Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Comparing Characters Onegin and Lensky
Although Alexander Pushkin's work "Eugene (Evgenii) Onegin" could be called a poem, it is most often designated as a novel because of the development of the characters, dialogue and plot. In addition, as the best written novels, the reader is left with many questions at the end and not a total resolution. Each time the literary piece is read, different ideas come to light as well as the way the characters relate to each other and the author, himself. In fact, the novel is even more multifaceted because the narrator/author at times joins the two main male characters in the action. Briefly, "Eugene Onegin" is love gained/love lost novel. Eugene Onegin, a tired-of-life Petersburg gentleman, visiting his newly inherited estate, somehow becomes the desire of his neighbor's quiet daughter, Tatiana. The latter sends Onegin a love letter, to which he heartlessly responds. Onegin flirts ridiculously with Olga, Tatiana's more brazen sister. Olga's youthful poet fiance Vladimir Lensky, who is an associate of Onegin, challenges Onegin to a duel and is killed. Onegin leaves Petersburg for several years. When returning he once again meets Tatiana, who has become a sophisticated woman and the wife of a well-known society general. Surprisingly,
his mind, so cold and so precise. there waited for us both the malice had filled this heart, and detestation It is said that Pushkin adored Olenina. Everybody said they were the ideal couple and looked forward to their marriage. However, it never materialized. At a ball in Moscow, Pushkin meets the charming Natalia Goncharova and falls deeply in love. She had just turned 15, and was coming out into society. She was quickly described as the most beautiful woman of the capital. Pushkin married Goncharova. He loved her passionately and was violently jealous of her, usually with no reason. When speaking with Lensky about Olga Larina, the poet's choice, Onegin said "I would've chosen the other one," he might have betrayed Pushkin's yearning for Anna Olenina. Shot through below the chest -- and streaming the blood came smoking from the wound. at a friend's word, a girl's caress." and "He sweetened up with fancy's icing the uncertainties within his heart; for him, the objective on life's chart was still mysterious and enticing" (Chapter 2, II, VI). It is true, as some critics say, that the characters of Onegin and Lensky are overblown, almost as a parody of themselves. However, this is what endears the readers to them. Are not all humans in reality parodies, as well?
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Approximate Word count = 1408
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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