When the great Russian writer was overpoweredlife adversity and painful experiences, he wanted only one thing - to leave, hide, change the situation. What he did every time there was another collapse of creative plans. The road adventures and impressions that Nikolai Gogol received during his trips helped him dissipate, find inner harmony and get rid of the blues. Perhaps it was these sentiments that reflected the image of the road in the poem Dead Souls.
How good you are, far away!
This enthusiastic exclamation includeswell-known philosophical and lyrical digression in the novel about the adventures of the adventurer, the buyer of dead souls. The author refers to the road as a living creature: "How many times have I, perishing, grabbed hold of you, and every time you generously saved me!"
The writer used to think about his futurecreations on the road. It was on the way, under the sound of hoofs and the ringing of bells, that his characters acquired their outlines. While driving, he suddenly began to hear their speeches, to peer into the expressions of their faces. He witnessed the actions of his heroes and comprehended their inner world. Representing the image of the road in the poem Dead Souls, the author pays tribute to his inspirer, saying the following words: “How many wonderful ideas and poetic dreams were born in you!”
Chapter written on the road
But in order to travel pictures and relevantthe mood did not leave him and did not disappear from memory, the writer could interrupt his journey and sit down to write a whole fragment of the work. Thus was born the first chapter of the poem "Dead Souls". In correspondence with one of his buddies, the writer told how, once, traveling through Italian cities, he accidentally wandered into a noisy tavern. And such an overwhelming desire to write him seized that he sat down at the table and created a whole chapter of the novel. It is no coincidence that the image of the road in the poem Dead Souls is the key.
Compositional reception
It so happened that the road became a favoriteartistically in the works of Gogol. The heroes of his works always go somewhere, and on the way something happens to them. The image of the road in the poem “Dead Souls” is a compositional technique characteristic of all the works of the Russian writer.
В романе поездки и путешествия стали основными motives. They are a composite core. The image of the road in “Dead Souls” declared itself in full power. It is multifaceted and carries an important meaning. The road is the life of the protagonist, and a difficult path in the history of Russia. This image serves as a symbol of development and all of humanity. And the image of the road in the work under consideration is the fate of the Russian people. What awaits Russia? What is the road intended for her? Similar questions were asked contemporaries of Gogol. The author of "Dead Souls" tried to give answers to them with the help of his rich figurative language.
Chichikov Road
Looking into the dictionary, you may find that the word"road" is almost an absolute synonym for the word "way." The difference is only in subtle, barely perceptible shades. The path has a general abstract meaning. The road is more specific. In the description of Chichikov's Travels, the author uses the subject meaning. The road to “Dead Souls” is a multi-valued word. But in relation to an active character, it has a specific meaning, used to denote the distance that it overcomes and thus more and more approaches its goal. It should be said that Chichikov experienced pleasant minutes before each trip. Such sensations are familiar to those whose ordinary activities are not connected with roads and crossings. The author emphasizes that the heroic adventurer inspires the upcoming trip. He sees that the road is hard and bumpy, but he is ready to overcome it, like other obstacles in his life path.
Life roads
The piece contains many lyrical andphilosophical reasoning. This is a feature of the artistic method of Gogol. The theme of the road in Dead Souls was used by the author to convey his thoughts about a person as a separate person and about humanity as a whole. Reasoning on philosophical topics, he uses various adjectives: narrow, deaf, crooked, impassable, bringing far to the side. It’s all about the road that humanity once chose in search of eternal truth.
Roads of Russia
In the last chapter of the first volume, the author talks aboutthe fate of the motherland. Russia, he compares with the brisk troika, which is impossible to overtake. The road is smoking under it and the bridges are rattling, and, squinting, they keep clear of other nations and give it a way ...
The roads in the poem "Dead Souls" are associated withthree birds. Brichka is the subject detail that complements the image of Chichikov. It also performs plot functions. In the poem there are a lot of episodes in which the action is motivated by precisely the chaise racing along Russian roads. Thanks to her, for example, Chichikov manages to escape from Nozdrev. Brichka also creates a ring structure of the first volume. At the beginning of it, the men argue about the strength of its wheel, at the end this part breaks down, so that the hero has to linger.
The roads on which Chichikov rides have charactermessy. They may unexpectedly lead to the backwater, to the hole where people live, devoid of any moral principles. But nevertheless, these are the roads of Russia, which in itself is a long way, absorbing a person, leading him to no one knows where.
The road to the plot composition of the poem iscore, the main canvas. And in the creation of her image, the characters and things and events play a role. Life goes on until the road stretches. And the author will tell his story throughout the journey.
