Bolkonskaya Marya - princess, daughter of the old Prince Bolkonsky, sister of Prince Andrei, later the wife of Nikolai Rostov. Marya “has an ugly, weak body and a thin face... the princess’s eyes, large, deep and radiant (as if rays of warm light sometimes came out of them in sheaves), were so beautiful that very often, despite the ugliness of her whole face, these eyes became more attractive than beauty."
Marya is very religious, welcomes pilgrims and wanderers, enduring the ridicule of her father and brother. She has no friends with whom she could share her thoughts. Her life is focused on love for her father, who is often unfair to her, for her brother and his son Nikolenka (after the death of the “little princess”), for whom she, as best she can, replaces her mother.
Marya is an intelligent, meek, educated woman who does not hope for personal happiness. Because of her father’s unfair reproaches and the inability to endure it any longer, she even wanted to go on a journey. Her life changes after meeting Nikolai Rostov, who managed to guess the wealth of her soul. Having gotten married, the heroine is happy, completely sharing all her husband’s views “on duty and oath.”
Bolkonsky Nikolai Andreevich - prince, general-in-chief, dismissed from service under Paul I and exiled to the village. Father of Princess Marya and Prince Andrei. In the image of the old prince, Tolstoy restored many of the features of his maternal grandfather, Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky, “an intelligent, proud and gifted man.”
Bolkonsky the father lives in the village, pedantically distributing his time, most of all not enduring idleness, stupidity, superstition and violation of the once established order; he is demanding and harsh with everyone, often tormenting his daughter with nagging, but deep down loving her. The prince, revered by all, “walked in the old-fashioned way, in a caftan and powder”, was short, “in a powdered wig... with small dry hands and gray hanging eyebrows, sometimes, as he frowned, obscuring the shine of the smart and definitely young sparkling eyes"He is very proud, intelligent, restrained in expressing feelings; perhaps his main concern is the preservation of family honor and dignity. Until the last days of his life old prince retains interest in political and military events, only just before his death losing real ideas about the scale of the misfortune that happened to Russia. It was he who instilled feelings of pride, duty, patriotism and scrupulous honesty in his son Andrei.
Natasha Rostova - central female character the novel “War and Peace” and, perhaps, the author’s favorite. Tolstoy presents us with the evolution of his heroine over the fifteen-year period of her life, from 1805 to 1820, and over more than one and a half thousand...
Prince Andrei's ugly sister, Princess Maria Bolkonskaya, is not like her doll-daughter-in-law - this nature, for all its limitations, is incomparably deeper and more attractive; she cannot be satisfied with a brilliant appearance, even if she were pretty;...
In L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” the problem of family is acutely posed. The author depicts in detail several family ways. Comparing various options family life, the writer shows what a family should be like, what true family values,...
Pierre Bezukhov is one of Tolstoy's most beloved heroes. His spiritual quest is universal in nature, and in the metaphysical plan of the novel, this image is key to understanding the meaning of the great epic.
The first meeting with Pierre takes place in Anna's salon... Natasha Rostova and Andrei Bolkonsky are the main characters of the epic novel by L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace". Exactly on life quests Andrei Bolkonsky, as well as Pierre Bezukhov, built story line
this work. Natasha became the embodiment of... Each writer or poet has his own ideal images, which he gives special preference to. There has always been an image of a woman in literature, in which each of the creators saw something different. A.S. Pushkin embodied the ideal of Russian beauty in the image of Tatyana, and A.A. Blok centrally
his poetry is the image of a sweet stranger, for N.A. Nekrasov it is a devoted real Russian woman. L.N. Tolstoy also has his own ideal of the feminine essence, which he revealed to us in the novel “War and Peace.” It is not difficult to guess that Natasha Rostova and Marya Bolkonskaya are Tolstoy’s favorite heroines. After all, in them Tolstoy embodied certain ideals of female purity, devotion, family, and the true purpose of a woman in this world.
Natasha Rostova For L.N. Tolstoy, Natasha Rostova is, without a doubt, the most beloved heroine. Everything says this: and external description twelve year old girl. Her childlike spontaneity, cheerful face, and smile make Tolstoy’s novel brighter and bring some kind of joy. She falls in love with ease handsome men, she likes to dance and sing. Tolstoy describes her at name days, at a ball, when meeting Nikolai Rostov, etc. She was cheerful everywhere: “jumped like a goat,” “squealed shrilly,” “laughed at every word,” “could not contain her joy,” “a happy smile lit up her face.” Natasha is the center of attention, love, participation, understanding, kindness. She believed that all people should be happy. She was not interested in small talk about politics; at the ball she thought only about one thing: “They should know how much I want to dance, how great I am at dancing, and how much fun it will be for them to dance with me.”
Falling in love with Boris Drubetsky did not leave even a shadow of disappointment. The same cannot be said about Anatol Kuragin. Carried away by him, Natasha admitted the idea that Andrei Bolkonsky was not her love. But, seeing Kuragin’s insincerity, he understands that there was simply no love. Nevertheless, Tolstoy gives Natasha the opportunity to correct her mistake. It is she who spends Bolkonsky’s last days next to him. She takes care of the wounded Andrei, giving him all her time, all her thoughts, all her feelings.
Natasha is a true patriot of Russia. Looking out the window and seeing wounded soldiers in the yard, Natasha, without hesitation, asks her father and mother to hand over all the carts prepared for transporting their property. The Count and Countess do not contradict her, but silently, brushing away a tear, agree to help.
In comparing Natasha Rostova and Marya Bolkonskaya, Tolstoy focuses on their family nature. Both Natasha and Marya maintained harmony, comfort, and love in their families. Even before being married, they already understood their purpose, they already knew that family well-being depended on them.
Marya Bolkonskaya
This heroine is described by Tolstoy with special love. The author brings Marya Bolkonskaya's attitude to religion to the fore. For her, helping people, being humble, and doing good are true life desires.
Her portrait is not so attractive: “...an ugly, weak body and a thin face. The eyes, always sad... the princess’s eyes, large, deep and radiant (as if rays of warm light sometimes came out of them in sheaves), were so beautiful that very often, despite the ugliness of all the faces, these eyes became more attractive than beauty.” “Radiant,” Tolstoy will say more than once in the novel. And the eyes are the mirror of the soul.
The severity of Marya's father's upbringing did not harden her heart; on the contrary, she loved the prince even more, cared for him until last day. Her father's death brought an irreparable loss into her heart that only she knew. Marya loved Andrei and him very much little son. Marya’s attitude towards people was: “I only wish you were all happy as I am.” In the characteristics of Natasha Rostova and Marya Bolkonskaya you can find a lot in common. They lived in different families, but eventually they would unite into one. It is probably no coincidence that Tolstoy ended his novel this way.
Family of Natasha and Marya
At the end of the novel we see Natasha, the wife of Pierre Bezukhov. She is happy in her own way. “The subject that Natasha completely immersed herself in was family, that is, husband ... and children who had to be carried, given birth, fed, raised.”
Marya Bolkonskaya will become the wife of Nikolai Rostov. She will be everyone's keeper happy days their family life. Devoting herself to her children and husband, Marya lived in complete happiness. This is precisely what Tolstoy sees as the purpose of a woman. A woman is a wife, mother.
In my essay “Natasha Rostova and Marya Bolkonskaya are Tolstoy’s favorite heroines” the main idea, which is revealed by Tolstoy in the novel “War and Peace,” is the purpose of a woman. It is still relevant today. I think the values of love and family will be important at all times.
Work test
With the help of a series of female characters in the novel “War and Peace” I tried to show the significance of the role of the fair half of humanity in society, as well as the value strong family in the War of 1812. Marya Bolkonskaya is one of the best representatives of the nobility and the most complex characters epics.
Lev Nikolaevich characterizes the heroine ugly woman, the path to marriage is possible only through her origin and wealth, but endowed with exceptional qualities rare for the society of that time. Loyalty and the ability to self-sacrifice are the girl’s striking traits.
Appearance and character
The author carefully worked out the portraits and biographies of the heroes, including Marya Bolkonskaya. The image of the girl is based on Lev Nikolaevich’s ideas about his own mother Marya Nikolaevna (nee Volkonskaya), whom the writer did not remember. He admitted that he had created a spiritual image of her in his imagination. The heroine looks sick: weak body, haggard face.
“Poor girl, she’s devilishly bad,” Anatol Kuragin thought about her.
And she is not distinguished by grace - Lev Nikolaevich never tired of noting that Marie had a heavy, clumsy gait. The only attractive part of the image was the sad ones big eyes who seemed to radiate kindness and warmth.
However, hidden behind the unremarkable appearance is inner beauty. Tolstoy praises Marie's loyalty to herself and deep moral principles, high education and prudence, responsiveness, boundless nobility, which manifests itself in every action. The girl is devoid of cunning, prudence and coquetry, characteristic of most young ladies.
The old prince Nikolai Bolkonsky raised his daughter Marie in the same severity as his son Andrei. Hard pedagogical methods reflected on the girl’s character - she grew up reserved, modest, even timid. However, although Marie is afraid of a domestic tyrant, she retains love for her father until the end of his days.
The heroine did not attend balls or social parties in Madame Scherer’s living room, because her father considered such a pastime stupid. The lack of close friends (the circle of contacts was limited to his companion Mademoiselle Bourier and his friend Julie Karagina, with whom there was only constant correspondence) was compensated by extreme religiosity. Marya’s frequent guests are “God’s people”, i.e. wanderers and believers, for which the girl is mocked by her parents and brother.
Marya realizes that nature spared beauty for her, and has no illusions about marriage, although deep down in her soul she hopes to find female happiness and certainly walk down the aisle for love. Marie Bolkonskaya for a long time sees the meaning of her existence in loyalty to her father, love and care for her brother and his son Nikolushka, but fate decreed otherwise, giving the girl personal happiness.
Life path
At the beginning of the novel, Princess Marya is 20 years old. She was born and raised on the family estate under the tutelage of a strict and despotic father, who planned his daughter’s daily routine minute by minute, which included long classes in algebra and geometry. In the past, an influential royal nobleman, Nikolai Andreevich, exiled to the Bald Mountains estate, turned his daughter into a maid. His favorite pastime is to bring Marie to tears, to humiliate last words. The father does not hesitate to throw a notebook at the heiress or call her a fool.
Warm and trusting relationship Marie got along well with her brother. After the death of his wife, the girl without any problems takes on the responsibilities of raising her nephew.
One day, in correspondence with Julie Karagina, Marya learns that Vasily Kuragin is coming to woo her with his unlucky, dissolute son. The heroine takes him for a worthy person. The hope of finding female happiness awakens in her soul, dreams of family and children take possession of her mind. Tolstoy, like a subtle psychologist, reveals all the hidden thoughts of his beloved heroine. Marie is terribly frightened by such bold thoughts, but decides to submit to God’s will.
However, the father quickly saw through the petty and calculating nature of the groom, especially since Anatole himself inadvertently ruined the matchmaking by starting a flirtation with his companion Marie. The naive girl decided, in the name of the happiness of the French woman who had fallen madly in love with her boyfriend, to say goodbye to her only chance of marriage.
Her father’s illness freed Marya Bolkonskaya from constant supervision, and the heroine, taking Nikolushka, went to Moscow. In the capital, the girl was tormented by the fact that she dared to disobey her father, and suddenly she felt endless love and affection for him. After the death of her parent, Marie was about to leave the estate, but found herself captured by local men who, in fear of losing their own property, did not let her out of the yard. Although the girl was ready to divide the supplies of bread among the starving peasants, showing the generosity of her soul.
The film by Robert Dornhelm, released in 2007, is rightfully considered a striking adaptation. Five people participated in the creation of the film. European countries, including Russia. The touching Marya Bolkonskaya came from Italian actress Valentina Chervi.
He played the role of the girl's future husband. The film contains significant differences from the original source, but this did not stop it from winning the love of viewers.
The latest film work to date, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, was released in 2016. The English drama mini-series has brought together screen stars - the audience is enjoying the game (), (Natasha Rostova), (Andrei Bolkonsky). Marie Bolkonskaya and Nikolai Rostov were introduced by Jessie Buckley and.
Quotes
“Princess Marya had two passions and therefore two joys: her nephew Nikolushka and religion.”
“The princess’s eyes, large, deep and radiant (as if rays of warm light sometimes came out of them in sheaves), were so beautiful that very often, despite the ugliness of her entire face, these eyes became more attractive than beauty.”
“This feeling was the stronger the more she tried to hide it from others and even from herself.”
“Whoever understands everything will forgive everything.”
“My calling is different - to be happy with a different kind of happiness, the happiness of love and self-sacrifice.”
"Beautiful Heart"<...>This is the quality that I value most in people.”
“Ah, my friend, religion, and only one religion, can, let alone console us, but save us from despair; Religion alone can explain to us what man cannot understand without its help.”
“I don’t wish for another life, and I cannot wish for it, because I don’t know any other life.”
ABOUT female images in nineteenth-century novels it was common to say “captivating.” It seems to me that this definition suits Natasha Rostova and Princess Marya, despite all its banality. How different the thin, agile, graceful Natasha and the clumsy, ugly, uninteresting Marya Bolkonskaya seem at first glance!
Princess Bolkonskaya is a dull, unattractive, absent-minded girl who can only count on marriage thanks to her wealth. And the characters of both Tolstoy’s heroines are not at all similar. Princess Marya, brought up by the example of her proud, arrogant and distrustful father, soon becomes like that herself. His secrecy, restraint in expressing his own feelings and innate nobility are inherited by his daughter.
Princess Marya meekly submits to her eccentric and despotic father, not only out of fear, but also out of a sense of duty as a daughter who has no moral right to judge her father. At first glance, she seems timid and downtrodden. But in her character there is hereditary Bolkon pride, an innate sense of self-esteem, which is manifested, for example, in her refusal of Anatoly Kuragin’s proposal. Despite the desire for quiet family happiness, which this ugly girl deeply conceals within herself, she does not want to become the wife of a socially handsome man at the cost of humiliation and insult to her dignity.
With particular force, the firmness and strength of character of this modest, shy girl is revealed in the years Patriotic War 1812. When a French companion promised Princess Marya, who found herself in a difficult situation, the protection of her compatriots, she stopped communicating with her and left Bogucharovo, as her patriotic feeling was offended.
The princess is afraid of her father, she does not dare take a step without his knowledge, does not obey him, even when he is wrong. Marya, who passionately loves her father, cannot, for fear of causing an explosion of her father’s anger, even caress or kiss him. Her life, still a young and intelligent girl, is very difficult.
Princess Marya's only consolation is letters from Julie Kuragina, whom Marya knows best from her letters. In her solitude, the princess becomes close only with her companion Mademoiselle Bourienne. Forced seclusion, the difficult nature of her father and the dreamy nature of Marya herself make her devout. For Princess Bolkonskaya, God becomes everything in life: her assistant, mentor, strict judge. At times she becomes ashamed of her own earthly actions and thoughts, and she dreams of devoting herself to God, going somewhere far, far away in order to free herself from everything sinful and alien.
Marya is waiting for love and ordinary female happiness, but she does not admit this even to herself. Her restraint and patience help her in everything life's difficulties. The princess does not have such an all-consuming feeling of love for one person, so she tries to love everyone, still spending a lot of time in prayer and everyday concerns.
Her soul, like Natasha’s, is endowed by the author with a rich spiritual world and inner beauty. Marya Bolkonskaya completely surrenders to every feeling, be it joy or sadness. Her spiritual impulses are often selfless and noble. She thinks more about others, close and loved ones, than about herself. For Princess Marya, all her life God remained the ideal to which her soul aspired. She wanted moral purity, a spiritual life, where there would be no place for resentment, anger, envy, injustice, where everything would be sublime and beautiful. In my opinion, the word “femininity” largely determines the human essence of Tolstoy’s heroine.
They say that the eyes are the mirror of the soul, in Marya they really are a reflection of her inner world. Marya's family life is an ideal marriage, a strong family bond. She devotes herself to her husband and children, giving all her spiritual and physical strength raising children and creating home comfort. I think that Marya (now Rostova) is happy in her family life, happy with the happiness of her children and her beloved husband. Tolstoy emphasizes the beauty of his heroine in a new quality for her - loving wife and tender mother.
Marya Bolkonskaya, with her evangelical humility, is especially close to Tolstoy. It is her image that personifies the triumph of natural human needs over asceticism. The princess secretly dreams of marriage, of her own family, of children. Her love for Nikolai Rostov is a high spiritual feeling. In the epilogue of the novel, Tolstoy paints pictures of the Rostov family happiness, emphasizing that it was in the family that Princess Marya found the true meaning of life.
Marya Bolkonskaya is one of the most complex characters in Tolstoy's novel. Its main qualities are spirituality, religiosity, the ability for self-denial, sacrificial, high love.
The heroine does not attract us with external beauty: “ugly, weak body”, “thin face”. However, the deep, radiant, large eyes of the princess, illuminating her entire face with inner light, become “more attractive than beauty.” These eyes reflect the entire intense spiritual life of Princess Marya, the richness of her inner world.
Tolstoy with great subtlety recreates the atmosphere in which the character of the heroine was formed. The Volkonskys are an old respected family, famous, patriarchal, with their own life values, foundations, traditions. Key Concepts The characteristics that characterize people of this “breed” are order, ideality, reason, pride.
Everything in Bald Mountains goes according to the order once established, in accordance with the regulations; the strict, stern Prince Nikolai Andreevich is invariably demanding, even harsh with children and servants. He is selfish, domineering, and sometimes intolerant in his relationship with his daughter. At the same time, the old Prince Bolkonsky is smart, insightful, hardworking, energetic, patriotic, he has his own, “age-old” concepts of honor and duty. In his soul live all the best values generated by the rationalistic 18th century. Nikolai Andreevich does not tolerate idleness, idle talk, or wasting time. He is constantly busy “either writing his memoirs, now making calculations from higher mathematics, now turning snuff boxes on a machine, now working in the garden and observing the buildings that did not stop on his estate.”
Prince Bolkonsky recognizes only two human virtues - “activity and intelligence.” In accordance with this “doctrine,” he raises his daughter: Princess Marya is well educated, her father gives her lessons in algebra and geometry, and her whole life is distributed “in continuous studies.”
In this atmosphere of “correctness”, the dominant mind, the character of the heroine was formed. However, Princess Marya inherited from the Bolkonskys only family pride and fortitude, otherwise she is not too similar to her father and brother. There is no orderliness or pedantry in her life. In contrast to her father's stiffness, she is open and natural. In contrast to the harshness and intolerance of Nikolai Andreevich, she is kind and merciful, patient and condescending in her relationships with others. In a conversation with her brother, she defends Lisa, considering her a big child. She also forgives Mlle Bourienne, noticing her flirting with Anatoly Kuragin.
Princess Marya is devoid of cunning, prudence, coquetry, characteristic of society ladies. She is sincere and selfless. Princess Marya meekly submits to life circumstances, seeing in this God's will. She is constantly surrounded by “God’s people” - holy fools and wanderers, and the poetic thought of “leaving family, homeland, all worries about worldly goods in order, not clinging to anything, to walk in rags, under a false name from place to place, without harming people and praying for them...”, often visits her.
However, at the same time, with her whole being, she longs for earthly happiness, and this feeling becomes stronger the more she tries to “hide it from others and even from herself.” “When thinking about marriage, Princess Marya dreamed of family happiness and children, but her main, strongest and hidden dream was earthly love.”
For the first time, the heroine has a vague hope for family happiness when Anatol Kuragin and his father come to Bald Mountains in order to woo her. Princess Marya does not know Anatole at all - he seems handsome to her, worthy person. It seems to her that “a husband, a man” is a “strong, dominant and incomprehensibly attractive creature” who will suddenly transport her to his own, completely different, happy world.
Nikolai Andreevich notices the excitement that suddenly gripped the princess. However, Anatole’s plans are selfish and cynical: he just wants to marry a rich heiress and already dreams of “having fun” with mlle Bourienne. Smart and insightful, old Prince Bolkonsky immediately opens true nature young Kuragin, notes his emptiness, stupidity and worthlessness. The dignity of Nikolai Andreevich and Anatole’s “ardent glances” at mlle Bourienne are deeply insulted. To top it all off, the old prince is secretly afraid to part with his daughter, life without whom is unthinkable for him. While giving Princess Marya freedom of choice, her father, however, hints to her about her fiancé’s interest in the Frenchwoman. And soon the heroine becomes personally convinced of this, noticing Anatole with mlle Bourienne.
So, the heroine’s dreams of personal happiness are not yet destined to come true. And Princess Marya submits to fate, surrendering to a sense of self-denial. This feeling becomes especially noticeable in her relationship with her father, who in old age becomes even more irritable and despotic.
Having brought the Frenchwoman closer to him, Nikolai Andreevich constantly and painfully insulted Princess Marya, but the daughter did not even make an effort on herself to forgive him. “Could he be guilty before her, and could her father, who (she still knew this) loved her, be unfair to her? And what is justice? The princess never thought about this proud word: justice. All the complex laws of humanity were concentrated for her in one simple and clear law - the law of love and self-sacrifice.”
With firmness, tenacity Bolkonsky Princess. Marya fulfills her duty as a daughter. However, during her father’s illness, “forgotten personal desires and hopes” awaken in her again. She drives these thoughts away from herself, considering them an obsession, some kind of devilish temptation. However, for Tolstoy, these thoughts of the heroine are natural and therefore have the right to exist.
Here the writer “seems to be conducting a persistent argument with ascetics and hypocrites of all kinds, recalling that a person cannot help but live a sensual life. Sensuality ceases to be human if a person, in his love for it, does not love the whole world for him. Then this is Helen’s crude sensuality, the terrible sensuality of the “Kreutzer Sonata” - the alienation and hostility of life.
Tolstoy does not at all poetize the rational sacrifice of Princess Marya, contrasting with her the “spontaneity of egoism”, “the ability to live selflessly, ... joyfully surrender to natural drives, instinctive needs.” Here the writer compares Christian, sacrificial love for all people and earthly, personal love, which reveals to a person all the diversity of life. As V. Ermilov notes, “Tolstoy does not know what kind of love is true. Perhaps Christian, equal love for everyone is higher, more perfect than sinful, earthly love... however, only earthly love There is living life on the ground".
For the writer, Christian love is invariably connected with the thought of death; this love, according to Tolstoy, is “not for life.” The image of PRINCESS Marya in the novel is accompanied by the same motif, which is extremely significant for Prince Andrei - the motif of sublimity, the desire for “heavenly” perfection, for an “unearthly” ideal. The inner, deep meaning of this motive is the hero’s fatal incompatibility with life.
Princess Marya in the novel finds her happiness in marriage with Nikolai Rostov, but the “tireless, eternal mental tension” does not leave her for a moment. She cares not only about coziness and comfort in the home, but, above all, about the special spiritual atmosphere in the family. Nikolai is quick-tempered and hot-tempered; during proceedings with elders and clerks, he often gives free rein to his hands. His wife helps him understand the baseness of his actions, helps him overcome his temper and rudeness, and get rid of the “old hussar habits.”
Princess Marya is a wonderful mother. Thinking about the moral and spiritual education of children, she keeps a diary, recording all the remarkable episodes of a child’s life, noting the characteristics of the children’s characters and the effectiveness of certain methods of education. Rostov admires his wife: “... the main basis of his firm, tender and proud love for his wife... is a feeling of surprise at her sincerity, at the sublime, moral world, almost inaccessible to Nikolai, in which his wife always lived.” .
Rostov itself, for all its emotionality, is devoid of great spiritual needs. His interests are family, landowner farming, hunting, reading books in winter. He condemns Pierre for his rebellious, freedom-loving sentiments. " Common sense mediocrity” - this is the definition the writer gives to the hero.
It seems to Marya Bolkonskaya that “besides the happiness that she experienced, there was something else, unattainable in this life.” Here again the motive of death arises, associated with the image of this heroine. V. Ermilov notes that “this hidden motive also has some personal significance for Tolstoy, who associated with the image of Princess Mary some of his ideas about his mother, about her tender love to... children, about her high spirituality, about her premature death...".
In the image of Princess Marya, Tolstoy presents us with a synthesis of the spiritual and sensual, with a clear predominance of the former. This heroine attracts us with her sincerity, nobility, moral purity and complex inner world.
