Dramatically, but, above all, lyrically, Alexander Kuprin managed to show the fate of an ordinary Russian intellectual. These are people of a special kind, sensitive, searching, knowing a lot, but at the same time they never interfere in anything and do not want to really change anything in their lives. The Russian intellectual of the century before last is an ironic person, at the same time attentive, understanding that his life could be more productive, but he is not capable of making it significant.

Such heroes in Russian literature began with light hand Goncharova. His Oblomov turned the ideas about the intelligentsia of Russia in the 19th century. And Ivan Timofeevich from Kuprin's "Olesya" is no better. He, of course, does not lie on the couch, but his passive desires have the same destructive power as the laziness of Vasily Oblomov. When it is necessary to act decisively, Ivan Timofeevich only asks: “And how am I? You don't even want to think about me!". But the woman to whom this question is addressed and whom he sincerely and passionately loves is much harder than it was at that moment.

Alexander Kuprin somehow managed to draw his hero for the reader on the verge between a positive attitude towards him and contempt. A literate, intelligent man who refers to the word "noble" and its derivatives as something unpleasant and shameful: “In all her movements, in her words, ... there is something noble (of course, in best sense this rather vulgar word) ... ", out of boredom, he does not know what to do during his forced stay in Polissya. This is what leads to disaster.

Without judging or ridiculing anyone, Ivan Timofeevich is trying to heal people, write stories, give lessons, and even makes attempts to establish relationships with representatives of the local society. However, a person of fine mental organization wants the real, interesting and exciting. He is ready, neglecting the recommendations, to get acquainted with the local witch. Why he needs it, he himself can not say. And here, in every act, gesture, the Russian intellectual is completely visible, the description of which was so accurately and vividly given by the inhabitant of the forest Olesya: “You are not master of your word. You love to take over people, but you yourself don’t want to, but obey them ”.

Olesya was right in everything. And the fate of the hero Kuprin is not happy, and he could not or did not want to change it. But the most important thing is that Ivan Timofeevich, smart and well-read, subtly noticing the smallest details, suddenly wished to combine the incompatible. How could one receive such a gift from Olesya as her desire to go to church? How was it possible, having spent so much time talking with her and already starting to feel like her, not to listen to yourself! “Suddenly a sudden terror of foreboding seized me. I irresistibly wanted to run after Olesya, catch up with her and ask, beg, even demand, if necessary, that she not go to church.. But Ivan Timofeevich did not do this. And the innocent Olesya paid for everything in full.

Such softness of nature, weakness of character and some kind of eternal feeling of a Russian person of resignation to fate are supplemented by Alexander Kuprin with subtle remarks about what his hero does not like when his hand is kissed. Moreover, he himself writes: “... I was only surprised at the same clerk from the non-commissioned officers and the constable, looking with what imperturbable importance they thrust their huge red paws into the lips of the peasants ...”. The author notes that Ivan Timofeevich regrets the first drunkard in Perebrod Yarmol, more precisely, not even himself, but a large family: “I was only stopped by a feeling of pity for his huge impoverished family, whom four rubles of Yarmolov’s salary helped not die of hunger”.

Without running away from fate, he actually destroys poor girl, indirectly being the cause of her trials. However, in fairness, it is worth noting that he does not justify himself in this situation. The entire narrative, written in a light, sometimes ironic style, is conducted on behalf of the protagonist. Ivan Timofeevich colorfully conveys his emotions and thoughts. Sincerely loving Olesya, he admits that convention is still more important for him. In this situation, the opinion of the world: “... I didn’t even dare to imagine what Olesya would be like, dressed in a fashionable dress, talking in the living room with the wives of my colleagues, torn out of this charming frame of the old forest ...”.

How I would like Ivan Timofeevich's romance with Olesya to end like Vladimir Vysotsky's with Marina Vladi, who became famous after the role main character in the film of the same name based on the story of Kuprin:

Let the bird cherry trees dry with linen in the wind,
Let the lilacs fall like rain
Anyway, I'll take you from here
To the palace where the pipes play.

History of creation

A. Kuprin's story "Olesya" was first published in 1898 in the newspaper "Kievlyanin" and was accompanied by a subtitle. "From memories of Volyn". It is curious that the writer first sent the manuscript to the journal " Russian wealth", since before that the Kuprin story "Forest Wilderness", also dedicated to Polesie, had already been published in this magazine. Thus, the author counted on creating the effect of continuation. However, "Russian wealth" for some reason refused to release "Olesya" (perhaps the publishers were not satisfied with the size of the story, because by that time it was the author's largest work), and the cycle planned by the author did not work out. But later, in 1905, "Olesya" came out in an independent edition, accompanied by an introduction from the author, which told the story of the creation of the work. Later, a full-fledged "Polesye cycle" was released, the apex and decoration of which was "Olesya".

The author's introduction has been preserved only in the archives. In it, Kuprin said that he was a guest in Polissya with a friend of the landowner Poroshin, he heard from him many legends and tales related to local beliefs. Among other things, Poroshin said that he himself was in love with a local witch. Kuprin will later tell this story in the story, at the same time including in it all the mysticism of local legends, the mysterious mystical atmosphere and the piercing realism of the situation surrounding him, the difficult fate of the Polissya inhabitants.

Analysis of the work

The plot of the story

Compositionally, "Olesya" is a retrospective story, that is, the author-narrator returns in his memories to the events that took place in his life many years ago.

The basis of the plot and the leading theme of the story is the love between the city nobleman (panych) Ivan Timofeevich and a young resident of Polissya, Olesya. Love is bright, but tragic, since its death is inevitable due to a number of circumstances - social inequality, the abyss between the characters.

According to the plot, the hero of the story, Ivan Timofeevich, spends several months in a remote village, on the edge of Volyn Polissya (the territory called Little Russia in tsarist times, today - the west of the Pripyat lowland, in northern Ukraine). A city dweller, he first tries to instill culture in the local peasants, heals them, teaches them to read, but the classes are unsuccessful, as people are overwhelmed by worries and they are not interested in either education or development. Ivan Timofeevich increasingly goes hunting in the forest, admires the local landscapes, sometimes listens to the stories of his servant Yarmola, who talks about witches and sorcerers.

Lost one day while hunting, Ivan finds himself in a forest hut - the same witch from Yarmola's stories - Manuilikha and her granddaughter Olesya - lives here.

The second time the hero comes to the inhabitants of the hut in the spring. Olesya tells fortunes to him, predicting an early unhappy love and adversity, up to a suicide attempt. The girl also shows mystical abilities - she can influence a person, inspiring her will or fear, stop the blood. Panych falls in love with Olesya, but she herself remains emphatically cold with him. He is especially angry that the panych stands up for her with her grandmother before the local police officer, who threatened to disperse the inhabitants of the forest hut for their supposed divination and harm to people.

Ivan falls ill and does not appear in the forest hut for a week, but when he arrives, it is noticeable that Olesya is happy to see him, and the feelings of both flare up. A month of secret dates and quiet, bright happiness passes. Despite the obvious and perceived inequality of lovers, Ivan makes an offer to Olesya. She refuses, arguing that she, a servant of the devil, should not go to church, and therefore, get married, entering into a marriage union. Nevertheless, the girl decides to go to church to make a pleasant panycha. Local residents, however, did not appreciate Olesya's impulse and attacked her, beating her badly.

Ivan hurries to the forest house, where the beaten, defeated and morally crushed Olesya tells him that her fears about the impossibility of their union have been confirmed - they cannot be together, so she and her grandmother will leave her house. Now the village is even more hostile to Olesya and Ivan - any whim of nature will be associated with her sabotage and sooner or later they will be killed.

Before leaving for the city, Ivan again goes to the forest, but in the hut he finds only red beads of woods.

Heroes of the story

Olesya

The main character of the story is the forest sorceress Olesya (her real name Alena is reported by her grandmother Manuilikha, and Olesya is the local version of the name). A beautiful, tall brunette with intelligent dark eyes immediately attracts Ivan's attention. The natural beauty in the girl is combined with the natural mind - despite the fact that the girl cannot even read, there is perhaps more tact and depth in her than in the city.

Olesya is sure that she is “not like everyone else” and soberly understands that for this dissimilarity she can suffer from the people. Ivan does not believe too much in Olesya's unusual abilities, believing that there is more centuries-old superstition here. However, he cannot deny the mysticism of the image of Olesya.

Olesya is well aware of the impossibility of her happiness with Ivan, even if he makes a strong-willed decision and marries her, therefore it is she who boldly and simply manages their relationship: firstly, she takes self-control, trying not to be imposed on the panych, and secondly, she decides to part seeing that they are not a couple. Secular life would be unacceptable for Olesya, her husband would inevitably become burdened by her after it became clear that there were no common interests. Olesya does not want to be a burden, to tie Ivan hand and foot, and leaves on her own - this is the heroism and strength of the girl.

Ivan Timofeevich

Ivan is a poor, educated nobleman. City boredom leads him to Polissya, where at first he tries to do some business, but in the end, only hunting remains from his occupation. He treats the legends about witches like fairy tales - a healthy skepticism is justified by his education.

(Ivan and Olesya)

Ivan Timofeevich - sincere and kind person, he is able to feel the beauty of nature, and therefore Olesya at first interests him not as beautiful girl but as an interesting personality. He wonders how it turned out that nature itself brought her up, and she came out so tender and delicate, unlike rude, uncouth peasants. How did it happen that they, religious, although superstitious, are ruder and tougher than Olesya, although it is she who should be the embodiment of evil. For Ivan, a meeting with Olesya is not a lordly pastime and a difficult summer love adventure, although he understands that they are not a couple - in any case, society will be stronger than their love, will destroy their happiness. The personification of society this case it doesn't matter - whether it's a blind and stupid peasant force, whether it's city dwellers, Ivan's colleagues. When he thinks of Oles as future wife, in a city dress, trying to keep up small talk with his colleagues - he just comes to a standstill. The loss of Olesya for Ivan is the same tragedy as finding her as a wife. This remains outside the scope of the story, but most likely Olesya's prediction came true in full - after her departure, he felt bad, even thinking about intentionally leaving life.

Final conclusion

The culmination of events in the story falls on a big holiday - the Trinity. This is not an accidental coincidence, it emphasizes and enhances the tragedy with which Olesya's bright fairy tale is trampled by people who hate her. There is a sarcastic paradox in this: the servant of the devil, Olesya, the sorceress, turns out to be more open to love than the crowd of people whose religion fits into the thesis "God is Love."

The author's conclusions sound tragic - the joint happiness of two people is impossible, when happiness for each of them individually is different. For Ivan, happiness is impossible apart from civilization. For Olesya - in isolation from nature. But at the same time, the author argues, civilization is cruel, society can poison relations between people, morally and physically destroy them, but nature cannot.

Ivan Timofeevich - main character and the narrator of the story "Olesya". This is an urban intellectual, a gentleman and an aspiring writer. He ended up in Polissya on official business and at the same time hopes to collect folk tales and epics from this area for his work. However, the local peasants quickly disappointed him. They are unsociable, sullen and rather limited. So, for example, he repeatedly tried to teach the local boy Yarmola to read and write, with whom he sometimes went hunting together, but to no avail. All attempts to get to know the Perebrod people closer also came to nothing.

Once Yarmola told the master that the real witch Manuilikha lives in the forest near the swamps. Ivan Timofeevich found this interesting. He wanted to get to know her as soon as possible, although in his heart he did not believe in any witchcraft. Such an opportunity quickly presented itself to him. Soon, while hunting, he got lost and just came across Manuilikha's hut. The old woman looked like a fairy-tale witch. She received the guest unkindly, but promised to tell fortunes for a silver coin. As it turned out, Manuilikha also had a granddaughter with the same unusual gift. Her name was Alena, but in Polissya - Olesya. The girl was so beautiful and friendly that Ivan Timofeevich from the day they met only thought about her.

By nature, Ivan was a kind man, but weak. Olesya immediately noticed this, but she could not do anything. Even divination foreshadowed her trouble from this man, since his kindness was somehow not good, not cordial. And he was not the master of his words and deeds. He quickly left what he started, without finishing it. So, for example, wanting to teach local peasants literacy, he quickly abandoned his attempts, as they did not shine with intelligence. Feeling the inevitable misfortune that Olesya would go to church, he made no attempt to prevent it. Thus, although this hero was a kind, sympathetic person, his heart was “lazy”.

	Olesya	Ivan Timofeevich
Social status	Ordinary girl.	Urban intellectual. "Barin", as Manuilikha and Olesya call him, "panych" calls Yarmila.
Lifestyle, activities	She lives with her grandmother in the forest and is satisfied with her life. Does not recognize hunting. She loves animals and takes care of them.	A city dweller who, by the will of fate, ended up in a remote village. Tries to write stories. In the village I hoped to find many legends, stories, but I got bored very quickly. The only entertainment was hunting.
Attitude towards the hero of other people	People do not understand and do not accept it.	Relations with the peasants were limited only to the fact that they took off their hats in front of him and said: “Guy bug”, which meant “God help”. He tried to talk to them, but they looked at him with surprise, did not understand even simple questions, and all tried to kiss his hands.
Attitude towards people	He does not communicate with people and does not strive for this. “It would be better if they left me and my grandmother alone,” says Olesya. "Evil...people here, ruthless...".	common language with ordinary people Ivan Timofeevich does not find, but wants to benefit people: he heals the peasants, teaches Yarmola to read and write. But for them, he still remains a stranger.
Behavioral features	An open and honest girl. He does not hide his feelings, emotions.	He restrains his spiritual impulses.
Love	Everything is given to the feeling of love. Ready for any sacrifice for the sake of her beloved (goes to church, where village women attacked her). But, realizing what an abyss separates her and Ivan Timofeevich, she leaves him.	Not capable of strong feeling. She does not accept Olesya for who she is. Sets a condition: either he, or "witchcraft." When Olesya hides from him, he quickly calms down.
Character	Smart, strong, whole nature, capable of high feelings and courageous deeds. Growing up in the woods of Polissya, she is distinguished by her rude independence. She is a proud girl. Olesya does as she sees fit. She doesn't care what other people think.	Smart, educated, intelligent. Soft, weak character. He likes to take over people, but more often it is the other way around. Sometimes he can't figure himself out. Incapable of going against people's opinion.
The relationship between Olesya and Ivan Timofeevich	She fell in love with Ivan Timofeevich passionately, selflessly, despite all his shortcomings, realizing that their love had no future.	Olesya was carried away, he was attracted by her unusualness, beauty. He "enjoyed ... healthy, sensual love." And although he confesses his love to Olesya, his feeling can hardly be called love. Rather, he is afraid of his feelings. He accepted her sacrifices (he knew how her trip to church would end, but did not stop her).
speech, voice	Resounding and strong, with unexpected velvety notes. Matches the character. Expressiveness and sophistication of phrases in conversation.	Soft, pleading tone. Matches the character.
The attitude of the author to the hero	Together with Ivan Timofeevich, the author admires Olesya. She uses the following evaluative vocabulary to describe her: young, slender, easy-going, beautiful. "The original beauty of the face", which once seen, do not forget. He likes her love of freedom, spontaneity, honesty, openness, kindness.	It is in the first person: the attitude of the author to his hero is determined by the thoughts of the hero, by how he himself evaluates his actions. It can be seen that the author sympathizes with the hero, because Ivan Timofeevich does not try to relieve himself of guilt for some impartial acts.
outlook	Olesya is smart, but does not recognize science. And she explains her unusual abilities only by the fact that their family is cursed, that it is the devil who helps her.	Ivan Timofeevich is inclined to explain all the abilities of Olesya with scientific point vision (hypnosis, psychiatry, physiology).
Question about marriage	Olesya believes that their union is impossible.	The decision to marry grew stronger in the soul of Ivan Timofeevich, and in the end he stopped seeing him as a challenge to society. And finally he made an offer to Olesya.

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Elena CHEKANOVA,
Khimki,
Moscow region

A story about “tender and generous love”

Lesson goals. To teach a comprehensive analysis of a work of art, an attentive attitude to detail; improve the skill of oral monologue speech, the ability to correctly formulate one's thoughts, to identify the ideological meaning of the work; to cultivate interest in the work of A.I. Kuprin, respectful attitude to human feelings and experiences.

During the classes

• Reading by the teacher of the first paragraph of the work.
• Interview with students.

Why does the work have such a name?

What genre does this piece belong to? Name the characteristic features of this genre.

"Olesya" is an epic work, a story, the characteristic features of which are the following: volume - more story but less than a novel; a description of some long period of time from the life of the hero; usually the narration is conducted on behalf of a participant or a witness to the events.

Teacher. So, in the center of attention is Olesya, about whom the main character Ivan Timofeevich talks, he gives assessments to the heroine, expresses his attitude to everything depicted in the story.

What are the features of the composition of the work?

The story alternates the story of the hero about the events of his life and his thoughts.

How is the hero shown? What is known about him? Why did he end up in Polissya?

The hero is an intellectual who accidentally ended up in Polissya. He is bored in the wilderness, he tries to communicate with the peasants (he is engaged in their treatment), read, communicate with the local intelligentsia in the person of the priest. But these attempts do not satisfy his need for communication, his only interlocutor is Yarmola, whom Ivan Timofeevich teaches to read and write. The main occupation of the hero is hunting.

Find the plot twist.

The plot is the conversation of the hero with Yarmola about witches.

Find a description of Manuilikha's hut(Ch. 3).

“It was not even a hut, but a fabulous hut on chicken legs. One side of it sagged from time to time, and this gave the hut a lame and sad look. The description of the dwelling of Manuilikha and Olesya emphasizes their closeness to the world of nature and fairy tales - it is no coincidence that the hero has an association with Baba Yaga's hut.

How does he meet the hero Manuilikha? Why?

Ivan Timofeevich decides to find the “witch's” hut, goes to the forest, he succeeds. Manuilikha meets him unfriendly, since communication with people from the civilized world does not bode well for her, as if she is trying to protect her granddaughter from meeting a man.

How is the acquaintance with Olesya? What struck the hero in this girl?

First, the hero heard a song, and then Olesya appeared, which made a strong impression on him. “My stranger, a tall brunette about twenty to twenty-five years old, kept herself light and slender. A spacious white shirt freely and beautifully wrapped around her young, healthy breasts. The original beauty of her face, once seen, could not be forgotten, but it was difficult, even getting used to it, to describe it. His charm lay in those large, brilliant, dark eyes, to which thin eyebrows, broken in the middle, gave an elusive shade of slyness, authoritativeness and naivety; in a swarthy-pink skin tone, in a masterful curve of the lips, of which the lower, somewhat fuller, protruded forward with a determined, capricious look.

What is known about the heroines? What do they have in common with Ivan Timofeevich?

Manuilikha and Olesya are strangers in this region, they are strangers. The hero is also alien to the people of Polissya, he could not find contact with them.

The hero takes a deep interest in Olesya and her life; they have an ongoing relationship. It is significant that Ivan Timofeevich did not get along with anyone else.

What unusual abilities Olesya has? Tell how she tries to convince the hero that she is a witch.

Why did Ivan Timofeevich become attached to the girl?(ch. 6)

Reflecting on his perception of the young savage, the hero says: “Not only Olesya’s beauty fascinated me in her, but also her whole, original, free nature, her mind ... For her environment, for her upbringing, she possessed amazing abilities.”

The hero is pleased with the spontaneity, naturalness, openness of Olesya, some childishness, lack of coquetry. That is, he is attracted to exactly what he probably did not find in other people.

How do others relate to the communication of the hero with the girl?

Ivan Timofeevich's relations with the villagers deteriorate and even with Yarmola, who also does not approve of communicating with "witches".

When did the danger of parting with Olesya first arise? What is it connected with?

The new landowner in the village decides to drain the swamps, and the constable who came to Manuilikha demands that she and her granddaughter immediately leave this region.

How did the hero behave in this situation?

Ivan Timofeevich tries to protect his wards, treats the constable, verbally convinces, gives an old gun, having obtained permission to leave the women alone for a while.

What was the turning point in the relationship between the characters?

The turning point in their relationship was Ivan's illness, due to which he did not appear in the forest hut for a long time. It is in separation from Olesya that he realizes that new feelings have entered his life that he cannot cope with. Ivan Timofeevich admits: “I myself did not suspect what thin, strong, invisible threads my heart was tied to this charming, incomprehensible girl for me. Wherever I was ... all my thoughts were occupied with the image of Olesya, my whole being aspired to her, every memory ... squeezed my heart with quiet and sweet pain. The absence of the hero greatly excited Olesya, who also has a strong affection for him.

Let's read the beginning of Chapter X.

“...When I stepped on its threshold, my heart beat with anxious fear in my chest. I didn’t see Olesya for almost two weeks, and now I especially clearly understood how close and sweet she was to me ... I felt that ... Olesya gives me ... her whole being.

What happens in the life of the heroes after this meeting?

The heroes confess their love to each other, it is important that Olesya is the initiator. And Ivan Timofeevich is afraid of something new that has appeared in his life.

How do the characters themselves perceive their love?

For Olesya, love is a gift. She loves and enjoys it; although the heroine anticipates trouble, she consciously continues her relationship with her beloved.

“Now I don’t care, I don’t care! Because I love you...

Olesya, for God's sake, don't... leave me... Now I'm afraid... I'm afraid of myself... Let me go, Olesya."

Ivan understands that his feeling for Olesya is quite serious, he feels the magic emanating from the girl. He constantly thinks about his relationship with the savage and comes to the conclusion that he is even ready to marry her and take her to the city with him.

How does he perceive the relationship between Ivan Timofeevich and Olesya Manuilikha?

“After my recovery, old Manuilikha became so unbearably peevish, she met me with such frank malice, and while I sat in the hut, she moved the pots in the stove with such noisy bitterness that Olesya and I preferred to meet every evening in the forest ...”

Teacher's word. In his story, the author poses the problem of the collision of man of nature and man of civilization. After all, Manuilikha from the very beginning sought to resist the meeting of her granddaughter and the stranger, feeling that they belong to different worlds, and trying to save Olesya from pain.

Pay attention to the thoughts of the hero. How does he represent Olesya in the world of civilization?

“Only one circumstance frightened and stopped me: I did not even dare to imagine what Olesya would be like, dressed in a fashionable dress ... uprooted from this charming frame of the old forest ...”

In what works have you met with a similar situation?

In the poem by A.S. Pushkin "Gypsies", in the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov "A Hero of Our Time" (the history of the relationship between Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin and Bela). Both Pushkin and Lermontov show the conflict between the man of civilization and the man of nature; writers emphasized that people from different worlds they cannot understand each other, they live according to different laws, so their relationship is doomed to break.

Teacher's word. In these works, the problem of the collision of “natural man” and the man of civilization was resolved dramatically, the authors showed that these people are so different that their connection is possible only for a short time or in natural conditions.

How does Olesya perceive the conversation about Ivan's departure and his proposal to marry?

She understands that this is impossible, tells the hero that such a decision is ridiculous even to imagine that in the future he himself will hate her for this marriage. The girl explains her refusal as follows: “I only think about your happiness.”

“You yourself understand that it’s ridiculous to even think about it. Well, what kind of wife am I really to you? This suggests that Olesya's love is deep and sacrificial, the girl does not think about herself.

How does the heroine try to prove her love to Ivan?

For the sake of her beloved, Olesya is ready to go to church, although she is sure that she carries some mysterious and fatal beginning. This act is associated with great risk, but the girl decides on it. “Darling, you know, I really want to do something very, very nice for you.”

Tell us about the consequences of this campaign.

When Olesya came to the village, she was insulted by women who mocked her, cursed and did not allow the girl to pass. Someone suggested smearing her with tar, and when Olesya escaped from the circle of her offenders, stones flew after her. Angry, Olesya, “having run back about fifty steps ... stopped, turned her pale, scratched, bloodied face to the brutal crowd and shouted so loudly that her every word could be heard on the square:

Well! .. You still remember this from me! You will still cry your fill!”

The consequences of her trip to the village church were the reason for the departure of the heroines - the locals, in anger, could cause them great harm. Olesya and her grandmother understand that after what happened they need to leave Polesie, as they will be blamed for the causes of any misfortune. “... After all, I was there ... in Perebrodye ... I threatened out of evil and out of shame ... And now a little something happens, now they will tell us: whether the cattle starts to fall or someone’s hut catches fire - we will all be to blame” - says Olesya to Ivan. After his departure, they leave Polissya. The heroine herself said: “No ... I know, I see ... There will be nothing for us but grief ... nothing ... nothing ...”

Why was it impossible to continue love?

1. The people around interfered.
2. Olesya herself did not want this.
3. The reason for this is the passivity of the hero.

Try to formulate the idea of ​​the work.

strong, pure love heroes is not understood and not accepted by the cruel surrounding world, true love is doomed to a tragic end.

Does the epigraph match our conversation?

Pay attention to the last lines of the story. In them - the attitude of the narrator to everything that happened.

“With a cramped heart overflowing with tears, I was about to leave the hut, when suddenly my attention was attracted bright object, apparently deliberately hung at the corner of the window frame. It was a string of cheap red beads, known in Polissia as "corals", - the only thing that remained to me as a memory of Olesya and her tender, generous love.

Teacher's word. Look with what words Ivan Timofeevich characterizes his condition - “with a cramped, overflowing heart ...” It is overflowing with feelings, and Olesya’s love remains a wonderful fairy tale for him, she will be stored in his memory, because only memory connects him with a gentle and generous girl, who gave the hero her feeling and demanded nothing in return.

What unites the stories "Olesya" and "Garnet Bracelet"?

(This paperwork assignment can be given to complete at home so that students can reflect and prepare for the upcoming paperwork in class.)

Both works are devoted to the theme of love, which the main characters (Olesya and Zheltkov) perceive as God's gift, as happiness, despite the fact that their feelings have no future, life deprives the heroes of the opportunity to be with their beloved. Pure, sincere love is the basis of their personalities. The heroes are happy because they had a chance to experience this deep feeling.