Tatyana Larina is the favorite heroine of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin in the novel “Eugene Onegin”. She represents the image of a Russian girl from the Pushkin era.
Tatyana's character was formed with the help French novels and Russian traditions. The heroine loves the customs of the “dear old days”; she has been captivated by scary stories since childhood. Many people bring Tatyana closer to Onegin. She is lonely in society - he is unsociable. Her dreaminess and strangeness are his originality. They stand out sharply from the rest. But she is not like Onegin in that she is not a “rake” like Onegin, which is why she becomes the embodiment of the author’s ideal.
Her inner life is not conditioned secular society, not by the opinion of the world, but by the influence of nature. She was raised by a simple Russian peasant woman.
The poetics of folk fortune-telling is embodied in Tatyana’s famous dream. He seems to predetermine the girl’s fate, foreshadowing a quarrel between two friends, the death of Lensky, and an early marriage.
Endowed with a passionate imagination and a dreamy soul, Tatyana at first sight recognized in Onegin the ideal, the idea of which she had formed from sentimental novels.Perhaps the girl intuitively felt the similarity between Onegin and herself and realized that they were made for each other.
The fact that Tatyana was the first to write a love letter is explained by her simplicity, gullibility, and ignorance of deception. And Onegin’s rebuke, in my opinion, not only did not cool Tatyana’s feelings, but strengthened them: “No, poor Tatyana is burning with a joyless passion.”
Onegin continues to live in her imagination. Even when he left the village, Tatyana, visiting the manor’s house, vividly feels the presence of her chosen one. Everything here reminds of him: a forgotten cue on the billiard table, “and a table with a dim lamp, and a pile of books,” and a portrait of Lord Byron, and a cast-iron Napoleon figurine. Reading Onegin's books helps a girl understand inner world Evgeniya, think about his true essence: “Isn’t he a parody?”
According to V.G. Belinsky, “Visits to Onegin’s house and reading his books prepared Tatyana for rebirth from a village girl into society lady" It seems to me that she has stopped idealizing “her hero”, her passion for Onegin has subsided a little, she decides to “arrange her life” without Eugene.
Soon they decide to send Tatyana to Moscow - “to the brides fair.” And here the author fully reveals to us the Russian soul of his heroine: she touchingly says goodbye to “cheerful nature” and “sweet, quiet light.” Tatyana feels stuffy in Moscow, she strives in her thoughts “for life in the field,” and the “empty light” causes her sharp rejection:
But everyone in the living room is occupied
Such incoherent, vulgar nonsense;
Everything about them is so pale, indifferent,
They slander even boringly...
It is no coincidence that, having married and become a princess, Tatiana retained the naturalness and simplicity that distinguished her so favorably from society ladies.
Having met Tatiana at a reception, Onegin was amazed at the change that had happened to her: instead of “a timid, in love, poor and simple girl,” an “indifferent princess,” “a stately, careless legislator of the hall,” appeared.
But internally, Tatyana remained as internally pure and moral as in her youth. That is why she, despite her feelings for Onegin, refuses him: “I love you (why lie?), but I am given to another; I will be faithful to him forever.”
According to the logic of Tatyana’s character, such an ending is natural. Integral by nature, faithful to duty, brought up in the traditions of folk morality, Tatyana cannot build her happiness on her husband’s dishonor.
The author values his heroine; he repeatedly confesses his love for his “sweet ideal.” In the duel of duty and feelings, reason and passion, Tatyana wins a moral victory. And no matter how paradoxical the words of Kuchelbecker sound: “The poet in the 8th chapter looks like Tatyana himself,” they contain makes a lot of sense, for the beloved heroine is not only the ideal of a woman, but rather the ideal of a human being, the way Pushkin wanted him to be.
“Neither her sister’s beauty nor her ruddy freshness would have attracted the eyes.”
"Thoughtfulness is her friend."
"Her pampered fingers knew no needles."
“But even in these years Tatyana did not pick up dolls. She did not talk to her about the news of the city, about fashion.”
“She liked novels early on: they replaced everything for her.”
“She seemed like a stranger in her own family”
Tatyana Larina - main character the novel by A. S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”, the “sweet ideal” of the poet. The author constantly emphasizes the unusualness of his heroine. She does not have any special beauty, “seemed like a stranger” in the family, loves nature, is close to folk traditions, knows how to love sincerely. Even the name - Tatyana - is not accidental: the author gave it to his heroine not only because it is “pleasant and sonorous,” but also because, in his opinion, it is associated with the old days, with the common people.
Tatyana is the complete opposite of her sister Olga. She is true to her feelings, although Onegin did not reciprocate her feelings. Even his behavior on the name day (knowing about Tanya’s feelings, Onegin flirts with Olga!), Lensky’s death through Onegin’s fault, separation from him - nothing can make Tatyana stop loving Evgeniy:
And in cruel loneliness
Her passion burns stronger
And about distant Onegin
Her heart speaks louder.
Tatyana understands that she must hate Onegin (“She must hate in him the Murderer of her brother; the Poet died...”), but the voice of the heart is stronger than the voice of reason.
And then one day, walking around the neighborhood, Tatyana comes to Onegin’s house and, with the permission of the servants, “enters the empty house, Where our hero recently lived.” Everything in his office: “And a table with a dim lamp, And a pile of books, and under the window A bed covered with a carpet...” - “... everything seems priceless to her, Everything brings life to a languid soul.” Visiting Onegin’s house every day and reading his books, she “begins little by little... to understand:
Now it is clearer - thank God - of the One for whom she sighs Condemned by an imperious fate: A sad and dangerous eccentric, A creature of hell or heaven, This angel, this arrogant demon, What is he? Is it really an imitation, an insignificant ghost, or even a Muscovite in Harold's cloak, an interpretation of other people's whims, a complete vocabulary of fashionable words?.. Isn't he a parody? The household, seeing Tanya’s condition, are trying to marry her off, but: “Everyone is flatly saying the same thing: Neidu. And she’s still sad, and wanders through the forests alone.” Tatyana is not the type to deceive herself; she does not try to forget herself by having new novel as Olga did. Even realizing that Onegin is far from her ideal, she continues to love him.
And so, after our heroine refused all the local suitors for her hand and heart, the mother decided to take her daughter “to Moscow, to the bride fair.” Tatyana is afraid of this trip, she understands that she is far from social life:
To the discerning world
Present clear features
Provincial simplicity,
And belated outfits,
And a belated warehouse of speeches;
Moscow dandies and circus
Attract mocking glances!..
O fear! no, it’s better and safer for her to stay in the depths of the forests. But, obedient to her mother, Tatyana says goodbye to her native place, and after long journey ends up in Moscow, visiting an old aunt, “sick with consumption for four years.” It’s hard for Tatyana in Moscow, she’s lonely again and not understood by her family:
Not good for a housewarming party
Accustomed to her upper room.
Under a silk curtain
She can't sleep in her new bed...
Neither the affection of her Moscow relatives nor her acquaintance with her cousins touches her. She is a stranger again, Just like before in the village. “The Young Graces of Moscow” find her “strange, provincial and cutesy,” but still “they make friends with her, take her to their place, kiss her, gently shake hands, fluff her curls in fashion and tell her in a sing-song voice the secrets of the heart, the secrets of maidens...” . But Tatyana does not trust her heartfelt secrets to her new friends. The girl is trying to understand the way of social life, but she is not interested in the new society:
Tatyana wants to listen
In conversations, in general conversation;
But everyone in the living room is occupied
Such incoherent, vulgar nonsense;
Everything about them is so pale and indifferent;
They slander even boringly;
In the incoherent dryness of speech,
Questions, gossip and news
No thoughts will flash for a whole day,
Even by chance, even at random;
The languid mind will not smile,
The heart will not tremble, even for a joke.
Tatyana, as a new face, attracts the attention of young people who “speak unfavorably about her among themselves.” Tanya does not strive to make new acquaintances, does not try to impress her new surroundings, she “is not noticed by anyone... She hates the excitement of the world; She feels stuffy here... she dreams of striving for a life in the field, To the village with the poor villagers, To a secluded corner... To where he appeared to her.” Against the backdrop of a motley crowd, our heroine
Like the majestic moon
Among the wives and maidens, one shines.
With what heavenly pride
She touches the earth!
How full her chest is!
How languid is her wonderful gaze!..
And here's the climax:
And meanwhile he doesn’t take his eyes off her
Some important general.
The reader can only imagine how events will develop, since the author leaves the story about Tatyana at this point and moves on to the next, eighth chapter.
What will happen to Tatyana, what will her fate be like? Will she meet Onegin? What role will this “important general” play in Tatyana’s fate? This technique allows the author to hold the reader's attention.
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Thus, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin showed the whole palette of Tatyana’s feelings for Onegin. Little by little she discovered Onegin's interests, his tastes, preferences, and views. Thus, through things she was able to look into his inner world.
Tatyana's visit to Onegin's house is due to the fact that she is madly in love with him - for her he is the ideal of not only a man, but also a person. She wants to get as close to him as possible, to find out more about him, and that’s why she heads to his house. Despite the fact that the hero himself is not here, his spirit is present and Tatyana seems to really be in the house not alone, but with him.
Tatiana is crazy about Onegin. He looks for every opportunity to become at least a little closer to his ideal.
In Onegin’s house, which Tatyana decided to go into, every thing reminded her of him:
Pushkin was able to point out to us that even in the absence of Onegin as such, he is still in the house visited by the loving Tatyana.
According to the plot of the novel, Tatyana enters the Onegins' house. She examines objects, reads books. After all, they can tell so much about their owner.
Tatyana reads Evgeniy’s books and thus communicates with him. She is madly in love with him and wants to know more about her loved one.
Thus, Eugene is present in this chapter.
Tatiana comes to Onegin's house because she is in love with him and wants to know more about him. That's why she comes. Through things she wants to find out more about their owner, through books to understand what Onegin’s thoughts are.
Pushkinskaya Tatiana is driven by the desire to again feel what happened in the past, to resurrect the former image of Onegin in her soul. Now he no longer causes the same excitement, she looks at the subject of her old feelings without that haze of romantic fog that prevented her from soberly assessing him.
Tatiana comes to Onegin's house to really get to know him.
The main character is sad in her soul, because Onegin left after his duel with Lensky. Tatyana visits Onegin's house because she is drawn to it. And this is understandable. After all, she wants to be in an environment so close to her loved one. She wants to feel Onegin, to understand what he really is like, that’s why she looks at his things. Tatyana is trying to understand him, because the time that they were allotted for communication is just crumbs. Now, having visited the hero’s estate, Tatyana realized what kind of person Onegin was, whom she fell in love with
After all the tragic events, Tatyana was left alone again, left to her own devices. She wanders for a long time through her favorite forest places, and one day she accidentally reaches Onegin’s estate. He asks to go to his chambers and receives permission.
She's like anyone loving woman, everything that concerns a loved one is interesting.
His daily life, habits, books. So Tatyana begins to communicate with Onegin anew. After all, they didn’t get to talk to each other that much.
Therefore, Tatyana comes to Onegin’s house over and over again in order to better understand her loved one through the books he read.
Reads, thinks, understands. That's it.
This episode is very important for revealing the characters of the main characters. Arriving at Onegin’s house, Tatiana examines his things, books, etc. She sees the notes he left in the margins. This allows her to understand exactly what Eugene is like, what really worries him. She realized that he was not at all what she thought. She deified him, but in fact he does not have those sublime qualities that she endowed him with. This allows her to rethink her attitude towards him. Thanks to this, she matured and began to critically evaluate the one whom she previously loved unconditionally.
You can try to understand the inner world of a person, especially if he is secretive or unfamiliar, by turning to his environment - to his friends, to his loved ones, to his home, finally.
This is exactly what Tatyana does. She is interested in everything in Onegin’s house: his office, his things, especially his books. Looking through them, she tries to unravel his thoughts, actions, and lifestyle.
Onegin is a mystery to her, and like everything unfamiliar, rare, original, he attracts her. Do not forget that Onegin is Tatiana’s first love. Her girlish dreams and romantic thoughts suddenly found their embodiment in one person. And what could be more natural than the desire to learn more about him.
Tatyana Larina grew up in the provinces, in the Russian outback. Pushkin does not say anything about her education, but given that she still knows how to read and write in French, we can assume that her education was carried out by some mademoiselle, who introduced the young lady to French novels.
The father was not very interested in what his daughter was reading, considering reading to be self-indulgence. And my mother herself was once passionate about such literature. They weren’t particularly stressed by the educational process. In such conditions, she grew on her own, in the lap of nature, like a wild flower, occasionally watered by rain and warmed by the sun's rays.
Tatyana was unsociable. She did not play with dolls and was not interested in needlework. Along with reading novels, she loved to listen to her nanny's fairy tales, scary stories about an otherworldly force in the existence of which she believed.
Tatyana believed the legends
Of common folk antiquity,
And dreams, and card fortune-telling,
And the predictions of the moon.
She was worried about signs;
All objects are mysterious to her
They proclaimed something
Premonitions pressed in my chest.
Thus, her upbringing was of a romantic nature, far from reality. After leaving, when Tatyana visited his house for the first time, she began to come here to read. A different world opened up before the young lady. This was not only the world of the man she loved. Before her appeared a different worldview, a different view of life, more real than the one presented in her novels.
Tatyana devoted herself to reading with a greedy soul;
And a different world opened up to her.
That evening, when she came to Onegin’s estate for the second time, her mother gathered a family council to decide the issue of Tatyana’s marriage. Now she has already married a lancer, and Tatyana continues to refuse potential suitors.
The decision to go to Moscow did not interfere with continuing to visit the estate. And this reading also contributed to Tatiana’s education.
Tatyana's transformation, which happened to her within two years of her marriage, remains behind the scenes for the reader. P.A. draws attention to this omission. Katenin: “This exception [of the chapter], while it may be beneficial for readers, is, however, harmful to the plan of the whole work; for through this the transition from Tatiana, a district young lady, to Tatiana, a noble lady, becomes too unexpected and unexplained.” Pushkin himself was aware of the truth of this remark, but, nevertheless, he did not add anything to this chapter, did not write a new one that would explain such an unexpected transformation of the wild (let’s not say ugly) duckling into the swan princess. It can be assumed that having started reading other books in Onegin’s house, Tatyana continued her self-education and self-improvement after getting married. Looking at her cousins, she herself realized that she was a little different. In some ways, Tatyana tried to imitate them, and they suggested something to her: hairstyles, styles of outfits.
After getting married, she learned a lot from conversations with her own husband, who was an educated and well-read man. Not everyone received an education “in something and somehow,” like Onegin. The general could not be a half-educated man. He probably told his wife what books she should read.
She acquired a sense of tact and the ability to behave by communicating with close relatives and acquaintances of the general, and by being in society. The manner of dressing discreetly and tastefully was suggested to her by her own intuition and her own taste.
Appearing with his wife in society, the prince was proud of her. And he had the right to do so, because in that Tatyana, whom people saw in front of them, there was also a share of his labor.
