Every child loves to listen to fairy tales, because they immerse you in the mysterious and Magic world, where animals and birds come to life, trees speak and miracles happen. One of my favorite fairy tales is. The plot of this tale is very interesting, and most importantly instructive. But today we will not talk about the plot in mine, but about the main character Vasilisa the Wise and her, for whose sake main character Ivan Tsarevich passed serious tests.

Vasilisa the Wise Brief Description

In the fairy tale, we immediately meet Vasilisa the Wise, who appears before us in the form of a frog. It was to her that the arrow shot by Ivan flew to her. Besides the fact that the frog can speak in a human voice, nothing else suggests that the beautiful girl Vasilisa, who was bewitched by Koschey, is hiding in the frog’s skin.

From the first days of her marriage, even in the form of a frog, Vasilisa tries to support her husband and appears loving, caring wife and a jack of all trades. This is evidenced by all the king’s tasks being completed perfectly. Incarnated in the image of Vasilisa the Wise best features Russian women. These are loyalty, humility, intelligence and patience. Her character intertwined spiritual simplicity, modesty, majesty, calmness and cunning. In any situation, she retains the ability to think sensibly, and her phrase “The morning of the evening is wiser” helps many people in real life.

This is Vasilisa the Wise - a wise woman who did not reproach her husband when he burned the skin of a frog, although she understands that she now needs to return to Koshchei. But she believes in Ivan and that he will not leave her in trouble. And Ivan justified all the hopes of Vasilisa the Wise. They stay together.

To summarize, in the image of the princess we see the personification of love, kindness, family happiness and peace.

Female character in Russian folk tales. Is one of many incarnations collective image Princesses. Also found under the names Vasilisa the Wise, Elena the beautiful, Marya Iskusnitsa, Marya-Morevna.

Before moving on to the characterization of the image, it is important to note that all Russian folk tales have deep roots. They implicitly tell about those times when ancient communal-tribal orders dominated in society. Sometimes a popular and seemingly simple story tells about such unthinkable things, for modern man things that make the hair on your head stand on end. By the way, image Vasilisa-Princesses are no exception here.

Common features

So, what do fairy-tale maidens look like? They are certainly very good-looking. When he sees the princess, the main character falls in love with her at first sight. Moreover, he falls in love even if he sees not the girl herself, but only her portrait or reflection.

Girls are almost always carriers of some kind of supernatural power, which goes to them by right of kinship. For example, . Often, by their own will or against it, they are reincarnated into animals (Swan Princess, etc.).
At the end of any fairy tale, the Princess becomes the wife of the main character. However, the path to marriage can be different. So there are two main types of such female characters:

• meek and flexible girls for whom marriage is salvation. They are eternally grateful to the main character and meekly become his fairy-tale assistants (the Swan Princess);
• aggressive, forced into marriage, trying in every possible way to turn away the main character (Marya-Morevna, Tsarevna-Nesmeyana).

The role of the father

Next to every fairy-tale maiden there is certainly a minor character- her father. In some tales he is almost neutral and has no power. In others, it’s as if he’s directing the plot. For example, a king, giving his princess in marriage, comes up with various tests for the grooms. He seems to want to arrange his daughter’s fate, but, on the other hand, he does everything to hinder the suitors.

What is the context of the situation?

The fact is that in the communities of antiquity there was an order according to which succession to the throne passed not according to male line, but for women. That is, it was not the king’s son who became the successor to the throne, but the husband of the king’s daughter. Hence the struggle for power.

On this fact also indicates another interesting point. Often, fairy-tale heroine, wanting to still help her future spouse, reveals some secret to him - points out where she has a flaw, a mark, distinctive feature, and thus helps you pass the test. It's about about ancient family markings. Each clan had its own markings - tattoos. By joining a woman’s clan (elements of a matriarchal system), a man recognized her mark and, subsequently, received the same one himself.

secret house

The girl finds herself in an abandoned forest house, surrounded only by men. Her role is quite obvious. Men “exiled” during their initiation or puberty live separately from the rest of the community, learn the secrets of the universe, and gain secret experience. Woman ( or women), after living with them, is obliged to forget everything she saw and heard. That is why, according to the fairy tale, she dies. She is placed in a crystal (quartz) coffin and left alone.

It is known that in ancient times crystal was given special significance, as it had cleansing powers. After this procedure, the girl could return to ordinary life, that is, to create a family within the framework of community foundations.

Abandoned

It often happens in fairy tales that the fairy-tale hero forgets his beloved. She asks him not to forget her, and he, breaking his word, returns to his native lands and meets another. Of course, in the end, according to the plot, he returns to his first love. But this is only in a fairy tale.

It's all about the same initiation rite. Women with whom young men entered into relationships while living away from the community were subsequently abandoned. The men returned to the community and married according to the laws of their tribe. The idea of ​​the inevitability of a happy ending appeared in culture only with the advent of the era of Christianization. Polygamy became condemned. So, the fairy-tale hero, under the influence of conscience, was forced to return to the girl with whom he had a relationship earlier.

Bottom line

Despite this rather prosaic picture of primitive communal relations in fairy tales, image of the Princess ( Vasilisa the Beautiful, Vasilisa the Wise, Tsar-Maidens etc.) remains one of the most sublime in Russian folk tales. Particularly important here is the role of feminine, non-trivial properties of the female mind and many other advantages.

The culture of Russian traditional fairy tales, in which the people tried to express their national worldview, is diverse. Storytellers who pass stories on from mouth to mouth have invented colorful characters who are shrouded in an aura of mystery.

So, in national books there is a flying on a broom, the owner underground kingdom and Vasilisa the Wise, who personifies kindness, caring and determination. Basically, this girl acts as the bride of the main character, be it or, but initially the heroine has to be saved, and then married.

Image and characteristics

“The Frog Princess” is perhaps the most popular fairy tale about Vasilisa the Wise, however, a similar plot using antithesis is also found in other countries, for example, Italy and Greece. The work tells about a king who had three sons. When the time came to look for the lady of the heart, the brothers shot an arrow to choose a bride for themselves. Ivan Tsarevich was the least fortunate of all, because his arrow ended up with a frog. But the young man would have known that Vasilisa, the victim of the witchcraft spells of Koshchei the Immortal, was dressed in the skin of an amphibian!

Despite such a deplorable situation, the girl managed to cope (with the help of witchcraft or “nurses”) with all the king’s tasks in order to show herself with best side: wove a carpet, baked delicious bread. When the time for the feast approaches, Vasilisa sheds her frog skin and appears as a painted beauty from whom it is impossible to take her eyes off.

Ivan Tsarevich wished that his wife would remain in this form forever, so he secretly burned the girl’s “clothes.” But the king’s son made a mistake, because of which the Wise One was obliged to return to Koshcheevo’s kingdom. Therefore, the main character, armed with a bow, goes in search of an evil sorcerer in order to free his bride.

Among other things, Vasilisa can talk to animals, the Sun and the Moon. And in the fairy tale " Sea king» main character reincarnated as a duck, and turned her companion into a drake in order to escape from the furious owner of the throne, an inhabitant of the sea.

Film adaptations

Fairy tales about Vasilisa the Wise have more than once been turned into cartoons and films, and the role of the heroine was played by famous actresses. Let's look at a few popular films.

"Merry Magic" (1969)

In 1969, director Boris Rytsarev staged a film fairy tale based on the play “Katya and Miracles” by Nina Gernet and Grigory Yagdfeld. The plot of the film revolves around Katya: the girl accidentally found the magic “koshcheev grass”, which can cast a spell on Vasilisa the Beautiful.

When the cleaning lady Akulina Ivanovna, who was Baba Yaga in the past, told the schoolgirl the story of Koshchei, they set off on an adventure to defeat the evil wizard and save the enchanted girl. The role of Vasilisa went to actress Svetlana Smekhnova, and other characters were performed by Marina Kozodoeva, Andrei Voinovsky, Elizaveta Uvarova, and other actors.

“There, on unknown paths...” (1982)

Director Mikhail Yuzovsky delighted avid film fans with a crossover based on the book “Down the Magic River.” The picture tells how the boy Mitya Sidorov plunges into fabulous adventures and meets iconic Russian characters, for example, Baba Yaga, who appears in the guise of a good witch.

Vasilisa Afanasyevna the Wise played, who worked on one film set with Roman Monastyrsky, and .

"Miracles in Reshetov" (2004)

The director showed cinema lovers an original concept, placing fairy-tale characters in modern world. The characters are forced to wander around the world. They cannot stay in one place for long, because the ageless Vasilisa and talking cat– this is at least strange. When the heroes move to the provincial town of Reshetov, miracles begin to happen there: either magic water appears in a well, or grandmother Yadviga flies at night on a washing machine.

Actress Maria Glazkova reincarnated as Vasilisa, and her colleagues on the set were

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Presentation on the topic: The Frog Princess Image of Vasilisa the Wise

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Introductory talk What is a fairy tale? Where do fairy tales have such power over time? Did you like the fairy tale “The Frog Princess”? What type of fairy tale does it belong to? Prove your opinion. What are the features folk tale you can name (saying, beginning, ending, repetitions, constant epithets)? Give examples from the text.

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Introductory conversation Name the main characters of the fairy tale. Why is the fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” although she is not the only heroine of this fairy tale? Why is Vasilisa called the Wise? The fairy tale is called so because the first and main miracle is the meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with Vasilisa the Beautiful, bewitched by her own father. The angry Koschey the Immortal turned his daughter into a frog, and she picked up the arrow of the younger prince

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Retelling a fairy tale. Drawing up a plan for a fairy tale 1. The king’s order to his sons about matchmaking. 2. Matchmaking of princes.3. Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with a frog.4. Test for daughters-in-law: a) bake a loaf of bread; b) weave a carpet overnight; c) come to the royal feast.5. Feast at the king's.6. Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with the old man.7. Meetings of Ivan Tsarevich with a bear, hare, drake, pike.8. Ivan Tsarevich at Baba Yaga.9. Ivan Tsarevich at the Koshcheev oak.10. Happy ending to the fairy tale.

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Working on episodes. The matchmaking of princes 1. Read the episode expressively. 2. In what words and expressions of the text read do magic, mystery, and fabulousness appear? 3. What will change if the text sounds differently: “There lived a king in the state...Ivan was scared and wanted to run away”? 4. How long did Ivan Tsarevich search for his arrow? Why did he want to “Give up from his find”, “escape”?

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Of course, appearance The “swamp beauty” frightened the prince. Where have you seen frogs married? This is impossible. Everyone will laugh, and the prince exclaims sadly: “How can I marry you?” People will laugh at me! But the frog princess patiently and persistently insists on her own, repeats the request: “Take it, Ivan Tsarevich, you won’t regret it!” What finally made the hero change his attitude towards the frog, kept him from quickly deciding to give up the green one? beauties"? (The unusual nature of the heroine, the ability to speak, the mystery of what happened, the vague desire to find out what will happen next.)

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First test. “Baking bread in one night” Reading the episode by role. What feelings gripped the frog princess at the moment when Ivan Tsarevich returned? Seeing the saddened Ivan Tsarevich, she realized that something serious had happened. She tries to calm her husband down with her gentle speech. Her words are sincere and warm: “Don’t worry, Ivan Tsarevich. Better go to bed and get some rest: the morning is wiser than the evening!” Why is she hiding from the prince the idea of ​​how she is going to carry out the king’s order?

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First test. “Baking bread in one night” What character traits of the heroine were revealed to us in this episode? How does Vasilisa the Wise bake bread? Let's reread the lines of the fairy tale and hear their extraordinary rhythm and smoothness: She took white sieves, small sieves, sifted wheat flour, kneaded white dough, baked a loaf - loose and soft, decorated it with various intricate patterns: on the sides - cities with palaces, gardens and towers, above - flying birds, below - roving animals. How did Vasilisa and the wives of the senior princes turn out to bread? Prove that the heroine has extraordinary virtues. What? What do people call Vasilisa at the moment when she works?

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Second test: “Weaving a carpet overnight” Expressive reading episode Compare the descriptions of how the wives of the senior princes wove carpets and the description of the work of Vasilisa the Wise. Why are the shortcomings of older daughters-in-law so greatly exaggerated? For what purpose is this done? (To emphasize the art of Vasilisa the Wise, the desire to surprise Ivan Tsarevich, to earn the praise of the elders. Mothers and nannies rushed to help the wives of the older princes, and Vasilisa worked herself.) Watch how Vasilisa works? Where the needle pricks once, the flower blooms, where it pricks another time, cunning patterns follow, where it pricks a third time, birds fly. Conclusion: the rhythm has changed again, the prose text is again similar to the poetic text, again “magic sounds” What new character traits of the heroine did you see in this episode? (Hard work, does everything with his own hands, does not waste his magic in vain, did not let the prince down a second time.) Is it possible to determine how Ivan Tsarevich feels about Vasilisa’s work?

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Let's draw conclusions. Why do people call Vasilisa the Wise? What qualities do the people glorify in the image of Vasilisa? Vasilisa the Wise is an image created by the people, it is collective, it concentrates the best features of the Russian national character. According to M. Gorky, Vasilisa the Wise is characterized by majestic simplicity, gentle pride in herself, a remarkable mind, and a deep heart full of inexhaustible love. The main role of the heroine fairy tale- to be an assistant to your fiancé or husband. Only thanks to her do the heroes of fairy tales end up together. Beauty - the combination of truth and goodness gives birth to wisdom in the image of beauty. IN AND. Dahl

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Homework Find examples of a special tale in the text and write 1-2 examples in a column, like a poem. (You will find help on page 26, question 4, page 27.) 2. Prepare a reading in person from the episodes “Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with a bear, drake, hare, pike”, “Meeting with an old man”. 3. Page 26 questions 5,6 (oral).4. Prepare a story about Vasilisa the Wise. (Based on lesson materials.)

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Introductory talk

What is a fairy tale? Where do fairy tales have such power over time? Did you like the fairy tale “The Frog Princess”? What type of fairy tale does it belong to? Prove your opinion. What features of a folk tale can you name (saying, beginning, ending, repetitions, constant epithets)? Give examples from the text.

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Name the main characters of the fairy tale. Why is the fairy tale called “The Frog Princess”, although she is not the only heroine of this fairy tale? Why is Vasilisa called the Wise? The fairy tale is called so because the first and main miracle is the meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with Vasilisa the Beautiful, bewitched by her own father. The angry Koschey the Immortal turned his daughter into a frog, and she picked up the arrow of the younger prince

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Retelling a fairy tale. Drawing up a plan for a fairy tale

1. The king’s order to his sons about matchmaking. 2. Matchmaking of princes. 3. Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with a frog. 4. Test of daughters-in-law: a) bake a loaf of bread; b) weave a carpet overnight; c) come to the royal feast. 5. Feast at the king's. 6. Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with the old man. 7. Meetings of Ivan Tsarevich with a bear, hare, drake, pike. 8. Ivan Tsarevich at Baba Yaga's. 9. Ivan Tsarevich at the Koshcheev oak tree. 10. Happy ending to the fairy tale.

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Working on episodes.

Matchmaking of princes Then the Tsar Father decided to marry his sons.

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The matchmaking of princes 1. Read the episode expressively. 2. In what words and expressions of the text read do magic, mystery, and fabulousness appear? 3. What will change if the text sounds differently: “There lived a king in the state...Ivan was scared and wanted to run away”? 4. How long did Ivan Tsarevich search for his arrow? Why did he want to “Give up from his find”, “escape”?

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Of course, the appearance of the “swamp beauty” frightened the prince. Where have you seen frogs married? This is impossible. Everyone will laugh, and the prince exclaims sadly: “How can I marry you?” People will laugh at me! But the frog princess patiently and stubbornly insists on her own, repeating the request: “Take it, Ivan Tsarevich, you won’t regret it!” What finally made the hero change his attitude towards the frog, kept him from quickly deciding to abandon the green “beauty”? (The unusual character of the heroine, the ability to speak, the mystery of what happened, the unclear desire to find out what will happen next.)

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First test. "Baking Bread in One Night"

Reading the episode by role. What feelings gripped the frog princess at the moment when Ivan Tsarevich returned? Seeing the saddened Ivan Tsarevich, she realized that something serious had happened. She tries to calm her husband down with her gentle speech. Her words are sincere, warm: “Don’t worry, Ivan Tsarevich. Better go to bed and get some rest: the morning is wiser than the evening!” Why does she hide from the prince the idea of ​​how she is going to carry out the king’s order?

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What character traits of the heroine were revealed to us in this episode? How does Vasilisa the Wise bake bread? Let's reread the lines of the fairy tale and hear their extraordinary rhythm and smoothness: She took white sieves, small sieves, sifted wheat flour, kneaded white dough, baked a loaf - loose and soft, decorated it with various intricate patterns: on the sides - cities with palaces, gardens and towers, above - flying birds, below - prowling animals. How the bread turned out for Vasilisa and the wives of the senior princes. Prove that the heroine has extraordinary virtues. Which ones? What do people call Vasilisa at the moment when she is working?

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Second test: “Weaving a carpet overnight”

Expressive reading of the episode Compare the descriptions of how the wives of the senior princes wove carpets and the description of the work of Vasilisa the Wise. Why are the shortcomings of older daughters-in-law so greatly exaggerated? For what purpose is this done? (To emphasize the art of Vasilisa the Wise, the desire to surprise Ivan Tsarevich, to earn the praise of the elders. Mothers and nannies rushed to help the wives of the older princes, and Vasilisa worked herself.) Watch how Vasilisa works? Where the needle pricks once, the flower blooms, where it pricks another time, cunning patterns follow, where it pricks a third time, birds fly. Conclusion: the rhythm has changed again, the prose text is again similar to the poetic text, again “magic sounds” What new character traits of the heroine did you see in this episode? (Hard work, does everything with his own hands, does not waste his magic in vain, did not let the prince down a second time.) Is it possible to determine how Ivan Tsarevich feels about Vasilisa’s work? Take, hubby, the carpet that I wove for your father last night.

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Third test. "At the Royal Feast"

An impressive reading of the episode. How do the senior princes and their wives behave until Vasilisa the Wise appears at the feast? What struck everyone about the frog the moment she arrived at the ball? For what purpose does the author-people force the wives of senior princes to repeat the actions of Vasilisa the Wise? What is being contrasted in this episode? Can we say that the beauty of Vasilisa the Wise was revealed to everyone with special power? Read the lines telling about the princess’s dance.

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Let's draw conclusions.

Why do people call Vasilisa the Wise? What qualities do the people glorify in the image of Vasilisa? Vasilisa the Wise is an image created by the people, it is collective, it concentrates the best features of the Russian national character. According to M. Gorky, Vasilisa the Wise is characterized by majestic simplicity, gentle pride in herself, a remarkable mind, and a deep heart full of inexhaustible love. The main role of the heroine of a fairy tale is to be an assistant to her fiancé or husband. Only thanks to her do the heroes of fairy tales end up together. Beauty - the combination of truth and goodness gives birth to wisdom in the image of beauty. IN AND. Dahl

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Homework

Find examples of a special tale in the text and write 1-2 examples in a column, like a poem. (You will find help on page 26, question 4, page 27.) 2. Prepare a reading in person from the episodes “Meeting of Ivan Tsarevich with a bear, drake, hare, pike”, “Meeting with an old man”. 3. Page 26 questions 5.6 (oral). 4. Prepare a story about Vasilisa the Wise. (Based on lesson materials.)

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