The problem of unrequited love in the works of A.I. Kuprin.
Problematic question (research question)
How Kuprin allows eternal problem unrequited love?
Research hypothesis
We believe that" Garnet bracelet“A.I. Kuprina is a story about unrequited love, which means tragic. That’s why General Anosov says in the story that “love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world!"
Objectives of the study
Get acquainted with the work of A.I. Kuprin, in particular, with his story “The Garnet Bracelet”.
Analyze the ideological and artistic content of the story "Garnet Bracelet".
Compare how the problem of unrequited love is resolved in the story by A.I. Kuprin and in modern society.
Results of the study
Already in their early works A.I. Kuprin with great skill reveals eternal, existential problems, criticizes the dark sides of the surrounding reality (“Life”, “Horror”), forced labor (“Moloch”). He writes about the bitter destinies of people (“From the Street”) and about the Russian army (“Duel”). But the most cherished theme for him was love, often unrequited, unrequited (“Holy Love”, “Garnet Bracelet”).
Indeed, it is very difficult to explain what love is. For many centuries, philosophers, composers, poets, writers and ordinary people have been and continue to seek the answer to this question. They have always never ceased to glorify this great and eternal feeling of man. This is how the famous playwright J.-B. wrote about love back in the 17th century. Moliere:
The day would fade in my soul, and darkness would come again,
If only we would banish love from the earth.
Only he knew bliss who passionately touched the heart,
And whoever didn’t know love doesn’t care
That he didn’t live...
Kuprin himself spoke about love this way: it is a feeling “that has not yet found an interpreter.”
Before starting to study A.I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet,” we got acquainted with the work itself. The Russian writer based the story on real story. A telegraph official, hopelessly in love with the wife of a governor, once presented her with a gift - a gilded chain with a pendant. main character In the story, Princess Sheina also receives a gift from a secret admirer - a garnet bracelet. This admirer turns out to be a petty official, Zheltkov. He has been experiencing his feelings for the princess for many years now. The note that the fan attached to the decoration says that such a green garnet can bring the gift of foresight to its owner. Vera Nikolaevna tells her husband about an unexpected gift, and also shows him a note from a secret admirer. Zheltkov’s love for the main character turns out to be unrequited and tragic. As a result, Zheltkov decides to commit suicide in order to free his beloved from shame. The story ends with the heroine realizing how much the already deceased official loved her. And this strong, bright feeling that was sent to Vera Nikolaevna disappears with the death of Zheltkov.
Having analyzed the ideological and artistic content of the story, it was revealed that “The Garnet Bracelet” is a story about love, which receives a philosophical and tragic sound from A.I. Kuprin. The author’s position is expressed in the words of General Anosov: “Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world! No life conveniences, calculations or compromises should concern her.” Vera Nikolaevna has a happy family and a rich house. Her husband, Vasily Lvovich Shein, loves and respects her. Vera Nikolaevna’s own feeling of love has long turned into a feeling of lasting and faithful friendship. And suddenly the calm, measured life was disrupted by Zheltkov’s confessions: “It’s not my fault, Vera Nikolaevna, that God wanted to send me love for you as a great happiness.” Zheltkov does not ask for anything and does not hope for anything. He believes that his fate, given by God, is an insane unrequited love for Vera Nikolaevna. Zheltkov’s pure love is tragic because it is unrequited. In the name of love, the hero is capable of anything. Only after Zheltkov’s death did Vera Nikolaevna understand that true holy love is extremely rare in nature and is accessible to few.
The problem of unrequited love for A.I. Kuprin will be solved tragically: main character prefers death to unrequited love. “Be silent and perish” - this is the spiritual vow of a telegraph operator in love. His love is passionate, sizzling, he is ready to take it with him to the other world. Death does not frighten the hero. Love is stronger than death. Instead of anger and envy, the hero experiences a feeling of gratitude to the one who gave him hope for love. The little man was defeated by death. But what about this problem in modern society? Unrequited love is a fairly common occurrence in our lives. Many people around the world suffer from a lack of reciprocity. In general, love has always been a mystery and now it also defies explanation. Therefore, it is impossible to answer the question we posed unambiguously. It all depends specifically on each person and on the specific situation. And in our time there are “Zheltkovs”.
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Conclusion
As a result of project activities, we found out that there is no clear answer to the question “What is love?” No. We analyzed the images of the characters, the ideological and thematic content of the work, and tried to compare the views different eras to a problematic question. We came to the conclusion that in A.I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet” love is shown as divine providence. Despite the sad ending, the princess feels truly happy, because she received what her heart had long dreamed of, and Zheltkov’s feelings will always remain in her memory. “Garnet bracelet” is not only piece of art, but also an eternal sad prayer for love.
Questions for the lesson
“Love in A. Kuprin’s story “Garnet Bracelet”
1. Why their only date is V.N.’s farewell. with ashes young man- can be considered a turning point in her internal state?
(She realized that the love that every woman dreams of had passed her by. She realized how different he was from the empty, insensitive and indifferent acquaintances of hers - on his face she saw "that very peaceful expression" which I saw “on the masks of the great sufferers - Pushkin and Napoleon”.)
2. So how does Kuprin solve the “eternal” problem - unrequited, passionate, but true love? Was she unhappy, this unrequited love of Zheltkov? Led to suffering? Or did the author want to say something else?
(Zheltkov’s lofty and unrequited love became "tremendous happiness" for him. It is with his love that he rises above other heroes, and it is with his love that he destroys the royal calm of Vera Nikolaevna. It is his love that makes Vera Nikolaevna cry, pain, and repent. "comprehend life" which “humbly and joyfully doomed herself to torment and death.”)
3. Why V.N. immediately, even before marriage, did you somehow take the unknown admirer lightly?
(Theme of inequality. The characters have different social backgrounds.)
4. Imagine if this passionate admirer were a rich, powerful person. How would society regard his behavior? Would you allow yourself to interfere in this story?
(No. Everywhere and everywhere there was flirting, love affairs - the rich can do anything. But the little official... How could he dare?!)
5. Does nature change with the death of Zheltkov?
(“The autumn sunset was burning out”. (true, passionate love, which women wait for and dream about, has also died. Unfortunately, both in nature and in life, we often do not notice beauty!) “A light wind came and, as if sympathizing with her, rustled the leaves...” Nature is capable of sympathy and empathy.
(Name Georgiy means " victorious" . Yolks from the victorious. Kuprin drew in his work "small but great man.")
16. What, in your opinion, is the power of love?
(Love elevates a person, transforms his soul. Love gives the lover enormous happiness. Sincere, pure love elevates a person. The image of Zheltkov is one of best achievements Kuprina. This young man is the only bearer of a bright, selfless feeling in the base world of wealth, selfishness, and hypocrisy. And therefore this story sounds like a call from the writer to value and protect love as a high value of human existence.
17 What are the main themes raised by Kuprin in the story?
In the story "Garnet bracelet" Kuprin reveals “eternal” themes: high and unrequited love, the theme of inequality.
18.Explain the wording of the theme “The talent of love in the story “Garnet Bracelet”
Sections: Literature
Class: 11
Lesson type: lesson on learning new material
The purpose of the lesson: to reveal the originality of the solution to the love theme in the work of A.I. Kuprina
Tasks:
- show Kuprin's skill in depicting the world human feelings;
- comprehend the meaning of the word “love”, using the description of this feeling in the story by A.I. Kuprin “Garnet Bracelet”;
- develop the ability to see the world of the characters’ feelings and experiences, develop a sense of figurative speech, expressive reading skills; logical and associative thinking;
- cultivate respect for the feelings of another person, restraint of one’s feelings, emotional sensitivity and attention.
Methodological equipment: text of the story, computer, screen, recording of a sonata by L. van Beethoven, task cards
Methods: heuristic, partially search, independent work,
The problematic question is to understand how Kuprin resolves the eternal problem of unrequited love.
Epigraph (written on the board):
It lives and rules on earth -
Yu. Ognev
During the classes
1. Organizational moment .
2. Updating knowledge. We continue our acquaintance with the work of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin, and the topic of the lesson is: “ Of all the miracles, the only miracle”.
What miracle are we going to talk about? What will we devote our lesson to? (Students: About love)
Love's undying miracle
It lives and rules on earth -
Of all miracles, the only miracle.
Yu. Ognev
Why is love a miracle? What do we mean by the word “miracle”? (Students' answers)
Teacher: From explanatory dictionary Efremova: Miracle - 1. A phenomenon that contradicts the laws of nature and cannot be explained by them, but is possible - according to superstitious beliefs - due to the intervention of an otherworldly force. 2. Something unprecedented, supernatural, fantastic.
Which value suits us best? Prove it.
Is it possible for everyone to know true love?
Is it possible for everyone who knows love to tell about it? Kuprin managed to talk about love! I invite you to a dialogue about the love described by Kuprin in the story “Garnet Bracelet”, about love that happens only once in a lifetime...
Can you now say how Kuprin resolves this eternal problem of love?.. No. It's complicated!
What is the purpose of our lesson? (Students formulate a goal - to understand how Kuprin resolves this eternal problem of love).
3. Checking homework.
1) Conversation.
Tell me, what questions did you have while reading the story “Garnet Bracelet?” What issues would you like to discuss today? (Students' answers)
Let's talk about what love means in your understanding, what it can be.
Love – happiness or misfortune?! How can this be determined?
- What do you think love is?
Student answers: Love is a sublime feeling, beautiful, extraordinary, love can conquer everything, can raise a person to the pinnacle of bliss, make a person work on himself. You can't live without love. Love is a feeling that brings pain, disappointment, self-doubt, love can destroy a person, make him commit madness, love throws a person into the abyss of grief. It's better to live without love.
2) Checking individual work with dictionaries.
What definition do linguists give to the word “LOVE”? Listen and find commonalities.
1 student (prepared at home) reads (the rest are looking for commonality in the definitions):
Love is:
Love is an intimate and deep feeling, a desire for another person, a human community or an idea. (Large encyclopedic dictionary)
Love is 1) deep emotional attraction, a strong heartfelt feeling; 2) a feeling of deep affection, selfless and sincere affection; 3) constant, strong inclination, passion for something; 4) the object of love (he or she whom someone loves, towards whom he feels attraction, affection); 5) addiction, taste for something. (Explanatory Dictionary of S.I. Ozhegov)
Love – 1) a feeling of affection based on common interests, ideals, and the willingness to devote one’s strength to a common cause. 2) An inclination, disposition, or attraction to something. (Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language, edited by D.N. Ushakov)
Students: in each definition the words sound: deep feeling; strong heart feeling; feeling of affection; inclination, disposition.
4. Conversation.
Does LOVE elevate a person or not? (Students: love elevates a person, changes him for the better. Love brings joy, but also causes pain)
Indeed, it is very difficult to explain what love is. This is how the famous playwright wrote about love back in the 17th century J.-B. Moliere:
The day would fade in my soul, and darkness would come again,
If only we would banish love from the earth.
Only he knew bliss who passionately touched the heart,
And whoever didn’t know love doesn’t care
That he didn't live...
Choose epithets for the word LOVE. (Love - kind, soft, mutual, creative, joyful, happy, tragic, fatal, painful, unrequited, destructive, Endless, immortal, faithful, eternal, long-standing, long, long-awaited, long-awaited, belated, strong, unquenchable, undying, short-lived , unexpected, new, first, late, last, devoted, former, long, strong, early, reckless, crazy, great, mutual, sublime, sinful, sacrificial, living, ideal, sincere, beautiful)
What kind of love is A. Kuprin talking about?
5. Work in groups. Division into groups.
Groups are given tasks to discuss and complete in 8 minutes.
1 group. How does Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina appear to readers in the first chapters of the story? What is her attitude towards her husband? Is she capable of ardent, passionate love? Why does the author compare her with her sister Anna?
2nd group. How does the landscape relate to the theme of love in the story? What is the general tone of landscape sketches? In what details does it manifest itself? What means of expression does the author use? What mood does it create in the reader? Why? Support your conclusions with text.
3rd group. What role do everyday details play in understanding the theme of love? What gifts did Vera receive on her birthday? What do we learn about the attitude of these people towards Vera Nikolaevna? How did Vera feel about the gifts? Explain the meaning of the title of the work?
4th group. Why is the image of General Anosov written in such detail and with such obvious sympathy of the author? Portrait? Character? What role does this character play in the story and the stories he tells?
5 group. Image of Zheltkov. Who is Zheltkov? (Appearance, behavior.) How do we learn about Zheltkov’s love? How was Zheltkov’s gift different from all the others? Kuprin did not find it necessary to describe the housing of the Shein princes, but he describes Zheltkov’s room in great detail. For what purpose? How does Zheltkov behave with Prince Vasily and Shein?
6 group. Analyze the scene of Vera’s farewell to the deceased Zheltkov. Why did Vera come? How does the princess feel on this last date? Why is the facial expression of the deceased compared to Pushkin and Napoleon?
7 group. What, in your opinion, is the role of the epigraph and ring composition in the Larqo Appassionato theme from Beethoven’s Second Sonata, associated with the theme of true love and true life? How does Zheltkov appear in his suicide letter? Why does he make a fatal decision? What does his farewell letter say?
6. Group responses.
Suggested answer. Life proceeds calmly, everything is like everyone else, nothing remarkable... They just lived and loved, but this life and love did not bring much joy... Life dragged on boringly and monotonously... Vera herself personified coldness, indifference, kept within herself regal calm, a sense of superiority. The outward inaccessibility was initially stated by her title and position in society - she is the wife of the leader of the nobility.
The student reads (prepared at home): Name Vera- this is primordial Russian name and literally translated from Greek language means “faith”, “service to God”. Faith, hope, love are the three main virtues in Christianity. Among Christians, the martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia, who lived in the 2nd century, are revered. Vera can be described as an intelligent, truthful and supportive person. She is sensible and values practicality. The actions of the owner of this name always reveal her prudence.
She selflessly tries to quietly help her husband and loves her sister dearly.
In her youth and early youth, the princess was capable of a strong, all-consuming feeling, but now she has changed, and “the former passionate love for her husband has long passed into a feeling of lasting, faithful, true friendship”
Suggested answer. The first chapter is an introduction. Its content prepares the reader to perceive further developments. Immediately there is a feeling of a fading world: in the autumn landscape, in the sadness of empty dachas with broken windows, in empty flowerbeds. You involuntarily focus your attention on the phrase: “It was a pity, and sad, and disgusting to look through this muddy muslin of rain at this pitiful belongings.”
But then the weather suddenly changed sharply and unexpectedly: “The trees calmed down, silently and obediently dropping their yellow leaves.” The same calm, cold, prudent existence is characteristic of the heroine of the story - Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, the wife of the leader of the nobility. Kuprin shows the heroine against the backdrop of clear, sunny, warm days, in the silence and solitude that Vera enjoys. This suggests that she is a sensitive and delicate person.
Bad weather is perceived as an illustration of dramatic events, a tragic situation.
A.I. Kuprin conveys the state of nature with the help of epithets (clay roads, disgusting weather, a ferocious hurricane, broken glass, mutilated flower beds), metaphors (a thick fog lay heavily), comparisons (fine rain, like water dust), personifications (the garden obediently fell asleep: the stars trembled).
Kuprin's landscape is full of sounds, colors and - especially - smells.
The flower beds were empty and looked disorganized. Did the multi-colored double carnations bloom, as well as the gillyflower? half in flowers, and half in thin green pods that smelled like cabbage. But dahlias, peonies and asters bloomed magnificently with their cold, arrogant beauty, spreading an autumnal, grassy, sad smell in the sensitive air.
Joint conclusion. The semantic load carried by the descriptions of nature in this work is enormous. Landscape sketches in many ways anticipate upcoming events in the story and characterize inner world heroes, the author’s attitude towards them. The landscape of the first chapter is the beginning and at the same time the encrypted plot of the work. The boring everyday life of aristocrats is contrasted with the strong feeling of a poor official who destroyed their icy calm.
Suggested answer. My husband gave me beautiful earrings made of pear-shaped pearls. Anna ? a small notebook in an amazing binding, Zheltkov ? Garnet bracelet.
Anna, like Vera, is partial to beauty, so her gift is elegant and original. Vasily Lvovich’s ardent feelings have passed, he treats his wife with respect and “invested” only a certain amount of “despicable metal” in his gift. And Zheltkov “conveyed in his modest loyal offering” the most precious thing that he had: a thing that is connected with his late mother.
The bracelet is like a closed space from which neither Zheltkov nor Vera Nikolaevna can escape. Five garnets surrounding a strange green pebble are that true love that occurs once every millennium. Green is the color of hope, while large garnets are red as blood, since everything great, including a great feeling, must be paid for.
Joint conclusion : With the help of minor details, we understand more and more the relationships between people. The Sheins' family life is boring and ordinary. Kuprin shows aristocrats as not such bad people. However, the writer speaks of their spiritual limitations. Vera’s soul is empty and asleep. But she is unhappy that Zheltkov violated the rules of decency, and some kind of anxiety has already crept into her heart. A truly serious conversation about love arises in the story at the suggestion of General Anosov.
Suggested answer: The general’s unostentatious courage, his nobility and honesty make the reader feel sincere sympathy for the hero and trust in his words. Therefore, the definition of true love spoken by Anosov is perceived as truth. Kuprin assigns considerable importance to the “fat, tall, silvery old man” - General Anosov. It is he who is presented with the task of forcing Vera Nikolaevna to take the love of the mysterious G.S.Zh. more seriously. With his thoughts about love, the general helps his granddaughter to look at her own life with Vasily Lvovich from different angles. He owns the prophetic words: “...maybe your path in life, Verochka, has been crossed by exactly the kind of love that women dream about and that men are no longer capable of.” General Anosov symbolizes the wise older generation. The author entrusted him with making a very important conclusion that is of great importance in this story: in nature, true, holy love is extremely rare and is available only to a few and only to people worthy of it. In his entire life, Anosov has not met a single example of this, but he continues to believe in sublime love and conveys his confidence to Vera Nikolaevna.
The person who fell in love with Vera Nikolaevna so much was a simple official of the control chamber, G.S. Zheltkov. We learn about Zheltkov’s love for the first time from the stories of Prince Shein. The prince intertwines truth with fiction. It's a funny story for him. The image of Zheltkov in the prince's stories undergoes changes: a telegraph operator - dresses up as a chimney sweep - becomes a dishwasher - turns into a monk - dies tragically, leaving a will after his death
Zheltkov’s gift is “golden, low-grade, very thick, but blown and covered on the outside with small old, poorly polished garnets,” a tasteless thing. But its meaning and value lie elsewhere. Zheltkov gives the most precious thing he has - a family jewel. Deep red grenades burst into flames under the electric light: “Like blood!” The garnet bracelet is a symbol of love, reverent, endless and hopeless, and tragedy in the fate of the hero. The bracelet seems to reflect the essence of Zheltkov. The stones are poorly polished, but they are real, just like the feelings of this person.
Zheltkov admits that he “cut an uncomfortable wedge” into Vera’s life and is eternally grateful to her just for the fact that she exists. His love is not a disease, not a manic idea, but a reward sent by God. His tragedy is hopeless, he is a dead man.
6 group. Psychological climax.
Kuprin considers Zheltkov not a “little man,” but a great sufferer. His greatness lies in the great love for which he gave his life.
The unhappy lover asked to hang a bracelet - a symbol of holy love - on the icon. The lips of the dead hero “smiled blissfully and serenely, as if he had learned some deep and sweet secret before parting with life,” and Vera realized that “the love that every woman dreams of passed her by.” After his death, Zheltkov receives the highest reward: Vera “kissed him on his cold, damp forehead with a long, friendly kiss.” And yet a friendly kiss! No, even after Zheltkov’s self-sacrifice, the princess did not fall in love with her admirer.
Only at the end of the story do we learn the name of our hero, or rather, guess about him. What is it like? Who pronounces it? Why did the author give him the name George?
Student (prepared at home): about the meaning of the name Georgy: Great Martyr George is the patron saint of knights and warriors, the Victorious One, who defeated the serpent - the tempter, fighting against vice. Considered the patron saint of Russia; In his honor, an order was established for the highest valor on the battlefield - the Cross of St. George. Do we know the hero's middle name? No, and this is symbolic. This image is the image of a knight, but not from a novel, but from everyday, everyday life.
And this pure love of a knight (work with the word platonic) illuminated the life not only of Zheltkov, but the lives of other people, awakened feelings in their souls. Who is this about? (Prince Shein before and after meeting with Zheltkov. Princess Vera).
Suggested answer. The epigraph sets us up to listen to Beethoven's sonata - a majestic, romantically elevated reflection on the gift of life and love. The story ends with these same sounds. Ring composition.
Joint conclusion. Music tells Princess Vera what life is and what love is. This is Zheltkov’s last gift, which only a deaf person could not accept, in which he shows the authenticity and perfection of Vera, which he saw in his youth.
Only three things can explain everything to a person so quickly - love, music and death. Kuprin combines all three in the finale of the story. This has a special meaning theme song, giving - from the epigraph to last scene- exceptional completeness of the work.
(Zheltkov admits that he “cut an uncomfortable wedge” into Vera’s life and is eternally grateful to her just for the fact that she exists. His love is not a disease, not a manic idea, but a reward sent by God. His tragedy is hopeless, he is a dead man. “ The little man” turns into a Man. Nobility and strength of spirit exclude pity for him. little man”, and the “poor knight”, who with the strength and purity of feeling serves the higher powers, serves as the gift of polite, knightly, heroic love.
7. Listen to a piece of music and have a conversation.
Students listen to Beethoven's Sonata No. 14, which is accompanied by reading a fragment of Zheltkov's letter (the student prepared at home).
“It’s not my fault, Vera Nikolaevna, that God was pleased to send me, as a great happiness, love for you. It so happened that I am not interested in anything in life: neither politics, nor science, nor philosophy, nor concern for the future happiness of people - for me, my whole life lies only in you. I now feel that I have crashed into your life like some kind of uncomfortable wedge. If you can, forgive me for this. Today I am leaving and will never return, and nothing will remind you of me.
I am eternally grateful to you just for the fact that you exist. I checked myself - this is not a disease, not a manic idea - this is love with which God wanted to reward me for something.
As I leave, I say in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.”
Eight years ago I saw you in a box at the circus, 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, there is no beast, no plant, no star, no person is more beautiful and gentle than you. It’s as if all the beauty of the earth was embodied in you...
Think about what I needed to do? Run away to another city? All the same, the heart was always near you, at your feet, every moment of the day was filled with you, thoughts about you, dreams about you... sweet delirium. I am very ashamed and mentally blush for my stupid bracelet - well, what? - error. I can imagine the impression he made on your guests.
I don't know how to finish the letter. From the depths of my soul, I thank you for being my only joy in life, my only consolation, my only thought. May God grant you happiness, and may nothing temporary or everyday disturb your beautiful soul. I kiss your hands.”
Music is playing.
Teacher: And the words of the modest official Zheltkov sound in Vera’s soul as a hymn of love.
What role does Beethoven's music play in the work?
Disciples: The music is in amazing harmony with the experiences of Faith, in whose soul the words ring: “Hallowed be Thy name.” In these gentle sounds there is a life that “humbly and joyfully doomed itself to torment, suffering and death.” Zheltkov’s last memories are shrouded in sweet sadness; moments of happiness become eternity for him.
Why did Zheltkov “force” Vera to listen to this particular Beethoven work?
What do you think is the power of love? (In the transformation of the soul.)
Did Kuprin show this in the story? Prove your opinion.
(Vera’s perception of music: “Princess Vera hugged the trunk of the acacia tree, pressed herself against it and cried...”)
What do Vera’s tears say? (These are tears that cleanse and elevate the soul.)
8. Reflection. Teacher:
Have we answered the questions we asked at the beginning of the lesson?
How does Kuprin show love?
What is love? What is the idea of the work?
Students: Kuprin is looking for real life people obsessed high feeling love, capable of rising above the surrounding vulgarity and lack of spirituality, ready to give everything without demanding anything in return. The writer sings of sublime love, contrasting it with indifference and inability to feel. This is why the music of love has been heard for centuries; sounds for Vera at a tragic moment of moral insight for her; sounds for all of us.
The last page of this amazing story is closed. We got acquainted with the story of pure, naive love, along the way of which we encountered class prejudices and misunderstandings. We were able to penetrate into the thoughts and feelings of the characters, together with them we worried, hoped and believed in moral values. After reading the work, many questions remained:
What was Zheltkov’s feeling – true love or madness?
What was the death of the hero - cowardice or force?
This story about love does not leave a single person indifferent. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin's story about love is one of the rarest pearls of Russian classical literature.
– What is the author’s idea expressed in the story? (A special case is poeticized by A.I. Kuprin. The author talks about love, which is repeated, in his opinion, “ only once every thousand years" Love, according to Kuprin, “ always tragedy, always struggle and achievement, always joy and fear, resurrection and death" The tragedy of love, the tragedy of life only emphasize their beauty. We can say that “The Garnet Bracelet” expressed Kuprin’s own dream of an ideal, unearthly feeling. A.I. Kuprin wrote that he sought to “show the spiritually transforming, enlightening power of the all-consuming feeling of love”).
9. Lesson summary. Ratings.
Now how do you answer the question: what is love?
Is such love possible now? Does it exist at all?
Is the work relevant today?
How does Kuprin resolve this eternal problem of unrequited love?
D/Z: write an essay on one of the topics:
Love without reciprocity: happiness or tragedy?
Does ideal love exist?
Are loving and being loved the same thing? What's better?
“Is love a great gift or a curse”?
"Like a sacrificial flame,
My love is pure."
A. S. Pushkin
Before me is A. I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet”. The last page is closed, but I can’t tear myself away from the book. At 17 years old, no one probably remains indifferent when it comes to love. Everyone dreams of meeting on their own life path true, devoted, strong and... sublime love.
What is it like, sublime love? I think it’s such a wonderful, selfless feeling when a loved one seems unearthly, ideal, when no sober calculations are taken into account, no conditions are set,
But does such a feeling always make the one who experiences it happy? This is a difficult question and not easy to answer. After all, sublime love can also be unrequited. I remember Pushkin’s “On the Hills of Georgia”, “I Loved You...”, Tatyana Larina’s letter to Onegin...
And here is “The Garnet Bracelet” - a story about the tragedy of a man who fell in love unrequitedly, and about his great happiness. I don’t see a contradiction in this thought - after all, everything was like that: a great tragedy and great happiness, given as God’s mercy, as a reward from fate.
Everything in the story is simple and complex, just like in life. A petty official, “some telegraph operator” with the funny surname Zheltkov, loves a distinguished lady, Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina.
He met her in his youth, when everything seemed possible and achievable. So the young man believed that the beautiful girl would notice him, appreciate him, love him, and began to write her letters, which only irritated the arrogant beauty.
Then she got married and became a society lady, a princess. It would seem that common sense should have told Zheltkov that she should be forgotten. But can a lover, or rather, one who loves selflessly and unrequitedly, remember common sense?
For seven long years, the modest telegraph operator adores the beautiful princess from afar, not daring to even approach her, abandoning his messages that are absurd in her eyes and unnecessary to her, remaining alone.
Is this happiness? But he doesn’t feel like an unhappy person. Years of unrequited love transformed him, taught him to feel subtly, to respond to the beauty of the world, to beautiful music.
A person grew spiritually and realized this, felt that he had become more sublime, purer, better. There is so much tact, taste, and true admiration for his beloved in his unusual gift that even the princess’s husband cannot refuse him sympathy and respect.
And with what dignity he behaves during the visit of unexpected and unwanted guests, Prince Shein and Vera Nikolaevna’s brother. This dignity does not allow them to show arrogance and swagger towards him.
Before us new person. He is no longer ridiculous with his absurd, as it seems to others, love, but tragic, and he does not regret anything, does not want a different fate for himself. Love breathed into him new soul, and never again will he be able to stoop to pettiness and vulgarity.
The tragic and beautiful music of the brilliant Beethoven sonata sounds in his soul. She consoles, inspires, and lifts her above the world...
Zheltkov’s dying letter to Vera Nikolaevna is an exciting, touching poem in prose. It shows that in the heart of the “little man” a bright, cleansing flame burns. His beloved refused even his humble request to allow him to stay in the same city with her. Her husband and brother demand that he “disappear from the life of their family.” It is impossible to fulfill this requirement and live for it.
So, only one thing remains - death. But he does not stoop to reproaches; his soul is filled with forgiveness and reconciliation. Every line of the farewell letter breathes with great love, adoration, happiness to be capable of such love: Material from the site
“I am infinitely grateful to you just for the fact that you exist... This is love with which God was pleased to reward me for something.
As I leave, I say in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.”
In his dying hours, he is happy that he can give his beloved both his soul and his life, that he was given the opportunity to experience “real, selfless, true love.”
The great Pushkin wrote about such a beautiful, selfless feeling, about happiness, loving, not demanding anything for oneself.
I think that the readiness to give, to rise to self-sacrifice is the great happiness of real, sublime Love. This is how, it seems to me, A. I. Kuprin understood this happiness, who created “The Garnet Bracelet,” an immortal prose poem glorifying true love, which elevates a person and makes him happy, even if this love is unrequited.
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Krivonos Elena Ivanovna,
teacher of Russian language and literature Kuznetsovo - Mikhailovsky secondary school І – ІІІ steps, p. Kuznetsovo - Mikhailovka, Telmanovsky district, Donetsk region.
“The theme of love in A. Kuprin’s story “Garnet Bracelet”
(Extended summary of a literature lesson in 11th grade)
2016 academic year
The lesson is built using interactive teaching methods.
Lesson type: repeated - a general lesson.
Lesson format: lesson - conversation (analytical and research work on the text)
Lesson objectives:
Show Kuprin's skill in depicting the world of human feelings;
Identify the role of detail in the story;
Develop skills in analytical and research work on text, a culture of coherent oral speech; expressive reading skills; thinking;
To awaken students’ desire to philosophize on the topic of love, learn to defend their opinions, citing arguments from text and life.
Methodical techniques: working with text, analytical conversation, blitz survey, “Six Hats” technique.
Problematic question – understand how Kuprin resolves the eternal problem of unrequited love.
Equipment: portrait of A.I. Kuprina; audio recording of the Second Sonata by L.V. Beethoven.
Epigraphs "Hallowed be thy name..."
“It is not in strength, not in dexterity, not in intelligence, not in talent... individuality is not expressed in creativity. But in love"
A.I. Kuprin. Letter to F.D. Batyushkov (1906)
“Don’t strive for the happiness of being loved; learn to love when you are unloved.”
E. Yevtushenko
Reading and discussion of the epigraph.
Where did the lines for the first epigraph come from?
How did you understand the second epigraph?
Which of the heroes is more suitable for the third epigraph?
1.Teacher: Today we will talk about love, because we are going to discuss Alexander Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet,” and it is also about love. ANDBefore we directly move on to discussing Kuprin’s work, to revealing its main themes, to discussing the characters’ characters, we will conduct a blitz survey that will help you remember the content and some details of the work.
- What time of year does the story take place? (Autumn, September.)
- Where do the events of the work take place? (Black Sea resort.)
- What is the name of the main character? (Princess Vera Sheina.)
- Princess Sheina’s surname before marriage? (Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovskaya.)
- Who was Vera Sheina’s ancestor? (Tamerlane.)
- What is the name of Vera Sheina’s sister? (Anna Friesse.)
- What is the name of Princess Vera’s husband? (Prince Vasily Lvovich.)
- His position? (Leader of the nobility.)
- What date was the name day of Princess Vera Sheina? ? (September 17, old style, September 30, new style.)
- What did her husband give her? (Pear-shaped pearl earrings.)
- What did your sister give Vera? (Notebook"in an amazing binding." )
- What was the name of the famous pianist, Vera’s friend? (Zhenya Reiter.)
- Who gave the bracelet with grenades? (Zheltkov.)
- What does Vera compare deep red garnets to? (“Like blood.”)
- Who is Zheltkov? (Telegraph operator in love with Vera.)
- What does his owner call Zheltkov? (Mr. Ezhiy)
- What is Zheltkov’s real name? (George.)
- What kind of music is heard in the work? (Beethoven's Second Sonata.)
2. Discussion of the story “Garnet Bracelet” . Analytical and research work on the text.
Teacher: The story “Garnet Bracelet” is reflected eternal theme- Love.
The purpose of our lesson (problematic question) - understand how Kuprin resolves this eternal problem of unrequited love.
- Which of the heroes turned out to be capable of such sublime love? (Zheltkov)
Teacher: Why is Zheltkov’s “passionate” love still unrequited? (The heroes are at different social levels(she is from high society, and he is a minor official) and Vera is married).
Teacher: - And the hero himself perfectly understands and admits in a letter that his lot fell to “only awe, eternal admiration and slavish devotion.”
Teacher: And since the heroes are at different social levels, it means that their attitude towards love is different. What is the secular society to which Vera belongs? What do they do, how do they represent love? Full description Kuprin doesn’t have all the guests, but from their stories, we can imagine their inner world and their understanding of love. They play gambling, look at a humorous magazine, listen to singing, tell stories.
Of all the guests, General Anosov, a friend of the late father of Vera and Anna, stands out. This is a brave servant, a simple and wise man. The heroines affectionately call him"grandfather" He knows many stories. The human attitude towards everyone is what distinguishes him. Anosov is one of the guests who understands music.)
Teacher : - Parties, playing poker; gossip, social flirting; walking is what these noble people do; someone else is listed in some charitable institutions.
- When does the story begin?
- What does the heroine expect from her name day and what happens on this day? ?
(Faith“I always expected something happy and wonderful from my name day.” She receives a gift from her husband - earrings; a gift from my sister - a notebook; and from a man with the initials G.S. J. – bracelet.)
Teacher: - Probably, really, a giftG.S. AND. looks like a tacky trinket next to expensive, elegant gifts. But its value lies in something completely different.
- What does this garnet bracelet mean for Zheltkov?
(For him, the bracelet is a family jewel.)
Teacher : - For Zheltkov, the bracelet is not only a symbol of reverent love, it also has some magical power, like any family jewel. The young man writes about this in a letter to Vera Sheina:“According to an old legend that has been preserved in our family, it has the ability to impart the gift of foresight to women who wear it and drives away heavy thoughts from them, while it protects men from violent death...”
- Why did Zheltkov give this valuable thing and not keep it for himself?
(For the sake of the peace of mind of the woman she loves, the bracelet will help her to foresee something bad and prevent it. In addition, the bracelet is the most expensive thing- this was the only way he could express his love for her.)
- How did the heroine feel when she received this gift?
(She felt anxiety, a feeling that something unpleasant was approaching. She sees some kind of omen in this bracelet. It is no coincidence that she compares these red stones with blood: the bracelet lights up“living lights”, “like blood!” - she exclaims. Vera's peace was disturbed.)
- How do these noble people behave when they learn about Zheltkov’s letters, feelings and gift?
(They laugh at the letters of the young official, mock his feelings, disdain his gift. These people are ready to trample the plebeian for encroaching on what, in their opinion, is inaccessible to him, they can easily admit common man crazy. Vera's husband and brother are offended by Zheltkov's gift.) And the owner of the house himself tells a funny story of the chimney sweep's love for his wife, in which Zheltkov's image undergoes changes: the "telegraph operator" dresses up as a "chimney sweeper", the hero dies tragically, leaves a will after death (two telegraph buttons and a perfume bottle filled with his tears). For secular society Making fun of someone else's feelings is normal. The stories of others are the same: someone was chasing someone, someone got along with someone, but General Anosov drew the conclusion:“The fault lies with men who, at twenty years old, are jaded, with chicken bodies and hare souls, incapable of strong desires, of heroic deeds, of tenderness and adoration before love...” The general concludes:“Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world..." and all he saw was“so... some kind of sourness...” )
Although after Vera’s story about G.S.Zh., the general makes an unexpected conclusion: “Madman; maybe he’s just an abnormal guy, a maniac, who knows? “Maybe your path, Verochka, has been crossed by exactly the kind of love that women dream about and that men are no longer capable of.”
- Why did Zheltkov decide to disappear? Why does he end his life? Maybe he was frightened by the visit of Vera’s husband and brother?
(Vera asked"Stop this story."
- Maybe he should have left?
(You can’t hide from love anywhere.)
So how does Kuprin solve the “eternal” problem - unrequited, passionate, but true love? Was she unhappy, this unrequited love of Zheltkov? Led to suffering? Or did the author want to say something else?
(Zheltkov’s lofty and unrequited love became"tremendous happiness" "comprehend life" which )
(NameGeorgiy means "victorious" . Yolks from the victorious. Kuprin drew in his work"small but great man.")
3.Teacher: Now, let's analyze the work using the six thinking hats method.
Student1 . I put on the white hat, become a scientist and state the facts.
(The student talks about the prototype of the main character - the petty official Zholtikov and his love for a socialite, the mother of the writer Lyubimov. And about the true history of the garnet bracelet, which is kept in the collections of the Pushkin House.)
Student2 . I put on the black hat and become a critic. (The student talks about the main contradiction of the story - unequal love, that such love cannot be mutual, about the recklessness and thoughtlessness of the actions of the protagonist.)
Student3. I put on the yellow hat and look for the strengths, advantages and positive aspects of the main character. After all, it must be emphasized that the little man was able to destroy the impregnable wall of secular indifference, and even Vera’s husband, having come to Zheltkov’s house with decisive intentions, abandons them, seeing true love, the one that he, the husband, does not feel at all for his wife.
Student4 . I put on the green hat and break stereotypes. It turns out that love is a great feeling that low-class people are capable of. Compared to socialites from high society, a simple telegraph operator stands much higher, since he is capable of more.
Student5 . I put on the red hat and talk about my feelings. Zheltkov’s lofty and unrequited love became"tremendous happiness" for him. It is with his love that he rises above other heroes, and it is with his love that he destroys the royal calm of Vera Nikolaevna. It is his love that makes Vera Nikolaevna cry, pain, and repent."comprehend life" which“humbly and joyfully doomed herself to torment and death.” I really liked the work; the image of Zheltkov is one of Kuprin’s best achievements. This young man is the only bearer of a bright, selfless feeling in the base world of wealth, selfishness, and hypocrisy. And therefore this story sounds like the writer’s call to value and protect love as a high value of humanity.
Student6. I put on my blue hat and sum it up with a poemNicholas Lenau, Austrian poet of the first half of the 19th century:"Be silent and die..."
Beethoven's sonata sounds.
To remain silent and perish... But dearer,
Than life, magical shackles!
Your best dream is in her eyes
Search without saying a word! -
Like the light of a shy lamp
Trembling in the face of the Madonna
And, dying, he catches the eye,
Her heavenly gaze is bottomless!
“Be silent and perish” - this is the spiritual vow of a telegraph operator in love. But still he violates it, reminding himself of his only and inaccessible Madonna. This supports hope in his soul and gives him strength to endure the suffering of love. Passionate, sizzling love, which he is ready to take with him to the other world. Death does not frighten the hero. Love is stronger than death.He is grateful to the one who brought this into his heart wonderful feeling, which elevated him, a little man, above the huge, vain world, the world of injustice and malice. That is why, when leaving this life, he blesses his beloved: “Hallowed be thy name.”
4. Lesson summary. Ratings. Reflection.
How Kuprin resolves this eternal problem of unrequited love.
How will you now answer the question: what is love?
Is such love possible now? Does it exist at all?
5. Homework.
To prepare for test work based on the works of I. Bunin and A. Kuprin.
Write an essay “Love and happiness of the characters in A. Kuprin’s work “Garnet Bracelet”