Treason in the product garnet bracelet. Nature in the fate of literary heroes
The story of A.I. Kuprin's "Garnet Bracelet", published in 1910, is one of the most poetic works of art Russian literature of the XX century. It opens with an epigraph referring the reader to the well-known work J1. van Beethoven's "Appassionata" sonata. To the same musical theme The author returns at the end of the story. The first chapter is an extended landscape sketch, exposing the contradictory variability of the natural elements. In it, A.I. Kuprin introduces us to the image of the main character - Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, the wife of the marshal of the nobility. The life of a woman seems at first glance calm and carefree. Despite financial difficulties, Vera and her husband have an atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding in the family. Only one small detail alarms the reader: on the name day, her husband gives Vera earrings made of pear-shaped pearls. Doubt involuntarily creeps in that is so strong, so indestructible family happiness heroines.
She comes to Shayna's birthday party younger sister, which, like Pushkin's Olga, shading the image of Tatiana in "Eugene Onegin", contrasts sharply with Vera both in character and in appearance. Anna is frisky and wasteful, and Vera is calm, reasonable and economical. Anna is attractive but ugly, while Vera is endowed with aristocratic beauty. Anna has two children, while Vera has no children, although she longs to have them. important artistic detail, revealing the character of Anna, is a gift that she makes to her sister: Anna brings Vera a small notebook made from an old prayer book. She enthusiastically talks about how carefully she selected leaves, fasteners and a pencil for the book. Faith, the very fact of altering the prayer book into notebook seems sacrilegious. This shows the integrity of her nature, emphasizes how much the older sister takes life more seriously. We soon learn that Vera graduated from the Smolny Institute - one of the best educational institutions for women in noble Russia, and her friend is the famous pianist Zhenya Reiter.
Among the guests who came to the name day, General Anosov is an important figure. It is this man, wise in life, who has seen danger and death in his lifetime, and therefore knows the price of life, tells several love stories in the story, which can be identified in artistic structure works as inserted novellas. Unlike the vulgar family stories, which are told by Prince Vasily Lvovich, the husband of Vera and the owner of the house, where everything is distorted and ridiculed, turns into a farce, the stories of General Anosov are filled with real life details. Hak arises in the story a dispute about what true love is. Anosov says that people have forgotten how to love, that marriage does not at all imply spiritual intimacy and warmth. Women often get married to get out of custody and be the mistress of the house. Men - from fatigue from a single life. A significant role in marriage unions is played by the desire to continue the family, and selfish motives often turn out to be not on last place. "Where is the love?" - asks Anosov. He is interested in such love, for which "to accomplish any feat, to give one's life, to go to torment is not labor at all, but one joy." Here, in the words of General Kuprin, in fact, reveals his concept of love: “Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world. No comforts of life, calculations and compromises should concern her.” Anosov talks about how people become victims of their love feelings, about love triangles that exist contrary to all meaning.
Against this background, the story of the telegraph operator Zheltkov's love for Princess Vera is considered in the story. This feeling flared up when Vera was still free. But she didn't reciprocate. Contrary to all logic, Zheltkov did not stop dreaming about his beloved, wrote tender letters to her, and even sent a gift for her name day - a gold bracelet with grenades that looked like drops of blood. An expensive gift forces Vera's husband to take action to end the story. He, along with the brother of the princess Nikolai, decides to return the bracelet.
The scene of Prince Shein's visit to Zheltkov's apartment is one of key scenes works. A.I. Kuprin appears here as a true master-master in creating psychological portrait. The image of the telegraph operator Zheltkov is typical of the Russian classical literature XIX century image of a small man. A noteworthy detail in the story is the comparison of the hero's room with the wardroom of a cargo ship. The character of the inhabitant of this modest dwelling is shown primarily through gesture. In the scene of the visit of Vasily Lvovich and Nikolai Nikolayevich Zheltkov, he rubs his hands in confusion, then nervously unbuttons and fastens the buttons of his short jacket (moreover, this detail becomes repetitive in this scene). The hero is excited, he is unable to hide his feelings. However, as the conversation develops, when Nikolai Nikolaevich voices a threat to turn to the authorities in order to protect Vera from persecution, Zheltkov suddenly changes and even laughs. Love gives him strength, and he begins to feel his own righteousness. Kuprin focuses on the difference in the mood of Nikolai Nikolaevich and Vasily Lvovich during the visit. Vera's husband, seeing his opponent, suddenly becomes serious and reasonable. He tries to understand Zheltkov and says to his brother-in-law: “Kolya, is he to blame for love and is it possible to control such a feeling as love, a feeling that has not yet found an interpreter for itself.” Unlike Nikolai Nikolaevich, Shane allows Zheltkov to write to Vera Farewell letter. A huge role in this scene for understanding the depth of Zheltkov's feelings for Vera is played by a detailed portrait of the hero. His lips turn white as a dead man's, his eyes fill with tears.
Zheltkov calls Vera and asks her for a small thing - about the opportunity to see her at least occasionally, without showing herself to her eyes. These meetings could have given his life at least some meaning, but Vera refused him this too. Her reputation, the tranquility of her family, were dearer to her. She showed cold indifference to the fate of Zheltkov. The telegraph operator turned out to be defenseless against Vera's decision. The strength of love feelings and maximum spiritual openness made him vulnerable. Kuprin constantly emphasizes this defenselessness with portrait details: a child's chin, a gentle girl's face.
In the eleventh chapter of the story, the author emphasizes the motive of fate. Princess Vera, who has never read newspapers, for fear of getting her hands dirty, suddenly unfolds the very sheet on which the announcement of Zheltkov's suicide was printed. This fragment of the work is intertwined with the scene in which General Anosov says to Vera: “... Who knows? - maybe yours life path, Vera, crossed exactly the kind of love that women dream of and that men are no longer capable of. It is no coincidence that the princess again recalls these words. One gets the impression that Zheltkov was indeed sent to Vera by fate, and she could not discern selfless nobility, subtlety and beauty in the soul of a simple telegraph operator.
A peculiar construction of the plot in the work of A.I. Kuprin lies in the fact that the author gives the reader peculiar signs that help to predict further development storytelling. In "Oles" this is the motive of fortune-telling, in accordance with which all further relationships of the heroes are formed, in "Duel" - the conversation of officers about the duel. In the "Garnet Bracelet", a sign that portends a tragic denouement is the bracelet itself, the stones of which look like drops of blood.
Upon learning of Zheltkov's death, Vera realizes that she foresaw a tragic outcome. In a farewell message to his beloved, Zheltkov does not hide his all-consuming passion. He literally deifies Vera, turning to her the words from the prayer "Our Father ...": "Hallowed be your name».
In literature " Silver Age The theomachist motives were strong. Zheltkov, deciding to commit suicide, commits the greatest Christian sin, because the church prescribes to endure any spiritual and physical torment sent to a person on earth. But the whole course of the development of the plot A.I. Kuprin justifies Zheltkov's act. It is no coincidence that the main character of the story is called Vera. For Zheltkov, therefore, the concepts of "love" and "faith" merge into one. Before dying, the hero asks the landlady to hang a bracelet on the icon.
Looking at the late Zheltkov, Vera is finally convinced that there was truth in Anosov's words. By his act, the poor telegraph operator was able to reach the heart of the cold beauty and touch her. Vera brings Zheltkov a red rose and kisses him on the forehead with a long friendly kiss. Only after death did the hero get the right to attention and respect for his feelings. Only by his own death did he prove the true depth of his experiences (before that, Vera considered him crazy).
Anosov's words about eternal exclusive love become a running motif of the story. IN last time they are recalled in the story when, at the request of Zheltkov, Vera listens to Beethoven's second sonata ("Appassionata"). At the end of the story, A.I. Kuprin, another repetition sounds: “Hallowed be thy name”, which is no less significant in the artistic structure of the work. He once again emphasizes the purity and sublimity of Zheltkov's attitude towards his beloved.
Putting love on a par with such concepts as death, faith, A.I. Kuprin emphasizes the importance of this concept for human life as a whole. Not all people know how to love and be faithful to their feelings. The story "Garnet Bracelet" can be considered as a kind of testament of A.I. Kuprin, addressed to those who are trying to live not with their hearts, but with their minds. Their life, correct from the point of view of a rational approach, is doomed to a spiritually devastated existence, for only love can give a person true happiness.
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is an outstanding Russian writer of the early 20th century. In his works, he sang love: genuine, sincere and real, not demanding anything in return. Far from every person is given to experience such feelings, and only a few are capable of seeing them, accepting and surrendering to them in the midst of the abyss of life events.
A. I. Kuprin - biography and creativity
Little Alexander Kuprin lost his father when he was only a year old. His mother, a representative of an old family of Tatar princes, made a fateful decision for the boy to move to Moscow. At the age of 10, he entered the Moscow Military Academy, the education he received played a significant role in the writer's work.
Later, he will create more than one work dedicated to his military youth: the writer's memoirs can be found in the stories "At the Break (Cadets)", "Army Ensign", in the novel "Junkers". For 4 years, Kuprin remained an officer in an infantry regiment, but the desire to become a novelist never left him: the first famous work, the story "In the dark", Kuprin wrote at the age of 22. The life of the army will be reflected more than once in his work, including in his most significant work, the story "Duel". One of important topics that made the writer's works a classic of Russian literature was love. Kuprin, masterfully wielding a pen, creating incredibly realistic, detailed and thoughtful images, was not afraid to demonstrate the realities of society, exposing its most immoral sides, as, for example, in the story "The Pit".
The story "Garnet Bracelet": the history of creation
Kuprin began work on the story in difficult times for the country: one revolution ended, the funnel of another began to spin. The theme of love in Kuprin's work "Garnet Bracelet" is created in opposition to the mood of society, it becomes sincere, honest, disinterested. "Garnet Bracelet" became an ode to such love, a prayer and a requiem for it.
The story was published in 1911. It was based on real story, which made a deep impression on the writer, Kuprin almost completely preserved it in his work. Only the final was changed: in the original, Zheltkov's prototype renounced his love, but remained alive. The suicide that ended Zheltkov's love in the story is just another interpretation of the tragic ending of incredible feelings, which makes it possible to fully demonstrate the destructive power of the callousness and lack of will of the people of that time, which is what the "Garnet Bracelet" tells about. The theme of love in the work is one of the key ones, it is worked out in detail, and the fact that the story is based on real events makes it even more expressive.
The theme of love in Kuprin's work "Garnet Bracelet" is at the center of the plot. main character works - Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, wife of the prince. She constantly receives letters from a secret admirer, but one day a fan presents her with an expensive gift - a garnet bracelet. The theme of love in the work begins precisely here. Considering such a gift indecent and compromising, she told her husband and brother about it. Using their connections, they easily find the sender of the gift.
It turns out to be a modest and petty official Georgy Zheltkov, who, having accidentally seen Sheina, fell in love with her with all his heart and soul. He contented himself with allowing himself to occasionally write letters. The prince appeared to him with a conversation, after which Zheltkov felt that he had let down his pure and immaculate love, had betrayed Vera Nikolaevna, having compromised her with his gift. He wrote a farewell letter, where he asked his beloved to forgive him and listen to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in parting, and then shot himself. This story alarmed and interested Sheina, she, having received permission from her husband, went to the apartment of the late Zheltkov. There, for the first time in her life, she experienced those feelings that she had not recognized for all eight years of the existence of this love. Already at home, listening to that very melody, she realizes that she has lost her chance for happiness. This is how the theme of love is revealed in the work “Garnet Bracelet”.
Images of the main characters
The images of the main characters reflect the social realities not only of that time. These roles are characteristic of humanity as a whole. In pursuit of status material well-being a person again and again refuses the most important thing - bright and pure feeling who does not need expensive gifts and big words.
The image of Georgy Zheltkov is the main confirmation of this. He's not rich, he's unremarkable. This is a modest person who does not require anything in return for his love. Even in suicide note he indicates a false reason for his act, so as not to bring trouble to his beloved, who indifferently refused him.
Vera Nikolaevna is a young woman accustomed to living exclusively in accordance with the foundations of society. She does not shy away from love, but does not consider it a vital necessity. She has a husband who was able to give her everything she needed, and she does not consider the existence of other feelings possible. This happens until she encounters the abyss after the death of Zheltkov - the only thing that can excite the heart and inspire turned out to be hopelessly missed.
The main theme of the story "Garnet Bracelet" is the theme of love in the work
Love in the story is a symbol of the nobility of the soul. Callous Prince Shein or Nikolai does not have this; Vera Nikolaevna herself can be called callous - until the moment of the trip to the apartment of the deceased. Love was the highest manifestation of happiness for Zheltkov, he did not need anything else, he found the bliss and magnificence of life in his feelings. Vera Nikolaevna saw in this unrequited love only a tragedy, her admirer aroused only pity in her, and this lies major drama heroine - she was not able to appreciate the beauty and purity of these feelings, this is noted by every essay based on the work "Garnet Bracelet". The theme of love, interpreted in different ways, will invariably be found in every text.
Vera Nikolaevna herself committed the betrayal of love when she took the bracelet to her husband and brother - the foundations of society turned out to be more important for her than the only bright and disinterested feeling that took place in her emotionally meager life. She realizes this too late: that feeling that occurs once every few hundred years has disappeared. It touched her lightly, but she couldn't see the touch.
Love that leads to self-destruction
Kuprin himself earlier in his essays somehow expressed the idea that love is always a tragedy, it contains equally all emotions and joys, pain, happiness, joy and death. All these feelings were placed in one little man, Georgy Zheltkov, who saw sincere happiness in unrequited feelings for cold and inaccessible woman. His love had no ups and downs until brute force in the person of Vasily Shein interfered with it. The resurrection of love and the resurrection of Zheltkov himself symbolically takes place at the moment of Vera Nikolaevna's insight, when she listens to the very music of Beethoven and cries at the acacia tree. Such is the "Garnet Bracelet" - the theme of love in the work is full of sadness and bitterness.
The main conclusions from the work
Perhaps the main line is the theme of love in the work. Kuprin demonstrates the depth of feelings that not every soul is able to understand and accept.
Love for Kuprin requires the rejection of morals and norms forcibly imposed by society. Love doesn't need money or high position in society, but it requires much more from a person: disinterestedness, sincerity, complete dedication and selflessness. I would like to note the following, finishing the analysis of the work "Garnet Bracelet": the theme of love in it makes you renounce everyone social values but in return bestows true happiness.
Cultural heritage of the work
Kuprin made a huge contribution to the development of love lyrics: "Garnet Bracelet", analysis of the work, the theme of love and its study became mandatory in school curriculum. This work has also been filmed several times. The first film based on the story was released 4 years after its publication, in 1914.
Them. N. M. Zagursky in 2013 staged the ballet of the same name.
The novel "Garnet Bracelet" by A. Kuprin is rightfully considered one of the best, revealing the theme of love. The basis storyline taken real events. The situation in which the main character of the novel found herself was actually experienced by the mother of the writer's friend, Lyubimov. This work named so for a reason. After all, for the author of "garnet" is a symbol of passionate, but very dangerous love.
History of the creation of the novel
Most of A. Kuprin's stories are permeated with the eternal theme of love, and the novel "Garnet Bracelet" reproduces it most vividly. A. Kuprin began work on his masterpiece in the autumn of 1910 in Odessa. The idea of this work was one visit of the writer to the Lyubimov family in St. Petersburg.
Once the son of Lyubimova told one entertaining story about his mother's secret admirer, who for for long years wrote letters to her frank confessions in unrequited love. Mother was not happy with such a manifestation of feelings, because she had been married for a long time. At the same time, she had a higher social status in society than her admirer - a simple official P.P. Zheltikov. The situation was exacerbated by a gift in the form of a red bracelet, presented on the princess's name day. At that time, this was a daring act and could put a bad shadow on the lady's reputation.
The husband and brother of Lyubimova paid a visit to the fan's home, he was just writing another letter to his beloved. They returned the gift to the owner, asking them not to disturb Lyubimova in the future. ABOUT future fate none of the family members knew the official.
The story that was told at the tea party hooked the writer. A. Kuprin decided to make it the basis of his novel, which was somewhat modified and supplemented. It should be noted that the work on the novel was difficult, about which the author wrote to his friend Batyushkov in a letter on November 21, 1910. The work was published only in 1911, first published in the journal Zemlya.
Analysis of the work
Description of the work
On her birthday, Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina receives an anonymous gift in the form of a bracelet, which is decorated with green stones - "garnets". A note was attached to the gift, from which it became known that the bracelet belonged to the great-grandmother of the secret admirer of the princess. The unknown person signed with the initials “G.S. AND.". The princess is embarrassed by this present and recalls that for many years a stranger has been writing to her about his feelings.
The husband of the princess, Vasily Lvovich Shein, and brother, Nikolai Nikolaevich, who worked as an assistant prosecutor, are looking for a secret writer. It turns out to be a simple official under the name Georgy Zheltkov. The bracelet is returned to him and asked to leave the woman alone. Zheltkov is ashamed that Vera Nikolaevna could lose her reputation because of his actions. It turns out that a long time ago he fell in love with her, accidentally seeing her in the circus. Since then, he writes her letters of unrequited love until his death several times a year.
The next day, the Shein family learns that Georgy Zheltkov, an official, shot himself. He managed to write last letter Vera Nikolaevna, in which he asks for her forgiveness. He writes that his life no longer makes sense, but he still loves her. The only thing Zheltkov asks is that the princess does not blame herself for his death. If this fact torments her, then let her listen to Beethoven's Sonata No. 2 in his honor. The bracelet, which was returned to the official the day before, he ordered the maid to hang on the icon of the Mother of God before his death.
Vera Nikolaevna, after reading the note, asks her husband's permission to look at the deceased. She arrives at the official's apartment, where she sees him dead. The lady kisses him on the forehead and lays a bouquet of flowers on the deceased. When she returns home, she asks to play Beethoven's work, after which Vera Nikolaevna burst into tears. She realizes that "he" has forgiven her. At the end of the novel, Sheina realizes the loss Great love that only a woman can dream of. Here she recalls the words of General Anosov: "Love must be a tragedy, the greatest mystery in the world."
Main characters
Princess, middle-aged woman. She is married, but relations with her husband have long grown into friendly feelings. She has no children, but she is always attentive to her husband, take care of him. She has a bright appearance, is well educated, is fond of music. But for more than 8 years, strange letters have been coming to her from a fan of G.S.Zh. This fact confuses her, she told her husband and family about him and does not reciprocate the writer. At the end of the work, after the death of an official, she bitterly understands the full burden of lost love, which happens only once in a lifetime.
Official Georgy Zheltkov
Young man aged 30-35. Modest, poor, educated. He is secretly in love with Vera Nikolaevna and writes about his feelings to her in letters. When he was returned the donated bracelet and asked to stop writing to the princess, he commits an act of suicide, leaving farewell note woman.
Husband of Vera Nikolaevna. Good, cheerful person who sincerely loves his wife. But because of the love of constant secular life, he is on the verge of ruin, which pulls his family to the bottom.
The younger sister of the main character. She is married to an influential young man with whom she has 2 children. In marriage, she does not lose her feminine nature, loves to flirt, plays gambling but very pious. Anna is very attached to her older sister.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovskiy
Brother of Vera and Anna Nikolaevna. He works as an assistant prosecutor, a very serious guy by nature, with strict rules. Nikolai is not wasteful, far from feelings of sincere love. It is he who asks Zheltkov to stop writing to Vera Nikolaevna.
General Anosov
old fighting general, former friend the late father of Vera, Anna and Nikolai. Participant Russian-Turkish war, was injured. Has no family and children, but is close to Vera and Anna as a father. He is even called "grandfather" in the Sheins' house.
This piece is saturated different symbols and mysticism. It is based on the story of the tragic and unrequited love of one person. At the end of the novel, the tragedy of history takes on even greater proportions, because the heroine is aware of the severity of loss and unconscious love.
Today, the novel "Garnet Bracelet" is very popular. It describes the great feelings of love, sometimes even dangerous, lyrical, with a tragic ending. This has always been true among the population, because love is immortal. In addition, the main characters of the work are described very realistically. After the release of the story, A. Kuprin gained high popularity.
Love always occupies a special place in the life of every person. Poets and writers sing of this feeling. After all, it is precisely this that makes it possible to feel the joy of being, to elevate a person above circumstances and obstacles, even if love is unrequited. A. I. Kuprin is no exception. His story "Garnet Bracelet" is a masterpiece of world literary heritage.
An unusual story on an ordinary topic
The theme of love in the work "Garnet Bracelet" occupies the main place. The story reveals the most secret corners human soul, which is why it is loved by readers of various age groups. In the work, the author shows what a person is really capable of for the sake of true love. Every reader hopes to be able to feel just as well as main character this story. The theme of love in the work "Garnet Bracelet" is, first of all, the theme of relationships between the sexes, dangerous and ambiguous for any writer. After all, it is very difficult to avoid banality, describing what has already been said a thousand times. However, the writer manages to touch even the most sophisticated reader with his story.
The impossibility of happiness
Kuprin in his story talks about beautiful and unrequited love - this must be mentioned when analyzing the work "Garnet Bracelet". The theme of love in the story occupies a central place, because its main character - Zheltkov - experiences unrequited feelings. He loves Vera, but he cannot be with her, because she is completely indifferent to him. In addition, all circumstances are against them being together. First, they take different position on the social ladder. Zheltkov is poor, he is a representative of a completely different class. Secondly, Vera is bound by marriage. She would never agree to cheat on her husband, because she is attached to him with all her soul. And these are just two reasons why Zheltkov cannot be with Vera.
Christian Feelings
With such hopelessness, it is hardly possible to believe in something. However, the main character does not lose hope. His love was absolutely phenomenal, he could only give without demanding anything in return. The theme of love in the work "Garnet Bracelet" is at the center of the storyline. And the feelings that Zheltkov feels for Vera bear a shade of sacrifice inherent in Christianity. After all, the main character did not rebel, he resigned himself to his position. He also did not expect a reward for his patience in the form of a response. His love had no selfish motives. Zheltkov managed to renounce himself, putting his feelings for his beloved in the first place.
Caring for your beloved
At the same time, the main character turns out to be honest towards Vera and her husband. He recognizes the sinfulness of his passion. Not once in all the years that he loved Vera did Zheltkov cross the threshold of her house with an offer and in no way compromise the woman. That is, he cared about her personal happiness and well-being more than about himself, and this is true self-denial.
The greatness of the feelings that Zheltkov experienced lies in the fact that he was able to let go of Vera for the sake of her happiness. And he did it at the price own life. He knew what he would do with himself after he squandered government money, but he took this step consciously. And at the same time, the main character did not give Vera a single reason to believe that she could be to blame for anything. An official lays hands on himself because of the crime he committed.
In those days, the desperate took their own lives so that their obligations would not be shifted to loved ones. And so Zheltkov's act seemed logical and had nothing to do with Vera. This fact testifies to the unusual trepidation of the feeling that Zheltkov had for her. This is the rarest treasure of the human soul. The official proved that love can be stronger than death itself.
A turning point
In an essay based on the work “Garnet Bracelet. The theme of love ”you can indicate what the plot of the story was. The main character - Vera - is the wife of the prince. She constantly receives letters from a secret admirer. However, one day, instead of letters, a rather expensive gift arrives - a garnet bracelet. The theme of love in Kuprin's work originates precisely here. Vera regarded such a gift as compromising and told everything to her husband and brother, who easily found out who the sender was.
It turned out to be a modest civil servant Georgy Zheltkov. He accidentally saw Vera and fell in love with her with all his being. At the same time, Zheltkov was quite pleased that love was unrequited. The prince comes to him, after which the official feels that he has let Vera down, because he has compromised her with an expensive garnet bracelet. Subject tragic love in the work sounds like a leitmotif. Zheltkov asked Vera for forgiveness in a letter, asked her to listen to Beethoven's sonata and committed suicide - shot himself.
Tragedy of Faith
This story interested Vera, she asked her husband for permission to visit the apartment of the deceased. In the analysis of the work "Garnet Bracelet" by Kuprin, the theme of love should be considered in detail. The student should indicate that it was in Zheltkov's apartment that she felt all those feelings that she had never experienced during all 8 years while Zheltkov loved her. At home, listening to that same sonata, she realized that Zheltkov could make her happy.
Hero Skins
You can briefly describe the images of the characters in the analysis of the work "Garnet Bracelet". The theme of love, chosen by Kuprin, helped him create such characters that reflect the social realities not only of their era. Their roles apply to all of humanity. The image of the official Zheltkov is proof of this. He is not rich, he has no special virtues. Zheltkov is a completely modest person. He does not demand anything in return for his feelings.
Faith is a woman who is used to obeying the rules of society. Of course, she does not refuse love, but she does not consider it a vital necessity. After all, she has a spouse who can give her everything she needs, so she does not need feelings. But this happens only until the moment when she learns about the death of Zheltkov. Love in Kuprin's work symbolizes the nobility of the human soul. Neither Prince Shein nor Vera herself can boast of this feeling. Love was the highest manifestation of Zheltkov's soul. Without demanding anything, he knew how to enjoy the magnificence of his experiences.
Moral that the reader can bear
It should also be said that the theme of love in the work "Garnet Bracelet" was chosen by Kuprin not by chance. The reader can conclude this: in a world where comfort and daily obligations come to the fore, in no case should you take your loved one for granted. We need to value him as much as ourselves, which is what we are taught main character stories Zheltkov.
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is a Russian writer who, without a doubt, can be attributed to the classics. His books are still recognizable and loved by the reader, not only under the compulsion of a school teacher, but at a conscious age. hallmark his work is documentary, his stories were based on real events, or real events became the impetus for their creation - among them is the story "Garnet Bracelet".
“Garnet Bracelet” is a real story that Kuprin heard from friends while viewing family albums. The governor's wife made sketches for letters sent to her by a certain telegraph official who was unrequitedly in love with her. Once she received a gift from him: a gilded chain with a pendant in the shape of an Easter egg. Alexander Ivanovich took this story as the basis for his work, turning these meager, uninteresting data into a touching story. The writer replaced the chain with the pendant with a bracelet with five grenades, which, according to King Solomon in one story, mean anger, passion and love.
Plot
The "Garnet Bracelet" begins with preparations for the celebration, when Vera Nikolaevna Sheina suddenly receives a gift from an unknown person: a bracelet in which five garnets adorned with green splashes. The paper note that came with the gift stated that gem able to endow the owner with foresight. The princess shares the news with her husband and shows a bracelet from an unknown person. In the course of the action, it turns out that this person is a petty official named Zheltkov. For the first time, he saw Vera Nikolaevna in the circus many years ago, and since then, suddenly flared feelings have not faded away: even the threats of her brother do not stop him. Nevertheless, Zheltkov does not want to torment his beloved, and he decides to commit suicide so as not to bring shame on her.
The story ends with the realization of the strength of the sincere feelings of a stranger, which comes to Vera Nikolaevna.
Love Theme
The main theme of the work "Garnet Bracelet" is, of course, the theme of unrequited love. Moreover, Zheltkov is a prime example selfless, sincere, sacrificial feelings that he does not betray, even when his loyalty cost his life. Princess Sheina also fully feels the power of these emotions: years later she realizes that she wants to be loved and love again - and the jewelry presented by Zheltkov marks the imminent emergence of passion. Indeed, soon she falls in love with life again and feels it in a new way. you can read on our website.
The theme of love in the story is frontal and permeates the entire text: this love is high and pure, a manifestation of God. Vera Nikolaevna feels internal changes even after Zheltkov's suicide - she knew the sincerity of a noble feeling and readiness to sacrifice herself for the sake of someone who would not give anything in return. Love changes the character of the whole story: the princess's feelings die, wither, fall asleep, being once passionate and hot, and turned into a strong friendship with her husband. But Vera Nikolaevna in her soul still continues to strive for love, even if it became dull over time: she needed time to let passion and sensuality come out, but before that her calmness could seem indifferent and cold - this puts a high wall for Zheltkov.
Main characters (characteristic)
- Zheltkov worked as a minor official in the control chamber (the author placed him there to emphasize that the main character was a small person). Kuprin does not even indicate his name in the work: only the letters are signed with initials. Zheltkov is exactly what the reader imagines as a low-ranking person: thin, pale-skinned, straightening his jacket with nervous fingers. He has delicate features, eyes blue color. According to the story, Zheltkov is about thirty years old, he is not rich, modest, decent and noble - even the husband of Vera Nikolaevna notes this. The elderly mistress of his room says that for all the eight years that he lived with her, he became like a family to her, and he was a very sweet interlocutor. “... Eight years ago I saw you in a circus in a box, and then in the first second I said to myself: I love her because there is nothing like her in the world, there is nothing better ...”, - so begins modern fairy tale about Zheltkov's feelings for Vera Nikolaevna, although he never cherished hopes that they would be mutual: "... seven years of hopeless and polite love ...". He knows the address of his beloved, what she does, where she spends time, what she wears - he admits that nothing but her is interesting and joyful to him. you can also find it on our website.
- Vera Nikolaevna Sheina inherited her mother's appearance: a tall, stately aristocrat with a proud face. Her character is strict, uncomplicated, calm, she is polite and courteous, kind to everyone. She has been married to Prince Vasily Shein for more than six years, together they are full-fledged members of high society, arrange balls and receptions, despite financial difficulties.
- Vera Nikolaevna has Native sister, the youngest, Anna Nikolaevna Friesse, who, unlike her, inherited her father's features and his Mongolian blood: a narrow cut of the eyes, femininity of features, flirty facial expressions. Her character is frivolous, perky, cheerful, but contradictory. Her husband, Gustav Ivanovich, is rich and stupid, but idolizes her and is constantly nearby: his feelings, it seems, have not changed from the first day, he courted her and still adored her very much. Anna Nikolaevna cannot stand her husband, but they have a son and a daughter, she is faithful to him, although she is quite contemptuous.
- General Anosov - Godfather Anna, his full name- Yakov Mikhailovich Anosov. He is fat and tall, good-natured, patient, does not hear well, he has a large, red face with clear eyes, he is very respected for the years of his service, he is fair and courageous, he has a clear conscience, constantly wears a frock coat and cap, uses a hearing horn and a stick.
- Prince Vasily Lvovich Shein is the husband of Vera Nikolaevna. Little is said about his appearance, only that he has blond hair and a big head. He is very soft, compassionate, sensitive - he treats Zheltkov's feelings with understanding, unshakably calm. He has a sister, a widow, whom he invites to the celebration.
Features of Kuprin's creativity
Kuprin was close to the theme of the character's awareness of the truth of life. He saw the world around him in a special way and strove to learn something new, his works are characterized by drama, some anxiety, excitement. "Cognitive pathos" - they call it calling card his creativity.
In many ways, Dostoevsky influenced Kuprin's work, especially in the early stages, when he writes about fatal and significant moments, the role of chance, the psychology of characters' passion - often the writer makes it clear that not everything can be understood.
It can be said that one of the features of Kuprin's work is a dialogue with readers, in which the plot is traced and reality is depicted - this is especially noticeable in his essays, which in turn were influenced by G. Uspensky.
Some of his works are famous for their lightness and immediacy, poetization of reality, naturalness and naturalness. Others - the theme of inhumanity and protest, the struggle for feelings. At some point, he becomes interested in history, antiquity, legends, and this is how fantastic stories are born with the motives of the inevitability of chance and fate.
Genre and composition
Kuprin is characterized by love for stories within stories. The “Garnet Bracelet” is another proof: Zheltkov’s note about the qualities of the jewelry is the plot in the plot.
The author shows love with different points vision - love general concepts and Zheltkov's unrequited feelings. These feelings have no future: Family status Vera Nikolaevna, the difference in social status, circumstances - everything is against them. In this doom, the subtle romanticism invested by the writer in the text of the story is manifested.
The whole work is ringed by references to the same piece of music- Beethoven sonatas. So the music, "sounding" throughout the story, shows the power of love and is the key to understanding the text, resounding in the final lines. Music communicates the unsaid. Moreover, it is Beethoven's sonata at the climax that symbolizes the awakening of the soul of Vera Nikolaevna and the realization that comes to her. Such attention to melody is also a manifestation of romanticism.
The composition of the story implies the presence of symbols and hidden meanings. So a fading garden implies the fading passion of Vera Nikolaevna. General Anosov tells short stories about love - these are also small plots within the main narrative.
Difficult to define genre affiliation"Pomegranate Bracelet" In fact, the work is called a story, largely due to its composition: it consists of thirteen short chapters. However, the writer himself called "Garnet Bracelet" a story.
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