Paras characteristic. Characteristic Hero Eugene, Copper Horseman, Pushkin

The "Copper Horseman" Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) is a poem or poetic story. In it, the poet is connected by philosophical, social and historical issues. The "Copper Horseman" is, at the same time, and the best of St. Petersburg and its creator of Peter I, and an attempt to determine the place of a simple person in history, and reflections on the world order hierarchy.

History of creation

"Copper rider", written like "Eugene Onegin" by a four-stranded yamb, became the last poem of Pushkin. Its creation refers to 1833 and staying a poet in the estate of Boldino.

The poem was read by the main censor of the Russian Empire Nikolai I and forbidden them to print. Nevertheless, in 1834, Pushkin published in the "Library for reading", Pushkin published almost the whole poem, having missed the poems stricken by the emperor. Publication took place under the title "Petersburg. Excerpt from the poem. "

In the original form, the copper rider was published in 1904.

Description of the work

The introduction paints the majestic image of Peter I, which created a beautiful new hail on the banks of the Neva - the pride of the Russian Empire. Pushkin calls him the best city in the world and chants the greatness of St. Petersburg and his creator.

Eugene, an ordinary resident of St. Petersburg, a small employee. He is in love with a parasha girl and is going to marry her. Parasha lives in a wooden house on the outskirts of the city. When the historical flood begins, 1824, their house is blends first and the girl dies. The flood image is given by Pushkin with a loan to historical evidence of magazines of that time. The whole city is washed away, many dead. And only a monument to Peter proudly towers over Petersburg.

Evgeny crushed the incident. In terrible flood, he accuses Peter, who built a city in such an inappropriate place. Having lost the reason, the young man dares to dawn around the city, trying to escape from the persecution of the copper rider. In the morning he turns out to be destroyed at home of his bride and dies there.

main characters

Evgeny

The main character of the poem Eugene is not described by Pushkin with detailed accuracy. The poet writes about him "Citizen Metropolitan, which you meet the darkness", emphasizing this belonging to your hero to the type of little man. Pushkin only stipulates that Eugene lives in Kolomna and leads its story from the once well-known noble family, which by now has lost its greatness and state.

Much more attention to Pushkin pays to the inner world and aspirations of his hero. Evgeny hardworking and dreams of their work to secure himself and his bride a decent life for many years.

The death of his beloved becomes for Evgeny an irresistible test and he loses the mind. Description of the Pushkin's squeezed young man is full of pity and compassion. Despite the depreciation of the image, the poet shows a human compassion for his hero and sees in his ordinary desires and their colors a genuine tragedy.

Copper Horseman (Monument to Peter I)

The second hero of the poem can be called a copper rider. Attitude towards Peter I as a global personality, genius slip throughout the poem. In the entry, Pushkin does not mention the name of the Creator of St. Petersburg, calling Peter "he". Peter Pushkin gives the power to command the elements and to fade them with its own powder. Carrying the action on a century ahead Pushkin replaces the image of the Creator to the image of copper sculpture, which "with the Udis Iron Rose Rose on Upok." In relation to the author to Peter I, two points are observed: the admiration of the will, courage, perseverance of the first Russian emperor, as well as the horror and impotence before this superman. Pushkin puts an important question here: how to determine the mission of Peter I - Savior or Tiran Russia?

Another historical person also appears in the work - "the deceased emperor", that is, Alexander I. In his way, the author seeks more approaching his poem to the documentary.

Analysis of the work

The "Copper Horseman" at its small scale (about 500 poems) connects several narrative plans at once. There are history and modernity, reality and fiction, details of the private life and documentary chronicles.

The poem can not be called historical. Picture of Peter I far from the image of a historic figure. Moreover, Pushkin sees in the Petrovsk epoch not so much the time of the reign of Peter, how much to continue in the future and the results in the modern world for him. The poet considers the first Russian emperor through the prism of the recent flood of November 1824.

The flood and events described in its connection make up the main assessment plan, which can be called historical. It is based on documentary materials that Pushkin is discussed in the preface to the poem. Actually, the flood becomes the main string of conflict in the poem.

The conflict itself can be divided into two plans. The first of them is actual - this is the death of the bride's bride demolished by the waters, as a result of which he goes crazy. In wider plan, the conflict uses two sides, such as the city and element. In the accession of Peter his will, the elements are dragging, removing the city of Petersburg in the swamps. In the main part of the poem, the element breaks down and sweeps the city.

In a historical context, there is a fictional story, the center of which is the simple St. Petersburg resident of Eugene. The rest of the inhabitants of the city are indistinguishable: they go through the streets, drown in flood, indifferent to the suffering of Eugene in the second part of the poem. The description of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg and the ordinary course of his life, as well as the description of the flood, is very detailed and figuratively. Here Pushkin demonstrates genuine skill of her poetic syllable and language proficiency.

Events around Eugene are described by Pushkin with a documentary area. The poet accurately mentions where the hero is located at various points of the action: Senate Square, Petrova Square, in the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Such accuracy of the details of the city landscape allows you to call the composition of Pushkin one of the first urban poems of Russian literature.

There is another important plan in the composition, which can be called mythological. In her center, the statue of Peter, which Evgeniy Klynet for the flood occurred and which chases the hero on the streets of the city. In the last episode, the city moves from real space into conditional, goes to the limits of reality.

An interesting thought slippers in the poem at the time of the appearance on the balcony of the "late emperor", which is unable to cope with the elements of the destroying city. Pushkin reflects on the sphere of the power of monarchs and those environments that they are not subject to her.

Poem "Copper Horseman" A.S. Pushkin presents a special dedication to the poet of St. Petersburg. Against the background of the city, its history and modernity, the main events of the real part of the poem are unfolded with the mythological scenes of the city's creation and the flow of the copper rider.

ON THE. Zakharchenko *

"Parasha" I.S. Turgenev as a realistic poem

The author of the article is considering the poem "Parasha" as a work of a transition type, where I.S. Turgenev tried to combine the romantic and realistic elements in a single complex artistic integer. In the process of analyzing N.A. Zakharchenko comes to the conclusion that the Turgenev "story in verse" (the term of Turgenev himself) is ironically focused on the Pushkin tradition "Roman in verse". Thus, the understanding of the genre specifics of Paras is based on the identification of similarities and differences with Evgeny Onegin.

* Zakharchenko Natalia Arkadyevna - Samara State University, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature

In the literary criticism argued about the degree of independence to the poems of Turgenev. It should be distinguished by the concepts of "tradition" and "imitation", between which there is a fundamental difference. According to Belinsky, "... to be under inevitable (It was allocated by me - n.) The influence of the great masters of native literature, showing the literature and society in their works, and the slave to imitate - not at all the same: the first is the proof of talent, vital, the second is inflaming. You can felt under the verse and under the manner of the writer, but not under the spirit and nature of it. "In Turgenev, Pushkin was consistently influenced. At the same time," every thought about imitativeness of the rest. "

Pushkin, his creativity largely determined the further development of Russian literature. According to Belinsky, "write about Pushkin - it means to write about the whole Russian literature: for the Russians explain Pushkin's previous writers, so Pushkin explains the writers following him." And Turgenev is not an exception, his work along with others a certain place in the general literary process is assigned.

Pois "Parasha" (1843), "Landowner" (1845), "Andrew" (1845) - Works made in the tradition of "Genuine School". Their realism is evident - all the plot moves, the actions of the heroes are explained by the logic of everyday life. Staying at the heart of its "by-separative" poems, they possess individual genre features.

Special attention in a number of realistic poems, Turgenev deserves "Parasha" - an essay of a transition type.

"Parasha" for the first time saw the light in 1843, and was published by a separate option, had a form of a small book. Fully the author did not mark his name, the work was signed by capital letters "T." (alias, in which the initial letters of the surnames of the father and the mother of Turgenev) were connected. It was a period in the history of Russian literature, when, according to Belinsky, "Russian poetry if not died, then fell asleep." Times of Pushkin, Lermontov - the so-called "golden age" of Russian poetry - passed, the prose dominated in artistic work. It is at such a moment that "Parasha" appears, so highly appreciated by Belinsky and the manuscript read. In his letter to V.P. Bottina dated May 11, 1843 says: "This is an excellent poetic creation. You, right, guess the author?" . It clearly hears the unacceptable admiration for the skill of Turgenev, the art manner of which, according to Belinsky, will not confuse with anyone.

Parasha - a work that comes in a kind of transitional moment for Turgenev - both in biographical and creative terms. By the time of creating "Paras", the writer has not yet decided what to devote my life to choose. A. Fet, telling about the first meeting with Turgenev, recalls the words of Professor Moscow University S.P. Shevyreva, who, after the departure of Turgenev, unexpectedly said:

"... What strange this turgenev: the other day he appeared with his poem" Parasha ", and today it bothers about receiving the Department of Philosophy at Moscow University." In the artistic plan "Parasha" causes a lot of doubts: what is this romantic poem or "story in verses"? The thing is that Parasha, who embodied the general trend of the era, is the first essay of Turgenev, where the author tried to combine the romantic and realistic elements into a single complex integer.

This side of Parasch and opened Belinsky, to the proclaiming that "a period of beautiful feelings and sweet dreams ... replaced the poetry of thought." Turgenev himself, doubting whether to give "Parasus" to print, decided on it only with the blessing of Belinsky, who considered that the poem "there is one of ... the most beautiful dreams for a minute of woken Russian poetry, which have not seen her for a long time" . Criticism can not be accused of insincerity and hasty of the conclusions made to them. Belinsky himself in the article about "parse" does not hide, which has repeatedly reread the poem, without believing an initial impression, moreover, he said to her, as he writes, "with obvious prejudice, thinking to find in her or sentimental story about how is he I loved her And How she is Chair married it , or some humorous chatter about modern ingredients. "What was his surprise when, after the" repeated re-reading ", he suddenly discovered, on his own admission, a wonderful poetic phenomenon," Refreshing soul ... from prose and boredom daily life ".

Turgenev himself, whose opinion as the author cannot be neglected, determines its poetic essay from the point of view of the genre as a "story in verse." It is such a subtitle that is in the title page. Belinsky has its own opinion on this score: "Although the author of" Parashi "... and marked his work with a modest name" story in verses ", but it is nevertheless" poem ", in the sense, which is absorbed by Pushkin ... So, - the critic arrives, "we will call the Parasha" Paras ": it is also shorter and much more fair."

Indeed, the term "poem" and more brief, and more naturally, is essential for the reader. Nevertheless, it is obvious that the "story in verse" continues the Pushkin tradition of "Roman in verses". Not only in the sense of genre specifics, we can talk about the similarity of works, but also by tone, according to the style of "Parasha" approached "Eugene Onegin". Turgenev, working on the poem ("story in verses"), naturally, obeyed the logic of genre thinking.

To understand the genre specifics of "Paras", it is necessary to refer to its content, identify the similarity and difference with Evgeny Onegin. It should be recognized that only some of the motives of these works are erected. Their similarity concerns some external, secondary parties and does not affect the internal ideological meaning of the presented texts. Parasha is a qualitatively new on the author's plan, a work that is more likely to the "belling" than to a romantic poem, according to the beginning of realism in the early work of Turgenev. Now in order.

At Pushkin, the reader first meets Eugene. It was he - "a smaller scientist, but a pedant", who was disappointed in his surroundings - the main acting person. We first learn about his upbringing, pedigree, education, about the details of the pastime. At the same time, the stroke of the narration is often interrupted by numerous author's departures, where changes regarding the author to the Hero are reflected. Only when "Russian Handra, they gradually took possession of", and Onegin went to his estate, Pushkin introduces us with Tatiana Larina (and this is already the II head, stanza XXIV!). And until the end of the indicated chapter, the author would forget about Onegin and draws a portrait of a girl. In the third chapter, the acquaintance of Evgenia and Tatiana.

Turgenev in his poem (or "story in verse") offers a new option. Judging by the name and development of the narrative, first of all, Parasha is "subject and sigh and care", the "subject of poems" of the author-narrator. By informing this, the narrator introduces the reader with his "stepnych". The portrait of it is quite detailed ("tanned", "cute handles", "the fingers were thin and transparent", "magic eyes", "thoughtfully and calm eyes", "went smoothly". Judging by the epithets that the poet is awarded to his heroine, it is not difficult Guess how the author belongs to the pacaracy. It is indicated by the age of the heroine. She is 20 years old. Then information about the family status of the girl - "her ... Father - a carefree landowner," mother - "Woman ... Easy, with a person, very similar to Pie ". In the description of Paras Parents, for the first time, it makes it necessary to know the realistic tone of the poem. Portrait characteristic of the girl is still in the romantic spirit, then follows information about its social position and the image of the life of typical landlords. Romanticism is trying to hold positions, but - only until time .

Turgenev holds a parallel between Pushkin Tatiana Larina and his Praskov.

She sat down ... Remember Tatyana?

But I will not compare it with her;

I'm afraid - hand readers wave

And this fairy tale is not read at all.

The author finds similar Paras and Tatyana, but it seems to prefer them to compare them. And it's not just that "this fairy tale is not read at all." The author is Lukavit, leads the game with the reader. Trying to convince him that Parasha is not a Pushkin heroine that she is completely different, he, however, gives it by many qualities inherent in Tatiana. And if you do not take into account some minor details in the portrait characteristics of both girls, we can safely say that Tatyana and Parasha are the same type of heroine. For clarity, I will give some textual analogies that are convincing two female images in full compliance:

So, Victor is a reduced version of Onegin. No wonder, Pushkin Hero in the tenth chapter of the novel turns out to be among future Decembrists, that is, "is given in development, in the gradual identification of active potencies of humanity." Victor is completely deprived of the "inimitable oddity", which characterizes Eugene. Turgenev Hero fully arranged a serene landlord existence: all his dreams, ultimately, are reduced to "legitimate, peaceful marriage." Belinsky rightly refers Victor to the category of "those great-little people who were now so much divorced and who are a smile of contempt and mockery cover the skinny heart of their nature. He was abroad and made a lot of fruitless words and doubts from there." Victor is a typical representative of the generation of the 40s of the 19th century, the image is collective. It is the hero of "Duma" Lermontov: not by chance the epigraph of the poem is taken from there - "and we hate, and we love we are by chance." It is easily recognized in the other Turgenev type - "man, what a lot."

Thus, despite the obvious rolls of the images of Paras and Victor with Pushkin Tatyana and Evgeny, it is quite obvious that Turgenev characters are something new. Turgenev, continuing to Pushkin tradition, ironizes the Pushkin characters and emphasizes the independence of the images created by him. Nevertheless, it is clear that "Parasha and Victor - Tatiana and Onegin of the new historical time of the era of the 1840s." You should only not forget that by placing your heroes in the context of another other than Pushkin, the era, Turgenev voted in their "story in verse" other fate.

The final of the love of Viktor and Parsh becomes (which is somewhat unexpected for readers) their legitimate marriage. From the very beginning, the author does not like Victor, he calls his hero that the "eccentric", then the "villain", then the "bootiness". But nevertheless, the author can not do anything with what Victor "loves that he himself is passionate about" Pair. For Turgenev, there is all the case - in unvealted laws of being. The fate of Paras is predicted: it "delays vulgarity, and the hero has already gone." Union and Victor turned out to be destructive for Paras: life swallowed it. By the way, with respect to Victor, the analogy and Lensky appear. Both studied (visited) abroad, both in love, and the possible life path that suggested Pushkin to a young poet ("... married, / in the village, happy and horns, / Would be a quollen bathrobe ...", "fat, Harel ", etc.), Turgenev showed as a version of the fate of the hero of Onegin type.

In the course of the development of the plot, the portrait of Parasi is noticeable: after five years, the author again meets with spouses, and it turns out that there is nothing in common between the girl's parasist and Praskov. "The romantic paracted dreams were not destined to survive, they died in the stuffy atmosphere of Nikolaev reality."

Special attention deserves the position of the author-narrator in the poem, which is a full-fledged person in the "parsea" as the author-narrator in "Onegin". The author constantly leads to the reader an active conversation, for a minute does not forget about his presence, involves in the dialogue. From the very first rows of the poem, with the appeal, "reader, I humbly with you,", the narrator, as it were, takes the reader in co-authors and is therefore demanding about it. According to the expression V.I. Kuleshova, to be understood, Turgenev for this role was extremely necessary "a man who knows the" Duma "Lermontov and all modern poems." And - add - Pushkin Roman in verse.

It was the author of the narrator in the artistic world of his work the image of Satan. Speaking about the love of Viktor and Paras, the narrator assumes that "it could have to end, but the highest strength is" the demon is sad and mighty / over the garden, on the lap of a dark clouds / swept. " With the first appearance, the image of the demon will be a warning for the reader - the story told by the author is not at all with a happy ending. "Vladyka Evil", foreshadowing, in the future observes the progress of the main events:

Friends! I see the demon ... on the fence

He is leaned - and looks; For Chet

Mockingly follows a sullen look.

At the end of the poem, he has a different function: the author "heard the laughter of Satan", which, becoming a witness to the love explanation of the heroes, according to Kuleshov, is a "ironic cholester from the Lermontov Demon". Tourgevsky Besu is some kind of introducing into the temptation, because in this story "everything is decent and meagerly: an ordinary collusion." Laughter of Satan only enhances this feeling. The image of the demon is necessary for subsequent generalization:

I think he looks not on them -

Russia all stretched like a field,

Before his eyes in this moment ...

It turns out that the story of love is interested in the author, and the situation that has developed in Russia in the 40s of the modern century. Show that vulgarity is an all-Russian phenomenon, this is the main idea of \u200b\u200bTurgenev's work with a lyrol-epic plot. Realistic trends are finally torn in the fabric of the poem. And the history of Parasch and Victor is needed only to in some extent to carry out the acute social orientation "story in verse." "The strong side of the image of the vulgarity in Turgenev was that he does not dramatically denounce it, but discredits from the inside." The total course of the literary process suggested to Turgenev's plot, they are also caused by changes in the genre structure of the poem and its anti-graduate, ironically oriented pathos.

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N.A. Zacharchenko.

Turgenev "S" Parasha "As A Realistic Poem

The Poem "Parasha" by I.Turgenev is Considered to Belong To The Transitional Type of Literary Works. In IT I.Turgenev Made An Attempt to Join Romantic and Realistic Elements Into A Single Complicated Artistic Whole. IN THE PROCESS OF HER INVESTIGATION THE AUTHOR COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT TURGENEV "S" STORY IN VERSE "IS IRONICALLY FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF PUSHKIN" S "NOVEL IN VERSE". Thus The Comprehension of "Parasha" "S Genre Peculiarity Is Due To the Similarity and Differences Between Turgenev" S Work and Pushkin "S" Eugene Onegin ".

Eugene - the main hero of the poem A. S. Pushkin "Copper Horseman", a small Petersburg official, a poor capital citizen. In the poem, neither the name nor the age nor the place of work of the hero is not mentioned. The appearance of it is also vague and is lost in gray, faceless mass of such citizens. There is only one mention of his was the aristocratic origin, but now he will keep bearer himself, since it is poor. Eugene lives in Kolomna and is often on the opposite bank of the river Neva. His dreams and hopes are associated with the same poor girl of the parasha, with which he wants to create a family, to have kids and peacefully live. However, his dreams are not destined to come true.

Parasis with mother die after a strong storm with flood. The dilapidated house in which Paras lived was demolished, and only Iva remained, growing near him. Such sorrow, Eugene could not transfer and went crazy. With the loss of Paras, he lost all the dreams and meaning of life. After that, he begins to wander all the time, live on the alms, sleeping on the street. Often, angry people beat him, but he doesn't care. Such an image of Eugene causes pity and longing for the reader. In one rainy evening, he decides to go and look into the eyes of the Great Istukan, who once built this city on the banks of the Neva. Subsequently, he is like this. Soon the city is experiencing another devastating storm, in which Eugene dies.

In the work of A. S. Pushkin "Copper Horseman" Eugene - one of the central characters. This hero is a kind of generalization, the generation of the "Petersburg" era in domestic history. It can be called a "little man" - after all, the life sense of Eugene concludes in simple human happiness. He wishes to find a cozy house, family, well-being.

Generalized image

In preparing the characteristics of Eugene from the "copper rider", it can be emphasized that A. S. Pushkin in his work "Copper Horseman" specifically refuses to assign Evgeny any name. This poet seeks to show that there may be absolutely any person to take his place. The image of this character was reflected in the life of many then Petersburgers.

The meaning of this generalization is that Eugene in the poem is the personification of the masses, the embodiment of those who were unfortunate and disadvantaged by the fault of the government. At the time of the outbreak of Eugene, albeit for a second, it is equal with the emperor. His exaltation occurs at the moment when he, being among the raging waves, sits "on the marble beogram riding." In this position, Eugene is equalized on its scale with a giant.

Contrasting Peter.

Continuing to give the characteristics Evgenia from the "Copper Rider", it is worth noting the opposition of the hero to the Emperor. In the flood stage, the reader sees Evgenia sitting behind the copper rider. He folded the hands of the crosswise (here the poet holds parallel with Napoleon), but he has no hats. Eugene and the rider are watching in the same direction. But their thoughts are busy completely different things. Peter is peering in history - he is not interested in the lives of individual people. And the view of Eugene is directed to his lover house.

In the characteristic of Eugene from the "copper rider", it is possible to indicate that in the face of Peter and Eugene the great Russian poet yelled two beginnings - endless human weakness and exactly the same infinite power. In this dispute, Pushkin himself becomes side by Eugene. After all, the rebellion of a "little man" against interference in his life is quite legitimate. And it is in this meant that the reader sees the spiritual awakening of the main character. The rebellion is what makes the Eugene forces. The wines of the "idol" in front of people tragic and cannot be redeemed. After all, he bit at the most valuable - freedom.

Who is closer to the reader?

In this opposition of two heroes, the reader sees their main difference, which will also add the characteristic of Eugene from the "Copper Rider". The hero is endowed with a living heart, he knows how to worry about another person. He can be sad and rejoice, confused and tremble. Despite the fact that the copper rider appears to be engaged in reflections on the lives of people, about their improvement (here the poet is in mind both Eugene himself as the future inhabitant of the city), the big reader's sympathy still causes this "little man", and not "idol "

Dreams of Eugene

Poverty is not a vice. You can handle it if you work hard; Then it will become a temporary phenomenon. Health and youth of the main character is a poet's hint that so far Evgeny can offer anything else to society. He is employed in the bin office. He does not like this life very much, but he hopes for the best and is ready to work for a long time and stubbornly to achieve well-being. In the same way, things are and with the apartment that Evgeny takes off in one of the distant regions. The main character hopes that it will be replaced by the best option.

In the characteristics of Eugene in the poem "Copper Horseman" can be mentioned about his beloved. Evgenia's girl named Parasha - to become him. She is not good and lives with her mother on the outskirts of the city. Eugene loves the girl, thinks his future only with a pair, tying all the best dreams with her. But the events that occurred in the future destroyed the plans of a "little man." River Flood covered the house of Paras and her mother, carried their lives. Because of this, Eugene tried the mind. His suffering was immeasurably. He wandered around the city alone, two weeks feeding only those handouts that the poor people gave him.

The death of Eugene

The tired consciousness of the character paints him the delusted paintings - the poem "Copper Horseman" continues. The characteristic of Peter and Eugene may contain a description of the moment of anger of the "Little Man", facing the emperor. Eugene begins to blame the copper rider in the fact that he founded the city in such a place. After all, if Peter had chosen another area for the city, the life of the packet could be different. And the accusations of a "little man" are so full of bangs that his imagination does not stand and revive the monument to Peter. He chases all night for Eugene. He falls asleep in the morning, exhausted from this chase. Soon the chief hero dies soon.

"Little man" or hero?

Flooding, which turned to Eugene to a personal tragedy, turns it out of a simple person in the hero of the poem "Copper Horseman". The characteristic of Eugene, briefly outlined, may contain its description at the beginning of the poem and the transformation as events develop.

First, quiet and inconspicuous, it becomes a truly romantic character. He finds himself enough courage to risking his own life, to go in a boat through the "Waves of Scary" to a small house, located at the very Finnish bay, where his beloved lived. In the poem, he is deprived of the mind, and madness, as is known, often accompanies romantic heroes.

Characteristics of Eugene in the poem "Copper Horseman": Character Ambivalence

This Pushkin character has ambivalence - on the one hand, it is small and a face; On the other hand, Eugene is the only hero of the works of the poet, which has a number of human advantages. He causes the reader to compassion, and at some point - even admiration. Despite the fact that Eugene is a simple man in the man, it is distinguished by high moral qualities. This poor official knows how to love, be faithful and humane.

The characteristic of the hero Eugene in the poem "Copper Horseman" was curious to many researchers of the literary heritage of Pushkin. Some of them, such as Y. Borev, see no less secret in Eugene than in the image of the emperor. Yes, he is "small" man, private person. However, the character claims self-effort. There are many high moments in his dreams. Madness can be called "high", because in him the hero goes far beyond the ordinary consciousness.

With the help of many techniques, the great Russian poet reaches the combination of two opposite images - the emperor and a small official. After all, for Pushkin, the worlds of these heroes are equivalent.