona’s fate is not an exception to the rule, but a typical fate of millions of Russian peasant women.
Describing the type of “stately Slavic woman,” Nekrasov finds such women not only among peasants. The best spiritual qualities - willpower, the ability to love, loyalty - make Matryona similar to the heroines of the poem "Russian Women".
This work consists of two parts: the first is dedicated to Princess Trubetskoy, and the second to Princess Volkonskaya.
Nekrasov shows Princess Trubetskoy as if from the outside, depicting the external difficulties encountered along her path. It is not for nothing that the central place in this part is occupied by the scene with the governor, frightening the princess with the deprivations awaiting her:
Carefully hard cracker
And life locked up
Shame, horror, labor
Staged path...
All the governor’s arguments about the hardships of life in Siberia fade away and lose their strength in front of the heroine’s courage, her ardent willingness to be faithful to her duty. Serving a higher goal, fulfilling a sacred duty for it is higher than everything purely personal:
But I know: love for the homeland
My rival...
The narration in the second part of the poem is told in the first person - on behalf of Princess Volkonskaya. Thanks to this, you understand more clearly the depth of suffering that the heroine endured. In this part there is also a dispute equal in tension to the conversation between the governor and Trubetskoy:
--- You are recklessly abandoning everyone,
For what?
- I am doing my duty, father.
At the same time, the predestined fate of the heroine is emphasized:
Share joy with him
Divide and prison
I have to, as heaven pleases!
The description of the Decembrists is similar to the description of the Christian martyrs and Christ himself:
I won't show myself as an executioner
Free and holy.
And I loved him like Christ,
In his prison clothes
Now he constantly stands in front of me,
Shining with greatness to the meek.
A crown of thorns over his head,
In the gaze - unearthly love...
The actions of the Decembrists' wives are painted in sublime religious tones.
Replacing the original title “Decembrists” with “Russian Women” emphasized that heroism, fortitude, and moral beauty have been inherent in Russian women from time immemorial.
We must pay tribute to N.A. Nekrasov, who managed to create in Russian literature such a wonderful image of a woman, faithful to duty, who amazes with her integrity.
Nekrasov showed that the image of the “majestic Slavic woman” does not belong to one social stratum. This type of woman is popular among all the people; it can be found both in a peasant hut and in a high-society living room, since its main component is spiritual beauty.
Other works on this work
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Blush, slim, tall,
She is beautiful in any clothes,
Dexterous for any job.
N. A. Nekrasov
“The Great Slav” became the heroine of many poems and poems by N. A. Nekrasov; they are all imbued with deep compassion for her fate. The poet suffers with her from backbreaking work and moral humiliation. However, it cannot be said that the Russian woman appears in Nekrasov’s poems only in the image of a peasant woman tortured by work, whose fate was reflected in all the social contradictions of the country. There is another type of woman in Nekrasov’s poetry, in which folk ideas about a real beauty are embodied, strongly built, ruddy, lively, hardworking. Nekrasov draws attention to the inner beauty and spiritual wealth of the Russian peasant woman:
There are women in Russian villages
With calm importance of faces,
With beautiful strength in movements,
With the gait, with the look of queens.
In the image of a Russian woman, Nekrasov glorifies perseverance, pride, dignity, care for the family and children.
This type was most fully revealed by Nekrasov in the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'” in the image of Matryona
Korchagina.
One of the parts is called “Peasant Woman,” in which Matryona herself talks about her fate. This story reflects all the life hardships of a Russian woman: separation from her husband, eternal humiliation, the suffering of a mother who lost her son, fires, loss of livestock, crop failure. However, these trials did not break her spirit; she retained her human dignity.
The image of Matryona Timofeevna is presented in the poem in dynamics, in development. So, for example, in the story with Demushka, at first, in a fit of despair, she is ready to endure everything:
And then I submitted
I bowed at my feet...
The character of the heroine is tempered precisely in these difficult trials. This is a woman of great intelligence, selfless, strong-willed, decisive. In characterizing Matryona, folklore genres are widely used: songs, laments, lamentations. They help to express pain and melancholy, to show more clearly the bitter life of Matryona Timofeevna.
In her speech, folklore features are observed: repetitions, constant epithets, exclamation forms, addresses, an abundance of diminutives. These features make Matryona’s speech uniquely individual and give it a special liveliness and emotionality. This is the image of a peasant woman who is not only strong in spirit, but also gifted and talented.
Matryona's story about her life is a story about the fate of any peasant woman, a long-suffering Russian woman. The chapter itself is not named after her, but “Peasant Woman”. This emphasizes that Matryona’s fate is not an exception to the rule, but a typical fate of millions of Russian peasant women.
Describing the type of “stately Slavic woman,” Nekrasov finds such women not only among peasants. The best spiritual qualities - willpower, the ability to love, loyalty - make Matryona similar to the heroines of the poem “Russian Women”.
This work consists of two parts: the first is dedicated to Princess Trubetskoy, and the second to Princess Volkonskaya.
Nekrasov shows Princess Trubetskoy as if from the outside, depicting the external difficulties encountered along her path. It is not for nothing that the central place in this part is occupied by the scene with the governor, frightening the princess with the deprivations awaiting her:
Carefully hard cracker
And life locked up
Shame, horror, labor
Staged path...
All the governor’s arguments about the hardships of life in Siberia fade away and lose their strength in front of the heroine’s courage, her ardent willingness to be faithful to her duty. Serving a higher goal, fulfilling a sacred duty for it is higher than everything purely personal:
But I know: love for the homeland
My rival...
The narration in the second part of the poem is told in the first person - on behalf of Princess Volkonskaya. Thanks to this, you understand more clearly the depth of suffering that the heroine endured. In this part there is also a dispute equal in tension to the conversation between the governor and Trubetskoy:
- You are recklessly abandoning everyone,
For what?
“I’m doing my duty, father.”
At the same time, the predestined fate of the heroine is emphasized:
Share joy with him
Divide and prison
I have to, as heaven pleases!
The description of the Decembrists is similar to the description of the Christian martyrs and Christ himself:
I won't show myself as an executioner
Free and holy.
And I loved him like Christ,
In his prison clothes
Now he constantly stands in front of me,
Shining with greatness to the meek.
A crown of thorns over his head,
In the gaze - unearthly love...
The actions of the Decembrists' wives are painted in sublime religious tones.
Replacing the original title “Decembrists” with “Russian Women” emphasized that heroism, fortitude, and moral beauty have been inherent in Russian women from time immemorial.
We must pay tribute to N.A. Nekrasov, who managed to create in Russian literature such a wonderful image of a woman, faithful to duty, who amazes with her integrity.
Nekrasov showed that the image of the “stately Slavic woman” does not belong to one social stratum. This type of woman is popular among all the people; it can be found both in a peasant hut and in a high-society living room, since its main component is spiritual beauty.
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The beauty is a wonder to the world,
Blush, slim, tall,
She is beautiful in any clothes,
Dexterous for any job.
N. A. Nekrasov
“The Great Slav” became the heroine of many poems and poems by N. A. Nekrasov; they are all imbued with deep compassion for her fate. The poet suffers with her from backbreaking work and moral humiliation. However, it cannot be said that the Russian woman appears in Nekrasov’s poems only in the image of a peasant woman tortured by work, whose fate was reflected in all the social contradictions of the country. There is another type of woman in Nekrasov’s poetry, in which folk ideas about a real beauty are embodied, strongly built, ruddy, lively, hardworking. Nekrasov draws attention to the inner beauty and spiritual wealth of the Russian peasant woman:
There are women in Russian villages
With calm importance of faces,
With beautiful strength in movements,
With the gait, with the look of queens.
In the image of a Russian woman, Nekrasov glorifies perseverance, pride, dignity, care for the family and children.
This type was most fully revealed by Nekrasov in the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'” in the image of Matryona
Korchagina.
One of the parts is called “Peasant Woman,” in which Matryona herself talks about her fate. This story reflects all the life hardships of a Russian woman: separation from her husband, eternal humiliation, the suffering of a mother who lost her son, fires, loss of livestock, crop failure. However, these trials did not break her spirit; she retained her human dignity.
The image of Matryona Timofeevna is presented in the poem in dynamics, in development. So, for example, in the story with Demushka, at first, in a fit of despair, she is ready to endure everything:
And then I submitted
I bowed at my feet...
The character of the heroine is tempered precisely in these difficult trials. This is a woman of great intelligence, selfless, strong-willed, decisive. In characterizing Matryona, folklore genres are widely used: songs, laments, lamentations. They help to express pain and melancholy, to show more clearly the bitter life of Matryona Timofeevna.
In her speech, folklore features are observed: repetitions, constant epithets, exclamation forms, addresses, an abundance of diminutives. These features make Matryona’s speech uniquely individual and give it a special liveliness and emotionality. This is the image of a peasant woman who is not only strong in spirit, but also gifted and talented.
Matryona's story about her life is a story about the fate of any peasant woman, a long-suffering Russian woman. The chapter itself is not named after her, but “Peasant Woman”. This emphasizes that Matryona’s fate is not an exception to the rule, but a typical fate of millions of Russian peasant women.
Describing the type of “stately Slavic woman,” Nekrasov finds such women not only among peasants. The best spiritual qualities - willpower, the ability to love, loyalty - make Matryona similar to the heroines of the poem "Russian Women".
This work consists of two parts: the first is dedicated to Princess Trubetskoy, and the second to Princess Volkonskaya.
Nekrasov shows Princess Trubetskoy as if from the outside, depicting the external difficulties encountered along her path. It is not for nothing that the central place in this part is occupied by the scene with the governor, frightening the princess with the deprivations awaiting her:
Carefully hard cracker
And life locked up
Shame, horror, labor
Staged path...
All the governor’s arguments about the hardships of life in Siberia fade away and lose their strength in front of the heroine’s courage, her ardent willingness to be faithful to her duty. Serving a higher goal, fulfilling a sacred duty for it is higher than everything purely personal:
But I know: love for the homeland
My rival...
The narration in the second part of the poem is told in the first person - on behalf of Princess Volkonskaya. Thanks to this, you understand more clearly the depth of suffering that the heroine endured. In this part there is also a dispute equal in tension to the conversation between the governor and Trubetskoy:
--- You are recklessly abandoning everyone,
For what?
- I am doing my duty, father.
At the same time, the predestined fate of the heroine is emphasized:
Share joy with him
Divide and prison
I have to, as heaven pleases!
The description of the Decembrists is similar to the description of the Christian martyrs and Christ himself:
I won't show myself as an executioner
Free and holy.
And I loved him like Christ,
In his prison clothes
Now he constantly stands in front of me,
Shining with greatness to the meek.
A crown of thorns over his head,
In the gaze - unearthly love...
The actions of the Decembrists' wives are painted in sublime religious tones.
Replacing the original title “Decembrists” with “Russian Women” emphasized that heroism, fortitude, and moral beauty have been inherent in Russian women from time immemorial.
We must pay tribute to N.A. Nekrasov, who managed to create in Russian literature such a wonderful image of a woman, faithful to duty, who amazes with her integrity.
Nekrasov showed that the image of the “majestic Slavic woman” does not belong to one social stratum. This type of woman is popular among all the people; it can be found both in a peasant hut and in a high-society living room, since its main component is spiritual beauty.