Written in 1968, we will describe its brief content. "Duck Hunt" is a work that takes place in one of the provincial towns.

Zilov Viktor Alexandrovich wakes up from a telephone call. He picks up the phone with difficulty. However, there is only silence. Zilov gets up slowly, then opens the window. The weather outside is rainy. Viktor Aleksandrovich drinks beer and begins physical exercises with a bottle in his hands. The phone rings again, and again there is silence. This is how Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt" begins. A photo of its author is presented below.

Conversation with the waiter Dima

Zilov decides to call himself. He dials the number of Dima's waiter, with whom he agreed to go hunting, and is very surprised when he asks him if he will go. Viktor Alexandrovich is interested in the details of the scandal that erupted yesterday. Dima did it in a cafe. Zilov very vaguely remembers the details. He is especially worried about who hit him in the face yesterday.

Funeral wreath

As soon as he finishes the telephone conversation, there is a knock on the door. Enter a boy holding a large funeral wreath. There is an inscription on it, which says that this wreath is from friends and is intended for Zilov, who burned down prematurely at work. Zilov is annoyed with such a gloomy joke. He sits on the couch and begins to imagine how everything could have happened if he really died. Then the last days of his life pass before his eyes.

Memories of Housewarming Celebration

First memory. In Zilov's favorite place, in the Forget-me-not cafe, he, together with Sayapin, his friend, meets with Kushak, the chief of work, in order to celebrate a major event - getting a new apartment. Vera, his mistress, suddenly comes in. Zilov asks her not to advertise their relationship, seates everyone at the table, and Dima brings shish kebabs and wine. Zilov reminds Kushak that the housewarming party is scheduled for the evening. He agrees, somewhat flirting. Zilov is forced to invite Vera, who really wants to come. He introduces the boss, who recently accompanied his wife to the south, as a classmate. With her relaxed behavior, Vera inspires some hope for Kushak.

We continue to describe the summary. "Duck Hunt" is a play with the following events. Zilov's friends gather in the evening for a housewarming party to him. His wife, Galina, while waiting for the guests, dreams that everything between them will become the same as in the beginning, when the spouses loved each other. Among the gifts brought were hunting equipment: a bandolier, a knife and several wooden birds, which are used for replanting in duck hunting. This occupation is Viktor Alexandrovich's greatest passion, apart from women. However, he has not yet managed to kill a single duck. The main thing for him, as Galina says, is conversations and gatherings. Zilov pays no attention to ridicule.

"Lipa" on the modernization of production, meeting Irina

Second memory. Zilov and Sayapin at work urgently need to prepare information regarding the modernization of production. Zilov invites him to present the project made for the porcelain factory as already completed. They take a long time to decide whether to do it or not. And although Sayapin is afraid of a possible exposure, the "linden" is still being prepared. Zilov is here reading a letter from his old father, who lives in another city. He has not seen him for 4 years. He writes that he is sick and wants to see him. However, Zilov, the hero of the play "Duck Hunt", is indifferent to this. Analyzing his reaction, we can say that he does not believe his father. Besides, he still does not have time for this, since he is going on vacation to go duck hunting. He does not want and cannot miss her. Irina suddenly appears in the room, an unknown girl who has confused their office with the editorial office of the newspaper. Zilov is playing it off, posing as a newspaper employee. This joke is finally exposed by the boss who comes in. Zilov and Irina have an affair, which Vampilov notes.

"Duck Hunt": the content of the matrimonial scene

Third memory. Zilov returns home in the morning. His wife is awake. Zilov ("Duck Hunt") complains that there is a lot of work, says that he was unexpectedly sent on a business trip. However, Galina says bluntly that she does not believe in this, since a neighbor saw him in the city last night. Zilov tries to accuse his wife of being too suspicious, but this does not work on her. She endured too long and can no longer bear the lies of her husband. Galina says that she was at the doctor, that she had an abortion. The spouse is showing indignation. He reproaches her for the fact that his wife did not consult with him. Zilov tries to soften his wife, remembering the evening when they first became close. It happened six years ago. At first, Galina protests, but then succumbs to the charm of this memory - until the spouse can remember some words that are very important to her. She is crying, sinking into a chair.

Zilova, meeting in "Forget-me-not" with his wife

The next memory of the protagonist. At the end of the working day, Kushak appears in Sayapin and Zilov's room. He is angry and demands to explain about the brochure containing information about the reconstruction that allegedly took place at the porcelain factory. Shielding Sayapin, since he should soon get an apartment, Zilov assumes all responsibility. Only Sayapin's wife, who suddenly appeared, managed to extinguish the storm. She takes the simple-minded Kushak to football. Zilov at this moment receives a telegram, which says about the death of his father. He decides to fly immediately in order to get to the funeral. Zilov's wife wants to go with him, but he refuses. Before leaving, Zilov goes for a drink at the Forget-me-not. In addition, he made an appointment with Irina here. Galina accidentally witnesses their meeting. Zilov's wife came here to bring her husband a briefcase and a raincoat for the trip. Zilov is forced to inform his mistress that he is married. He puts off his departure for tomorrow and orders supper.

Galina goes to visit relatives

We present to your attention the following memory that the protagonist of the work "Duck Hunt" sees. Its content is as follows.

Galina wants to go to another city to visit her relatives. As soon as Zilov calls Irina and invites her to his place. Suddenly Galina returns and says that she is leaving him forever. Her husband is discouraged, tries to stop her, but Galina locks the door with a key. Zilov, being trapped, uses his eloquence to convince his wife that she is still dear to him. He even says that he will take her hunting. However, it is not Galina who hears his explanation, but Irina who approached, who takes everything said at her own expense.

Drunken speeches of Zilov in Forget-me-not

The last memory. While waiting for friends invited on the occasion of a duck hunt and vacation, Zilov drinks at Forget-Me-Not. When his comrades get together, he is already drunk quite strongly, begins to tell them various nasty things. Zilov is getting more and more inflamed by the minute. This leads to the fact that everyone leaves, including Irina, whom he also undeservedly insults. Zilov, left alone, calls the waiter Dima a lackey. He hits him in the face. "Disconnects", falling to the floor, Zilov, the hero of the work "Duck Hunt". The heroes of the play, Sayapin and Kuzakov, return after a while. They pick up Zilov and bring him home.

The decision to commit suicide

Let's talk about the terrible act that Zilov decided to do. The next episode can only be briefly described, since we are compiling a summary. "Duck Hunt" is a play in which Zilov's terrible decision is the culmination. The fact is that, suddenly remembering everything, he decides to commit suicide. Now this hero of the work "Duck Hunt" no longer plays. Analysis of this episode shows that he is quite serious. Zilov writes and then loads the gun, takes off his shoes and feels the trigger with his big toe.

The piece "Duck Hunt" continues with a sudden phone call. After that, Kuzakov and Sayapin imperceptibly appear, who notice the preparations of their comrade and take away the gun, attacking him. Zilov drives them away, shouting that he does not believe anyone. However, they still do not dare to leave him alone. Zilov eventually manages to expel Kuzakov and Sayapin.

Zilov decides to go on a duck hunt

He walks around the room with a gun. After that, Zilov throws himself on the bed and it is not clear whether he is sobbing or laughing. He gets up two minutes later and dials Dima's number. He informs him that he is ready to go hunting.

This concludes the summary. "Duck Hunt", like all plays, is a small piece of work. You can read it in the original in about 2 hours. The summary does not reveal all the details of the described story. "Duck Hunt" will become clearer and closer to you if you dare to read the text of the work.

A.V. Vampilov "Duck Hunt"

Duck Hunt was written in 1965-1967. These years were extremely important, eventful, bright and critical in the life of the playwright. At this time, his rebirth was taking place, no longer as a professional writer, but as an artist who fully felt his poetic power.

"Duck Hunt" uniquely, complexly and indirectly absorbed the searches of literature, theater and cinema of the sixties. The fact that the sixties in Soviet literature were the heyday of lyricism is just as important to the essence of Duck Hunt as the golden age of the Russian novel was for the birth of Chekhov's drama.

The structure of "Duck Hunt", with all the external similarity of the play, is extremely complex and sophisticated. "Duck Hunt" is a play in memoirs. Memories as a special form of dramatic storytelling were a very common technique in the sixties. "Duck Hunt" consists of three layers: the layer of the present, the layer of memories and, so to speak, the borderline, intermediate layer - the layer of visions.

The layer of memories that unfolds within this frame is more abundant in events, but also does not carry much drama, although several very tense plot lines are intertwined in it: Zilov starts an affair with a pretty girl, the girl falls in love with him, his wife, having discovered treason, leaves, but when, it would seem, nothing interferes with the happy reunion of the hero with his young lover, in the midst of a party, almost an engagement, Zilov gets drunk heavily, makes a scandal, insults his friends and the girl.

In parallel, another plot unfolds: the hero gets a new apartment and, in gratitude, "brings" the boss with his former girlfriend, at the same time this girlfriend starts an affair with another friend of Zilov. The hero is in trouble at work - he slipped a fake report to his superiors, and a colleague friend betrayed him, evading their joint responsibility for what they had done.

The plot of the memoirs is richly varied with everyday details. The hero's father died, whom he had not seen for a long time, the hero's wife turns out to be either a real or a fictional romance with a former fellow practitioner, finally, the hero always dreams of the upcoming vacation, of a duck hunt, which does not pose any obstacles in the play.

The third layer of action is the layer of visions of Zilov, who estimates how friends, colleagues, and girlfriends will perceive the news of his death, at first - imaginary, in the end, as it seems to him - inevitable. This layer consists of two interludes, the text of which, excluding two or three phrases, almost completely coincides. But, verbally coinciding, they are absolutely opposite in emotional sign: in the first case, the imaginary scene of death is clearly comic and even clownish in nature, in the second - in her mood, there is not even a shadow of a smile in her tone. But the main thing in them is that these visions, as it were, objectify the nature of Zilov's memories. The visions are mocking and sarcastic, the characters in the play are evil and precisely caricatured, and this moment seems to remove the subjective nature of the hero's memories, leaving behind them the right to some kind of artistic impartiality. The drama unfolds between a half-joking suicide plot inspired by Sayapin's and Kuzakov's “original” gift and an attempt to carry it out in earnest.

The most important aspect of the play is related to its confessional character. "Duck Hunt" is built as a confession that lasts exactly as long as the play lasts, presenting the hero's life in a retrospective sequence - from the depths of two months ago to this day. The growth of tragedy proceeds as we approach the temporal junction of the hero's memories and their realization in the present, indicating that the conflict here is not external, but internal - lyrical, moral.

Zilov's memories are formed into such an integral, comprehensive and complete picture of life that the moments that gave birth to them seem, at first glance, not very significant plot lines, however, in fact, they are very important. Despite the coherence of Zilov's memories, there is no cause-and-effect relationship in them; their external impulse motivates - the silence of the one to whom Zilov calls and cannot get through: Vera does not answer the phone - scenes related to her come up; Sayapin and Kuzakov are silent - episodes with their participation arise, only the waiter Dima is the hero's constant interlocutor, and this is a very significant feature in the dramatic development of the play.

"Duck Hunt" is characterized by a special atmosphere generated by the relationship between the ancestral principles of lyrics and drama. The dramaturgy of the play is largely determined by the combination of the objective nature of the drama, according to which everything that happens must be manifested in action, and the special lyrical essence of the main conflict, consisting in the process of memories.

Drama presupposes judgment from the outside, lyricism presupposes awareness from within. Lyrical confession does not allow low self-exposure, dramatic action requires a conflict that must be resolved at the level of any human security. The poetic verdict “and reading my life with disgust, I tremble and curse” is high. Judas Golovlev, Golyadkin or Varravin cannot be the subject of high lyricism, more precisely, it prevents us from recognizing this right to them by the poetic tradition of the 19th century.

The behavior of Zilov and his entourage, it would seem, excludes the possibility of any introspection, any self-control, but nevertheless the playwright forces this hero to peer into his life and ponder over it. The gap between the seriousness of the Zilov drama and the obvious moral defectiveness of the life layer itself, from which the hero raised his face to us, flooded with "incomprehensible" tears ("whether he cried or laughed, we will never understand by his face"), was too great and for the concrete historical experience of the era, and for the artistic historical and literary experience of the drama.

This strange and complex play, in which the main drama falls on the fact that, in essence, it is impossible to play - on the process of comprehending what is happening, on the process of self-awareness, and the usual drama is reduced to a minimum. The age of the heroes of the play is about thirty years old, he was comparable to or slightly higher than the generally accepted for young science fanatics of the mid-sixties. A significant place in the play is occupied by the service activities of the heroes, and although Vampilov's efforts are mainly aimed at avoiding work, some of the urgent production tasks facing them are brought to the stage.

The central character has two friends, one of whom is sneaky, and the other is naive and straightforward. A love triangle of the usual style is mandatory for this situation: the hero has a strict, tired, silent wife, whom he deceives, and a young lover, on whom his thoughts are focused. On the periphery of the plot, the usual minor figures loom: the fool-boss, the punchy wife of one of the friends, the hero's old girlfriend, the acquaintance of the waiter from the nearby cafe, the neighbor's boy. But even this boy is not equal to himself, he came as a reminder of the drama of those years when the teenager was the personification and bearer of truth. "But the fact is that, based on the plot clichés familiar to the sixties, Vampilov sets completely different goals and tasks.

The play presents not the hero's “drama”, “but a way of life in which dramas do not happen from the hero's active collision with reality (as was the case in Rozov's early plays, for example), but, on the contrary, from the collision and transformation of life into a kind of everyday ritual where half-love, half-friendship, occupation with a profession (...) line up in one tiresome row. " And therefore "Duck Hunt" is based not on the supports of an external conflict, but on the supports of figurative, almost symbolic. And one of them is duck hunting.

Vampilov's play is extremely everyday, it literally drowns in everyday realities, and at the same time it is free from everyday life: “no playwright carries with him so much convention as this, at first glance,“ everyday ”writer. And if we forget this, we begin to look for in him only a storyteller and a writer of everyday life, or even "the prosecutor of provincial life and boredom, we will not achieve anything." However, the life of the Duck Hunt is organized in a very special way.

The play does not even enjoy the word, that unrestrained element of words, joke, which is usually characteristic of Vampilov's plays. And how cleverly and subtly Zilov's contemporaries reflected - the heroes of the sixties, what depths of spirit and moral paradoxes were revealed in their arrogant self-irony and subtle sarcasm. None of this is in the play, although Zilov is ironic and intellectual enough, and he is placed in the position of a reflective hero, and the author, as time will show, has not lost his craving and taste for theatrical brilliance.

Zilov and Galina moved to a new apartment, the first in their life, but the premises are in no hurry to become their home. The theme of the apartment in the play is - so to speak - cardboard and plaster. There is no home, and housing is not trying to acquire its features. The garden bench brought for housewarming by Kuzakov is just as appropriate and desirable here as in the park. Lack of furniture is just an inconvenience: there is nothing for guests to sit on, but in no way, not a hair's lack of a face at home. Entering an empty, unfurnished apartment Sayapin easily recreates in his imagination everything that should have been here: “There will be a TV set, a sofa here, a refrigerator next to it. Beer and stuff in the fridge. Everything for friends. " Everything is known, right down to the inside of the refrigerator. But this knowledge is generated not by the imagination of the character, but by the absolute impersonality, the standard of housing.

Some kind of distorted, ugly reminder of custom comes in with Faith. Instead of a living cat - a symbol of the hearth, which is usually allowed into the house in front of the owners, she brings a toy cat, making this stuffed nasty personification not at home (although something in this spirit, perhaps, the unconscious lies in the gift), but male bestiality: she calls the cat Alik.

The laws of the most elementary behavior are forgotten not only by the guests, but also by the owners, not only by Zilov, but also by Galina, who cannot resist the onslaught of her husband, who does not know the slightest rule or limitation of momentary desires. This is especially interesting and important to note in comparison with the fact that Zilov, who does not know restraint in desires, does not know the rules and prohibitions, does not even dream of discovering the hunting season even an hour earlier.

The flat, emasculated world of everyday life, or, more precisely, everyday life, is opposed in the play by another world - the world of hunting "Hunting, the theme of hunting appears here as a kind of moral pole, opposite to everyday life. This topic is not only directly stated in the title, not only revealed in the word, but also invisibly dissolved in the entire poetics of drama.

In the play's stage directions and in the plastic organization of the text, two realities are persistently repeated - the window and the rain outside the window (or the blue of the sky that replaces it). The window is a drawing on the backdrop, a dead, airless, painted space, rain is light and onomatopoeia or the play of actors. Moreover, the observance of these remarks in terms of production requires considerable tricks from the director and artist.

In all tense situations, the hero's face (sometimes this remark accompanies Galina's behavior) is turned to the window. If the viewer should see what is happening outside the window: rain, cloudy, clear - then Zilov, turning to the window, should stand with his back to the audience, but if the turn to the window coincides with the turn to the proscenium, then the "biography" of the weather for the same viewers disappear.

The borderline between everyday and extra-everyday life in the play is the window to which Zilova pulls like a magnet, especially in moments of intense mental work: all transitions from momentary reality to memories are accompanied by the hero's approach to the window. The window is, so to speak, his favorite habitat, his chair, table, armchair; only an ottoman can resist the window (which is also one of the important features of the play, especially if we remember about Oblomov's sofa). Of all the heroes of The Duck Hunt, only Galina has this unmotivated, unconscious gesture - turning to the window at a moment of emotional stress. The window is, as it were, a sign of another reality, not present on the stage, but given in the play, the reality of the Hunt. Hunting is an ambivalent image.

On the one hand, hunting is an introduction to nature, so precious for a modern person, it is the essence of nature, an existential category opposed to the everyday world. And at the same time, this category is artistically and literary mediated. On the other hand, hunting is one of the most monstrous symbols of murder. This is murder, the essence of which culture does not take into account. This murder, legalized by civilization, raised to the rank of respectable entertainment, occupies a certain place in the hierarchy of prestigious values \u200b\u200bin life. It is this double essence of hunting - purification, familiarization with the eternal, pure natural beginning of life and, murder - that is fully realized in the play. The theme of death permeates all action.

The image of Zilov is constructed in such a way that the last remark of the play can be taken as an epigraph to his analysis: “We see his calm face. Whether he was crying or laughing, we will never understand by his face. " One should not think that Vampilov himself does not know whether his hero is crying or laughing - the author makes this antithesis and duality a subject of research.

Drama is characterized by plot schematics much more than lyric poetry and epic poetry. And it has a slightly different meaning here than in other literary genres. A dramatic collision - that is, the circle of situations chosen by the author - already carries a certain problematics in itself. The sense of collision is a very rare property, sometimes poorly developed even among the most brilliant playwrights. This quality is very valuable, but not exhaustive, just as absolute pitch does not exhaust the composer's abilities. Vampilov's sense of collision is absolutely, perhaps, it is this that gives his poetics such a vivid attractiveness and somewhat emphasized tradition. It is in his handling of dramatic collision that Vampilov's innovation is especially clearly visible.

Zilov is undeniably superior to all the characters around him. The level is set both by the position of the hero in the dramatic collision of the play (Zilov is the bearer of reflective consciousness), and by the personality of the hero himself. Zilov is more significant, not because the freedom of his desires, the irresponsibility of his actions, his laziness, his lies and drunkenness are good, but because the other characters have everything the same, just plain. Their interest in life can be cynically carnivorous, like that of Kushak, or ideally sublime, like that of Kuzakov, but none of them will take on the joint guilt, fall in love, charm the girl, and, incidentally, will not think about their life ... They lack the human charm that would brighten up their shortcomings.

The waiter is already specified in the remark as a person extremely similar to Zilov. Zilov "is about thirty years old, he is quite tall, of strong build, in his gait, gestures, manner of speaking a lot of freedom, which comes from the confidence in his physical usefulness." The waiter is "the same age as Zilov, tall, athletic, always in a business-like mood, cheerful, self-confident and behaves with exaggerated dignity." The waiter is the only character in the play, in whose description the author seems to be based on the appearance of the main character of the play (the same age as Zilov), and in their appearance, it would seem, absolutely everything coincides, the nature that creates similarity does not coincide, so to speak.

He knows and knows how to do everything, except for one thing. He does not know that the world around him is alive, that love exists in it, and not lust, that hunting is not physical exercise with shooting at a target, that life is not only the existence of protein bodies, that it has a spiritual principle. The waiter is absolutely impeccable and just as completely inhuman.

What is doing here, in this play about the not very good life of not very good people, this calculating cold bastard? Why does every time he appears in "Duck Hunt" a painful, disturbing, vague and piercing note, like the sound of a broken string, appears - after all, it seems to have nothing to do with the spiritual sphere of life? And nevertheless, in the ideological structure of the play, its role is cardinal, and not only because the theme of death is associated with it - a measure of Zilov's drama.

For Zilov, there is only one moment in the life of his spirit - hunting. Hunting is an opportunity to break away from everyday life, everyday life, bustle, lies, laziness, which he himself is no longer able to overcome. This is a dream world, ideal, uncompromised and high. In this world, his lying, nasty and poor soul is good, there it revives and straightens itself, uniting with all living things into a single and light harmony. Vampilov builds the action of the play in such a way that the Waiter becomes Zilov's constant companion and guide to this world, and this terrible figure deprives Zilov's utopia of meaning, purity, and its high poetry.

In "Duck Hunt" the drama came close to the person, opened the person, so to speak, from the inside of the personality, she tried to penetrate under the shell of the body, behind the frontal bone, to make the process of choice, decision, thinking dramatic. Eighties drama with joy; picked up this internal cerebellar intent, but not yet very well aware of what to do with this intent. However, Vampilov was in a kind of confusion before his own discovery.

Vampilov was the last romanticist of Soviet drama. As a person, he was formed in the second half of the fifties, at a time when the ideals, aspirations, slogans and goals of society, quite humane in themselves, seemed to be about to begin to connect with real life, about to acquire weight and meaning in it. (and sometimes it seemed they were already gaining). As an artist, he worked when the irreversible processes of delimitation of proclaimed values \u200b\u200band real life began. The terrible thing was not that in this way the meaning of ideals was destroyed, but that the meaning of morality in general was destroyed. Vampilov was a son, and a wonderful son, of the time that gave birth to him: he needed to know how a person lives, where to go, how to live, he needed to answer these questions for himself, and he was the first, at least the first of the playwrights , I discovered that life has come to that final line, beyond which these questions no longer have the usual answer.

Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt", a summary of which will be presented below, has become one of the best works of Soviet literature. Today it is referred to as Russian classical literature.

Foreword

In our article, each reader will find a work by Vampilov. A very short summary of "Duck Hunt" will tell about the main events of the play. A summary of the play will not take more than ten minutes to read, while the original will take about two hours. What did Alexander Vampilov write about? Analysis, a summary of "Duck Hunt" will help you better understand the work. The morality that the author deliberately brought into his creation became an indicator that during the Soviet Union there were dishonest spouses, despair and shame of betrayal. Undoubtedly, in the summary of A. Vampilov's "Duck Hunt" it is impossible to convey all the thoughts of the author that can be seen in the original of the play.

In addition, it is important to note that there have been many theatrical productions and several screen adaptations of the play. The summary of "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov) will play an important role in motivating the viewing of the film adaptation of the heritage of world culture. So, in more detail.

About heroes

Viktor Zilov is the main character of the story. The man, who is thirty years old, has a noble appearance: large facial features, high growth, strong build. In all of Zilov's manners, one can see how confident the protagonist is: this is noticeable in the way he speaks, in his gestures and even gait. Zilov feels special because he differs from his friends in physical superiority. Despite the fact that Viktor Aleksandrovich does not show his inner feelings, according to his habits, one can notice boredom and sadness, which goes unnoticed when he first meets the hero.

Galina is the wife of the protagonist. The girl is slightly younger than her husband - she is twenty-six. This is a fragile woman who amazes everyone with her grace. But Galina's natural femininity is inherent from birth. After she fell in love with Zilov and married him, all the dreams that the girl had kept for years were simply destroyed by everyday difficulties. Due to the unenviable financial situation, Galina has to work hard, and difficulties in her personal life constantly upset the woman. The expression of happiness and carelessness has long disappeared on Galina's face - the girl is always upset and concerned about something.

Irina is a young student who manages to lure Zilov into love networks. She falls in love with a married man who, in the end, is going to marry her, leaving Galina alone.

Kuzakov is Victor's friend. He is about thirty years old, an inconspicuous young man. By nature, Kuzakov is silent and thoughtful. He is constantly worried about his problems, although he does not share his feelings with any of his loved ones.

Sayapin is a former classmate of Victor. In addition, young people have served together in the past. For many years, Zilov and Sayapin have remained friends.

Valeria is Sayapin's wife. The girl is younger than her husband. She is distinguished by her special activity, a positive outlook on life and giggle with which she perceives all life's difficulties.

Vadim Kushak is the head of Sayapin and Zilov. He is a serious man who knows his own worth. Important, solid, Sash keeps all his subordinates in fear. Despite the fact that Vadim is strict and businesslike in the institution, outside the walls of his workplace he is too insecure, indecisive and often fussy.

Vera is Victor's former mistress. She is young and beautiful, dresses well and spares no time and effort to look great. The girl works as a simple saleswoman in a store.

Dmitry is a waiter at the Nezabudka bar. Since Victor is a regular at the bar, Dima and the main character have a common friendship since school days.

Plot

It is worth starting from the morning when Viktor Zilov wakes up and feels a strong hangover. Victor was woken up by a phone call. He picks up the phone, but the caller doesn't say a word. Within a few minutes everything repeats itself: a phone call, silence in the receiver. He tries to remember what happened last night, but the memories don't want to come back. Then Zilov himself decides to call Dima to ask what happened last night. Dima briefly tells that the main character made a row in the bar. In addition, the waiter asks if Zilov is going on a duck hunt, which they had agreed on for a long time. Surprised by the question, Viktor Aleksandrovich says that the offer is valid and hangs up. He starts doing morning exercises, quenching his thirst with cold beer.

Unexpected guest

Continuation of the summary of "Duck Hunt" may surprise the reader with its plot twist.

Victor hears the doorbell ring. Opening it, he sees a boy holding a funeral wreath in his hands. The wreath reads "Eternal memory to Viktor Zilov, who died during a huge fire." Surprised and annoyed by such a joke, Zilov sits down on the bed and begins to think about what would happen if he really died. He begins to remember the last days of his life.

First memory

Our summary of "Duck Hunt" continues with the recollections of the protagonist, which are truly capable of shedding light on the character of Zilov and his entourage.

The first recollection was of a meeting between Zilov and Sayapin with their boss. It took place in honor of a joyful event - Zilov had just received a good apartment. Suddenly, Zilov's mistress, Vera, appears in the Forget-Me-Not bar. He takes her aside and asks not to tell anyone about their connection. Vera understands everything and fulfills the request. And he begins to "make eyes" to Kushak, who recently sent his wife to rest in the south. Vera does not back down from conquering Vadim's heart, and hope begins to appear in the soul of an insecure man.

Housewarming

On the same evening, the whole company goes to housewarming to the Zilovs. Galina is very upset, she sees how strained her relationship with her husband has become. She fills her heart with hope that it is still possible to fix it. She believes that everything can be as it was between her and Victor at the very beginning of the relationship.

Zilov's friends brought a huge number of gifts to the spouses, most of which relate to hunting equipment. Zilov's passion is duck hunting. Despite the fact that the "hunter" himself has not yet managed to shoot a single bird, he regularly gathers for it. Galina says the following about her husband's passion: "For Victor, hunting is just talk and gathering." However, Zilov himself does not notice his wife's ridicule.

Second memory

A very brief summary of Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt" continues to amaze the reader with its ironic events.

Sayapin and Zilov were instructed at work: to draw up a plan for innovations in the institution. Victor invites his friend to do something easier: just submit information that the porcelain factory was modernized and reconstructed. Sayapin has long doubted whether this is a good idea. He is afraid that such a trick will soon be revealed. In the end, he agrees to the delivery of "fake" information.

At the same time, the main character receives a letter from his old father. The old man writes that he is very sick and would like to see his son. But Zilov does not believe that this is true. He decides - his father is just playing him. Therefore, Victor is not going anywhere, and he is very busy, he will soon have a vacation, which he was going to spend on the hunt, so he does not have time to visit his father.

At first sight

You can learn about further funny events from the summary of Vampilov's "Duck Hunt". At the same moment, Irina appears in Zilov's office, and she confused his office with the room of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Victor decides to play a prank on the girl and pretends to be an employee of the publishing house. When Kushak enters the office, he immediately exposes the deceiver, which makes Irina laugh. It is after this joke that a romance begins between young people.

Third memory

Tragic events continue the summary of "Duck Hunt".

Victor returns home early in the morning. Spouse Galina has not yet gone to bed. She meets her husband and complains to him that she has a lot of work, that she is very tired, that she is too upset by such a sudden business trip of her beloved. Zilov understands that Galina began to suspect him of treason, and denies all the charges of his wife. But the girl does not give up and tells her husband that a neighbor saw him with a young beauty. Angry with Galina, the main character says that she herself is to blame for this state of affairs, not paying any attention to him.

Galina rashly tells Viktor that she had an abortion last week. A completely flushed Zilov begins to scream, asking Galina why she did not consult with him before making such an important decision, to which his wife replied that she was not sure that Victor really wanted common children. The man is trying to somehow soften the tension that has grown between him and his wife. He begins to remember how his relationship with Galina began. At first, the girl tries not to react in any way to the words of her beloved man, but soon gives up and begins to plunge into the past. As a result, the unhappy woman sits down on a chair and begins to cry.

Fourth memory

A very brief summary of "Duck Hunt" continues with another recollection of the protagonist.

Sayapin and Zilov are sitting in their office. Suddenly, an angry boss appears and begins to scold his friends for their trick with the porcelain factory. Zilov, knowing that an apartment should soon be allocated to his friend, takes the entire blow upon himself. Sayapin's wife invites Vadim to football and thus pacifies the evil boss.

Unexpected message

Our very brief summary of Vampilov's "Duck Hunt" continues with very sad events.

On this day, Victor receives an urgent telegram saying that his father died as a result of an illness. He gives up all his plans and is going to fly to his native land to be in time for the funeral. Galina offers to keep him company, but the man refuses. Before leaving, Victor decides to look into the bar, where he had an appointment with his mistress. Galina, who suddenly appeared within the walls of Forget-me-not, who brought a briefcase and a raincoat to her husband, sees Victor and Irina. After that, Zilov confesses to the young girl that he is married. Realizing that today he does not have the strength to fly anywhere, he postpones his departure the next day and orders dinner at the bar.

Fifth memory

Zilov's wife is going to go to her relatives. As soon as Galina leaves the apartment, Victor calls Irina and asks her to come to him. Suddenly, the wife returns to the apartment and tells Zilov that she will not return back. He tries to stop the woman, but she leaves and closes Zilov in the apartment. The man shouts that he loves her, that she is infinitely dear to him, he is ready for anything, so long as she does not leave. But instead of Galina, to whom this speech was intended, Irina hears all Viktor's words, taking all Zilov's confessions at her own expense.

Last memory

While Zilov is waiting for his friends at the bar, he drinks heavily. When the friends finally get together, Victor is already very drunk and begins to be rude to everyone, saying various nasty things. Friends, seeing Victor's behavior, simply leave. Irina also leaves the main character, who insulted her greatly.

Victor calls the waiter Dima a lackey, for which he painfully punches Zilov in the face. Victor goes out and soon friends come to take him home.

Conclusion

From the summary of Vampilov's "Duck Hunt", you can learn that the plot ends with the despair of the protagonist. Remembering all the horror of the last days, the main character wonders if he might commit suicide. He writes a farewell letter, picks up his gun and points the barrel under his chin. At this time, friends come to him and, seeing what is happening with Zilov, push him onto the bed and take away the weapon. Viktor Alexandrovich tries to drive them away, and he succeeds. After driving out his friends, he throws himself into bed and either laughs loudly, or sobs loudly. Time passes, and he calls Dmitry to say that he is ready to go hunting.

Duck Hunt

Play A.V. Vampilov's "Duck Hunt", written in 1970, embodied the fate of the "era of stagnation" generation. Already in the remarks, the typical character of the events depicted is emphasized: a typical city apartment, ordinary furniture, everyday disorder, which testifies to the disorder in the mental life of Viktor Zilov, the main character of the work.

A fairly young and physically healthy person (according to the plot, he is about thirty years old) feels deeply tired of life. There are no values \u200b\u200bfor him. From the very first conversation between Zilov and his friend, it turns out that yesterday he made some kind of scandal, the essence of which he no longer remembers. It turns out he offended someone. But he doesn't really care. "They'll survive, right?" - he says to his friend Dima.

Suddenly, Zilov is brought a funeral wreath with a ribbon on which are written touching memorial words: "To the unforgettable untimely burned out at work Zilov Viktor Alexandrovich from his inconsolable friends."

Initially, this event seems like an unsuccessful joke, but in the process of further development of events, the reader realizes that Zilov really buried himself alive: he drinks, scandalizes and does everything to disgust people who until recently were close and dear.

There is one important artistic detail in the interior of Zilov's room - a large plush cat with a bow on its neck, a gift from Vera. This is a kind of symbol of unfulfilled hopes. After all, Zilov and Galina could have a happy family with children and a comfortable, well-organized life. It is no coincidence that after the housewarming, Galina offers Zilov to have a child, although she understands that he does not need him.

The basic principle of relations with people for Zilov is unrestrained lies, the purpose of which is the desire to whitewash oneself and denigrate others. So, for example, inviting his boss Kushak to a housewarming party, who at first does not want to go on a visit without his wife, Zilov informs Galina that Vera has been invited for him, with whom he is allegedly in love. In fact, Vera is the mistress of Zilov himself. In turn, Victor pushes Kushak to courting Vera: “Nonsense. Act boldly, do not stand on ceremony. This is all done on the fly. Grab the bull by the horns. "

Expressive in the play is the image of Sayapin's wife Valeria, whose ideal is philistine happiness. She identifies family ties with material goods. “Tolechka, if in six months we do not move into such an apartment, I will run away from you, I swear to you,” she declares to her husband at the Zilovs' housewarming party.

A.V. Vampilov and another expressive female image of the play - the image of Vera, who is also, in essence, unhappy. She had long lost faith in the possibility of finding a reliable life partner for herself and calls all men the same (Alikami). At housewarming, Verochka constantly shocks everyone with her tactlessness and her attempt to dance on the table at Zilov's. A woman tries to seem more rude and cheeky than she really is. Obviously, this helps her to drown out the longing for real human happiness. Kuzakov understands this better than anyone else, who says to Zilov: "Yes, Vitya, it seems to me that she is not at all who she claims to be."

The housewarming scene uses an important compositional move. All the guests give gifts to the Zilovs. Valeria tortures the owner of the house for a long time before making a gift, and asks what he loves most. This scene plays an important role in revealing the image of Zilov. Galina confesses in her that she has not felt her husband's love for a long time. He has a consumer attitude towards her.

Vera, asking about his mistress with a grin, also understands that Victor is indifferent to her and her visit does not give him much pleasure. During the conversation, it turns out that Zilov does not like his work as an engineer, although he can still improve his business reputation. This is evidenced by the remark of Kushak: "He lacks a business vein, that's true, but he's a capable guy ...". The Sayapins give Zilov the hunting equipment the hero dreams of. The image of a duck hunt in the work is undoubtedly symbolic. It can be viewed as a dream of a worthwhile business, which Zilov is just unable to do. It is no coincidence that Galina, who knows his character deeper than others, notes that the main thing for him is gathering and talking.

A kind of test for Zilov is a letter from his father, who asks him to come to him to see him. It turns out that Victor has not been with his parents for a long time and is very cynical about the tearful letters of his old father: “He will send out such letters to all ends and lie, a dog, waiting. Relatives, a fool, comes running, oh, ah, and he is happy. He will lie down, lie down, then, you see, he got up - he is alive and well and accepts vodka. " At the same time, the son does not even know exactly how old his father is (he remembers that he is over seventy). Zilov has a choice: to go on vacation to his father in September or to realize his old dream of duck hunting. He chooses the latter. As a result, the unfortunate old man will die without seeing his son.

Before our eyes, Zilov destroys Galina's last hopes for personal happiness. He is indifferent to her pregnancy, and the woman, seeing this, gets rid of the child. Tired of endless lies, she leaves her husband for a childhood friend who still loves her.

Trouble is also gathering at work: Zilov handed over the article with false information to the chief, and he also forced his friend Sayapin to sign it. The hero is facing dismissal. But he is not very worried about it.

In a cafe with the sentimental name "Forget-me-not" Zilov often appears with new women. It is there that he invites young Irina, who sincerely falls in love with him. In a cafe his wife finds him.

Upon learning of Galina's desire to leave him, Zilov tries to restrain her and even promises to take her with him on the hunt, but when he sees that Irina has come to him, he quickly switches. However, other women, whom he once attracted to himself with false promises, eventually leave him. Vera is going to marry Kuzakov, who takes her seriously. It is no coincidence that she begins to call him by name, and not Alik, like other men.

Only at the end of the play does the viewer learn what kind of scandal Zilov arranged in Forget-Me-not: he gathered his friends there, invited Irina and began to insult everyone in turn, grossly violating the rules of decency.

In the end, he offends innocent Irina too. And when the waiter Dima, with whom the hero is going on the long-awaited duck hunt, stands up for the girl, he insults him too, calling him a lackey.

After all this disgusting story, Zilov is actually trying to commit suicide. He is saved by Kuzakov and Sayapin. The economic Sayapin, dreaming of his own apartment, is trying to distract Zilov with something. He says it's time to renovate the floors. Victor in return gives him the keys to the apartment. The waiter Dima, despite the insult, invites him to go on a duck hunt. He allows him to take the boat. Then he drives away people who are somehow trying to fight for his life. At the end of the play, Zilov throws himself on the bed and either cries or laughs. And most likely, he cries and laughs at himself. Then he still calms down and calls Dima, agreeing to go hunting with him.

What is the further fate of the hero? It is quite obvious that he needs to rethink his attitude to life in general, to the people with whom he is associated with communication. Perhaps Zilov will still be able to overcome his mental crisis and return to normal life. But most likely the hero is doomed to find his death in speed, since he cannot overcome his own egoism and does not see the goal for which it is worth continuing his life. The loss of spiritual and moral foundations is a typical feature of the generation of the period of stagnation. For centuries, people's lives have been subject to the norms of religious morality. At the beginning of the 20th century, public thought was driven by the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a bright future, a socially just state structure. During the Great Patriotic War, the main task was to protect the native land from invaders, then post-war construction. In the sixties - seventies, there were no socio-political problems of this magnitude. Perhaps that is why a generation of people has formed, which is characterized by the loss of family ties and the meaning of friendly relations. The influence of the church on the spiritual life of a person by this time was lost. The norms of religious morality were not observed. And few people believed in the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding a bright future. The reason for Zilov's spiritual crisis is the realization of the worthlessness of his life, the absence of a real goal, since the so-called duck hunt, which he constantly dreams of, is rather an attempt to escape from life's problems, rather than a real deed, for which one can sacrifice everything else.

Let's consider one well-known play and analyze it. "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov A. V.) was created in the period from 1965 to 1967. This time was extremely important in the life of the playwright, turning point, rich and vibrant. He was born as an artist. At this time, he fully felt his own poetic power of the Vampils ("Duck Hunt"). The analysis summarized in this article will help you better understand this difficult piece.

Three layers in the work

The work is complex, original, its structure is sophisticated. This is a play in memory. The reception of their use as a special form of dramatic storytelling in the 60s was very common. The analysis shows that "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov) consists of three layers: a layer of the present, memories and an intermediate, borderline layer of visions.

There are several rather intense storylines in the memory layer. The main character has an affair with a girl who falls in love with him. Having discovered treason, the wife leaves. When, it seems, nothing prevents Zilov from reuniting with his young lover, he suddenly gets drunk and scandals, insulting the girl and friends.

In parallel, another plot develops. Zilov gets a new apartment. He "brings" his boss with his ex-girlfriend. At the same time, this girl starts an affair with another friend of Zilov. The main character is in trouble at work - he slipped a fake report to his superiors. His evading responsibility for what he had done. As you can see, this layer is full of events. Nevertheless, he does not carry much drama in himself.

The plot of memoirs is unusually varied in everyday details. The hero's father, whom he has not seen for a long time, dies; Zilov's wife has an affair with her former classmate. Finally, the main character dreams of a duck hunt.

Another layer of action is the layer of visions of the hero, who estimates how his colleagues, friends, and girlfriends will react to the news of his death. At first he imagines her to himself, and then she seems inevitable to him. This layer consists of 2 interludes. Their text, except for two or three phrases, almost completely coincides verbally. Nevertheless, in terms of emotional sign, they are completely opposite. In the first case, the scene of death that the hero imagines is comic in nature, and in the second, in her tone, in her mood, there is not even a shadow of a smile. The drama thus develops between a half-joking idea of \u200b\u200bcommitting suicide, which was inspired by the "original" gift of Kuzakov and Sayapin, and an attempt to implement this plan in earnest.

The confessional character of the play

Let's continue the analysis. "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov) is a work that has a confessional character. The work is structured as a confession that lasts throughout the entire play. It presents in retrospective sequence the life of the hero - from the events of two months ago to the present day. The conflict in the work is not external, but internal - moral, lyrical. The tragedy intensifies as the hero's memories and awareness of them in the present approach in time.

Zilov's memories form a complete, comprehensive, integral picture. They lack a causal relationship, despite their coherence. They are motivated by external impulses.

The main character

The main character is Viktor Zilov in the play "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov). is largely based on the worldview of this hero. We observe the events of the play precisely through the prism of Zilov's memories. A lot of them happen in 1.5 months of his life. Their apogee is the funeral wreath, which the friends gave to the "hero of his time", who "untimely burned out" at work.

Meaning of remarks

The work is expressed through remarks. This is traditional for drama. Vampilov's remarks are quite common. They put a qualitative emphasis, as, for example, in the case of Irina: in the heroine, the main feature is sincerity. The remarks tell the director how to interpret a particular character.

The role of dialogues in expressing author's position

Analysis of the play by A. V. Vampilov "Duck Hunt" would be incomplete if we did not note the importance of the dialogues. They also show the author's attitude to the characters. Evaluation characteristics are given here mainly by Zilov. This cynic and unpredictable frivolous citizen is allowed a lot, as jesters were allowed at all times. It is not for nothing that even the closest friends joke and laugh at Zilov, and sometimes very evil. Those around him have different feelings for this hero, but not friendly ones. This is jealousy, hatred, envy. And Victor deserved them just as much as everyone can deserve.

Zilov's mask

When Zilov is asked by guests what he loves most, he does not know what to answer them. However, friends (as well as the state, party, society) know him better - Zilov loves hunting most of all. One emphasizes the tragicomic nature of the situation (the whole play abounds in such details). Until the end of his memories, Zilov does not remove, like a mask, his hunting accessories. The leitmotif of the mask in the work of this author appears in "Duck Hunt" not for the first time. We see a similar technique in earlier plays ("The Story of the Metranpage", "The Elder Son"). Vampilus characters often use labels because labeling them frees them from thoughts and the need to make decisions.

Duck hunting in the life of the protagonist

For Victor, duck hunting is the embodiment of freedom and dreams. It is assembled already a month before the cherished day and is waiting for the hunt as the beginning of a new life, deliverance, a period for respite. On the one hand, this is an introduction to nature, which is so valuable for a modern person. At the same time, the hunt is one of the most monstrous symbols of murder, which culture does not take into account. This is murder legalized by civilization, which is elevated to the level of entertainment, and respectable at that. The double essence of hunting is an introduction to the pure, eternal natural principle, purification through it, and murder is realized in the play. The whole action is permeated by the theme of death.

For Zilov, hunting is the only moment in the life of the spirit. This is an opportunity to break away from everyday life, everyday life, bustle, laziness, lies, which he cannot overcome on his own. This is the world of a perfect dream, tall and not compromised anywhere. In this world, his poor, nasty, lying soul is good, it straightens up and revives, uniting in a light and single harmony with all living things.

Vampilov builds the action of the play in such a way that the Waiter is Zilov's guide, his constant companion to this world. His figure deprives Zilov's utopia of meaning, high poetry, and purity.

"Heroes of the Time"

The work of interest to us tells about the values \u200b\u200bof the "thaw" generation, or rather, about their decay. Let's analyze Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt" from the point of view of characters. The tragicomic existence of the heroes of the work - the Sayapins, Gali, Kushak, Kuzakov, Vera - speaks of their lack of confidence in themselves and the fragility of the surrounding reality, seemingly determined by society forever. In the character system, there is no division into positive and negative. There is Dima, self-confident, Zilov, suffering from the injustice of life, defiant Faith and Kushak, abiding in eternal fear. There are unfortunate people whose life for some reason did not work out.

Analyzing the play "Duck Hunt" by Vampilov, one should take into account the personality of the author. Vampilov is the last romanticist of Russian drama of the Soviet period. He was formed as a person in the second half of the 50s. At this time, the goals, slogans, ideals, aspirations of society, in themselves quite humane, it seemed, would begin just about to connect with real life, acquire meaning and weight in it. Vampilov worked when the processes of delimitation of values \u200b\u200bproclaimed everywhere and real life began in society. The terrible thing was not that the meaning of ideals was destroyed in this way, but that the meaning of morality as such was destroyed. Vampilov was the son of the time that gave birth to him. He longed to know where a person should go, how he was alive, how he should live. He needed to give answers to these questions to himself, and he was the first of the playwrights to see that life had come to the last line. And behind her these questions do not have the usual answer.

Vampilov is a master of open finals. Analysis of Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt" shows that this work also ends ambiguously. We never know if the protagonist is laughing or crying in the last scene.

True time

We are accustomed to using the expression "truth of character", meaning that the writer has not faked anything, has not concealed anything, has depicted a certain social type that has developed in reality. Reading the play that he created ("Duck Hunt"), analyzing it, one can feel pity for the person whose "truth" was too defenseless. As a rule, talking about morality is boring. The author of the work did not know how to be boring. All of his plays, including Duck Hunt, are characterized by the tension of the protagonist. The work makes us think about life itself, and not just about art and literature. The author wanted to understand the basic laws called the truth of the time. Let's note one more thought, completing the analysis. "Duck Hunt" (Vampilov) is a work that gave birth to the rhythm of time. He lives inside, and not outside each of us, so the appearance of "heroes of their time" is natural.

This concludes the analysis of Vampilov's play "Duck Hunt". A short work - but so much meaning! You can talk about this play for a long time, discovering more and more of its features.