In life, things do not always turn out the way we would like. We observe this in the real world, great books teach us this. I liked the proposed topic because I really love A.S. Pushkin, and reading the novel "Eugene Onegin", you can study not only the poem, but also the history of the noble society of the XIX century.

The main characters of both works are young people. What did the younger generation of that time dream about? Eugene Onegin, being a charming, handsome nobleman, received a "French" upbringing, but the author emphasizes not strong abilities for mathematical sciences, foreign languages, but more for the "science of tender passion", he lived an ordinary riotous life of the young generation: he followed fashion, shone balls, spent time in theaters in the company of rakes. But, in the end, all this "tinsel" of life bothers him, he is disappointed both in lives and in people. In his soul - emptiness, cold, indifference. He is sick. And the name of this disease is blues.
Onegin begins to shun society, despises everyone, is arrogant with everyone. This would have continued if not for the death of his uncle and his subsequent acquaintance with Lensky and the Larin family.

Larins are wonderful, open, kind and simple people. Lensky is an educated man who studied in Germany, a romantic poet who has high ideals and a romantic soul and is capable of great love. The Larin family met Eugene Onegin with parental care, like a loved one. Little by little, his soul began to thaw, but on the whole he remained the same. But the tragedy of the work is when Tatyana Larina fell in love with Onegin, but was rejected and ridiculed by him.

Tatiana dreamed of finding a spouse in Onegin, expects sublime love from him, being well-read French novels, immediately sees in him her dream of a romantic hero, but she was mistaken and, in the end, was forced to marry an old man, a rich man with a high rank. Lensky dreamed of a wedding with his beloved Olga, but dies in a stupid and senseless duel from a friend's bullet.

Larina's old men dream of a calm old age, of peace, of the happiness of their daughters, but reality contradicts their dreams. Eugene Onegin is forced to wander around different countries after a duel with Lensky, but life again presents a surprise: at the ball he meets a luxurious, secular lady, a trendsetter, who, among other things, is in the center of attention of the entire high society and shines with her beauty, manners, intellectually and recognizes Tatiana in her: "Is it really that Tatiana?" He was amazed, his heart pierced with love, he was sick with love!

Onegin dreamed of Tatiana, suffered, realized what a big mistake he made, not appreciating her real virtues in her: kindness, purity of soul, inner beauty. But Tatyana Larina is noble and honest, she cannot betray her husband, although she still loves Eugene Onegin. This work has been analyzed by thousands of critics from different countries, so it remains relevant today. Not only as a study of the high society of that time and the customs of Moscow, Petersburg, provincial Russia of those times, but also as a relationship between a man and a woman.

Thus, the side of Onegin appears here, as a "superfluous person" that nobody needs.

The same motive of "an extra person" is described in Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time", where the inner world of Pechorin's hero living in another generation is similar to Onegin's world in that he is also disappointed in life, gloomy, cynical, and strange.

Pechorin, just like Onegin, personifies a whole generation of his time, however, he includes such aspects of character as anger, envy, at the same time with generosity and kindness. The whole tragedy of Pechorin is that he cannot love, find use for his strength and talents, he would like to serve the Motherland, but Russia was in a state of reaction, any free thoughts were punished, and he rushed about in search of the use of himself. This unites him with Onegin, since he, too, could participate in the development of Russia, and not rush about in the hustle and bustle of life.

This is a potential hero who could bring a lot of benefit to society, but there was no need for this, and he wasted his energy on stupid, rash, and also defamatory actions: a duel with Grushnitsky, attitude towards Princess Mary and Bela. The tragedy of Pechorin, like the tragedy of Onegin, is the tragedy of many of their contemporaries, who are similar to them in the way of thinking, in their position in society. This is the tragedy of all progressive-minded nobles who entered life after the defeat of the Decembrists.

(Option 1)

"Eugene Onegin" and "A Hero of Our Time" are the main milestones in the development of Russian literature in the 19th century. These are the best works of two true geniuses of Russia: A.S. Pushkin and M.Yu. Lermontov. The novels amaze readers and literary critics not only by the grandeur of the concept, but also by their innovation. It manifests itself primarily in the disclosure of the images of the two main characters. For the first time Pushkin wrote a realistic novel in verse. It was like a revolution. The poet was worried about his creation, realizing that not all people will be able to appreciate a work that was ahead of its time. These experiences were not unfounded. Even many of Pushkin's friends could not understand the genius of the concept of the work.

M.Yu. Lermontov went even further in his creative pursuits. The novel he created was not realistic, like Pushkin's, but combined the features of two currents. And this ingenious work was not appreciated by critics and contemporaries.

First of all, the innovation of the two novels lies in the characters new to the literature of that time. Subsequently, this type was called the "superfluous person". This concept implies a romantic, then a realistic image of a young man, a nobleman, intelligent, educated and interesting, but far from real life, disappointed, inactive, alien to his contemporaries. The gallery of these characters is opened by Onegin, followed by Pechorin.

The time of appearance of such characters is the 1830s, a period of decline. After the uprising of the Decembrists and the accession of Nicholas I, a cruel, reactionary politician, social life in Russia was quiet for a long time. A new social phenomenon appeared - young people who had everything except happiness and a sense of the importance of their personality. Their sufferings and quests were embodied in novels about Onegin and Pechorin - the heroes of their time.

Despite the apparent dissimilarity of the two works, their plot is built in the same way: the hero goes through some kind of test, his character is revealed depending on the situation.

Undoubtedly, the main test for both Onegin and Pechorin is the test of love.

Onegin, like Pechorin, at the beginning of the novel appears as a conqueror of other people's hearts, "a fickle adorer of charming actresses." He was not interested in deep feelings, he was not looking for love for life, to the grave, but only cynically sought adoration of pretty girls, and, having achieved, quickly abandoned them, not thinking about the suffering caused. It was his cure for boredom.

How early could he be a hypocrite

Conceal hope, be jealous

Reassure, make you believe

To seem gloomy, to languish,

Be proud and obedient

Attentive il indifferent!

In the "science of tender passion" Onegin clearly excelled.

So Onegin is a life-burner. But now he meets Tatiana. He manages to easily conquer this provincial young lady. She does not shine with beauty, and her soul is darkness for the carminative. And Eugene here just plays the role of a mentor, teaches the girl how to live. But, returning from the trip, having experienced a moral upheaval and purification, he looks at Tatiana with different eyes. Onegin falls in love with her, completely loses his head, and not because Tatyana has changed (in her soul she remained the same), but because the profound changes affected Eugene himself, he grew spiritually, became worthy of Tatyana. But Onegin was late, she is married and will be "faithful to him for a century." And this is a graphic illustration of the tragedy of the "superfluous man", his "pitiful lot."

Pechorin repeats the fate of Onegin. He also wanders aimlessly through life, trying to find himself, also for some reason achieves the love of women, and then leaves them. Onegin sees that Tatiana has become his victim, but it's too late. Pechorin could also prevent the tragedies of Bela and Mary, but he did not want to. He played with the fate of Vera, but she turned out to be stronger than him - and here he is, crushed and humiliated, crying about the lost happiness.

In the romantic "Hero of Our Time" there is no single female image. We recognize Tatiana's traits in Bela, in Mary, and in Vera. And thus, the hero's love is more multifaceted and expressive.

The attitude of the heroes to friendship is no less expressively described. Lermontov again has no unambiguity, Lensky is embodied in Grushnitsky, and in Werner, and even in Maxim Maksimych. However, a comparison between Lensky and Grushnitsky suggests itself. Pechorin and Grushnitsky, too, "have nothing to do friends." The storyline of a duel over a trifle, a passion for one beloved for another is also traced in both works.

It is impossible not to mention the moral searches of Onegin and Pechorin, because both of them are involuntarily alien to the upper world, the society to which they should belong. Onegin travels across Russia, Pechorin - across the Caucasus, both are trying in these travels to find the meaning and purpose of their existence. They drag after women, make them suffer, shoot in duels, break people's lives, without knowing why. As a result, their fate is unenviable.

Both Onegin and Pechorin are real "heroes of the time." They are very similar to each other, and their tragedies are similar. In the whole world there is no refuge for them, they are destined to suffer and seek peace all their lives. Such is the fate of superfluous people.

(Option 2)

Probably, starting his novel, Lermontov thought that his main character would remind readers of the existence of Pushkin's Onegin. The undoubted similarity of the images of Eugene Onegin and Grigory Pechorin was noted by one of the first V.G.Belinsky. "Their dissimilarity is much less than the distance between Onego and Pechora ... Pechorin is Onegin of our time," wrote the critic.

The lifespan of the heroes is different. Onegin lived in the era of Decembrism, freethinking, and rebellions. Pechorin is a hero of the era of timelessness. Common to the great works of Pushkin and Lermontov is the image of the spiritual crisis of the noble intelligentsia. The best representatives of this class turned out to be dissatisfied with life, excluded from social activities. They had no choice but to waste their energy aimlessly, turning into "superfluous people."

The formation of characters, the conditions for the upbringing of Onegin and Pechorin, no doubt, are similar. These are people of the same circle. The similarity of the heroes lies in the fact that both of them have gone from agreement with society and with themselves to denial of the light and deep dissatisfaction with life.

"But early feelings in him cooled down," - writes Pushkin about Onegin, who "fell ill" with "the Russian blues. Pechorin also very early" ... despair was born, covered by courtesy and a good-natured smile. "

These were well-read and educated people, which placed them above the rest of the young people in their circle. Onegin's education and natural curiosity is revealed in his disputes with Lensky. One list of topics worth:

Tribes of bygone treaties,

The fruits of science, good and evil,

And age-old prejudices,

And the fatal secrets of the grave,

Fate and life ...

Onegin's high education is also evidenced by his extensive personal library. Pechorin, on the other hand, said this about himself: "I began to read, study - science is also tired." Possessing remarkable abilities, spiritual demands, both failed to realize themselves in life and wasted it on trifles.

In their youth, both heroes were fond of carefree social life, both succeeded in the "science of tender passion", in the knowledge of "Russian young ladies." Pechorin says about himself: "... getting acquainted with a woman, I always guessed unmistakably whether she would love me ... I never became a slave of a beloved woman, on the contrary, I always acquired an invincible power over their will and heart ... Is that why I never do anything I treasure ... "Neither the love of the beautiful Bela, nor the serious passion of the young Princess Mary could melt Pechorin's coldness and rationality. He brings only misfortune to women.

The love of the inexperienced, naive Tatiana Larina also leaves Onegin indifferent at first. But later, our hero, upon a new meeting with Tatiana, now a secular lady and general, realizes what he has lost in the face of this extraordinary woman. Pechorin, it turns out, is not at all capable of great feeling. In his opinion, "love is jaded pride."

Both Onegin and Pechorin value their freedom. Eugene in his letter to Tatiana writes:

Your hateful freedom

I didn't want to lose.

Pechorin directly declares: "... twenty times my life, I will even put my honor at stake, but I will not sell my freedom."

Indifference to people inherent in both, disappointment and boredom affect their attitude towards friendship. Onegin is friends with Lensky "there is nothing to do". And Pechorin says: "... I am not capable of friendship: of two friends there is always one slave of the other, although often neither of them admits this to himself; I cannot be a slave, and in this case it is tiring work to command, because it is necessary along with this, and deceive ... "And he demonstrates this in his cold attitude to Maxim Maksimych. The words of the old staff-captain sound helpless: "I have always said that there is no use in forgetting old friends! .."

Both Onegin and Pechorin, disappointed in the life around them, are critical of the empty and idle "secular rabble." But Onegin is afraid of public opinion, accepting Lensky's challenge to a duel. Pechorin, shooting with Grushnitsky, takes revenge on society for unfulfilled hopes. In essence, the same evil trick led the heroes to the duel. Onegin "vowed to enrage Lensky and take revenge" for the boring evening at the Larins'. Pechorin says the following: "I lied, but I wanted to defeat him. I have an innate passion to contradict, my whole life was only a tribute to sad and unsuccessful contradictions to my heart or reason ..."

The tragedy of the feeling of their own uselessness is deepened in both by the understanding of the uselessness of their lives. Pushkin exclaims bitterly about this:

But it's sad to think it's in vain

Youth was given to us,

That they cheated on her every hour

That she deceived us

That our best wishes are

That our fresh dreams

Decayed in quick succession

Like leaves rotten in autumn.

He seems to be echoed by Lermontov's hero: "My colorless youth passed in the struggle with myself and the light, my best qualities, fearing ridicule, I buried in the depths of my heart: they died there ... Having learned well the light and springs of life, I became a moral cripple."

Pushkin's words about Onegin when

Killing a friend in a duel,

Having lived without a goal, without work

Until twenty-six,

Languishing in the inaction of leisure,

He "began wandering without a goal," can be attributed to Pechorin, who also killed a former "friend", and his life continued "without a goal, without work." Pechorin during his trip reflects: "Why did I live? For what purpose was I born?"

Feeling "immense strength in his soul," but wasting them completely in vain, Pechorin seeks death and finds it "from a random bullet on the roads of Persia." At the age of twenty-six, Onegin was also "hopelessly tired of life." He exclaims:

Why am I not pierced by a bullet,

Why am I not a frail old man? ..

Comparing the descriptions of the lives of the heroes, one can be sure that Pechorina is a more active personality with traits of demonism. "To be the cause of suffering and joy for someone, without having any positive right to do so, is not this the sweetest food of our pride?" - says the hero of Lermontov. As a person, Onegin remains a mystery to us. It is not for nothing that Pushkin characterizes him as follows:

Sad and dangerous freak

Creation of hell or heaven,

This angel, this arrogant demon,

What is he? Is it an imitation

An insignificant ghost? ..

Both Onegin and Pechorin are selfish, but thinking and suffering heroes. Despising the idle secular existence, they do not find ways and opportunities to freely, creatively resist it. In the tragic outcomes of the individual fates of Onegin and Pechorin, the tragedy of "extra people" is evident. The tragedy of the "superfluous person", in whatever era he appears, is at the same time the tragedy of the society that gave birth to him.

The novel in verses by A. Pushkin "Eugene Onegin" and the prose work of Lermontov "A Hero of Our Time" are separated by a small time interval. The first work was created in 1823-1830, the second - in 1938-40. And the novel "Princess Ligovskaya", in which Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin also appears, was created even earlier. The main literary characters of these works, Onegin and Pechorin, can be considered contemporaries.

In this article we will try to make a comparison between these literary characters, in the comparative description of Onegin and Pechorin, to determine their similar and different features.

What is common between Pechorin and Onegin

Both literary heroes belong to the nobility. At the moment described, they are almost the same age. Literary criticism ranked them as "superfluous" people. That is not entirely true in relation to Pechorin. Both the one and the other have accumulated a solid experience of secular life, they feel disappointed, consider themselves to have cognized people and the light. Pushkin writes about Onegin:

Pechorin was not hypocritical. On the contrary, he was overly straightforward, and thus made enemies for himself.

Differences in living conditions

Pushkin describes in detail the character, occupation, education of Eugene Onegin, but did not say a word about his appearance. Most likely, he was very attractive in appearance. Not so different among themselves - this is Pushkin talking about Lensky. So we can conclude that in height, appearance, Onegin was similar to Lensky, about whom we know that he had black wavy hair. Onegin was "cut in the latest fashion" and, too, most likely, was a dark-haired and brown-eyed man.

Lermontov gave a detailed description of Pechorin's appearance:

Eugene Onegin was born in St. Petersburg, was educated at home. In his family, he is the only son and heir. Grigory Pechorin was born and lived until the age of 19 in Moscow. He has a sister, Varenka, and a mother, Tatyana Petrovna. He studied at boarding schools and at Moscow University. But he was a student, though capable, but careless. He did not show up for the final exams, because at that moment he fell in love with Vera R, who at that time was still a girl.

When both families - the Pechorins and R. - received an invitation from a common relative to come to an estate near Moscow, Pechorin deceived his mother and missed the exams. The relatives decided that he should be sent to the cadet school, but Georges persuaded his mother to let him go to the N-regiment. Thus, the difference between the characters is observed in upbringing and education.

Onegin is pedantic, changes outfits several times, monitors his appearance

Pechorin is not so scrupulous about outfits, but neat and tidy. He serves, despite the presence of a good condition. His parents have a total of 2 thousand souls in three provinces: Saratov, Voronezh and Kaluga. For this reason, it is premature to classify him as superfluous people. He faithfully performs his duties. He is brave, agile. At 23, he is an officer.

Onegin's father lived on a grand scale during his lifetime, and died, leaving his son with only debts. But Eugene's uncle left him a legacy of the village he came to, having received a letter from the manager. At some point, life in the village seemed to him new, unusual, but very soon he got bored here too.

By his mentality, Pechorin was an adventurer, an adventurer. He has no time to get bored. His life is filled with dangers. Although he also feels jaded to some extent. Pechorin had a penchant for satire. In "Princess Ligovskaya" there is such a description:

Onegin has never served anywhere. His whole life before arriving in the village was to take care of himself, attend social events and turn the heads of women. He swam with the flow of life, not trying to radically change something in it. He was invited to the balls, he was driving, the manager wrote to him, he came to the village and settled there. He received a challenge to a duel from a more determined friend. He felt that the duel was complete absurdity, but he did not have the heart to stop it. Onegin shot, almost without aiming. Lensky's death was a fatal accident.

Pechorin behaves completely differently in a duel. True, in his situation, the circumstances were completely different. He waited until the very end that Grushnitsky would apologize. Not wait. He shot as accurately as possible, to kill.

The similarity of both literary heroes - Onegin and Pechorin - is that they are both manipulators. They enjoy manipulating people without thinking about the consequences. Onegin loved women, but as the devil was afraid of incense marriage. He understood that it was impossible to play with Tatiana, just as he flirted with married women. He did not try to fall in love with Tatiana. It happened independently of him. But he hastened to reject her love and never went to the Larins' estate.

Pechorin was more cruel. He fell in love with young ladies. Just as he fell in love with Mary and then brutally rejected her. He fell in love with Bella on a bet. True, he liked Bella, but he treated her like a beautiful toy. First he incited her brother to steal her from the house, seduced her, but soon began to miss her next to her. And if Bella had not died, most likely, he would have left her, leaving "on business."

In the life of Pechorin there was love from his youth. This is Vera. And it seems that love for her flickered in his soul all the time of her two marriages. Onegin's love turned out to be late.

How are Onegin and Pechorin similar? Only that the nobles, young, flirt with women. But this is how most of the Russian nobility lived. Belinsky considers Pechorin to be the Onegin of our time. Similar conditions, similar circumstances of life give rise to similarities of characters. People in similar situations mostly behave the same way.

Lermontov puts his hero in a more difficult position. Eugene Onegin's action develops in a calm village, where you don't even have to communicate with your neighbors. Onegin goes with the flow. Pechorin constantly finds himself in difficult, critical circumstances, in danger threatening his life. In the end, Pechorin dies in Persia. Pechorin is trying to fight life, swim against the tide. This also distinguishes him from the Pushkin hero.

In Russian literature of the 19th century, the images of Eugene Onegin and Pechorin became symbols of the era. They combined the typical features of the nobility with outstanding personal qualities, deep intellect and strength of character, which, alas, were not used in the conditions of a deep moral crisis, which became the main sign of the time in the 30s - 40s. Misunderstood in their circle, superfluous, they wasted their strength in vain, and failed to overcome the moral deafness of their contemporaries and the pettiness of public opinion, which was considered the main measure of human values \u200b\u200bin high society. For all the similarities, Onegin and Pechorin are endowed with bright individual features, thanks to which modern readers also show interest in these literary heroes.

Pechorin - the protagonist of the novel by M. Yu. Lermontov "A Hero of Our Time", a Russian nobleman, an officer who, on duty, found himself in a war zone in the Caucasus. The uncommon personality of this literary hero caused sharp controversy in the circle of critics and the hot interest of contemporary readers.

Onegin- the main character of the novel in verse "Eugene Onegin", written by A. Pushkin. Onegin belongs to the noble aristocracy. His biography, according to V.G.Belinsky, became an encyclopedia of Russian life in the first half of the 19th century.

What is the difference between Pechorin and Onegin?

Comparison of Pechorin and Onegin

The first chapters of Eugene Onegin were published by A. Pushkin in 1825. The readers met Pechorin in 1840. The insignificant difference in the time of creation of these literary images was still of fundamental importance for the disclosure of their personal qualities, which contemporaries perceived as a reflection of deep social processes.

At the beginning of the novel, Onegin is a secular dandy. He is rich, educated and constantly under the scrutiny of high society. Tired of idleness, Yevgeny makes an attempt to get down to serious business: reforming the economy he inherited. The novelty of village life turned into boredom for him: the lack of the habit of working gave rise to a blues, and all the undertakings of the learned economist came to naught.

Both characters are representatives of the capital's aristocracy. The heroes received an excellent education and upbringing. Their intelligence level is higher than the average level of the people around them. The characters are separated by ten years, but each of them is a representative of his era. Onegin's life takes place in the twenties, the action of Lermontov's novel unfolds in the 30s of the 19th century. The first is under the influence of freedom-loving ideas in the midst of the flourishing of the progressive social movement. Pechorin lives in a period of violent political reactions to the activities of the Decembrists. And if the first could still join the rebels and find a goal, thus giving meaning to his own existence, then the second hero no longer had such an opportunity. This already speaks of the greater tragedy of Lermontov's character.

Onegin's drama is in the futility of his own strength and the emptyness of the way of life, which was imposed by public opinion and accepted by the hero as a standard, beyond which he never dared to step. The duel with Lensky, the difficult relationship with Tatyana Larina is a consequence of the deep moral dependence on the opinions of the world, which played a primary role in Onegin's fate.

Pechorin, unlike Onegin, is not so rich and noble. He serves in the Caucasus, in a place of dangerous hostilities, showing miracles of courage, demonstrating endurance and strength of character. But its main feature, repeatedly emphasized in the novel, is the ambiguous contradiction of spiritual nobility and selfishness, bordering on cruelty.

The reader learns about Onegin's personality from the narrator's remarks and Tatiana Larina's observations. The narrator and Maxim Maksimych express their opinions about Pechorin. But his inner world is fully revealed in the diary - a bitter confession of a person who could not find his place in life.

Pechorin's diary entries are the philosophy of the Byronic hero. His duel with Grushnitsky is a kind of revenge on secular society for heartlessness and a passion for intrigue.

In opposition to the light, Pechorin, like Onegin, is defeated. Forces without use, life without a goal, inability to love and friendship, secular tinsel instead of serving a high goal - these motives in Eugene Onegin and A Hero of Our Time have a common sound.

Pechorin became a hero of his time: the second half of the 30s of the XIX century, marked by a deep social crisis after the events associated with the Decembrist movement in Russia.

Both characters are highly critical of people and life. Realizing the emptiness and monotony of their existence, they show dissatisfaction with themselves. They are oppressed by the surrounding situation and people mired in slander and anger, envy. Disappointed in society, the heroes fall into melancholy, begin to get bored. Onegin tries to start writing to satisfy his spiritual needs. But he quickly gets tired of "hard work". Reading also captivates him briefly. Pechorin, too, quickly gets tired of any business he has begun. However, having got to the Caucasus, Grigory still hopes that there will be no place for boredom under the bullets. But he gets used to military operations very quickly. Lermontov's character was also bored with love adventures. This can be seen in Pechorin's attitude to Mary and Bela. Having achieved love, Grigory quickly loses interest in the ladies.

A comparative description of Onegin and Pechorin would be incomplete without mentioning the self-criticism of the heroes. The first is tormented by remorse after the duel with Lensky. Onegin is unable to stay in the places where the tragedy happened, throws everything and begins to wander around the world. The hero of Lermontov's novel admits that he caused a lot of grief to people in his entire life. But, despite this understanding, Pechorin is not going to change himself and his behavior. And Gregory's self-criticism does not bring relief to anyone - neither to himself, nor to those around him. This attitude towards life, himself, people portrays him as a "moral cripple." Despite the differences between Pechorin and Onegin, they both have many features in common. Each of them has a particular ability to understand people perfectly. Both heroes are good psychologists. So, Onegin singled out Tatiana immediately, at the first meeting. Of all the representatives of the local nobility, Eugene became friends only with Lensky. The hero of Lermontov also correctly judges the people who meet him on the way. Pechorin gives quite accurate and accurate characteristics to those around him. In addition, Gregory perfectly knows female psychology, can easily predict the actions of women and, using this, wins their love. Comparative characteristics of Onegin and Pechorin allow one to see the true state of the characters' inner worlds. In particular, despite all the misfortunes that each of them caused to people, both of them are capable of bright feelings.

Love in the lives of heroes

Realizing his love for Tatiana, Onegin is ready to do anything in order to just see her. Lermontov's hero immediately rushes after Vera who has left. Pechorin, not catching up with his beloved, falls in the middle of the path and cries like a child. Pushkin's hero is noble. Onegin is honest with Tatiana and does not think to take advantage of her inexperience. In this, Lermontov's hero is the exact opposite. Pechorin appears as an immoral person, a man for whom the people around him are just toys.

Pechorin and Onegin belong to that social type of the twenties of the nineteenth century, who were called "superfluous" people. "Suffering egoists", "clever uselessness" - so figuratively and accurately defined the essence of this type Belinsky.
So, how are the characters in Pushkin's and Lermontov's works similar and in what ways?
First of all, the heroes of both novels appear before us as historically and socially conditioned human characters. The social and political life of Russia in the twenties of the nineteenth century - the strengthening of political reaction, the decline of the spiritual forces of the young generation - gave rise to a special type of incomprehensible young man of that time.
Onegin and Pechorin combine their origin, upbringing and education: both of them come from wealthy noble families. At the same time, both heroes do not accept much of the secular conventions, they have a negative attitude to the external secular splendor, lies, and hypocrisy. This is evidenced, for example, by Pechorin's detailed monologue about his "colorless" youth, which "passed in the struggle with himself and the light." As a result of this struggle, he "became a moral cripple", quickly fed up with "all the pleasures that money can get." The same definition is quite applicable to Pushkin's hero: "fun and luxury child", he quickly got tired of the bustle of the world, and "the Russian blues took possession of him little by little."
It unites heroes and spiritual loneliness among the secular "motley crowd". "... My soul is spoiled by light, my imagination is restless, my heart is insatiable," Pechorin says bitterly in a conversation with Maxim Maksimych. The same is said about Onegin: “… early feelings in him cooled down; he got bored with the noise of the light. "
Hence, in both works, the idea of \u200b\u200bescapism arises - the desire of both heroes for solitude, their attempt to remove themselves from society, worldly vanity. This is expressed both in a literal escape from civilization, and in flight from society into the world of inner experiences, "the conditions of light overthrowing the burden." Onegin and Pechorin are also united by the common motive of "wandering without a goal", "the hunt for a change of place" (Pechorin's wanderings in the Caucasus, Onegin's fruitless travels after a duel with Lensky).
Spiritual freedom, which is understood by the heroes as independence from people and circumstances, is the main value in the worldview system of both characters. For example, Pechorin explains his lack of friends by the fact that friendship always leads to the loss of personal freedom: "Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other." The similarity between Onegin and Pechorin is manifested in their similar attitude to love, inability to deep affection:
“We managed to tire of treason;
Friends and friendship are tired. "
Such a perception of the world determines the special significance of the actions of the heroes in the lives of other people: both of them, according to Pechorin's different expressions, play the role of “axes in the hands of fate,” causing suffering to people with whom their fate confronts. Lensky dies in a duel, Tatyana suffers; similarly Grushnitsky dies, Bela dies, good Maxim Maksimych is offended, the smugglers' way of life is destroyed, Mary and Vera are unhappy.
The heroes of Pushkin and Lermontov are almost equally likely to "take the form", "put on a mask."
Another similarity of these heroes is that they embody a type of intellectual character, which is characterized by an eccentricity of judgments, dissatisfaction with oneself, a tendency to irony - everything that is brilliantly defined by Pushkin as a "sharp, chilled mind." In this respect, there is a direct overlap between Pushkin's and Lermontov's novels.
However, there are also clear differences between the characters of these characters and the means of their artistic depiction in both novels.
So what's the difference? If Pechorin is characterized by an unlimited need for freedom and a constant desire to "subjugate what surrounds him to his will," "to arouse feelings of love, devotion and fear", then Onegin does not strive for constant self-affirmation at the expense of other people, takes a more passive position.
Pechorin's worldview is also distinguished by great cynicism, some disdain for people

The difference between Pechorin and Onegin

1. Onegin is a literary hero who could devote his life to democratic transformations in society, but due to his personal qualities he became a hostage of the high society.
2. Pechorin understands the worthlessness of his own existence and tries to change it: at the end of the novel, he leaves Russia.
3. Onegin does not seek to change anything in his fate: all his actions are a consequence of the prevailing circumstances.
4. Pechorin is able to objectively assess himself and honestly admit his passions and vices.
5. Onegin understands his own imperfection, but is unable to analyze his own actions and their consequences.

Eugene Onegin from the novel of the same name in verses by Alexander Pushkin "Eugene Onegin" and Grigory Pechorin from "A Hero of Our Time" by M.Yu. Lermontov, although they are heroes of completely different works. have similar images. No wonder VG Belinsky remarked: "Pechorin is the Onegin of our time." Eugene Onegin appears as a reflection of the era of the 1920s, the period of the Decembrists and social upsurge, Pechorin is a representative of the third decade of the 19th century, called "cruel". Time has determined both the common features of the heroes and their differences.

Both Pechorin and Onegin are representatives of the upper world. The formation of their characters, education and upbringing took place in the same conditions. In their youth, both heroes were fond of a carefree social life, leading it idly. They were unable to realize themselves in life, despite their outstanding abilities. The heroes are not capable of true love, thus they only bring suffering to the ladies in love with them.

Onegin and Pechorin stand out among the surrounding secular society. They both start friendship out of boredom, and they emerge victorious from a duel with former friends, to which fate leads both. M.Yu. Lermontov himself, when he gives his hero the surname Pechorin, hints at his resemblance to Onegin: Onega and Pechora are rivers flowing in Russia. VG Belinsky notes: "Their dissimilarity is much less than the distance between Onego and Pechora. Sometimes in the very name that a true poet gives to his hero, there is a reasonable necessity, although, perhaps, invisible by the poet himself ..."

But we find significant differences in the characters of the characters, their attitude to life and values. Onegin is bored, he is tired of life. The young man does not seek to change anything, being disappointed in this world. Pechorin is somewhat different. He is not indifferent, active, "madly chasing life, looking for it everywhere." Pechorin is a deep nature, passionate, he is a philosopher and thinker. He is interested in the world around him in all its manifestations, he thinks a lot. analyzes, keeps diary entries. The hero is inspired by nature and in his diaries often notes its beauty, which Onegin simply cannot see due to his character. The attitude of the heroes to society is also different. Onegin fears the condemnation of others and therefore decides to participate in a duel. Although Eugene understands that he must refuse, public opinion becomes more important to him than friendship. Onegin does not openly conflict with society, he avoids people. What about Pechorin? He neglects the opinions of others, always does what he considers necessary. Gregory puts himself above society, treating it with disdain. Pechorin is not afraid to go into direct conflict with others. As for the duel with Grushnitsky, he agrees to it solely out of noble intentions, wishing to protect the honor of Princess Mary and his own name.

Onegin is "unwillingly selfish". what made him so was his dependence on the conventions of the society he despised and the inability to abandon them. Pechorin has a contradictory character, his egoism follows from his own beliefs and judgments about the world. Public opinion, the established order does not affect his worldview.

Eugene Onegin and Grigory Pechorin are among the most prominent characters in 19th century literature. Comparing heroes, you can find many similarities and differences in their characters, beliefs and prevailing destinies. Each of them is a hero of his time. Both novels were enthusiastically received by the public, widely discussed and criticized. It is also important to note the artistic skill of the writers, who extremely accurately reflected the character of each of the eras in their works.