In the autumn of 1824, it was finallyedited a satirical play "Woe from Wit", which made AS Griboedov a Russian classic. A lot of acute and sick issues are considered this work. It deals with the opposition of the "present century" to the "age of the past", in which the themes of education, upbringing, morals, and order of government are touched upon, as well as the mores of the higher Moscow society, which by that time already lost all moral values and almost completely mired in insincerity and falsehood. Now everything is sold and bought, even love and friendship. The writer Griboyedov constantly thinks about this and thinks about it. Chatsky is only an artistic hero who voices his thoughts. The most surprising thing about this work is that the phrases from it have become one of the most quoted in Russian literature.
"Woe from Wit". Comedy. Chatsky
Многие крылатые выражения пьесы «Горе от ума» are used today in our everyday life, but now there is no sense in listing them all. Initially, this work was forbidden by the censorship, since the author's attacks on the existing system of the autocracy with his serfdom, the organization of the army, and many others were very obvious.
The protagonist of these very ideas was the main character -Young nobleman with progressive views - Chatsky. His opponent was a person from the Moscow aristocratic society - a gentleman and landowner Famusov.
The attitude of Chatsky to serfdom
These two were opposed to each other by theirviews on the state system. According to several quotations of the work it is possible to characterize the attitude of Chatsky to serfdom. It is in them is the whole meaning of the caustic satire of the comedy created by Griboyedov. These statements are not so much, but what they are!
Chatsky stands up for the protection of the oppressed people andexpresses himself at the expense of serfdom very emotionally and strongly. One part of these statements begins with the words: "That Nestor of the rascals of the nobility, the crowd of surrounded servants ...". It only further emphasizes the indignation of the protagonist when it comes to serfs.
The word "Nestor" used in the beginning is interpretedas "manager", that is, the Russian nobility, who owns serf people. The humiliated and outraged mob serves these high-ranking gentlemen faithfully, protects them from all sorts of misfortunes, and sometimes saves them from imminent death.
A dangerous person
As a result, they received "gratitude" in the form ofexchange them - living people - for puppies of thoroughbred greyhounds. The attitude of Chatsky to serfdom is very obvious and negative. He does not hide his fury and contempt, his indignation is no limit. During this time he managed to spend three years abroad and returned to Moscow. From this follows the conclusion that Chatsky has seen many different societies and state devices that did not have serfdom. He was offended by his people and for the open form of slavery that was present in Russia in the 19th century.
Independent personality
There is another of his statements, which shouldfor the previous one, and it sounded like this: "Or the one who has driven the fortress ballet for many waggons ...". Hence it is evident that often the serfs used to play for fun, for the amusement or surprise of guests and friends. Chatsky recalls some noble nobleman (collective image), who created a ballet in which the serf people participated. For Chatsky this was a terrible example of the exploitation of living people as inanimate puppets. But the whole trouble was that when the owner needed it, he gave the serfs for debts as something.
The first utterance of Chatsky is exposing and severe, and the second contains a feeling of pity for poor people.
It is also interesting that the ratio of Chatsky toserfdom does not imply direct attacks on the side of Famusov. But this does not create doubts about the views of the hero, because he is a true patriot of independent freedom-loving views. Chatsky sincerely wishes prosperity to his homeland, despises careerism and vigilance, condemns all imitations abroad and believes that people should be respected and valued not for the number of serfs, but for his personal qualities.
