How Kuprin relates to love. An essay on the theme “Love in the work of Kuprin. "Love should be a tragedy, the greatest secret in the world" based on the story "Garnet Bracelet"

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF THE MOSCOW REGION

State educational institution of higher professional education

MOSCOW REGIONAL STATE UNIVERSITY

(MGOU)

Historical and Philological Institute

Faculty of Russian Philology

Department of Russian LiteratureXX century

Course work

The theme of love in the works of A.I. Kuprin

Completed by the student:

42 groups of 4 courses

facultyrussian philology

"Domestic Philology"

full-time education

Aprelskaya Maria Sergeevna.

Supervisor:

Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor

Moscow

2015

Content

Introduction …………………………………………………………. …… .. ……… 3

1. Features of the expression of love feelings in the story of A.I. Kuprin "Olesya" ……………………………………………………………… ... ……… ..5

2. The manifestation of the greatest human feeling in the work of A. I. Kuprin "Shulamith" …………………………………………………………… ..8

3. The concept of love in the story of A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet" ... ... ... .12

Conclusion ………………………………………………………………….… 18

List of used literature ……………………………………… ..… .20

Introduction

The theme of love is called the eternal theme. Over the centuries, many writers and poets have dedicated their works to this great feeling of love, and each of them found something unique, individual in this topic.

The 20th century gave us A.I. Kuprin - a writer in whose work the theme of love occupied one of the most important places. Most of Kuprin's stories are a hymn to pure, sublime love, its transforming power

Kuprin is an idealist, dreamer, romantic, singer of sublime feelings. He found special, exceptional conditions that allowed him to create romanticized images of women and their ideal love in his works.

The writer keenly felt the need for “heroic subjects”, for selfless, self-critical heroes. Kuprin writes about love that illuminates human life in the stories Olesya (1898), Shulamith (1908), Garnet Bracelet (1911), and others.

In his entourage Kuprin saw a sad squandering of beauty and strength, a crumbling of feelings, a delusion of thought. The ideal of the writer ascended to the victory of the strength of the spirit over the strength of the body and "love faithful to death." For A.I. Kuprin, love is the most consistent form of affirmation and identification of the personal principle in a person.

Many works are devoted to the study of AI Kuprin's creativity. Some time ago they wrote about Kuprin: L.V. Krutikov “A.I. Kuprin ", V.I. Kuleshov “The creative path of A.I. Kuprin ", L.A. Smirnova "Kuprin" and others.

Kuprin writes about love that illuminates human life in the stories "Olesya" (1898), "Shulamith" (1908), "Garnet Bracelet" (1911).

Kuprin's books leave no one indifferent, on the contrary, they always beckon to them. Young people can learn a lot from this writer: humanism, kindness, spiritual wisdom, the ability to love, appreciate love.

Kuprin's stories were an inspirational hymn to the glory of true love, which is stronger than death, which makes people beautiful, regardless of who they are.

Relevance theme is due to the desire to study the concept of love in the works of A.I. Kuprin.

Theoretical basis the presented work includes the works of L. Nikulin "Kuprin (literary portrait)", L.V. Krutikova. “A.I. Kuprin ", Kuleshova V.I. “The creative path of A.I. Kuprin ".

An object term paper: creativity A. Kuprin

Subject was the study of the concept of love in the works "Garnet Bracelet", "Olesya", "Shulamith".

goal of this work - to study the concept of love in the works of A.I. Kuprin

Tasks of this study:

1. To clarify the concept of love in the story of AI Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet"

2. To investigate the manifestation of the greatest human feeling in the work of A. I. Kuprin "Shulamith"

3. To determine the peculiarity of the expression of love feelings in the story of A. Kuprin "Olesya"

Practical significance the work consists in the possibility of using it in literature lessons dedicated to Kuprin's work, in electives, extracurricular activities, in the preparation of reports and abstracts.

1. Features of the expression of love feelings in the story of A.I. Kuprin "Olesya"

"Olesya" is one of the first major works of the author and, in his own words, one of the most beloved. "Olesya" and the later story "The River of Life" (1906) Kuprin attributed to his best works. "Here is life, freshness, - said the writer, - the struggle with the old, obsolete, impulses for a new, better"

"Olesya" is one of Kuprin's most inspired stories about love, man and life. Here, the world of intimate feelings and the beauty of nature are combined with everyday pictures of rural backwoods, the romance of true love - with the cruel customs of Perebrod peasants.

The writer introduces us to the atmosphere of a harsh village life with poverty, ignorance, bribes, savagery, drunkenness. To this world of evil and ignorance, the artist opposes another world - the truth of harmony and beauty, written out just as real and full-blooded. Moreover, it is the light atmosphere of great true love that inspires the story, infecting with impulses "for a new, better". “Love is the brightest and most understandable reproduction of my I. Not in strength, not in dexterity, not in mind, not in talent ... individuality is not expressed in creativity. But in love ”- so, clearly exaggerating, wrote Kuprin to his friend F. Batyushkov.

In one thing, the writer turned out to be right: in love, the whole person, his character, world perception, structure of feelings is manifested. In the books of the great Russian writers, love is inseparable from the rhythm of the era, from the breath of time. Beginning with Pushkin, artists tested the character of a contemporary not only by social and political deeds, but also by the sphere of his personal feelings. A true hero became not only a person - a fighter, a doer, a thinker, but also a person of great feelings, capable of deeply experiencing, loving with inspiration. Kuprin in Olesya continues the humanistic line of Russian literature. He checks the modern man - the intellectual of the end of the century - from the inside, by the highest measure.

The story is built on a comparison of two heroes, two natures, two world relations. On the one hand, there is an educated intellectual, a representative of urban culture, quite humane Ivan Timofeevich, on the other, Olesya is a “child of nature,” a person who has not been influenced by urban civilization. The ratio of natures speaks for itself. Compared to Ivan Timofeevich, a man of a kind, but weak, "lazy" heart, Olesya rises with nobility, integrity, proud confidence in her strength.

If in relations with Yarmola and the village people, Ivan Timofeevich looks bold, humane and noble, then in communication with Olesya there are also negative aspects of his personality. His feelings turn out to be timid, the movements of the soul - constrained, inconsistent. "Fearful expectation", "vile fear", the hero's indecision set off the wealth of the soul, courage and freedom of Olesya.

Freely, without any special tricks, Kuprin draws the appearance of the Polissya beauty, forcing us to follow the richness of shades of her spiritual world, always original, sincere and deep. There are few books in Russian and world literature where such an earthly and poetic image of a girl living in harmony with nature and her feelings would arise. Olesya is Kuprin's artistic discovery.

The correct artistic instinct helped the writer to reveal the beauty of the human person, generously endowed by nature. Naivety and imperiousness, femininity and proud independence, "flexible, mobile mind", "primitive and vivid imagination", touching courage, delicacy and innate tact, involvement in the innermost secrets of nature and spiritual generosity - these qualities are distinguished by the writer, drawing the charming appearance of Olesya, of a whole, original, free nature, which flashed like a rare gem in the surrounding darkness and ignorance.

For the first time in the story, Kuprin's cherished thought is so fully expressed: a person can be beautiful if he develops, and does not destroy, the bodily, spiritual and intellectual abilities given to him by nature.

Subsequently, Kuprin will say that only with the triumph of freedom will a person be happy in love. In Olesya, the writer revealed this possible happiness of free, unrestrained and unclouded love. In fact, the flowering of love and the human personality is the poetic core of the story.

With an amazing sense of tact, Kuprin makes us go through the alarming period of the birth of love, "full of vague, painfully sad feelings", and her happiest seconds of "pure, full, all-consuming delight", and long joyful meetings of lovers in a dense pine forest. The world of spring jubilant nature - mysterious and beautiful - merges in the story with an equally beautiful outflow of human feelings.

The light, fabulous atmosphere of the story does not fade even after the tragic denouement. Over everything insignificant, petty and evil, real, great earthly love wins, which is remembered without bitterness - "easily and joyfully." The finishing touch of the story is characteristic: a string of red beads on the corner of the window frame amidst the dirty mess of a hastily abandoned "hut on chicken legs." This detail gives compositional and semantic completeness to the work. A string of red beads is the last tribute to Olesya's generous heart, the memory of "her tender, generous love."

The story is told from the perspective of the hero. He has not forgotten Olesya, love illuminated life, made it rich, bright, sensual. With its loss comes wisdom.

2. The manifestation of the greatest human feeling in the work of A. I. Kuprin "Shulamith"

The theme of mutual and happy love is touched upon by AI Kuprin in the story "Shulamith". The love of King Solomon and the poor girl Shulamith from the vineyard is strong as death, and those who love themselves are higher than kings and queens.

It is impossible to understand the romantic concept of love in the writer's work without reading the legend "Shulamith". The reference to this work makes it possible to show the originality of the historical and literary process at the turn of the century.

In the fall of 1906, Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin wrote one of his most beautiful stories, Shulamith, inspired by the immortal biblical Song of Songs.

The source of Kuprin's legend was the Bible. The plot of the legend - the love story of Solomon and Sulamith - is based on the Old Testament Song of Songs of Solomon.

The biblical "Song of Songs" does not seem to have a plot. These are exclamations of love, these are enthusiastic descriptions of nature and praise of the groom, the bride, or the choir, which echoes them. From these scattered hymns "Songs" Kuprin builds a story about the great love of King Solomon and a girl named Shulamith. She burns with love for the young and beautiful king Solomon, but jealousy ruins her, intrigues ruin her, and in the end she dies; It is about this death that the lines of the biblical poem "Song of Songs" speak: "Love is strong as death." These are powerful, eternal words.

The legend alternates chapters in which the deeds of King Solomon, his thoughts and sermons, the love relationship between Sulamith and Solomon are recreated and described.

The theme of love in this work connects time-specificity and eternity. On the one hand, these are the seven days and nights of love between Solomon and Sulamith, containing all the stages of the development of feelings and the tragic ending of love. On the other hand, "tender and fiery, devoted and beautiful love, which is one dearer than wealth, glory and wisdom, which is dearer than life itself, because even life it does not value and is not afraid of death" - that which gives life to humanity, then that is not subject to time, that which connects the individual with the eternal life of mankind.

The organization of artistic time in Kuprin's legend helps the reader to perceive the love that once happened between two people as an extraordinary event, imprinted in the memory of generations.

With the general content of the legend, its pathos, with the model of the world created in it, with the emotional structure of images of heroes, with the author's orientation towards the Old Testament and ancient Eastern traditions, the symbolism and emblems of color (paints) and flowers are consistent.

Descriptions of the love of Solomon and Sulamith are also accompanied by a certain color scheme. Red is constant - the color of love. The color silver in this context is important because it means purity, innocence, purity, joy. The symbol of warmth, life, light, activity and energy is the image of fire that appears in the portrait sketches of Sulamith with her "fiery curls" and "red hair". It is no coincidence, of course, that green in landscapes and in the statements of the heroes: green symbolizes freedom, joy, exultation, hope, health. And, of course, white, blue and pink colors evoke quite definite associations in the reader, are filled with metaphorical meanings: tender and beautiful, pure and sublime love of heroes.

The flowers mentioned in the legendary narrative also have symbolism that helps the author to reveal the meaning of the legend. Lily is a symbol of purity and innocence (note that the lily metaphor was cultivated in the art of romanticism). Narcissus is a symbol of youthful death, in addition, Narcissus is an ancient plant deity of a dying and resurrecting nature: the narcissus flower is mentioned in the myth of the abduction of Persephone. Grapes are a symbol of fertility, abundance, vitality and cheerfulness.

The key words that help to reveal this meaning of the legend were the words joy and joy: "heartfelt joy", "joy of the heart", "bright and joyful", "joy", "happiness", "joyful fright", "groan of happiness" ,

"he exclaimed joyfully," "joy of the heart," "great joy illuminated his face like a golden sunshine," "joyful children's laughter," "his eyes shine with happiness," "joy," "my heart grows with joy," " delight "," There has never been and never will be a woman happier than me. "

The power of love of the heroes, the brightness and spontaneity of its manifestations, described in the legend, the glorification of the feelings and idealization of the heroes, determined the choice of the writer of artistically expressive, emotionally colored figurative and stylistic images. At the same time, they are universal, since they are correlated with the eternal theme of love and have a mythological origin or are part of the circle of traditional literary images. It should be noted that the Kuprin legend is practically indivisible into narrative "plans": real and allegorical, for example. In it, every detail, every word, every image is symbolic, allegorical, conventional. Taken together, they form an image - a symbol of love, indicated by the name of the legend - "Shulamith".

Before his death, Shulamith says to his beloved: "I thank you, my king, for everything: for your wisdom, to which you allowed me to cling to your lips ... as to a sweet source ... There has never been and will never be a woman happier than me." The main idea of \u200b\u200bthis work: love is strong, like death, and it alone, eternal, protects humanity from the moral degeneration that modern society threatens it with. In the story "Shulamith" the writer showed a pure and tender feeling: "The love of the poor girl from the vineyard and the great king will never pass and will not be forgotten, because love is strong as death, because every woman who loves is a queen, because love is wonderful!"

The artistic world created by the writer in the legend, which seems so ancient and conventional, is in fact very modern and deeply individual.

According to the content "Shulamith": high happiness and the tragedy of true love. By types of heroes: a sage-lover of life and a pure girl. According to the most important source: the most "romantic" part of the Bible is "Song of Songs". According to composition and plot: "epic distance" and approach to modernity ... According to the author's pathos: admiring the world and man, the perception of a true miracle - a man in his best and lofty feelings.

"Shulamith" Kuprin continues the literary and aesthetic tradition associated with the names of Turgenev ("Song of Triumphant Love"), Mamin-Sibiryak ("Tears of the Queen", "Maya"), M. Gorky ("Girl and Death", "Khan and his son "," Wallachian tale "), that is, the names of the writers in the genre of literary legend expressing - within the limits of realism - a romantic outlook.

At the same time, "Shulamith" by Kuprin is the writer's aesthetic and emotional response to his era, marked by a sense of transition, renewal, movement to the new, the search for positive principles in life, the dream of realizing the ideal in reality. It is no coincidence that D. Merezhkovsky saw the revival of romanticism in the art and literature of this time. "Shulamith" by A.I. Kuprin is a bright romantic legend.

3. The concept of love in the story of A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet"

The story "Garnet Bracelet", written in 1907, tells us about true, strong, but unrequited love. It is worth noting that this work is based on real events from the family chronicles of the Tugan-Baranovsky princes. This story has become one of the most famous and profound works of love in Russian literature.

In the opinion of many researchers, “everything in this story is masterfully written, starting with its title. The title itself is surprisingly poetic and sonorous.

It sounds like a line of a poem written with iambic tricycle "..

One of the most painful stories about love, the saddest one is “Garnet Bracelet”. The most amazing thing in this work is the epigraph: “L. von Bethovn. Son (op. 2 no. 2). Largo Appassionato ”. Here, the sadness and delight of love are combined with Beethoven's music. And how well the refrain was found: "Hallowed be thy name!"

Critics have repeatedly pointed out “that the“ motives ”characteristic of the“ Garnet Bracelet ”were gradually growing in the previous work.

The prototype, not so much of character, as of the fate of Zheltkov, is found in the story "The First Comer" (1897), that love to self-abasement and even self-destruction, the readiness to die in the name of a beloved woman is a theme touched by an unsure hand in the story "A Strange Case" (1895 ), blossoms in a thrilling, masterfully crafted Pomegranate Bracelet.

Kuprin worked on the "Garnet Bracelet" with great enthusiasm and genuine creativity.

According to VN Afanasyev, “Kuprin did not accidentally end his story with a tragic ending, he needed such an ending to more strongly emphasize the power of Zheltkov's love for a woman almost unknown to him - love that happens“ once in several hundred years ”.

Before us are typical representatives of the aristocracy of the early 20th century, the Shein family. Vera Nikolaevna Sheina is a beautiful socialite, moderately happy in marriage, lives a calm, dignified life. Her husband, Prince Shein, is a worthy person, Vera respects him.

The first pages of the story are devoted to the description of nature. According to the exact remark of S. Shtilman, "Kuprin's landscape is full of sounds, colors and, in particular, smells ... Kuprin's landscape is highly emotional and does not resemble anyone else's."

As if against their miraculous light background, all events take place, a beautiful fairy tale of love comes true. The coldish autumn landscape of withering nature is similar in essence to the mood of Vera Nikolaevna Sheina. Nothing attracts her in this life, perhaps that is why the brightness of her being is enslaved by routine and dullness. Even during a conversation with her sister Anna, in which the latter admires the beauty of the sea, she replies that at first this beauty also excites her, and then “begins to crush her with her flat emptiness ...”. Vera could not be imbued with a sense of beauty for the world around her. She was not naturally romantic. And, seeing something out of the ordinary, some peculiarity, I tried (albeit involuntarily) to land it, to compare it with the surrounding world. Her life flowed slowly, measuredly, quietly, and, it would seem, satisfied the principles of life, without going beyond them. Vera married a prince, yes, but the same exemplary, quiet person as she was.

The poor official Zheltkov, once meeting Princess Vera Nikolaevna, fell in love with her with all his heart. This love leaves no room for other interests of the lover.

VN Afanasyev believes that “it is precisely in the sphere of love that“ the little man shows his great feelings ”in Kuprin's work. It is difficult to agree with his opinion, since the heroes of Kuprin's work can hardly be called “little people”, they are capable of holy, great feelings.

And now Vera Nikolaevna receives a bracelet from Zheltkov, the shine of the pomegranates of which plunges her into horror, the thought immediately pierces her brain "like blood", and now a clear feeling of the impending misfortune weighs on her, and this time it is not empty at all. From that moment on, her calm is destroyed. Vera considered Zheltkov "unhappy", she could not understand the whole tragedy of this love. The expression "happy unhappy person" turned out to be somewhat contradictory. Indeed, in his feelings for Vera Zheltkov experienced happiness.

Leaving forever, he thought that Vera's path would become free, that life would improve and go on as before. But there is no turning back. Parting with Zheltkov's body was the culmination of her life. At this moment, the power of love reached its maximum value, became equal to death.

Eight years of happy, selfless love, requiring nothing in return, eight years of dedication to a sweet ideal, selflessness from one's own principles.

In one short moment of happiness, donating everything that has been accumulated over such a long period is not within the power of everyone. But Zheltkov's love for Vera did not obey any models, she was higher than them. And even if its end turned out to be tragic, Zheltkov's forgiveness was rewarded.

Zheltkov leaves this life so as not to interfere with the princess's life, and, dying, thanks her for the fact that she was for him "the only joy in life, the only consolation, one thought." This story is not so much about love as a prayer to her. In his dying letter, the enamored official blesses his beloved princess: “As I leave, I am delighted to say:“ Hallowed be Thy name. ”The crystal palace in which Vera lived broke down, letting in a lot of light, warmth, and sincerity into life. Merging in the finale with music of Beethoven, it merges with the love of Zheltkov, and with the eternal memory of him.

Saluting the feeling of Zheltkov, VN Afanasyev, however, notes, “And if Kuprin himself, betraying his impressions of Bizet’s opera Carmen, wrote that“ love is always a tragedy, always a struggle and achievement, always joy and fear, resurrection and death ”That feeling of Zheltkov is a quiet, submissive adoration, without ups and downs, without fighting for a loved one, without hopes of reciprocity. Such adoration drains the soul, makes it timid and powerless. Isn't that why Zheltkov, crushed by his love, so willingly agrees to die? "

According to the critic, "The Pomegranate Bracelet" is one of the most sincere and beloved by the readers of Kuprin's works, - and yet the seal of some inferiority lies both on the image of its central character - Zheltkov, and on the very feeling for Vera Sheina, who fenced off her love from life with with all her worries and anxieties, closed in his feeling, like in a shell, Zheltkov does not know the true joy of love.

What was Zheltkov's feeling - was it true love, inspiring, the only one, strong, or insanity, madness that makes a person weak and flawed? What was the hero's death - weakness, cowardice, imbued with fear or strength, the desire not to annoy and leave his beloved? This, in our opinion, is the true conflict of the story.

Analyzing Kuprin's "Garnet Bracelet", Yu. V. Babicheva writes:

"This is a kind of akathist for love ...". A. Chalova comes to the conclusion that when creating the "Garnet Bracelet" Kuprin used the model of the akathist.

"Akathist" is translated from Greek as "a hymn that you cannot sit while performing." It consists of 12 pairs of kontakions and ikos and the last kontakion, which has no pair and is repeated three times, after which 1 ikos and 1 kondak are read. The akathist is usually followed by prayer. Thus, A. Chalova believes, the akathist can be divided into 13 parts. There are the same number of chapters in The Garnet Bracelet. Very often the akathist is based on a consistent description of miracles and deeds in the name of God. In the "Pomegranate Bracelet" this corresponds to love stories, which can be counted at least ten.

Undoubtedly, 13 kontakion is very important. In "Garnet Bracelet" chapter 13 is clearly the climax. The motives for death and forgiveness are clearly indicated in it. And in the same chapter Kuprin includes prayer.

Especially in this story, A.I. Kuprin singled out the figure of the old general

Anosov, who is sure that high love exists, but it "... should be a tragedy, the greatest secret in the world," which does not know any compromises.

According to S. Volkov, "it is General Anosov who will formulate the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe story: Love must be ...". Volkov deliberately breaks off the phrase, emphasizing that “true love, which existed a long time ago, could not disappear, it will definitely return, it just might not have been noticed, not recognized, and unrecognized, it already lives somewhere nearby. Her return will be a real miracle. " It is difficult to agree with Volkov's opinion, General Anosov could not formulate the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe story, since he himself did not experience such love.

“For Princess Vera herself,“ the former passionate love for her husband has long since passed into a feeling of strong, faithful, true friendship; however, this love did not bring her the desired happiness - she is childless and passionately dreams of children. "

According to S. Volkov, “the heroes of the story do not attach real importance to love, cannot understand and accept all its seriousness and tragedy”.

Ardent love either quickly burns out and comes sobering, as in the unsuccessful marriage of General Anosov, or goes "into a feeling of strong, faithful, true friendship" to her husband, like Princess Vera.

And that is why the old general doubted - was it that love: “love is disinterested, selfless, not expecting a reward? The one about which it is said - "strong as death." This is how a small, poor official with a dissonant surname loves. Eight years is a considerable period for testing feelings, and, however, over all these years he never for a second forgot her, "every moment of the day was filled with you, with the thought of you ...". And, nevertheless, Zheltkov always remained on the sidelines, not humiliating himself or humiliating her.

Princess Vera, a woman, with all her aristocratic restraint, very impressionable, able to understand and appreciate the beautiful, felt that her life came into contact with this great love, sung by the best poets of the world. And being at the coffin of Zheltkov, who was in love with her, "I realized that the love that every woman dreams of passed her by."

“During the years of reaction,” writes VN Afanasyev, “when decadents and naturalists of all stripes ridiculed and trampled human love into the mud, Kuprin in the story“ Garnet Bracelet ”showed once again the beauty and greatness of this feeling, but by making his hero capable only on selfless and all-consuming love and while denying him all other interests, he involuntarily impoverished, limited the image of this hero ”..

Selfless love, not waiting for a reward - just about such disinterested and all-forgiving love, Kuprin writes in the story "Garnet Bracelet". Love transforms everyone it touches.

Conclusion

Love in Russian literature is portrayed as one of the main human values. According to Kuprin, “individuality is expressed not in strength, not in dexterity, not in intelligence, not in creativity. But in love! "

An extraordinary strength and sincerity of feeling is characteristic of the heroes of Kuprin's stories. Love, as it were, says: "Where I stand, it cannot be dirty." The natural fusion of the frankly sensual and the ideal creates an artistic impression: the spirit penetrates the flesh and ennobles it. This, in my opinion, is the philosophy of love in the true sense.

Kuprin's work attracts with its love of life, humanism, love and compassion for a person. The convexity of the image, simple and clear language, precise and subtle drawing, lack of edification, psychologism of characters - all this brings them closer to the best classical tradition in Russian literature.

Love in Kuprin's perception is often tragic. But, perhaps, only this feeling is able to give meaning to human existence. We can say that the writer tests his heroes with love. Strong people (such as Zheltkov, Olesya) thanks to this feeling begin to glow from within, they are able to carry love in their hearts, no matter what.

As V. G. Afanasyev wrote, “Love has always been the main, organizing theme of all Kuprin’s great works. Both in "Shulamith" and in "Pomegranate Bracelet" - a great passionate feeling that inspires the heroes, determines the movement of the plot, helps to reveal the best qualities of the heroes. And although love in Kuprin's heroes is rarely happy and even less often finds an equal response in the heart of the person to whom it is addressed ("Shulamith" is almost the only exception in this respect), its disclosure in all its breadth and versatility gives romantic excitement and elation to the works , elevating above the gray, bleak life, affirming in the minds of readers the idea of \u200b\u200bthe power and beauty of a genuine and great human feeling ”.

True love is great happiness, even if it ends in separation, death, tragedy. To this conclusion, even if it is late, many of Kuprin's heroes come who have lost, overlooked or themselves destroyed their love. In this late repentance, late spiritual resurrection, the enlightenment of the heroes, there is that cleansing melody that speaks of the imperfection of people who have not yet learned to live. To recognize and cherish real feelings, and about the imperfection of life itself, social conditions, the environment, circumstances that often hinder truly human relationships, and most importantly, about those high emotions that leave an unfading trail of spiritual beauty, generosity, devotion and purity. Love is a mysterious element that transforms a person's life, gives his destiny uniqueness against the background of ordinary everyday stories, fills his earthly existence with a special meaning.

In his stories A.I. Kuprin showed us sincere, devoted, unselfish love. The love that every person dreams of. Love, in the name of which you can sacrifice anything, even life. Love that will survive millennia, overcome evil, make the world beautiful, and people kind and happy.

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Kuprin in his works shows us true love, where there is not an ounce of self-interest, and which does not crave any reward. And love in the story "Pomegranate Bracelet" is described as all-consuming, it is not just a hobby, but a great feeling for life.

In the story, we see the true love of one poor official Zheltkov for the married Vera Shein, how happy he is to just love without demanding anything in return. And as we can see, it didn't matter to him at all that she didn't need him. And as a proof of his boundless love, he gives Vera Nikolaevna a garnet bracelet, the only valuable thing that he inherited from his mother.

Relatives of Vera, dissatisfied with the interference in their personal life, ask Zheltkov to leave her alone and not write letters to which she still does not care. But can love be taken away?

The only joy and meaning in Zheltkov's life was love for Vera. He did not have any goals in life, he was not interested in anything else.

As a result, he decides to commit suicide and fulfills the will of Vera, leaving her. Lyubov Zheltkova will remain unrequited ...

Too late she will realize that it was true love, the one that many have only dreamed of passed her by. Later, looking at the dead Zheltkov, Vera will compare him with the greatest people.

The story "Pomegranate Bracelet" colorfully shows us all the torment and tender feelings that are opposed to lack of spirituality in this world, where the lover is ready for anything for the sake of his beloved.

A person who has managed to love so reverently has a special concept of life. And even though Zheltkov was just an ordinary person, he turned out to be above all established norms and standards.

Kuprin portrays love as an unattainable secret, and for such love there is no doubt. "Garnet Bracelet" is a very interesting and at the same time sad work, in which Kuprin tried to teach us to appreciate something in life in a timely manner ...

Thanks to his works, we find ourselves in a world where disinterested and kind people appear before us. Love is passion, it is a powerful and real feeling that shows the best qualities of the soul. But apart from all this, love is truthfulness and sincerity in a relationship.

Option 2

Love is a word that evokes a wide variety of emotions. It can carry both a positive attitude and a negative one. Kuprin was a unique author who could combine several directions of love in his works. One of these stories was The Garnet Bracelet.

The author has always been sensitive to such a phenomenon as love, and in his story he extolled it, one might say, idolized, which made his work so magical. The main character, an official Zheltkov, was madly in love with a lady named Vera, although he could only open up to her entirely at the end of his life. At first Vera did not know how to react, because she received letters with declarations of love, and her family laughed and scoffed at this. Only Vera's grandfather suggested that the words written in the letters might not be empty, then the granddaughter misses the love that all girls in the world dream of.

Love is shown as a bright, pure feeling, and the object of adoration of the official Zheltkov appears before us as a model of the female ideal. Our hero is ready to envy absolutely everything that surrounds and touches Vera. He envies the trees she might have touched as she walked by, the people she talks to along the way. Therefore, when the realization of the hopelessness of his love and life came to him, he decides to present his beloved woman with a gift with which, although not on his own, he can touch her. This bracelet was the most expensive item our poor hero had.

Love at a distance was very difficult for him, but he cherished it in his heart for a long time. At parting, before his death, he wrote her a last letter, in which he said that he was leaving life at the behest of God, and that he blessed her and wished her further happiness. But you can understand that Vera, who realized her chance late, will no longer be able to live calmly and happily, perhaps it was the only true and sincere love that was waiting for her in life, and she missed it.

In this story by Kuprin, love carries a tragic connotation, because it has remained an unopened flower in the lives of two people. At first she was unrequited for a very long time, but when she began to sprout into the second heart, the first, already exhausted from waiting, stopped beating.

The piece "Garnet Bracelet" can be perceived not only as an "ode" to love, but also as a prayer for love. Zheltkov in his letter used the expression "hallowed be thy name", which is a reference to the scriptures of God. He deified his chosen one, which, unfortunately, still could not bring his life to a joyful end. But he did not suffer, he loved, and this feeling was a gift, because not everyone is given to experience such a strong feeling at least once in his life, for which our hero remained grateful to his chosen one. She gave him, albeit unrequited, but true love!

Composition Love in the work of Kuprin Garnet bracelet

Over the many centuries of human existence, countless works have been written on the theme of love. And this is no accident. After all, love in the life of every person takes a huge place, giving it a special meaning. Among all these works, very few can be distinguished that describe as much a strong feeling of love as Kuprin's "Garnet Bracelet".

The main character, the official Zheltkov, as he himself describes his feelings, has the good fortune to experience the most real boundless love. His feeling is so strong that in places he can be mistaken for an unhealthy, mentally ill person. The peculiarity of Zheltkov's feeling lies in the fact that this person in no case wants to disturb the object of his boundless love and passion. He demands absolutely nothing in return for this superhuman love. It does not even occur to him to cool down, calm his heart just by meeting Vera. This not only speaks of the iron willpower of man, but also of the boundless love of this person. It is love that does not allow him, even for a moment, to be awarded the attention of the object of love.

In the letter, Zheltkov calls his love a gift from God and expresses his gratitude to the Lord for the opportunity to experience such a feeling. Of course, both the reader and other heroes of the work are well aware that Zheltkov's love did not bring him anything other than bitter suffering and torment. But only a person who has survived all this and felt such a strong feeling of love in the right to judge or understand the hero. Zheltkov is unable to do anything with his love. He knows about the impossibility of his further coexistence with this feeling of love. That is why suicide is the best way out for him. Before this act, he assures everyone in a letter that he lived a happy life.

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A.I. Kuprin is a singer of sublime feelings. The author found special conditions that allowed him to create romanticized images of women and their ideal love in stories "Olesya" , "Shulamith" and "Garnet bracelet" ... In his entourage, Kuprin saw a sad waste of beauty and strength, a crushing of feelings, a delusion of thought. The ideal of the writer went back to the victory of the strength of the spirit over the strength of the body and "love faithful to death." For Kuprin, love is the most consistent form of affirmation and identification of the personality principle in a person. Strong love illuminates a person's life, but this love, says Kuprin, cannot be found at every step, it is not easy to come by, one must be able to find it and deserve it.

The talent of humane love in Kuprin's stories is usually gifted to the most ordinary, often socially humiliated and outwardly unremarkable people.

For Kuprin, love is usually selfless and selfless. After reading the writer's works, one can understand that love in them is always tragic and deliberately doomed to suffering.

In this vein, the poetic and tragic and tragic story of a young girl in the story sounds "Olesya "(1918).

Olesya grew up in constant persecution, moving from one place to another, she was always haunted by the glory of a witch. She and her grandmother even had to go to live in a forest bowl, to swamps, far from villages.

Unlike the peasants, Olesya never attended church, because she believed that magical power was not given to her from God. This further alienated the locals from her.

The little girl grew up and became a lovely flower. Olesya is a tall girl of twenty-five years old, with beautiful long hair of the color of a crow's wing, which gives a special tenderness to her white face. In the big black eyes, you can see a spark of wit, ingenuity. The appearance of a girl is very different from how village women look, everything in her speaks of her eccentricity, love of freedom. Belief in magic, otherworldly powers gives it a special charm.

A big and strong love appears in Olesya's life. At the first meetings with Ivan Timofeevich, she does not feel anything, but then she realizes that she fell in love with him. Olesya is trying to extinguish the love in her heart. But as soon as she was separated from Ivan Timofeevich for two weeks, she realized that she loved him more than before.

When meeting her chosen one, Olesya says: "Parting is for love the same as the wind is for fire: it extinguishes a small love, and inflates a big one even more." The heroine gives all of herself without reserve to love, she loves sincerely and tenderly. For her sake, the girl was not afraid to go to church, giving up her principles, she was not afraid of the consequences.

She suffered enormous humiliation when she was attacked by women and pelted with stones. Olesya gives herself up as a sacrifice of love. Before his departure, Ivan Timofeevich offered Olesya a hand and a heart, but she refused, saying that she did not want to burden him with her presence so that he would be ashamed of her. In this act, the foresight of the girl is visible, she thinks not only about the present day, but also about the future of Ivan Timofeevich.

However, despite her strong love, Olesya unexpectedly, without saying goodbye to her beloved, leaves, leaving only beads in the house as a keepsake.

Undoubtedly, the great achievement and artistic discovery of the writer was the creation of the image of Olesya. In the person of Olesya, a new, romantically colored, poetic image of a simple village girl, morally and physically beautiful, wayward in character, did not at all resemble the ladies of a "noble" society, entered into literature. The charm and charm of the Kuprin heroine from Polesie consisted primarily in the original beauty of her appearance, her face: “His charm was in those large, shiny, dark eyes, to which thin, broken in the middle of the eyebrows gave an elusive shade of cunning, imperious and naive; in a dark-pink skin tone, in the willful curl of the lips, of which the lower, somewhat fuller, protruded forward with a decisive and capricious look. In Oles, a fresh voice with unexpected low velvet notes, an innate grace of movements, and a lack of coquetry and flirtation, and the ability to keep oneself modest and at ease are equally captivating.

Olesya fascinated not only with her beauty. Remarkable in her were “her whole, original, free nature, her mind, both clear and shrouded in unshakable hereditary superstition ...”. Olesya's flexible, mobile mind and fresh imagination manifested itself in her judgments on any everyday issue, and in that greedy curiosity with which she asks Ivan Timofeevich about countries and peoples, about natural phenomena, about the structure of the earth and the universe, about scientists, about big cities and their inhabitants. In the neighborhood of a strong mind and amazing abilities, the superstition of a semi-savage coexisted in Oles.

Smart and superstitious, proud and modest, in love with a dense forest, with birds and animals, the beautiful Olesya was spontaneous in her first girlish love for Ivan Timofeevich. Her love is a big, strong feeling, shown violently, passionately and openly. When, when he first met her, Ivan Timofeevich said that the time of love would come for her too, a proud and free heart began to speak in Olesya: “Well, I will love you! - blinking eyes, Olesya answered with a challenge. - I will not ask anyone ... ”. She says to Ivan Timofeevich: "Let what will be will be, but I will not give my joy to anyone ... Aren't I free to do what I like?"

This "naive, charming fairy tale of love" is deployed by Kuprin against the backdrop of the majestic, beautiful Russian nature. The exuberant, jubilant joy that gripped Olesya's heart is felt in the vivid pictures of the green forest drawn by Kuprin and the Polesye nature awakening from slumber: “Turbulent, brown, sparkling streams ran through the village streets, foaming angrily around the oncoming stones and quickly twirling chips and goose down; in huge puddles of water the blue sky was reflected with round, as if swirling, white clouds floating on it; frequent sonorous drops fell from the rooftops. The sparrows, sprinkling the roadside willows in flocks, screamed so loudly and excitedly that nothing could be heard behind their cry. Everywhere was felt the joyous, hasty anxiety of life.<...> The nights were warm; in their thick moist darkness, one could feel the invisible, urgent creative work of nature ... ". Nature is full of the same irrepressible joy of life, like the soul of Olesya, who for the first time tasted the intoxicating joy of love. Pictures of nature are given as an accompaniment to the feeling of man.

In general, the landscape plays an active role in the development of the theme of love in the story, and it sensitively changes simultaneously with the change in the state of mind of the characters, with the development of their feelings and the change of thoughts. Summer followed a stormy spring in nature and in the hearts of lovers - with the glitter of morning dew on the greenery of grasses and forests, with the languid heat of June days and magically beautiful moonlit nights and hot caresses of Olesya - the zenith of love passion, the time of full flourishing of mutual happiness of lovers : "And we walked, embracing, among this smiling living legend, without a single word, overwhelmed by the happiness and the terrible silence of the forest." And the dramatic denouement of the recently happy relationship between Olesya and Ivan Timofeevich coincides in time with the raging natural element - a sudden whirlwind, thunderstorm and hail. Nature effectively and sensitively empathizes with man, and Kuprin's hero seeks and finds in unity with her a lively response to his joy and his pain.

Olesya acts at the behest of her heart, recognizes unconditional and complete freedom of feelings, she wants and knows how to be a free person, not dependent on anyone. "Am I not free to do what I like?" - not so much asks how many asserts Olesya. But selfless love does not blind Olesya's mind and does not make her a work of her feelings. Even in front of her dear person, Olesya does not want to humiliate her human dignity for the sake of love. To Ivan Timofeevich's proposal to become his wife, Olesya reasonably replied: “Well, what kind of wife am I really? You are a gentleman, you are smart, educated, and me? I don’t know how to read, and I don’t know where to step ... You will not end up with shame because of me.<...> You warmed my heart ... But still, I will not marry you ... ". That Olesya was right here, Ivan Timofeevich, who could not imagine what this "forest fairy" would look like, dressed in a fashionable dress, talking in the living room with the wives of his colleagues. The intelligent Ivan Timofeevich thinks about it in silence, hiding his thoughts, and Olesya, direct and direct, speaks openly and boldly everything that he thinks, with a cruel truth to herself and to people. Convinced of the impossibility of living with her beloved, she, with a complete sense of self-control, quickly and boldly decides to part with Ivan Timofeevich forever, so as not to make him unhappy. “As we part with you,” she says to him, “it will be hard for you at first, oh, how hard it is ... You will cry, you won’t find a place for yourself anywhere. And then everything will pass, everything will be blotted out. And you will think about me without grief, but easily and joyfully. " So in her every deed and in every word, her innate love of freedom, and proud independence, and the original, integral character of the Polissya beauty, and her inherent sobriety of judgments, willpower and great self-control, are manifested.

A new return to the theme of great, all-consuming love took place in the story "Garnet bracelet" .

The work is a confirmation of how Kuprin is looking in real life for people "possessed" by a high sense of love, capable of rising above others, above vulgarity and lack of spirituality, ready to give everything without demanding anything in return.

Kuprin sings sublime love, opposing it to hatred, enmity, indifference. Through the lips of General Anosov, he says that this feeling should be neither frivolous, nor primitive, nor, moreover, based on profit and self-interest: “Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world! No life comforts, calculations and compromises should concern her! "

This was precisely the love of Zheltkov. A petty official, a lonely and timid dreamer, falls in love with a young society lady. Unrequited love has been going on for eight years. The letters of the lover are the subject of ridicule and mockery on the part of the Shein and Bulat-Tuganovsky families. Princess Vera Nikolaevna, the addressee of these love revelations, does not take them seriously either. And a gift sent to unknown lovers - a garnet bracelet - causes a storm of indignation. People close to the princess think the poor telegraph operator is abnormal. And only the same General Anosov guesses about the true motives of such risky actions of an unknown lover: “And - how to know? Maybe your life path, Vera, has crossed exactly the kind of love that women dream about and which men are no longer capable of. "

Death does not frighten the hero. Love is stronger than death. He is grateful to the one who aroused in his heart this wonderful feeling that raised him, a little man, above a huge fussy world, a world of injustice and anger. That is why, leaving life, he thanks her, blesses his beloved: "Hallowed be Thy name." A man passed away, but love did not leave. It dissipated in the surrounding world, merged with Beethoven's symphony No. 2 Largo Appassionato.

Option I

To live is to live like that, To love is to fall in love like that. Kiss and walk in moonlight gold, If you want to worship the dead, Do not poison the living with that dream.

S. Yesenin

You open the collected works of A. I. Kuprin and plunge into the wonderful world of his heroes. They are all very different, but there is something in them that makes you empathize with them, rejoice and be upset with them.

Despite many dramatic situations, life in Kuprin's works is in full swing. Its heroes are people with an open soul and a pure heart, rebelling against human humiliation, trying to defend human dignity and restore justice.

One of the highest values \u200b\u200bin the life of A. I. Kuprin was love, therefore in his stories "Olesya", "Garnet Bracelet", "Duel", "Shulamith" he raises this burning topic for all times. These works have common features, the most important of which is the tragic fate of the main characters. It seems to me that in none of the literary works I have read, the theme of love sounds like Kuprin's. In his stories, love is disinterested, selfless, not thirsting for a reward, love for which to accomplish any feat, go to torment is not labor at all, but joy.

Love in Kuprin's works is always tragic, it is certainly doomed to suffer. It was this all-consuming love that touched the Polissya "witch" Olesya, who fell in love with the "kind, but only weak" Ivan Timofeevich. The heroes of the story "Olesya" were destined to meet, to spend wonderful moments together, to know a deep feeling of love, but they were not destined to be together. This denouement is due to many reasons, depending both on the heroes themselves and on the circumstances.

The story "Olesya" is built on the comparison of two heroes, two natures, two worldviews. On the one hand, there is an educated intellectual, a representative of urban culture, a rather humane Ivan Timofeevich, and on the other, Olesya is a “child of nature,” a person who has not been influenced by urban civilization. Kuprin draws the image of the Polissya beauty, forcing us to follow the richness of the shades of her spiritual world, always sincere and kind nature. Kuprin reveals to us the true beauty of the innocent, almost childish soul of a girl who grew up far from the noisy world of people, among animals, birds and plants. Along with this, Kuprin shows human malice, senseless superstition, fear of the unknown, the unknown. But true love wins. A string of red beads is the last gift from Olesya's heart, the memory of "her tender, generous love."

Protesting against corrupt feelings, vulgarity, AI Kuprin created the story "Shulamith". She was written based on the Bible's "Song of Songs" by King Solomon. The king fell in love with the poor peasant girl, but because of the jealousy of the queen he abandoned, the beloved dies. Before his death, Shulamith speaks to his beloved. "I thank you, my king, for everything: for your wisdom, to which you allowed me to cling to my lips, as to a sweet source. There has never been and will never be a woman happier than me." The writer showed a pure and tender feeling: the love of the poor girl from the vineyard and the great king will never pass and will not be forgotten, because it is strong as death.

And how the plot of the story "The Pomegranate Bracelet", which shows the chivalrous romantic love of Zheltkov for Princess Vera Nikolaevna, captured me! Love is pure, unrequited, unselfish. No life comforts, calculations, compromises should concern her. Through the lips of General Amosov, the author says that this feeling should not be frivolous or primitive, should not have benefits and self-interest: “Love should be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world! " But! Gross interference in holy feelings, in a beautiful soul, killed Zheltkov. He leaves life without complaint, without reproach, saying like a prayer: "Hallowed be thy name." Zheltkov dies blessing his beloved woman.

Many events take place before us on the pages of the story "Duel". The emotional culmination is not the tragic fate of Romashov, but the night of love he spent with the captivating Shurochka. And the happiness experienced by Romashov that night before the duel is so great and impressive that it is precisely this that is conveyed to the reader.

This is how Kuprin describes love. You read and think: probably this does not happen in life. But, in spite of everything, I want it to be so.

Now, after reading Kuprin, I am sure that these books do not leave anyone indifferent, on the contrary, they always attract. Young people can learn a lot from this writer: humanism, kindness, spiritual wisdom, the ability to love, and most importantly, to appreciate love.

Option 2

And the heart again burns and loves - because it cannot but love.

A. Pushkin

The work of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is closely connected with the traditions of Russian realism. In his work, the writer relied on the achievements of his three idols: Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Chekhov. The main direction of Kuprin's creative search is expressed in the following phrase: "It is necessary to write not about how people have become impoverished in spirit and vulgarized, but about the triumph of man, about his strength and power."

The themes of the works of this writer are extremely diverse. But Kuprin has one cherished theme. He touches her chastely and reverently, but otherwise he cannot touch her. This is the theme of love.

For Kuprin, selfless and pure love has always been the true strength of man, capable of resisting the vulgarizing action of pseudo-civilization. In one of his works, the writer names three manifestations of love: wrapped in a "gentle chaste fragrance", "a mighty appeal of the body" and "luxurious gardens, where the work is because every woman who loves is a queen, because love is beautiful!"

A new return to the theme of great, all-consuming love took place in the story "Garnet Bracelet". The hero of this story, a poor official Zheltkov, once met Princess Vera Nikolaevna, fell in love with her with all his heart. This love leaves no room for other interests of the lover. Zheltkov kills himself so as not to interfere with the princess's life, and, dying, thanks her for the fact that she was for him "the only joy in life, the only consolation, one thought." This story is not so much about love as a prayer to her. In his dying letter, the enamored official blesses his beloved princess: "As I leave, I say in ecstasy:" Hallowed be Thy name. " Especially in this story, AI Kuprin singled out the figure of the old general Anosov, who is sure that high love exists, but it "... must be a tragedy, the greatest secret in the world," who knows no compromises. Princess Vera, a woman, with all her aristocratic restraint, very impressionable, able to understand and appreciate the beautiful, felt that her life came into contact with this great love, sung by the best in the world. The love of the official Zheltkov is alien to that deep secrecy in which noble modesty is intertwined with noble pride.

"Silence and perish ..." This talent was not given to Zheltkov. But for him, too, the "magic chains" turned out to be a mile of life. The "little" person turned out to be taller and nobler than the representatives of the highest rung of the social ladder.

The story "Olesya" develops the theme of Kuprin's creativity - love as a saving force that protects the "pure gold" of human nature from "opodleniya", from the destructive influence of bourgeois civilization. It is no coincidence that Kuprin's favorite hero was a man of a strong-willed, courageous character and a noble, kind heart, capable of enjoying the whole diversity of the world. The message "Olesya" is built on a comparison of two heroes, two natures, two worldviews. On the one hand, there is an educated intellectual, a representative of urban culture, quite humane Ivan Timofeevich, on the other, Olesya is a “child of nature,” a person who has not been influenced by urban civilization. Compared to Ivan Timofeevich, a man of a kind, but weak, "lazy" heart, Olesya rises in nobility, integrity, proud confidence in her strength. Freely, without any special tricks Kuprin draws the appearance of the Polissya beauty, forcing us to follow the richness of shades of her spiritual world, always original, sincere and deep.

"Olesya" is Kuprin's artistic discovery. In the beginning, the story forces us to go through a disturbing period of the birth of love. A naive charming fairy tale continues for almost a month. Even after the tragic denouement, the light, fabulous atmosphere of the story does not fade. Kuprin revealed to us the true beauty of the innocent, almost childish soul of a girl who grew up far from the noisy world of people, among animals, birds and forests. But along with this Kuprin shows human malice, senseless superstition, fear of the unknown, the unknown. The sublime soul that has miraculously arises is forced to hide from cruel people, to suffer from the equanimity of its loved ones. But real love prevailed over all this. A string of red beads is the last tribute to Olesya's generous heart, a memory "of her tender, generous love."

The peculiarity of A. I. Kuprin's artistic talent - an increased interest in each human personality and the skill of psychological analysis - allowed him to master the realistic heritage in his own way. The value of his work lies in the artistically convincing disclosure of the soul of his contemporary. The writer views love as a deep moral and psychological feeling. A. Kuprin's stories raise the eternal problems of mankind - the problem of love.

One of the highest values \u200b\u200bin human life, according to A. I. Kuprin, has always been love. Love, which brings together all the best, everything healthy and bright in a single bouquet, than life rewards a person, which justifies any hardships and hardships that may come his way. So in "Olesya". So in the "Garnet Bracelet". So in "Shulamith". So in "Duel". Until the end of his life, the writer retained in his soul the romantic mood of his youth, and this is the strength of his works.

Many events take place in front of us on the pages of the story "Duel". But the emotional culmination of the work was not the tragic fate of Romashov, but the night of love he spent with the insidious and therefore even more captivating Shurochka; and the happiness experienced by Romashov on this preduel night is so great that it is precisely this one that is transmitted to the reader.

The story "Garnet Bracelet" makes us think about the enormous power of unrequited love. And the modest, inconspicuous telegraph operator suddenly appears before us as significant, great! After all, it was he who carried through his whole life pure love, the worship of a woman. And the words will always sound like a prayer: "Hallowed be Thy name!"

According to Kuprin, a person close to nature is truly able to love. This topic is unusually interesting he reveals in the story about the Polesie girl-witch. The main characters of the work are Olesya and Ivan Timofeevich. The whole and direct nature of Olesya is distinguished by the wealth of the inner world. It is rare to find a person so generously gifted by nature, in which naivety and domineering, femininity and proud independence, touching courage and delicacy, spiritual generosity would be combined. Together with the heroes of the story, we are experiencing an alarming period of the birth of love and happy moments of pure, complete, all-consuming delight. The world of jubilant nature merges with a wonderful human feeling. The light, fabulous atmosphere of the story does not fade even after the tragic denouement. Gossip and gossip, the vile persecution of the clerk fade into the background. Great love wins over everything insignificant and evil, which is remembered without bitterness, “easily and joyfully”.

AI Kuprin is an idealist, dreamer, singer of lofty feelings. He found special, exceptional conditions that allowed him to create romanticized images of women and their ideal love. In his entourage A. Kuprin saw the sad waste of beauty, the fragmentation of feelings, the delusion of thought. The ideal of the writer went back to the victory of the strength of the spirit over the strength of the body and to "love faithful to death." For Kuprin, love is the most consistent form of affirmation and identification of the personality principle in a person.

Protesting against cynicism, corrupt feelings, vulgarity, AI Kuprin created the story "Shulamith". It was written based on the biblical Song of Songs by King Solomon. Solomon fell in love with a poor peasant girl, but because of the jealousy of the queen Astiz, abandoned by him, she dies. Before his death, Shulamith says to his beloved: "I thank you, my king, for everything: for your wisdom, to which you allowed me to cling to my lips, as to a sweet source ... There has never been and never will be a woman happier than me." The main idea of \u200b\u200bthis work: love is strong, like death, and it alone, eternal, protects humanity from the moral degeneration that modern society threatens it with.

A new return to the theme of great, all-consuming love took place in the story “Garnet Bracelet”. The poor official Zheltkov, once meeting Princess Vera Nikolaevna, fell in love with her with all his heart. This love leaves no room for other interests of the hero. Zheltkov kills himself so as not to interfere with the princess's life, and, dying, thanks her for the fact that she was for him "the only joy in life, the only consolation, one thought." This story is not so much about love as a prayer to her. In his dying letter, the hero blesses his beloved: "As I leave, I am delighted to say:" Hallowed be Thy name! "

Kuprin especially singled out the figure of the old general Anosov, who is sure that high love exists, but it “... must be a tragedy, the greatest secret in the world,” which does not know any compromises. Princess Vera, a woman, with all her aristocratic restraint, very impressionable, able to understand and appreciate the beautiful, felt that her life came into contact with this great love, sung by the best poets of the world. The love of the official Zheltkov is alien to that deep secrecy in which noble modesty is intertwined with noble pride. “Silence and perish” ... This talent was not given to Zheltkov. But for him, too, the “magic chains” turned out to be dearer than life.

The story "Olesya" develops the theme of Kuprin's creativity - love as a saving force that protects the "pure gold" of human nature from "opodification", from the destructive influence of bourgeois civilization. It is no coincidence that Kuprin's favorite hero was a man of a strong-willed, courageous character and a noble, kind heart, capable of enjoying the whole diversity of the world. The work is based on a comparison of two characters, two natures, two worldviews. On the one hand, an educated intellectual, a representative of urban culture, a rather humane Ivan Timofeevich, on the other - Olesya, a “child of nature” who has not been influenced by urban civilization. In comparison with Ivan Timofeevich, a man of a kind, but weak, “lazy” heart, Olesya rises in nobility, integrity, proud confidence in her strength. Freely, without any special tricks Kuprin draws the appearance of the Polissya beauty, forcing us to follow the richness of the shades of her spiritual world, always original, sincere and deep. “Olesya” is Kuprin's artistic discovery. The writer showed us the true beauty of the innocent, almost childish soul of a girl who grew up far from the noisy world of people, among animals, birds and the forest. But along with this Kuprin also highlights human malice, senseless superstition, fear of the unknown, the unknown. However, true love prevailed over all this. A string of red beads is the last tribute to Olesya's generous heart, the memory of “her tender, generous love”.

The peculiarity of A. I. Kuprin's artistic talent - an increased interest in each human personality and the skill of psychological analysis - allowed him to fully master the realistic heritage. The value of his work lies in the artistically convincing disclosure of the soul of his contemporary. The writer views love as a deep moral and psychological feeling. The stories of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin raise the eternal problems of mankind - the problem of love.