"An Ordinary History" and "Oblomov" the last novel occupies a special place and is the most famous.

Briefly about the novel

The idea for a new work was formed by Goncharov back in 1847, but the reader had to wait another 10 years for the appearance of this novel, which was published in its entirety in 1859 and brought great success to the author. A feature of this work is that Ivan Andreevich was the first in Russian literature to consider human life from birth to death. The hero himself, his life is the main theme of the work, therefore it is named after his last name - "Oblomov". It belongs to the category of "speaking", since its bearer, "a decrepit fragment of birth", reminds us of the famous hero of epics Ilya Muromets, who lay on the stove until 33 years old (when we met Oblomov, he was also about 32-33 years old). However, the epic hero, after getting up from the stove, did many great things, and Ilya Ilyich remained lying on the sofa. Goncharov uses the repetition of the name and patronymic, as if emphasizing that life goes on in a set circle, the son repeats the fate of his father.

Love in Oblomov, as in many other Russian novels, is one of the main themes. Here, as in many works, she is the spiritual development of the heroes. Let's analyze in detail Oblomov's love in Oblomov's novel.

Love for Olga

Let's start our discussion with the relationship between Ilya Ilyich and Olga. Love in Oblomov's life, a brief description of the relationship between the heroes, which we present to you in this article, can be divided into two parts: Ilya Ilyich's feelings for Olga Ilyinsky and for Agafya Matveyevna.

Olga was the first lover of the protagonist. Feelings for Olga bring him happiness, revive, at the same time making him suffer, because with the departure of love, Oblomov loses his desire to live.

A bright feeling for Olga comes to the hero suddenly and completely absorbs him. It ignites his passive soul, for which such violent upheavals were new. Oblomov is used to burying all his feelings somewhere deep in the subconscious, and love awakens them, revives him to a new life.

Never thinking that he can fall in love with a girl like Olga, the hero with his romantic and bright soul falls passionately in love with her.

Is this real love

Olga manages to change the character of Ilya Ilyich - to beat boredom and laziness out of him. For the sake of his beloved, he is ready to change: to give up afternoon nap, lunch, read books. However, this does not mean that Ilya Ilyich really wanted this. Oblomovism is characteristic of the hero, its integral part.

In a dream, as you know, desires and motives hidden in the subconscious are revealed. Turning to the chapter, we see what this hero really needs. His companion should be a quiet domestic girl, but by no means Olga, striving for self-development and an active life. And Oblomov writes to her that "I love" her - not real, but future love. Indeed, Olga loves not the one who is in front of her, but the one who he will become, having overcome his apathy and laziness. Noting she warns Olga, writes that they need to leave and not meet again. However, as Ilya Ilyich predicted in his letter ("you will be annoyed and ashamed of your mistake"), the heroine betrayed Oblomov, falling in love with Andrei Stolz. Does this mean that her love was just an introduction to a future novel, an expectation of real happiness? After all, she is disinterested, pure, selfless. Olga believes that she really loves Oblomov.

Olga's love

At first, this heroine, who does not enjoy much attention among the gentlemen, seems to us an adult child. However, it was she who was able to pull Oblomov out of the pool of his inaction, at least temporarily bringing him back to life. Stolz noticed her first. He joked, laughed, entertained the girl, advised the right books, in general, did not let her get bored. She was really interesting to him, but Andrei remained only a teacher and mentor. Oblomov, on the other hand, was attracted to her by a voice and a fold over his forehead, in which, in his words, "persistence nests." Olga, on the other hand, loves Ilya Ilyich's mind, although crushed by "all sorts of rubbish" and has fallen asleep in idleness, as well as a pure, faithful heart. Arrogant and bright, she dreamed that she would make the hero read newspapers, books, tell the news, discover real life and not let him fall asleep again. Oblomov fell in love when Olga sang Casta Diva at his first reception with the Ilyinsky. A peculiar symbol of their love was the lilac branch mentioned several times on the pages of the novel, then on Olga's embroidery during a meeting in the park, then abandoned by the heroine and picked up by Ilya Ilyich.

End of the novel

But this love in Oblomov's novel was frightening for him, Oblomovism turns out to be stronger than such high and sincere feelings. She absorbs the desire to create and act - such an inappropriate image for Oblomov, and the lovers are forced to end the relationship, never ceasing to love each other. The love of Olga and Oblomov was doomed from the very beginning. Olga Ilyinskaya and Ilya Ilyich understood family happiness, love, the meaning of life in different ways. If for the hero the relationship between a man and a woman is a passion, a disease, then for Olga it is a duty. Oblomov loved her sincerely and deeply, gave her all of himself, idolized her. In the feelings of the heroine, consistent calculation was noticeable. She took Oblomov's life into her own hands, having agreed with Stolz. Despite her youth, she managed to discern in him a kind soul, an open heart, "dove tenderness". At the same time, Olga liked the realization that she, an inexperienced young girl, would revive a person like Oblomov to life. The gap between them is inevitable and natural: they are too dissimilar natures. This love story of Oblomov was thus completed. The thirst for a sleepy, serene state turned out to be more expensive than romantic happiness. Oblomov sees the ideal of existence in the following: "a man is sleeping peacefully."

New sweetheart

With her leaving, the protagonist still does not find what to do with the newly formed one and again lies idle for days on end and sleeps on his favorite sofa in St. Petersburg, in the house of the mistress Agafya Pshenitsyna. She attracted the hero with her full bare elbows, neck and thrift. The new beloved was hardworking, but she did not differ in intelligence ("she looked at him blankly and was silent"), but she cooked well and kept order.

New Oblomovka

Having got used to the measured and unhurried rhythm of the life of this hostess, over time, Ilya Ilyich will humble the impulses of his heart and begin again. All his desires, as before meeting Olga, will be limited to food, sleep, empty rare conversations with the businesslike Agafya Matveyevna. She is contrasted by the writer Olga: a faithful kind wife, an excellent hostess, but she has no height of the soul. Ilya Ilyich, having plunged into the unpretentious semi-rural life in the house of this mistress, seemed to be in the old Oblomovka. Slowly and lazily dying in his soul, he falls in love with Pshenitsyn.

Lyubov Pshenitsyna

And what about Agafya Matveyevna herself? Is this her love? No, she is loyal, selfless. In her feelings, the heroine is ready to drown, to give all the fruits of her labors, all her strength to Oblomov. For his sake, she sold some of her jewelry, gold chains and jewelry, when Tarantyev tricked Ilya Ilyich to pay him a large sum of ten thousand a month. One gets the impression that Agafya Matveyevna's entire previous life was spent in anticipation of the appearance of a person who can be taken care of, like a son, who can be lovingly and selflessly loved. The protagonist of the work is just that: he is soft, kind - this touches a woman's heart, accustomed to the ignorance and rudeness of men; he is lazy - this allows you to take care of him and take care of him like a child.

Before Oblomov, Pshenitsyna did not live, but existed, not thinking about anything. She was uneducated, even dull. She was not interested in anything other than housekeeping. However, in this she achieved true perfection. Agafya was constantly on the move, realizing that there was always work. It had the meaning and content of the heroine's entire life. It was this activity that Pshenitsyn owed to captivating Ilya Ilyich. Gradually, after the beloved settled in her house, significant changes take place in the nature of this woman. Lyubov Oblomova in the novel Oblomov contributes to the spiritual rise of the heroine. Glimpses of reflection, anxiety and, finally, love awaken in her. She expresses it in her own way, caring for Ilya during his illness, taking care of the table and clothes, praying for his health.

New feelings

This love in Oblomov's life did not have the passion and sensuality that were present in relations with Olga. However, it was precisely these feelings that fully corresponded to Oblomovism. It was this heroine who repaired her beloved "oriental robe", which Oblomov refused, falling in love with Olga.

If Ilyinskaya contributed to the spiritual development of Ilya Ilyich, then Pshenitsyna made his life more calm and carefree, without informing him about the problems with money. From her, he received care, Olga wanted him to develop, wanted him to communicate with people, appear in the public, understand politics and discuss the news. The hero could not, and did not want to, do everything Olga wanted, and therefore gave up. And Agafya Matveyevna created a new Oblomovka in St. Petersburg, caring for him and protecting him. Such love in Oblomov's novel for Pshenitsyna fully satisfied his needs. Just like in the home of Ilya Ilyich, on the Vyborg side, the knock of knives was heard all the time.

Andrey Stolz's opinion

Andrei Stolz, Oblomov's friend, this love in Oblomov's life is incomprehensible. He was an active person, he was alien to Oblomovka's orders, her lazy home comfort, and even more so the woman who had become coarse in her midst. Olga Ilyinskaya is Stolz's ideal, romantic, subtle and wise. There is not a trace of coquetry in her. Andrey offers Olga his hand and heart - and she agrees. His feelings were disinterested and pure, he is not looking for any benefit, despite the fact that he is a restless "businessman".

Ilya Ilyich about Stolz's life

In turn, Ilya Ilyich does not understand the life of Andrei Stolts. The title character of the work continues the gallery of "extra people" opened by M.Yu. Lermontov and A.S. Pushkin. He avoids secular society, does not serve, leads an aimless life. Ilya Ilyich does not see any sense in stormy activity, since he does not consider it a true manifestation of the essence of man. He did not want a bureaucratic career, mired in papers, he also denies the high society, where everything is fake, memorized, hypocritical, there is no free thought or sincere feelings.

Marriage of Stolz and Olga

While the relationship between Oblomov and Pshenitsyna is close to life, natural, it should be noted that the marriage of Stolz and Olga is utopian. In this sense, Oblomov turns out, oddly enough, closer to reality than such a seemingly explicit realist Stolz. Andrey lives with his beloved in Crimea, in their house they find a place both for things necessary for work and romantic trinkets. Even in love, they are surrounded by perfect balance: the passion subsided after marriage, but did not die out.

Olga's inner world

However, Stolz does not at all suspect what riches Olga's sublime soul is fraught with. She outgrew him spiritually, because she did not strive persistently towards one specific goal, but saw different paths and chose on her own which one to go. Choosing Stolz, she wanted to find an equal husband or even a life partner, trying to subdue her with his strength. At first, Ilyinskaya really finds happiness in his face, but as they get to know each other better, he begins to realize that there is nothing special in such a life, that it is exactly the same as everyone else. Stolz lives exclusively by reason, not interested in anything but business.

Olga's footprint

The love of Olga and Oblomov left a huge mark on the heroine's heart. She sought to love and understand Oblomov's life, because for her life is love, and love is a duty, but she failed to do this. After marriage, Ilyinskaya feels in her life some features of Oblomov's former idyll, and this observation alarms the heroine, she does not want to live like that. However, the love of Stolz and Olga is the feelings of two developing people who help each other in everything, and they must certainly find a way out in order to continue searching for their own path.

Ilya Ilyich

In order to characterize the main character as a whole, as well as the love in Oblomov's life, different quotations from the text can be cited. The following is especially interesting: "What a fuss here! And outside everything is so quiet, calm!". Andrey and Olga believe that if you are lying quietly on the couch, and do not run like crazy, through life, then you are certainly lazy and do not think about anything. However, in Oblomov's soul, such battles took place that Ilyinskaya could not imagine. He thought about such difficult questions, his thoughts went so far that Stolz would have gone mad. Ilya did not need a wife who throws tantrums, she herself does not know what she wants. In the depths of his soul, he was looking for a companion, whom not only Ilya Ilyich himself would love, but who, for her part, accepted him as he was, without trying to remake. This is the ideal love in Oblomov's life.

So it turns out that the hero loved Olga sincerely, in a way that no one else loved and could not love, but she wanted to heal him, after which, when he was on the same "level" with her, to love. And Ilyinskaya paid dearly for this when Oblomov was gone, realized that she loved him just the way he was, with all the obvious shortcomings.

The role of love in the life of a hero

Thus, the role of love in Oblomov's life was very great. She, according to the author, is the most important driving force, without which neither the spiritual development of people, nor their happiness is impossible. As I.A. Goncharov, love in Oblomov's life was an important stage in his inner formation, which is why so much space is allotted to it in the development of the novel.

Once the Frenchman Albert Camus noted that the words "I love you" are equivalent to the words "you will never die." The ancients considered love to be a priceless gift of the gods, a feeling sent from above. The great creators of the word dedicated beautiful lines to love. The line of love is also traced in the novel by I.A. Goncharova "Oblomov".

"Love - it is different,

There is a glint on the ice

There is an obsessive pain

It happens to be an apple tree in bloom.

There is a whirlwind and flight,

It happens in a chain and a prison ... - wrote Olga Vysotskaya in a famous poem about love. For some, love brings joy and tranquility, and for others, grief and disappointment. This feeling can help you start a new life, or it can destroy you.

Love comes to our hero. But could his beloved help him change, did she revive him for a new life? Why Oblomov could not share happiness with Olga Ilyinskaya and "resurrect"? Let's try to answer this question.

Before meeting Olga, his life resembles a motionless surface of water with muddy, muddy water. There is nothing in it that would force Ilya Oblomov to get up from the couch and take any action. In his youth, he dreamed of the good of Russia, of a full-fledged active life. He had the ability. But it was in his native Oblomovka, where everyone took care of him and his amenities. Left alone with life, Oblomov loses his youthful enthusiasm. He gets bored of going to the service and sitting there all day, receptions and receptions do not attract him either. He closed himself off, choosing the sofa and communicating only with his servant Zakhar and Stolz, who occasionally came to him.

It was Stolz who provoked the meeting between Oblomov and Olga Ilyinskaya, when he took the latter to a reception at Ilyinskaya's house. Oblomov is impressed by a charming and sincere girl with a beautiful voice. She also showed interest in him. And Oblomov, noticing her, continues to think about Olga. It can be assumed that Ilya Ilyich is in love. He feels a desire to please, changes his life: “He is with Olga from morning to evening; he reads with her, sends flowers, walks along the lake, in the mountains ... ". Its internal and external appearance is changing, dreams and youthful aspirations flare up again. Alas! This did not last long. The usual laziness returns to the hero again.

Why? Most likely, Olga Ilyinskaya's feeling was not sincere and strong. And is it love on her part? After all, she looked at Oblomov as a friend who needed help, care. Rather, she tried to make him the embodiment of her own dream of an ideal person, prompting him to act.

And, our hero realized this when the first emotional outburst passed. He realizes that Olga “was ready to receive love, her heart was waiting for her sensitively, and he met by accident, got into a mistake ...” to others. He writes a farewell letter to his beloved and breaks off the relationship.

I think that writing a letter is nothing more than a confirmation that Oblomov, despite his seeming laziness, is a sensitive and tactful person. He is able to understand the feelings of other people, to understand them. And from this it follows that he is not so indifferent and lazy as he seems. But cowardice and self-doubt are characteristic of him. Had Ilya Ilyich been more resolute, he would have begun to fight for his beloved woman. But he preferred to refuse it, having decided in advance the outcome of the struggle with the invented opponent.

Ilyinskaya did not succeed in resurrecting Ilya Oblomov precisely because of his character: soft, indecisive. On the one hand, fear, inaction and suspiciousness, lack of confidence in their abilities prevented the hero from changing.

The affair with Ilyinskaya was doomed from the very beginning. Ilya Ilyich fell in love with her, but did she love him? They didn't fit together. Rational and active Olga and Sybarite Oblomov could not be a family.

According to the tradition in Russian literature, love becomes a test for heroes and reveals new facets of characters. This tradition was followed by Pushkin (Onegin and Tatiana), Lermontov (Pechorin and Vera), Turgenev (Bazarov and Odintsova), Tolstoy (Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova). This topic is also touched upon in Goncharov's novel Oblomov. Using the love of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov and Olga Ilyinsky as an example, the author showed how a person's personality is revealed through this feeling.

Olga Ilyinskaya is a positive image of the novel. This is an intelligent girl with sincere, non-pretentious manners. She did not enjoy much success in the world, only Stolz was able to appreciate her. Andrey singled out Olga among other women, because "she, although unconsciously, but walked a simple, natural way of life ... and did not shy away from the natural manifestation of thought, feeling, will ..."

Oblomov, having met Olga, first of all drew attention to her beauty: "Whoever met her, even absent-minded, stopped for a moment in front of this so strictly and deliberately, artistically created being." When Oblomov heard her singing, love awakened in his heart: "From words, from sounds, from this pure, strong girlish voice, the heart was beating, nerves trembled, eyes sparkled and flooded with tears ..." The thirst for life and love, which sounded in Olga's voice, echoed in the soul of Ilya Ilyich. For a harmonious appearance, he felt a wonderful soul, capable of deep feelings.

Thinking about his future life, Oblomov dreamed of a tall, slender woman, with a quiet proud look. Seeing Olga, he realized that his ideal and she is one person. For Oblomov, the highest harmony is peace, and Olga would be a statue of harmony, "if she were to be turned into a statue." But she could not become a statue, and, presenting her in his "earthly paradise", Oblomov began to understand that he would not be able to idyll.

The love of the heroes was doomed from the very beginning. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov and Olga Ilyinskaya understood the meaning of life, love, family happiness in different ways. If for Oblomov love is a disease, passion, then for Olga it is a duty. Ilya Ilyich fell in love with Olga deeply and sincerely, idolized her, gave her all his “I”: “He gets up at seven o'clock, reads, carries books somewhere. No sleep, no fatigue, no boredom on my face Even colors appeared on him, a sparkle in his eyes, something like courage or, at least, self-confidence. The robe is not to be seen on him. "

Olga's feelings showed a consistent calculation. Having agreed with Stolz, she took the life of Ilya Ilyich into her own hands. Despite her youth, she was able to discern in him an open heart, a kind soul, "dove tenderness." At the same time, she liked the very idea that it was she, a young and inexperienced girl, who would revive such a person as Oblomov to life. “She will show him the goal, make him fall in love again with everything that he has stopped loving, and Stolz will not recognize him when he returns. And all this miracle will be done by her, so timid, silent, which no one has obeyed until now, who has not yet begun to live! She is the culprit of such a transformation! "

Olga tried to change Ilya Ilyich, he also needed feelings that would bring him closer to his native Oblomovka, the blessed corner of the earth where he grew up, where the meaning of life fits into thinking about food, about sleep, in idle conversations: care and warmth, requiring nothing in return. He found all this in Agafya Matveyevna Pshenitsyna, and therefore became attached to her as to a realized dream of returning.

Realizing how different their views on life are, Oblomov decides to write Olga a letter, which becomes a real poetic work. This letter reads a deep feeling and desire for happiness for his girlfriend. Knowing himself, Olga's inexperience, in a letter he opens her eyes to a mistake, asks not to make it: “Your present love is not true love, but future love. This is only an unconscious need to love ... ”But Olga understood Oblomov's act differently - as fear of misfortune. She understands that anyone can stop loving or falling in love with another person, but she says that she cannot follow a person if there is a risk in this. And it is Olga who decides to break off their relationship. In the last conversation, she tells Ilya Ilyich that she loved the future Oblomov. Assessing the relationship between Oblomov and Olga, Dobrolyubov wrote: “Olga left Oblomov when she stopped believing in him; she will also leave Stolz if she ceases to believe in him. "

Having written a letter, Oblomov gave up happiness in the name of his beloved. Olga and Ilya broke up, but their relationship had a profound impact on their future life. Oblomov found happiness in Agafya Matveyevna's house, which became his second Oblomovka. He is ashamed of such a life, he realizes that he lived it in vain, but it is too late to change anything.

The love of Olga and Oblomov enriched the spiritual world of both. But the greatest merit is that Ilya Ilyich contributed to the formation of Olga's spiritual world. A few years after parting with Ilya, she confesses to Stolz: "I do not love him as before, but there is something that I love in him, to which I seem to have remained faithful and will not change, like others ..." this shows the whole depth of her nature. Unlike Stolz, whose life goals have boundaries, people like Oblomov and Olga all their lives do not stop thinking about the purpose of a person and ask themselves the question: "What next?"

Materials about the work of the writer and the novel "Oblomov".

Olga Sergeevna Ilyinskaya - from a series of female portraits of Goncharov, her nature is bright and memorable. Bringing Olga closer to Oblomov, Goncharov set himself two tasks, each of which is important in itself. Firstly, the author in his work tried to show the feelings that the presence of a young, pretty woman awakens. Secondly, he wanted to present in a possibly complete essay the female personality herself, capable of the moral re-creation of a man.

Fallen, exhausted, but still retaining many human feelings.

Olga's beneficial influence soon affected Oblomov: on the very first day of their acquaintance, Oblomov hated both the terrible mess that reigned in his room, and the sleepy lying on the sofa, on which he clothed himself. Little by little, going into a new life indicated by Olga, Oblomov submitted to a completely beloved woman, who guessed in him a pure heart, a clear, albeit inactive mind and sought to awaken his mental strength. He began not only to re-read books that had previously been lying around without any attention, but also to briefly convey their content to inquisitive Olga.

How did Olga manage to carry out such a coup in Oblomov? To answer this question, you need to refer to Olga's characteristics.

What kind of person was Olga Ilyinskaya? First of all, it is necessary to note the independence of her nature and the originality of her mind, which were the result of the fact that, having lost her parents early, she went her own firm path. On this basis, Olga's inquisitiveness also developed, amazed those people with whom her fate confronted. Seized by the burning need to know as much as possible, Olga realizes the superficiality of her education and bitterly says that women are not being educated. In these words of her, one can already feel a woman of the new era, striving to catch up with men in terms of education.

The ideological nature of Olga has in common with Turgenev's female characters. Life for Olga is a duty and a duty. On the basis of such an attitude to life, her love for Oblomov grew, whom, not without the influence of Stolz, she set out to save from the prospect of mentally sinking and plunging into the mud of a near existence. Ideological is her break with Oblomov, which she decided only when she was convinced that Oblomov would never be revived. Likewise, the dissatisfaction that at times grips Olga's soul after her marriage flows from the same bright source: it is nothing more than a yearning for an ideological matter, which the prudent and judicious Stolz could not give her.

But disappointment will never lead Olga to laziness and apathy. For this she has a strong enough will. Olga is characterized by decisiveness, which allows not to reckon with any obstacles in order to revive a loved one to a new life. And the same willpower came to her aid when she saw that she could not revive Oblomov. She decided to break up with Oblomov and coped with her heart, no matter how dear it cost her, no matter how difficult it was to tear love out of her heart.

As mentioned earlier, Olga is a woman of modern times. Goncharov quite clearly expressed the need for this type of women that existed at that time.

Outline of the article "Characteristics of Olga Ilyinskaya"

Main part. Olga's character
a) Mind:
- independence,
- thoughtfulness,
- curiosity,
- ideological spirit,
- a sublime outlook on life.

b) Heart:
- love for Oblomov,
- break with him,
- dissatisfaction,
- disappointment.

c) Will:
- decisiveness,
- hardness.

Conclusion. Olga as a type of new woman.

Olga Ilyinskaya's love did not change Oblomov, although for a while it brought him out of his usual apathetic state. The reader of the novel can observe the evolution of Olga's feelings: curiosity, the desire to "awaken" led to a passion, the feeling that flared up in her makes her more persistent, persistent. In Olga's mind, a comparison of her situation with Pygmalion arises: “This is some kind of Galatea, with whom she herself has to be Pygmalion,” she thinks with annoyance.
What does Olga Oblomov offer in return for lying on the couch? Alas, the program of awakening the "statue" in Olga's clever head is completely exhausted by the Stoltsevian horizon: reading newspapers, books, bothering to arrange an estate, go to the order. But St. Petersburg life for Ilya Ilyich is "the eternal play of trashy passions", "the empty shuffling of days", far from his ideal.
For him, happiness is freedom, rest and peace, which are the goal of human vanity, passions, wars, trade and politics. This understanding of happiness is characteristic not only of Goncharov's hero. One can recall Tsar Dadon from Pushkin's "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel", who "in his old age wanted to take a break from military affairs And arrange peace for himself", or Lermontov's "I would like freedom and peace." In the epilogue to War and Peace, L.N. Tolstoy, we see Natasha Rostova plump, sagging, losing her former fire, but acquiring an expression of calm softness and clarity on her face, and we learn that all her impulses "began only with the need to have a family, to have a husband." Therefore, Oblomov cannot be altered by empty vanity and painful worries that deprive a person of integrity.
The gods in ancient myth revived Galatea, seeing the boundless and reckless love of Pygmalion. But Olga Ilinskaya's love is too rational: she reflects on her feelings, on her influence on Oblomov, on her "mission" - to save Ilya Ilyich. Her thoughts of love contain vanity and narcissism (“She instantly weighed her power over him, and she liked this role of a guiding star, a ray of light that she would pour over a standing lake and be reflected in it”), which question the absoluteness of her feelings. Such love cannot be reckless. This is also one of the reasons that Olga-Pygmalion never manages to revive Galatea-Oblomov.
Oblomov in his feeling is more naive, simpler than Olga, despite the fact that she is much younger than him. But dependence on a woman of this type turns into the need to constantly prove his intellectual and business viability, and this is painful for Ilya Ilyich. In many ways, this is why he chose to stay in the house on the Vyborg side.
Marrying Olga would not have changed Oblomov, in the end, she herself understood this. A person cannot be remade, and Olga did not want to accept Ilya Ilyich as he is, and this made their marriage, for which there were no external obstacles, impossible.