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The theme of friendship and love in “Eugene Onegin”

In A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin,” along with other problems, an important place is given to the topic presented in the title of this work, namely the topic of friendship and love.

It all starts with the fact that in the first chapter the author says about Onegin “I’m tired of friends and friendship.” But why, who is to blame for this? Probably, partly Onegin himself, who chose the individualism or even egoism of Byron’s works as his ideal. In addition, after a few chapters we learn that in Onegin’s office there was a bust of Napoleon, and Pushkin will say: “We honor everyone with zeros, and ourselves with ones. We all look at Napoleons...”. Isn't this, to some extent, about Onegin? One of the reasons that Onegin is tired of friendship is his blues. But why did she take possession of him, but not the Author, who appears in the novel as his friend? They are both smart, honest, they both understand the shortcomings of society, but Onegin has no desire to act, no desire to change anything, no desire to go against this society. He is bored with inaction and doing nothing (as well as balls and social society), but he doesn’t want to do anything.

And Onegin became friends with Lensky at first simply because there was no one else in the village where he ended up after the death of his uncle. Pushkin calls them (Lensky and Onegin) “there’s nothing to do, friends.” This was so and they both really had nothing to do - Onegin because of his boredom and melancholy, and Lensky because of his inexperience and naivety - he did not know real life, he could not adapt to her. Both the Author and Onegin - they were older than Lensky - their ironic and playful attitude towards his romantic nature is not surprising. Onegin, naturally, was much more experienced, learned from life - he was his friend’s mentor, patron.

Lensky's love for Olga is also a fruit of his romantic imagination.

No, he didn’t love Olga, he loved the image he himself created. Romantic image. And Olga... An ordinary provincial young lady, whose portrait the Author was “tired of... immensely.” No wonder Onegin, who was much wiser and more experienced than Lensky, said: “I would choose another if I were like you, poet...”. But why is Onegin so sure that he cannot fall in love himself? He meets Tatyana, that same “other,” and she confesses her love for him (it should be noted, however, that Tatyana is not in love with the completely real Onegin, but partly, again, with an image created on the basis of sentimentalist books). And what about Onegin?

He is sure that he is “not created for bliss”; this is actually not the case.

He is simply afraid to love, afraid to awaken feelings killed during his stay in the world. Yes, right there, in secular society, he forgot how to truly make friends and love. There, such concepts as friendship and love are absent - they are replaced by lies, slander, and public opinion.

Yes, by the same public opinion that will destroy both Onegin and Lensky!

Onegin and Lensky quarreled over one incident that happened at the ball - Onegin invited Olga to dance twice. It would seem that Onegin took a little revenge because Lensky invited him to the ball, where the whole neighborhood, the “rabble” that Onegin hated, gathered. For Onegin it’s just a game - but not for Lensky. His rosy, romantic dreams have collapsed - for him this is treason (although this is, of course, not treason at all for either Olga or Onegin). And Lensky sees a duel as the only way out of this situation.

And for Onegin it was stronger than his friendship. Lensky was killed. Maybe, as scary as it sounds, this was the best way out for him; he was unprepared for this life.

And so - Olga’s “love”, she cried, grieved, married a military man and left with him. Another thing is Tatyana - no, she did not fall out of love with Onegin, it’s just that after what happened her feelings became even more complicated - in Onegin she “must... hate her brother’s murderer.” It should, but it can't. And after visiting Onegin’s office, she begins to understand more and more the true essence of Onegin - the real Onegin opens up before her. But Tatyana can no longer stop loving him. And, probably, he will never be able to.

So, three years pass, and Tatiana and Onegin meet again. But in a different setting - in St. Petersburg, in secular society, Tatyana is married, Onegin has returned from his journey. And now, having met Tatyana in a new capacity, as socialite, love awakens in Onegin. Love for the one he nobly refused several years ago. What motivates him? Does he love the old Tatyana, or only the one she has become now? No, Tatyana has not changed - Onegin has changed. He was able to “renew his soul.” He was able to love. But it's too late. No, Tatyana did not fall out of love with him, but she was “given to someone else” and will be “faithful to him forever”... Tatyana, despite the fact that she did not marry for love, cannot destroy the life of her husband, the man who loves her, just for the sake of your happiness.

An important place is given to the theme presented in the title of this essay, namely the theme of friendship and love.

It all starts with the fact that in the first chapter the author says about Onegin - “I’m tired of friends and friendship.” But why, who is to blame for this? Probably, partly Onegin himself, who chose the individualism or even egoism of Byron’s works as his ideal. In addition, after a few chapters we learn that in Onegin’s office there was a bust of Napoleon, and Pushkin will say: “We honor everyone with zeros, and ourselves with ones. We all look at Napoleons...”. Isn't this, to some extent, about Onegin? One of the reasons that Onegin is tired of friendship is his blues. But why did she take possession of him, and the Author, who

Ry appears in the novel as his friend - no? They are both smart, honest, they both understand the shortcomings of society, but Onegin has no desire to act, no desire to change anything, no desire to go against this society. He is bored with inaction and doing nothing (as are balls and social society), but he doesn’t want to do anything.

And Onegin became friends with Lensky at first simply because there was no one else in the village where he ended up after the death of his uncle. Pushkin calls them (Lensky and Onegin) “there’s nothing to do, friends.” This was so - they both really had nothing to do - Onegin because of his boredom and melancholy, and Lensky because of his inexperience and naivety - he did not know real life, he could not adapt to it. Both the Author and Onegin - they were older than Lensky - their ironic and playful attitude towards his romantic nature is not surprising. Onegin, naturally, was much more experienced, learned from life - he was his friend’s mentor, patron.

Lensky's love for Olga is also a fruit of his romantic imagination. No, he didn’t love Olga, he loved the image he himself created. Romantic image. And Olga... An ordinary provincial young lady, whose portrait the Author was “tired of... immensely.” No wonder Onegin, who was much wiser and more experienced than Lensky, said: “I would choose another if I were like you, poet...”. But why is Onegin so sure that he cannot fall in love himself? He meets Tatyana, that same “other”, and she confesses her love to him.

vi (it should be noted, however, that Tatyana is not in love with the completely real Onegin, but partly, again, with an image created on the basis of sentimentalist books). And what about Onegin?

He is sure that he is “not created for bliss”; this is actually not the case. He is simply afraid to love, afraid to awaken feelings killed during his stay in the world. Yes, it was there, in secular society, that he forgot how to truly make friends and love. There, such concepts as friendship and love are absent - they are replaced by lies, slander, and public opinion. Yes, by the same public opinion that will destroy both Onegin and Lensky!

Onegin and Lensky quarreled over one incident that happened at the ball - Onegin invited Olga to dance twice. It would seem that what happened was a small revenge of Onegin, for the fact that Lensky invited him to the ball, where the whole neighborhood, the “rabble” that Onegin hated, had gathered. For Onegin it’s just a game - but not for Lensky. His rosy, romantic dreams have collapsed - for him this is treason (although this, of course, is not treason at all - neither for Olga nor for Onegin). And the only way out of this situation is

Niya Lensky sees the duel.

At that moment when Onegin received the challenge, why couldn’t he dissuade Lensky from the duel, find out everything peacefully, explain himself? This notorious public opinion prevented him. Yes, it had weight here in the village too. And for Onegin it was stronger than his friendship. Lensky was killed. Maybe, as scary as it sounds, this was the best way out for him, he was unprepared for this life.

And so - Olga’s “love”, she cried, grieved, married a military man and left with him. Another thing is Tatyana - no, she didn’t fall out of love with Onegin, it’s just that after what happened her feelings became even more complicated - in Onegin she “must... hate the murderer of her brother.” It should, but it can't. And after visiting Onegin’s office, she begins to understand more and more the true essence of Onegin - the real Onegin opens up before her. But Tatyana can no longer stop loving him. And, probably, he will never be able to. So, three years pass, and Tatiana and Onegin meet again. But in a different setting - in St. Petersburg, in secular society, Tatyana is married, Onegin has returned from his journey. And now, having met Tatyana in a new capacity, as a society lady, love awakens in Onegin. Love for the one he nobly refused several years ago. What motivates him? Does he love the old Tatyana, or only the one she has become now? No, Tatyana has not changed - Onegin has changed. He was able to “renew his soul.” He was able

to fall in love. But it's too late. No, Tatyana did not fall out of love with him, but she was “given to someone else” and will be “faithful to him forever”... Tatyana, despite the fact that she did not marry for love, cannot destroy the life of her husband, the man who loves her, just for the sake of your happiness.

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In the 1820-1830s. The writer literally put his whole soul into this work. In it, he expressed all his views on the relationships existing in the society of that time. This is one of the most significant works of Russian literature, in which the theme of love and friendship comes first. It all starts with the fact that already in the first chapter we learn that the main character, the young rake Evgeny Onegin, is tired of everything. As he himself says, “I’m tired of friends and friendship.”

This hero is a notorious skeptic. He does not want to truly love anyone and is known as an inveterate egoist. In fact, at twenty-six, Evgeniy had seen so much hypocrisy, betrayal, betrayal, and intricacies in the world that he no longer believed in anything. Women for him have long lost their mystery and desirability. Friends have long ceased to inspire trust and respect. In a word, in such at a young age Pushkin's hero was already disappointed in many ways and was head and shoulders more experienced than his peers.

It was during this period that fate sent him such faithful, devoted and loving people like Tatyana and Lensky. But since the hero was negatively disposed towards issues of love and friendship, he never found happiness. In fact, the reason why he began to communicate with these new acquaintances was disrespectful. How could something good happen if Eugene himself did not believe in miracles? He met Lensky only out of boredom, because in the village, where he had left an estate from his uncle, there was no one to communicate with. And he ended up with the Larins at Lensky’s insistence and, again, out of boredom.

Pushkin himself calls Lensky and Onegin “out of nothing to do as friends.” Due to his seniority and experience, Onegin mocks Lensky’s sublime feelings and his poetic nature. He believes that love for Olga Larina is a figment of Vladimir’s romantic imagination. Onegin does not see in this relationship true love, but only the image created in a friend’s head. Despite the fact that he and Lensky are quite different, they manage to be good friends and interesting conversationalists.

Only with this young romantic main character can discuss on philosophical topics. In my opinion, if Evgeniy had timely appreciated the importance of Lensky in his life and moderated his egoism, no duel would have happened. Unfortunately, these two could not pass the test of friendship. As a result of Onegin's stupid prank and Olga's frivolity, Lensky died at the hands of his best friend. For Onegin, this life episode did not pass without a trace. He naturally left a deep mark on his soul and influenced his future life.

Pushkin's most important hero never found true happiness either in love or in friendship. At first, he himself refused to continue meeting with Tatyana, citing his unpreparedness for love. A couple of years later, when he met her successful, married woman again at one of the evening parties in St. Petersburg, he realized what a fool he had been for missing out on the love of his life. What made him take a fresh look at Tatyana? She has not changed at all, she remains the same simple, sincere and straightforward.

He has changed. Perhaps the events that happened in the village forced him to reconsider his attitude towards life. Perhaps he was simply tired of loneliness, seclusion and cynicism. In any case, he managed to “renew his soul,” see clearly and fall in love, but it was too late. Tatyana was already married to a worthy man and did not want to destroy the life of the man who loved her for her own sake. The words "But I was given to someone else; I will forever faithful to him” were the last ones he heard from her. That's how the lovers parted ways.

Roman A.S. Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" can confidently be called problematic. Indeed, the author raises many problems in it, one way or another connected with thinking about the meaning of life, love, friendship, and the causes of human misfortune. He invites the reader to reflect on why brilliant, young, educated person I became disillusioned with life so early and did not find my place in it.

At one time, the critic Belinsky called Onegin a “suffering egoist.” This means that the hero’s selfishness became the cause of his suffering. Why did selfishness become the defining feature of the hero? Maybe the reason is in upbringing, social conditions, Onegin's lifestyle? We are looking for the answer to this question throughout the novel.

In many ways, the hero was influenced by the social atmosphere of the twenties of the nineteenth century. At this time Russian nobility took a different look at the situation in the country. Old views were already becoming a thing of the past. There was a need for reforms. But their implementation depended on younger generation. Some began to create secret societies in order to somehow change the situation. Others could not find a way to change the idleness of noble life and fell into despondency, apathy, and disappointment.
In many ways, the new generation has not lived up to the expectations placed on it. The reason for this is European upbringing, isolation from national traditions, ignorance of their country, the influence of the West, the idle lifestyle of many nobles.

The first stanza of the novel introduces business card hero. He is skeptical about family ties and reluctantly imagines himself at the bedside of his dying uncle:

Which low cunning
To amuse the half-dead,
Adjust his pillows
It's sad to bring medicine,
Sigh and think to yourself:
“When will the devil take you!”

This is our first impression of the hero. Onegin is a typical representative of his environment. And he was brought up in typical conditions of that time. My father squandered his fortune early because of balls and receptions. A hired French tutor was involved in raising young Eugene. He taught the boy “everything in jest” and “didn’t bother me with strict morals.” Therefore, the hero knew a little Latin, a little history, and read Adam Smith. We can say that he received very superficial knowledge and was not ready for independent life, service. But Onegin, with amazing dexterity, “always knew how to seem new,” was an attentive interlocutor, danced easily, knew how to touch everything lightly in conversations, and quickly won women’s hearts. This turned out to be more than enough for success in the world. Onegin adapted perfectly to its conditions and was known as a brilliant dandy. The hero was able to suppress in himself natural feelings, learned to be a hypocrite early:

How early could he be a hypocrite?
To harbor hope, to be jealous,
To dissuade, to make believe,
Seem gloomy, languish.

Onegin is used to playing with other people's feelings and destinies. He had everything: position in the world, youth, beauty, strength, daily entertainment. He lived in fun and luxury. But he soon lost interest in this and began to experience suffering. Why? The author gives the answer to this question in the first chapter. Here we see a description of the hero’s external lifestyle. He spends the day in bed, disappears at night at balls, at the theater, and at dinners. And so it goes day after day.

Only at first glance, the hero’s life resembles an endless holiday. In fact, vain pleasures become boring very quickly. A person cannot live only by consumption, without work, without purpose. Onegin felt it very soon. He was no longer pleased with easy victories over women, endless dinners and balls.

The hero was overcome by apathy. It was not a tribute to fashion, it was not an imitation of the majority. This was the protest of a man who sees the emptiness of his usual way of life. Onegin cannot understand that the reason for his suffering is the discrepancy between his personality and the life he leads.
Onegin lives an artificial life, not his own. Such an existence was imposed on him from the outside. In fact, our hero is different. He has “involuntary devotion to dreams, inimitable strangeness and a sober, cool mind.” This brought Onegin closer to the author: “I became friends with him at that time, I liked his features.”

How does Onegin try to find a way out of the contradiction in his soul? He is trying to compose something, but “he was sick of the persistent work.” It didn't work out for him. By the will of fate, the hero ended up in the village. At first, the beauty of nature helped Onegin dispel oppression. But the problem remained unresolved. Evgeny again plunged into melancholy. Soon he was tired of his neighbors' conversations about everyday worries, wine, the kennel, and relatives. He retired to his estate. And the neighbors considered him an eccentric and stopped communicating with him. This continued until the hero met Lensky. It is the young poet who introduces Onegin to Tatyana. The author, in the person of these heroes, sends Onegin a test of friendship and love. He Onegin does not pass them. For an empty reason, he agrees to a duel with Lensky. The fear of looking like a coward turns out to be more important to him than a person’s life. An enthusiastic romantic dies at the hands of his best friend. Tatyana's selfless love can resurrect Onegin to a new life, but the hero passes by sincere feelings.

The reason for Onegin’s cruel mistakes is his selfishness and egoism. He was used to thinking only about himself and never took into account the feelings of other people. Where does Onegin come from so much selfishness and cruelty?

Here the influence of the European way of thinking on the hero was felt. The author draws attention to the fact that in his office there is a “table with a cast iron doll” (a figurine of Napoleon), a portrait of “Lord Byron”. The name of Napoleon has become a symbol of individualism, an egoistic principle. A theory is associated with it strong personality who is allowed everything. She is absolutely free and can be equal to God. The author ironically outlined the essence of this popular theory on the pages of the novel:

We respect everyone as zeros,
And units of yourself;
We all look at Napoleons,
Two-legged creatures millions.

But the cult of Napoleon and his ideas destroys a person. The author shows this using the example of Onegin.
Byron's image is associated with rebellion and protest. In Evgeniy's books:

...reflected a century
AND modern man
Portrayed quite accurately
With his immoral soul,
Selfish and dry,
Immensely devoted to dreams,
With his embittered mind
Seething in empty action.

This kind of thinking only causes suffering. Onegin is disappointed in people, in friendship, in love. He believes that society is to blame for this. Onegin does not want to admit to himself that the cause of suffering lies in himself, in his attitude to life. He does not understand that for a long time he cheated on himself, put on a mask, lived by someone else’s laws, and depended on the opinions of others. Love for the new Tatiana reveals to us the true essence of Onegin, his internal changes. The hero is capable of deep feelings and can sincerely love. It was love that helped him overcome disappointment and awakened him to a new life. It is possible that the updated Onegin will find his place in it.

In A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin,” along with other problems, an important place is given to the topic presented in the title of this work, namely the topic of friendship and love. It all starts with the fact that in the first chapter the author says about Onegin “I’m tired of friends and friendship.” But why, who is to blame for this? Probably, in part, Onegin himself, who chose individualism or even egoism in Byron’s works as his ideal. In addition, after a few chapters we learn that there was a bust of Napoleon in Onegin’s office, and Pushkin will say:

“We honor everyone with zeros, and ourselves with ones. We all look at Napoleons...” Isn't this, to some extent, about Onegin? One of the reasons that Onegin is tired of friendship is his blues. But why did she take possession of him, but not the Author, who appears as his friend in the novel? They are both smart, honest, they both understand the shortcomings of society, but Onegin has no desire to act, no desire to change anything, no desire to go against this society. He is bored with inaction and doing nothing (as well as balls and social society), but he doesn’t want to do anything.

And Onegin became friends with Lensky at first simply because in the village where he ended up after the death of his uncle, there was no one else to communicate with. Pushkin calls them (Lensky and Onegin) “friends have nothing to do.” This was true, and they both really had nothing to do - Onegin because of his boredom and melancholy, and Lensky because of his inexperience and naivety - he did not know real life, he could not adapt to it. Both the Author and Onegin - they were older than Lensky - their ironic and playful attitude towards his romantic nature is not surprising. Onegin, naturally, was much more experienced, taught by life, he was his friend’s mentor, patron.

Lensky's love for Olga is also a figment of his romantic imagination. No, he did not love Olga, he loved the image he himself created. Romantic image. And Olga... An ordinary provincial young lady, whose portrait the Author was “tired of... immensely.” No wonder Onegin, who was much wiser and more experienced than Lensky, said:

“I would choose another one if I were like you, poet...” But why is Onegin so sure that he cannot fall in love himself? He meets Tatiana, that “other”, and she confesses her love to him (it should be noted, however, that Tatiana is not in love with the completely real Onegin, but partly, again, with an image created on the basis of sentimentalist books).

And what about Onegin? He is sure that he is “not created for bliss,” but this is actually not the case. He is simply afraid to love, afraid to awaken feelings killed during his stay in the world. Yes, it was there, in secular society, that he forgot how to truly be friends and love. There, such concepts as friendship and love are absent - they are replaced by lies, slander, and public opinion. Yes, by the same public opinion that will destroy both Onegin and Lensky!

Onegin and Lensky quarreled over one incident that happened at the ball. Onegin invited Olga to dance twice. It would seem that Onegin took a little revenge because Lensky invited him to a ball, where the whole neighborhood, the “rabble” that Onegin hated, gathered. For Onegin this is just a game - but not for Lensky. His rosy, romantic dreams have collapsed - for him this is treason (although this is, of course, not treason at all for either Olga or Onegin). And Lensky sees a duel as the only way out of this situation.

At that moment when Onegin received the challenge, why couldn’t he dissuade Lensky from the duel, find out everything peacefully, explain himself? This notorious public opinion prevented him. Yes, it had weight here in the village too. And for Onegin it was stronger than his friendship. Lensky was killed. Maybe, no matter how scary it sounds, this was the best way out for him, he was unprepared for this life.

And so – Olga’s “love”, she cried, grieved, married a military man and left with him. Tatyana is another matter - no, she did not stop loving Onegin, it’s just that after what happened her feelings became even more complicated - in Onegin she “must ... hate her brother’s murderer.” It should, but it can't. And after visiting Onegin’s office, she begins to understand more and more the true essence of Onegin - the real Onegin opens up before her. But Tatyana can no longer stop loving him. And probably never will be able to.

So, three years pass, and Tatiana and Onegin meet again. But in a different setting - in St. Petersburg, in secular society, Tatiana is married, Onegin has returned from his wanderings. And now, having met Tatyana in a new capacity, as a society lady, love awakens in Onegin. Love for the one he nobly refused several years ago. What motivates him? Does he love the old Tatyana, or only the one she has become now? No, Tatyana has not changed - Onegin has changed. He was able to “renew his soul.” He was able to love. But it's too late. No, Tatyana did not stop loving him, but she was “given to someone else” and will be “faithful to him forever”... Tatyana, despite the fact that she did not marry for love, cannot destroy the life of her husband, the man who loves her, just for the sake of her happiness .

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The theme of friendship and love in the novel “Eugene Onegin”