Analysis of Katerina's last monologue. Analysis of Katerina’s monologues based on Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm”

A.N. Ostrovsky is a great Russian playwright, author of many plays. But only the play “The Thunderstorm” is the pinnacle of his work. The critic Dobrolyubov, analyzing the image of Katerina, the main character of this work, called her “a ray of light in a dark kingdom.”
Katerina’s monologues embody her cherished dreams of a harmonious, happy life, of truth, and of Christian paradise.
The heroine’s life was going well and carefree in her parents’ house. Here she felt “free.” Katerina lived easily, carefree, joyfully. She loved her garden very much, in which she often walked and admired the flowers. Later telling Varvara about her life in her parents’ house, she says: “I lived, didn’t worry about anything, like a bird in the wild. Mama doted on me, dressed me up like a doll, and didn’t force me to work; I used to do whatever I want... I used to get up early; If it’s summer, I’ll go to the spring, wash myself, bring some water with me and that’s it, I’ll water all the flowers in the house. I had many, many flowers.” Katerina experiences the real joy of life in the garden, among the trees, herbs, flowers, the morning freshness of awakening nature: “Or I’ll go into the garden early in the morning, the sun is still rising, I’ll fall to my knees, I pray and cry, and I myself don’t know what I’m praying for and what am I crying about? That’s how they’ll find me.”
Katerina dreams of an earthly paradise, which appears to her in prayers to the rising sun, a morning visit to the springs, in the bright images of angels and birds. Later, in a difficult moment of her life, Katerina will complain: “If I had died as a little girl, it would have been better. I would look from heaven to earth and rejoice at everything. Otherwise she would fly invisibly wherever she wanted. I would fly out into the field and fly from cornflower to cornflower in the wind, like a butterfly.”
Despite her dreaminess and enthusiasm, Katerina has been distinguished since childhood by her truthfulness, courage and determination: “I was born so hot! I was still six years old, no more, so I did it! They offended me with something at home, and it was late in the evening, it was already dark, I ran out to the Volga, got into the boat, and pushed it away from the shore. The next morning they found it, about ten miles away!
Speaking with her entire life against despotism and callousness, Katerina trusts in everything to the inner voice of conscience and at the same time tries to overcome the longing for lost spiritual harmony. When Varvara hands her the key to the gate through which she can go out on a secret date, her soul is full of confusion, she rushes about like a bird in a cage: “Who has fun in captivity! An opportunity arose, and another one was glad: so she rushed headlong. How can this be possible without thinking, without judging! How long does it take to get into trouble? And there you cry all your life, suffer; bondage will seem even more bitter.” But longing for a soul mate and awakening love for Boris take over, and Katerina keeps the treasured key and waits for a secret meeting.
Katerina's dreamy nature mistakenly sees the male ideal in the image of Boris. After her public confession about her relationship with him, Katerina realizes that even if her mother-in-law and husband forgive her sins, she will no longer be able to live as before. Her hopes and dreams are destroyed: “If only I had lived with him, maybe I would have seen some kind of joy,” and now her thoughts are not about herself. She asks her beloved for forgiveness for the troubles she has caused him: “Why did I get him into trouble? I should die alone.” Otherwise, I ruined myself, I ruined him, I dishonored myself - eternal submission to him!”
The decision to commit suicide comes to Katerina as an internal protest against family despotism and hypocrisy. Kabanikha’s house became hateful for her: “It doesn’t matter to me whether I go home or go to the grave. It’s better in the grave...” She wants to find freedom after the moral storms she has experienced. Now, towards the end of the tragedy, her worries go away and she decides to leave this world with the knowledge that she is right: “Will they not pray? He who loves will pray.”
Katerina's death comes at a moment when dying is better for her than living, when only death turns out to be a way out, the only salvation of the good that is in her.

“Ostrovsky Thunderstorm” - The influence of life with the Kabanovs on Katerina. Passionate desire for freedom, love, happiness. Determination, courage. Awareness of one's doom. Katerina's life in Kabanova's house. Passionate nature, depth of feelings. Desire for freedom. In the play, for the first time, an angry protest against tyranny and family despotism was heard.

“Snow Maiden” - The image of the Snow Maiden is not recorded in Russian folk ritual. What is the ancient world of the Slavs depicted by Ostrovsky? Rimsky-Korsakov. Old crones! Divorce my son and daughter-in-law. The last option is more indicative and, most likely, is the original one. It's your job... oven cakes, bury them under the fence, feed the kids.

“Heroes of “The Snow Maiden”” - Magic wreath. Musical instruments. Kupava and Mizgir. Tests for consolidation on the topic. The elements of Russian folk rituals. Snow Maiden. The author's ideals. Test results. Huge power. A.N. Ostrovsky. Composer. Spring fairy tale. Image of Lelya. The beauty of nature. Winter's Tale. A celebration of the senses and the beauty of nature.

“Ostrovsky Thunderstorm lesson” - - Abolition of serfdom. Microthemes. Conflicts in the play "The Thunderstorm". The premise is Kabanikha’s nagging. The conflict of the play = the basics of the plot. The denouement is suicide. Boris vs. Dikiy. The love of a married woman for another man. A clash of old and new. A love and everyday drama, a socially accusatory play. Varvara versus Kabanikha.

“Talking names in Ostrovsky’s plays” - Grisha Razlyulyaev. Savva is a native Russian name. Thus, through the surname, the author emphasizes the similarity of the brothers. Yasha Guslin. Year. Heroes of A. N. Ostrovsky’s play “Poverty is not a vice.” Pelageya Egorovna Tortsova. African Savich Korshunov. Pelageya Egorovna is the wife of Gordey Tortsov. Speaking names in the works of A. N. Ostrovsky.

“Ostrovsky’s play “Dowry”” - Kakov Karandyshev. Cruel romance. A sad song about a homeless woman. The mystery of Ostrovsky's play. Poetic lines. Larisa's fiance. Analysis of the play. Does Paratova need Larisa? What does the gypsy song add to the play and film? Skills for expressing your thoughts. Gypsy song. Love for Larisa. What kind of person is Paratov?

Probably few people, at least at some point in their lives, have not wondered why people don’t fly like birds. Only in childhood this question is most often caused by natural curiosity and the desire to discover something new. But in adults, it most often occurs in moments of strong emotional excitement, when you just want to take it and disappear from the place where you are now. Only there are no wings... Outstanding minds have devoted poetry and prose to the question of why people don’t fly. A striking example of this is the monologue of Katerina, the main character of A. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm”. What meaning did the desperate woman put into this phrase?

Why don’t people fly like birds: is it only Katerina who regrets her carefree girlhood?

The play “The Thunderstorm” is deservedly considered one of the author’s most important works. It is all permeated with symbolism. So Katerina’s monologue can, of course, be taken literally, thinking that the still young woman simply regrets that the time of carefree youth will not return. But one can argue this way only if one does not read the entire work.

In fact, everything is much deeper! Wondering why people don't fly like birds, Katerina essentially reveals that her soul has lost its strength and can no longer soar. If earlier she thanked God, because she had real happiness, simple and artless, then today she is not at all the same joyful girl. This hurts Katerina so much. It turns out that her world is collapsing!

The young woman says that before, prayer and church services were happiness for her; she did not notice the time, because her soul and thoughts were pure.

Once in her husband’s family, she understands that real life has little in common with her ideals. The husband is weak, the mother-in-law is difficult and not particularly special. But she has to adapt and endure... And then Boris appears in Katerina’s life. As a result, it becomes even harder for the girl, because even when it was very difficult for her, she could turn to God, because she did not feel guilty. And now she is deprived of this too, because she clearly realizes that her love is sinful.

Interpretation of the heroine's thoughts

This is how you can interpret the question of why people don’t fly. Katerina’s monologue, in essence, is a reflection on why a person can’t just pick up and go where he wants. And with whomever he wants. The girl understands that, in principle, it is not the bonds of marriage that hold her together. And not the opinions of others, but only the confusion in her own soul. Therefore, it turns out that it is not her husband, mother-in-law or lover who should be blamed for Katerina’s death who did not live up to expectations. The reason for this is an outdated way of life, a model of upbringing that was the basis of a young woman’s life, and which she simply had nothing to replace in her heart.

Do our contemporaries wonder why people don’t fly like birds?

Of course yes. But in some ways it’s easier for us. After all, there are so many different models of behavior and examples of destinies around! Anyone who wants to find a justification for his desire to “take off” (in other words, break stereotypes), with some effort, will be able to do this without breaking his soul into fragments.

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Katerina (alone, holding the key in her hands). Why is she doing this? What is she coming up with? Oh, crazy, really, crazy! This is death! Here she is! Throw it away, throw it far away, throw it into the river so that it will never be found. He burns his hands like coal. (Thinking.) This is how our sister dies. Someone has fun in captivity! You never know what comes to mind. An opportunity arose, and another one was glad: so she rushed headlong. How can this be possible without thinking, without judging! How long does it take to get into trouble? And there you cry all your life, suffer; bondage will seem even more bitter. (Silence.) And captivity is bitter, oh, how bitter! Who doesn't cry from her! And most of all, we women. Here I am now! I live, I struggle, I don’t see any light for myself! Yes, and I won’t see it, you know! What's next is worse. And now this sin is on me. (Thinks.) If only it weren’t for my mother-in-law!.. She crushed me... I’m sick of her and the house; The walls are even disgusting. (Looks thoughtfully at the key.) Throw it away? Of course you have to quit. And how did he get into my hands? To temptation, to my destruction. (Listens.) Oh, someone is coming. So my heart sank. (Hides the key in his pocket.) No!.. No one! Why was I so scared! And she hid the key... Well, you know, it should be there! Apparently, fate itself wants it! But what a sin is it if I look at it once, even from afar! Yes, even if I talk, it won’t matter! But what about my husband!.. But he himself didn’t want to. Yes, perhaps such a case will never happen again in my entire life. Then cry to yourself: there was a case, but I didn’t know how to use it. What am I saying, am I deceiving myself? I could even die to see him. Who am I pretending to be!.. Throw in the key! No, not for anything in the world! He’s mine now... Whatever happens, I’ll see Boris! Oh, if only the night could come sooner!..

A.N. Ostrovsky is a great Russian playwright, author of many plays. But only the play “The Thunderstorm” is the pinnacle of his work. The critic Dobrolyubov, analyzing the image of Katerina, the main character of this work, called her “a ray of light in a dark kingdom.”
Katerina’s monologues embody her cherished dreams of a harmonious, happy life, of truth, and of Christian paradise.
The heroine’s life was going well and carefree in her parents’ house. Here she felt “free.” Katerina lived easily, carefree, joyfully. She loved her garden very much, in which she often walked and admired the flowers. Later telling Varvara about her life in her parents’ house, she says: “I lived, didn’t worry about anything, like a bird in the wild. Mama doted on me, dressed me up like a doll, and didn’t force me to work; I used to do what I want... I used to get up early; If it’s summer, I’ll go to the spring, wash myself, bring some water with me and that’s it, I’ll water all the flowers in the house. I had many, many flowers.” Katerina experiences the real joy of life in the garden, among the trees, herbs, flowers, the morning freshness of awakening nature: “Or I’ll go into the garden early in the morning, the sun is still rising, I’ll fall to my knees, I pray and cry, and I myself don’t know what I’m praying for and what am I crying about? That’s how they’ll find me.”
Katerina dreams of an earthly paradise, which appears to her in prayers to the rising sun, a morning visit to the springs, in the bright images of angels and birds. Later, in a difficult moment of her life, Katerina will complain: “If I had died as a little girl, it would have been better. I would look from heaven to earth and rejoice at everything. Otherwise she would fly invisibly wherever she wanted. I would fly out into the field and fly from cornflower to cornflower in the wind, like a butterfly.”
Despite her dreaminess and enthusiasm, Katerina has been distinguished since childhood by her truthfulness, courage and determination: “I was born so hot! I was still six years old, no more, so I did it! They offended me with something at home, and it was late in the evening, it was already dark, I ran out to the Volga, got into the boat, and pushed it away from the shore. The next morning they found it, about ten miles away!
Speaking with her entire life against despotism and callousness, Katerina trusts in everything to the inner voice of conscience and at the same time tries to overcome the longing for lost spiritual harmony. When Varvara hands her the key to the gate through which she can go out on a secret date, her soul is full of confusion, she rushes about like a bird in a cage: “Who has fun in captivity! An opportunity arose, and another one was glad: so she rushed headlong. How can this be possible without thinking, without judging! How long does it take to get into trouble? And there you cry all your life, suffer; bondage will seem even more bitter.” But longing for a soul mate and awakening love for Boris take over, and Katerina keeps the treasured key and waits for a secret meeting.
Katerina's dreamy nature mistakenly sees the male ideal in the image of Boris. After her public confession about her relationship with him, Katerina realizes that even if her mother-in-law and husband forgive her sins, she will no longer be able to live as before. Her hopes and dreams are destroyed: “If only I had lived with him, maybe I would have seen some kind of joy,” and now her thoughts are not about herself. She asks her beloved for forgiveness for the troubles she has caused him: “Why did I get him into trouble? I should die alone.” Otherwise, I ruined myself, I ruined him, I dishonored myself - eternal submission to him!”
The decision to commit suicide comes to Katerina as an internal protest against family despotism and hypocrisy. Kabanikha’s house became hateful for her: “It doesn’t matter to me whether I go home or go to the grave. It’s better in the grave...” She wants to find freedom after the moral storms she has experienced. Now, towards the end of the tragedy, her worries go away and she decides to leave this world with the knowledge that she is right: “Will they not pray? He who loves will pray.”
Katerina's death comes at a moment when dying is better for her than living, when only death turns out to be a way out, the only salvation of the good that is in her.