The drama "The Thunderstorm" is based on the clash of the disenfranchised and oppressed with tyrant merchants. This conflict is composed of a number of private conflicts (the clash between Katerina and Kabanikha, Boris and Dikiy, Kuligin and Dikiy, etc.). However, leading in the development of the action is Katerina's clash with the “dark kingdom”. The rest of the conflicts are correlated with him, subordinate to him, which gives the whole play harmony and completeness.
Obviously, when analyzing the text, we must focus the students' attention on Katerina's struggle for her rights.
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The play's conflict also lies in the fact that along with Katerina's clash with tyrants, the author shows Katerina's deep inner drama: the heroine's passionate impulse for freedom and happiness collides with her own ideas about morality, formed under the influence of the same “dark kingdom” against which she “ has risen. " Without considering this internal conflict, one cannot understand either the character of Katerina or the ideological content of Ostrovsky's socio-psychological drama. We offer the teacher one of the possible options for analyzing the drama.
1. The main conflict of the drama. The positions of the heroes (commented reading of the first - sixth phenomena of the first act of the drama). - 1 hour.
2. Mental tragedy of Katerina (conversation with students on the seventh - ninth phenomena of the first act). - 1 hour.
3. Katerina in the struggle for her human rights (analysis of the leading scenes of the second - fourth actions). - 2 hours.
4. Katerina's suicide is a challenge to petty force. Resolution of other private conflicts of the drama (analysis of the fifth act). -1 hour.
5. Katerina - a ray of light in dark kingdom. Genre originality plays. - 1 hour.
6. The dark kingdom in the drama "Thunderstorm". “Thunderstorm” on stage. - 1 hour.
It is advisable to acquaint students with the main provisions of Dobrolyubov's article "A Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom" in the process of studying the text of the drama. In the final lessons, students will consolidate and systematize this information. Introducing students to work on the text, the teacher will invite them to name the main characters of the play, indicate their social status, establish where and when events unfold.
To evoke visual images of students, you can show them the painting by II Levitan “Evening. Golden reach ”. The picture, of course, cannot be regarded as an illustration for the play, moreover, in its style it is far from Ostrovsky's genre painting, but in this case we do not set ourselves the task of acquainting students with the peculiarities of the playwright's style. Our goal is to give an idea of \u200b\u200bthe Volga landscapes, to look at them through the eyes of a person far from the Kalinovites.
This is what he would see if he was on the banks of the Volga, in those places where the play took place.
The disciples will convert. attention to the coloring of the picture. Lush green bushes bathed in the rays of the setting sun, orange and golden colors of water and sky. Fog rises over the river. The opposite bank lies in a grayish-blue haze.
The picture emanates from a quiet calm. It wonderfully conveys the poetry of Russian nature.
We turn on the tape recording of the first phenomenon performed by the artists of the Moscow Mayakovsky Theater. From somewhere in the distance the song "Far, far away the steppe has gone beyond the Volga ..." The song has the same soft sadness, the same poetry of the Russian soul as in Levitan's painting.
Instead of sound recording of the performance of the Mayakovsky Theater, the teacher can use the recording of the performance of the Maly Theater.
Against this background, the words of Kuligin sound especially expressive: “Miracles! Truly, it must be said that miracles! Curly!
Here, my brother, for fifty years I have been looking at the Volga every day and I can’t see everything ”. Kuligin not only admires the beauty of the Volga landscapes himself, but also seeks to show others “what beauty is spilled in nature”. Indeed, in his opinion, the enjoyment of nature could soften cruel manners residents of Kalinov.
Right there, through the attitude to nature, the author reveals the difference in the perception of the city's inhabitants. In response to Kuligin's enthusiastic words, one can hear Kudryash's rudely prosaic remark "Net!" Curly poetry is inaccessible to the poetry of nature, and Kuligin himself is not a person of this world for him, blessed one: “Well, what's the matter with you! You're an antique, chemist! "
The continuation of the dialogue brings us into the main conflict of the drama. What do we learn from the dialogue about Dick and Kabanikh? How do the tyrant merchants Kudryash, Shapkin, Kuligin relate and what is the difference between them life positions? - we ask the students.
Let us draw the students' attention to the fact that Kuligin and Kudryash agree in condemning tyrants, but if Kudryash is ready to defend his independence (“No, I will not slave to him”), then Kuligin prefers to submit to the power of the wild (“From him, take an example! It's better to endure! "). Thus, the play outlines two paths for the people of the "oppressed party": to fight tyrannicals or to submit.
Then we become direct witnesses of the clash of tyrants and their victims. Conducting a conversation on the second and third phenomena, the teacher will invite students to draw a portrait of the Wild, tell about his attitude towards households and residents of the city, and give his speech characteristics.
In the minds of Dikaya's students, he is a stout, burly merchant with a thick beard, he is in a coat, greasy boots, stands akimbo, speaks in a low voice. However, A.'s student painted a different portrait of the Wild. According to his description, Dikoy is a small, dry old man with a sparse beard and restlessly shifting eyes. This description has its own logic.
It points to the complete insignificance of the Wild One's personality, raises the question of why such an essentially miserable person is capable of awe the people around him. True, with such an interpretation of the image of the Wild, the gloomy coloring of the dark kingdom softens, and it is no coincidence that the stage tradition does not know such an embodiment of the image.
The students have already got acquainted with the commercial activities of merchants during the survey study of the comedy "Our people - let's count." In The Thunderstorm, Ostrovsky's attention is focused on family relations, but here, too, from individual remarks of the heroes, a picture of gross arbitrariness, robbery and money-grubbing is formed. Dikoy openly miscalculates the peasants, but when they complain to the governor of him, he cynically declares: “Is it worth it, your honor, we talk about such trifles!
I have a lot of people every year; You must understand: I will not pay them extra for a penny per person, but I have thousands of this, so it is good for me! " - and at the same time familiarly pats the mayor on the shoulder.
The Dikoy's appeal to the mayor indicates that Dikoy is aware of his strength - this is the power of a money bag. Therefore, he values \u200b\u200bevery penny so much, which is why his meetings with Boris, who claims to be part of the inheritance, are so annoying.
The fifth phenomenon, which is of exceptional importance for understanding the customs of the dark kingdom.
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The Thunderstorm is one of the most tragic works of Russian literature. A. N. Ostrvsky put the most vivid characters and a subtle image of life into the images. One of the brightest characters is Kuligin. His characterization is distinguished by positive qualities, he is one of the most striking characters in the play, whom one wants to be equal to.
General characteristics of Kuligin
Kuligin is one of the residents of Kalinov. He is about 50 years old. He is a mechanic, his delicate profession is a watchmaker. He devoted his whole life to the study of various mechanisms. Kuligin can be called a poet at heart. Everything he does - he does with love, selflessly. He loves nature, has a positive attitude to reading books. He is able to support any conversation. He is a wise man and he gladly shares his wisdom with others.
Kuligin is a kind and sympathetic person. He loves to work for the good of society and he can even be called an altruist. Kuligin installed a sundial in the city, wants to install a lightning rod. But nobody supports his ideas. He is modest, considers himself a small person. Constantly afraid of offending someone. But at the same time, he also has courage. He is not afraid to be responsible for his actions and words. He is very honest and helpful. Appreciates the same qualities in people. Kuligin belongs to the bourgeois class. Such is general characteristics Kuligna "Thunderstorm".
Kuligin's worldview
Kuligin is a representative of the "new views". He is progressive and ready for something new. He is constantly inventing something and trying to introduce something new into life that will make the life of the whole city more convenient and easier. How he relates to the world, how and what he thinks, does not coincide with the worldview of the rest of the inhabitants of the city. He reads a lot of books, but this does not make him a conservative, but rather, on the contrary, makes it possible to think, move forward, be progressive and courageous in the emergence and implementation of various ideas. He is used to living not only for himself. This also distinguishes him from most of the city's residents, for whom it is strange and wild that someone wants to do a good deed for the good of the people, and not just for their own interests.
Kuligin's dream
Kuligin dreams of building a perpetum mobile, or a perpetual motion machine. He would like to receive a million from the British for it. But unlike most people, he wants to spend this million not for himself, but for the good of the city. He wants to provide jobs for the philistine. But until his dream comes true, and he is forced to create something for the good of the city. Since he does not have his own funds for this, he is forced to ask the wealthy city to sponsor his ideas. For example, he turns to Wild. But he does not accept his ideas, rejects him, and even accuses him of trying to steal and misappropriate finances. The whole city makes fun of him and considers him a real eccentric. Therefore, all of Kuligin's dreams cannot be realized while he is in Kalinov.
The play "The Thunderstorm" shows people from different points of view. A different worldview makes them different from each other, gives rise to a clash of interests and misunderstanding. But Kuligin is one of positive characters, for whom honor, dignity, intelligence are not empty words. He believes in himself and has a zeal for the new, progressive. He sincerely wants to improve the lives of the townspeople who do not understand or accept him. Holding the dead body of Katerina in his hands, Kuligin turns to the inhabitants of the city with disappointment.
The play "The Thunderstorm" became the pinnacle of creativity of the great Russian playwright A.N. Ostrovsky. The tragedy, described in the play, takes place in the small town of Kalinov, which is freely spread out on the banks of the Volga. The main characters live in a state of conflict, the old order is shaken, a protest is brewing in society.
We meet Kuligin at the very beginning of the play. He is not the main character, but the author assigns him a very important role. This self-taught mechanic is a realist, but at the same time he is a dreamer and romantic. For the first time we see him sitting on a bench on the banks of the Volga. He wholeheartedly admires the beauty of nature and sings. "Delight! Miracles, beauty! The soul rejoices!" - says Kuligin to Kudryash and Shapkin walking. But they do not share his joy and are immersed in everyday problems.
In the "dark kingdom" of Kalinov, Kuligin appears as a good person. He is outraged by the foundations and customs of the city, he does not agree with the prevailing injustice. Kuligin says this about it, addressing Boris: "Cruel manners, sir, in our city, are cruel! Whoever has money, he tries to enslave the poor. Trade is undermined by each other ... They are at enmity with each other ..." morals, Kuligin replies: "How can you, sir! Eat, swallow alive." This is a manifestation of his indecision: "I really get it, sir, for my chatter." He avoids loud and decisive protest, and maybe even fears. Realizing that nothing can be changed, Kuligin advises "to please somehow."
On the other hand, Kuligin is a noble dreamer and romantic. He subtly feels the beauty of nature, reads poetry, sings, strives to make people's lives better, to broaden their horizons. Kuligin dreams of inventing a perpetuum mobile and getting a million for it, which he would spend on giving work to the philistine. "And then there are hands, but there is nothing to work."
He wants to make a sundial in the city park, for this he needs ten rubles and he asks for it from Dikiy, but meets a complete lack of understanding. Kuligin does not leave concerns about the safety of the city: "We have frequent thunderstorms, but we will not start thunderous branches!" To which Dikoy replies to him: "A thunderstorm is sent to us as a punishment, so that we feel, and you want to defend with poles ...". Only Kuligin alone has clear goals in life, but, unfortunately, he can change life in the city.
At the end of the play, when the dead Katerina is taken out of the Volga, Kuligin is the first to tell Kabanikha: "Here is your Katerina. Do with her what you want! Her body is here, take it; and now your soul is not yours; she is now before a judge who is more merciful than you. ! " After these words, he leaves because he can no longer be near these people.
In 1859 A.N. Ostrovsky wrote the play "The Thunderstorm", in which he raised the problem of a turning point in social life, the problem of changing social foundations, penetrated the very essence of the contradictions of his time, painted colorful images of tyrants, their way of life and customs. In opposition to tyranny, there are two images - Katerina and Kuligin. This essay is devoted to the second.
Kuligin is a tradesman, a self-taught mechanic. In the first act, in a conversation with Kudryash, he appears before us as a poetic connoisseur of nature, Kuligin admires the Volga, calls the extraordinary view a miracle. A dreamer by nature, he, nevertheless, understands the injustice of the system, in which everything is decided by the rough power of power and money: "Cruel manners, sir, in our city, cruel!" - he says to Boris Grigorievich: "And whoever has money, sir, is trying to enslave the poor so that he can earn even more money from his free labors." Kuligin himself is not at all like that, he is virtuous and dreams of the well-being of the people: "If only for me, sir, to find a perpeta-mobile! .., I would use all the money for society ..."
The next time Boris meets Kuligin in the third act on an evening walk. Kuligin again admires nature, air, silence. At the same time, he is upset that a boulevard has been made in the city, and people are not walking, he says that everyone has long locked the gates and not from thieves: “... but so that people do not see how they eat their household and tyrannize their family. And what, sir, behind these castles, the debauchery of dark and drunkenness! " Kuligin seems to be outraged by all the foundations of the "dark kingdom", but immediately after his angry speech, he says: "Well, God be with them!" as if deviating from their previous words. His protest is almost mute, and is expressed only in objections, he is not ready, like Catherine, for an open challenge. On Boris's proposal to write poetry, Kuligin immediately exclaimed: “How can you, sir! Eat, swallow alive. I already get it, sir, for my chatter. " However, we should give him his due for the persistence and at the same time courtesy he asks Dikiy for money for materials for the sundial on the boulevard: “... for the common good, your degree. Well, what does it mean for society some ten rubles! God be with you, Savel Prokofich! I am not doing any rudeness to you, sir; You have a lot of strength, your degree; there would only be a will for a good deed. "
Unfortunately, Kuligin stumbles upon only rudeness and ignorance on the part of Dikiy. Then he tries to persuade Savely Prokofich at least for thunderous bends, since thunderstorms are a frequent occurrence in their city. But having not achieved any success, Kuligin has no choice but to leave with a wave of his hand. dreamer protest tyranny society Kuligin is a man of science who respects nature and subtly feels its beauty. In the fourth act, he addresses the crowd with a monologue, trying to explain to people in it that one should not be afraid of thunderstorms and other natural phenomena, on the contrary, one should admire them, admire: “This is not a thunderstorm, but grace! .. one should admire and marvel at wisdom ... “But people do not want to listen to him, all of them, according to the old customs, continue to believe that all this is for trouble, that this is God's punishment. Kuligin is well versed in people, capable of empathy and can give correct, practical advice - he perfectly showed all these qualities in a conversation with Tikhon: “You would forgive her, but you would never remember ... She would be a good wife for you, sir; look - better than any ... It's time for you, sir, to live with your own mind ... You must forgive enemies, sir! " It was Kuligin who pulled the dead Katerina out of the water and brought her to the Kabanovs: "Here is your Katerina. Do with her what you want! Her body is here, take it; but now your soul is not yours; it is now before the Judge, who is more merciful than you!" After these words, Kuligin runs away, he experiences this grief in his own way and is unable to share it with the people who are the culprits of the poor girl's suicide. Personally, I am very sympathetic to the image of Kuligin. He is like a certain white crow in the city of Kalinov, sharply differs from the rest of the inhabitants in the way of his thoughts, reasoning, values, aspirations. Kuligin realizes the injustice of the foundations of the "dark kingdom", tries to fight them, dreams of improving the lives of ordinary people. He thinks about the social reconstruction of the city. And perhaps, had Kuligin found at least a few like-minded people and material support, he would have been able to significantly change Kalinov in better side... This is what I like most about Kuligin - his striving for the well-being of the people.
Kuligin - a character who partially fulfills the functions of an exponent of the author's point of view and therefore is sometimes referred to the type of a resonant hero, which, however, seems to be incorrect, since in general this hero is, of course, distant from the author, is depicted quite distantly, as an unusual person, even somewhat outlandish. In the list actors about him it is said: "a philistine, a self-taught watchmaker looking for a perpetuum mobile." The hero's surname transparently hints at real face - IP Kulibin (1755-1818), whose biography was published in the journal of the historian MP Pogodin "Moskvityanin", where Ostrovsky collaborated.
Like Katerina, K. is a poetic and dreamy nature (for example, it is he who admires the beauty of the Trans-Volga landscape, complains that the Kalinovites are indifferent to him). He appears, singing "Among the flat valley ...", a folk song of literary origin (to the words of AF Merzlyakov). This immediately underlines the difference between K. and other characters associated with folk culture, he is also a bookish man, albeit a rather archaic bookishness: he tells Boris that he writes poetry “in the old-fashioned way ... After all, I have read Lomonosov, Derzhavin ... The wise man was Lomonosov, a nature tester ... ". Even the characterization of Lomonosov testifies to K.'s well-readness in the old books: not a "scientist", but a "sage", a "tester of nature." “You are an antique chemist with us,” Kudryash tells him. "Self-taught mechanic", - corrects K. Technical ideas of K. are also an obvious anachronism. The sundial, which he dreams of installing on Kalinovsky Boulevard, dates back to antiquity. Lightning rod - technical discovery of the 18th century. If K. writes in the spirit of the classics of the 18th century, then his oral stories are sustained in even earlier stylistic traditions and resemble old moralizing stories and apocrypha (“and they, sir, will begin a trial and a matter, and there will be no end to torment. here, but they will go to the province, and there they are already expected, but they splash their hands with joy ”- the picture of judicial red tape, vividly described by K., recalls stories about the torment of sinners and the joy of demons). All these features of the hero, of course, were given by the author in order to show his deep connection with the world of Kalinov: he certainly differs from the Kalinovites, we can say that he is a "new" person, but only his novelty has developed here, within this world that gives rise to not only their passionate and poetic dreamers, like Katerina, but also their "rationalists" -dreamers, their own special, home-grown scientists and humanists.
The main business of K.'s life is the dream of inventing the "perpetu-mo-bile" and receiving a million from the British for it. He intends to spend this million on the Kalinov society - "work must be given to the philistine." Listening to this story, Boris, who received modern education at the Commercial Academy, notes: “It's a pity to disappoint him! What a good person! He dreams of himself and is happy. " However, he is hardly right. K. is really a good person: kind, disinterested, delicate and meek. But he is hardly happy: his dream constantly forces him to beg for money for his inventions, conceived for the benefit of society, and it does not even occur to society that there can be any benefit from them, for them K. is a harmless eccentric, something- something like a city holy fool. And the main of the possible "patrons" - Dikoy, lashes out at the inventor with abuse, once again confirming both the general opinion and Kabanikhe's own confession that he is not able to part with the money. Kuliginskaya's passion for creativity remains unsatisfied; he pities his fellow countrymen, seeing in their vices the result of ignorance and poverty, but he cannot help them in anything. So, the advice he gives (to forgive Katerina, but so as to never remember her sin) is deliberately unfulfillable in the Kabanovs' house, and K. hardly does not understand this. The advice is good, humane, since it proceeds from humane considerations, but does not in any way take into account the real participants in the drama, their characters and beliefs.
For all his hard work, creativity of his personality, K. is a contemplative nature, devoid of any pressure. Probably, this is the only reason why the Kalinovites put up with him, despite the fact that he is different from them in everything. It seems that for the same reason it turned out to be possible to entrust him with the author's assessment of Katerina's act. “Here's your Katerina. Do what you want with her! Her body is here, take it; but now the soul is not yours: it is now before the Judge, who is more merciful than you! "
The play "The Thunderstorm" is the most significant work of A. N. Ostrovsky. In it, he raises the most lively and quivering questions of his time, exposes colorful characters to the reader's court.
The list of characters in "The Groza" is small. These are the Kabanovs and the inhabitants of their home: the Wild Vanya family Kudryash, Shapkin, Kuligin and several secondary characters.
Kuligin takes a special place among the heroes. The reader gets to know him at the very beginning of the play. Kuligin's image immediately attracts readers' attention.
Kuligin is a philistine, a self-taught watchmaker, but he knows how to feel beauty, he is poetic. Looking at the Volga, the hero exclaims with rapture: “This is an extraordinary view! Beauty! ”, And the fact that he has been contemplating the Volga every day for fifty years now does not prevent him from enjoying its beauty. Kudryash calls Kuli-gin an antique, that is, a rare, extraordinary person. For the city of Kalinov, this hero is really an exceptional phenomenon. He compares favorably with many of the characters in the play, who will hardly ever appreciate the same beauty of the Volga landscape.
Of great importance for revealing the character of Kuli-gin are his monologues. Ku-ligin angrily attacks Kalinov's orders. His words about disdain for poor people, about cruel deception of honest workers, about squabbles between merchants who seek to harm a competitor by any means are filled with bitterness. The hero cruelly ridicules inferiority inner peace Kalinovskaya inhabitants, leaving the boulevard with only one purpose: "to show the outfits." Kuligin also does not spare the tyrants: "They eat their household and hurt their family." According to the hero's conviction, the main goal of the life of the Kalinov tyrant is "to rob orphans, relatives, nephews, to beat up the family so that they would not dare to utter a word about anything he was doing there."
Kuligin has a poetic talent. For him, the undoubted authority is Lomonosov, who emerged from the common people and, with work and diligence, paved his way to great discoveries. Kuligin is well-read. He can clothe his thoughts in a poetic form. But he lacks courage. “Eat, swallow alive,” he says.
Kuligin sees great potential among the people. He appreciates his skillfulness and regrets that the patronage has "hands, but nothing to work."
The hero is looking for a perpetuum mobile, but no one in Kalinov understands his aspirations, no one wants to support him. Kuligin passionately describes to Di-who all the benefits that his ideas can bring. He is trying to instill in the one who rips off the last kopeck from his workers the need to donate a certain amount "for society." The hero does not see that for Dikiy this is all "nonsense", and Kuligin himself is no more than a worm that can be pardoned, but can be crushed. Kuligin believes in achieving his goals, he hopes for a miracle, that in the “dark kingdom” there will still be at least one “living” soul.
Boris turns out to be much more perspicacious than Kuligin, who, in response to the hero's words, only sighs: "It's a pity to disappoint him!"
In vain is the hero trying to explain to the "dark" Kalinovites the "grace" of a thunderstorm, and the charm of the northern lights, and the beauty of moving comets. He quotes Lomonosov with them, throws the precious bi-ser in all directions, not realizing that all this is in vain.
To Tikhon, the son of Kabanova, Kuligin says that his mother is "painfully cool", and Katerina is "better than anyone," and that at his age it is time "to live with your own mind."
Kuligin kind heart... To the disappointed Tikho-well, he says that it is necessary to forgive enemies, and when he finds dead Katerina, he throws words in the Kabanovs' face about their mercy to her.
According to N. Dobrolyubov, it was still impossible to rely on the kuligins who believed in the educational path of reorganizing life and trying to influence the tyrants with the power of persuasion. These people only logically understood the absurdity of tyranny, but were powerless in the fight against it.
A.N. Ostrovsky created in 1859 the play "The Thunderstorm" - a work in which the difficult issues of the turning point in public life, the change in social foundations were raised. Alexander Nikolaevich penetrated into the essence of the contradictions of his time. He created the colorful characters of tyrants, described their customs and life. Two images act in opposition to tyranny - Kuligin and Katerina. Our article is devoted to the first of them. “The image of Kuligin in the play“ The Thunderstorm ”is a topic that interests us. Portrait of A.N. Ostrovsky is presented below.
Brief description of Kuligin
Kuligin is a self-taught mechanic, a tradesman. In a conversation with Kudryash (first act), he appears to the reader as a poetic connoisseur of nature. admires the Volga, miraculously calls the extraordinary view that has opened to him. The image of Kuligin in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm" can be supplemented with the following details. A dreamer by nature, nevertheless, this hero understands the injustice of the existing system, in which the rough power of money and power decides everything. He tells Boris Grigorievich that there are "cruel manners" in this city. After all, whoever has money seeks to enslave the poor in order to make more capital for himself on his labors. The hero himself is by no means like that. The characterization of Kuligin's image is exactly the opposite. He dreams of well-being for the whole people, strives to do good deeds. Let us now present in more detail the image of Kuligin in the play "The Thunderstorm".
Kuligin's conversation with Boris
Boris meets the character we are interested in on an evening walk in Act III. Kuligin again admires nature, silence, air. However, at the same time, he complains that the city has not yet made a boulevard, and people in Kalinov do not walk: everyone has a locked gate. But not at all from thieves, but so that others do not see how they tyrannize the family. There is a lot behind these locks, as Kuligin says, "drunkenness" and "dark debauchery." The hero is outraged by the foundations of the "dark kingdom", but immediately says after an angry speech: "Well, God be with them!", As if deviating from the words spoken.
His protest remains almost mute; it is expressed only in objections. The image of Kuligin in the play is characterized by the fact that this character is not ready for an open challenge, like Katerina. Kuligin exclaims the proposal to write poetry, which Boris makes to him, that he will be "swallowed alive", and complains that he already gets it for his speeches.
Request to the Wild
It is worth giving Kuligin his due for the fact that he, with persistence and at the same time courtesy, asks Dikiy to give money for materials. He needs them to install a sundial on the boulevard "for the general benefit."
Kuligin, unfortunately, only stumbles upon ignorance and rudeness on the part of this person. Then the hero tries to persuade Savely Prokofich at least with thunderous bends, since thunderstorms are a frequent occurrence in the city. Unable to achieve success in this matter, Kuligin can do nothing more than leave with a wave of his hand.
Kuligin is a man of science
The hero we are interested in is a man of science, respecting nature, feeling subtly its beauty. In the fourth act, he addresses the crowd with a monologue, trying to explain to people in it that one should not be afraid of a thunderstorm or any others. One should admire and admire them. However, the residents of the city do not want to listen to him. They live according to old customs, they continue to believe that this is God's punishment, that a thunderstorm is certainly a disaster.
The knowledge of people that Kuligin shows
The image of Kuligin in the play "The Thunderstorm" is characterized by the fact that this hero is well versed in people. He is able to empathize and give practical, correct advice. The hero showed these qualities, in particular, in a conversation with Tikhon. He tells him that enemies must be forgiven, and that one must also live with one's own mind.
It was this hero who pulled Katerina out and brought her to the Kabanovs, saying that they could take her body, but the soul does not belong to them. She now appeared before the Judge, who is much more merciful than the Kabanovs. Kuligin after these words runs away. This hero, in his own way, experiences the grief that has happened and is unable to share it with the people who are the culprits of this girl's suicide.
White crow
In Kalinov, the hero we are interested in is a white crow. The image of Kuligin in Ostrovsky's play "The Thunderstorm" is characterized by the fact that this character's thinking differs significantly from the way of thinking of other residents. He has other aspirations and values. Kuligin realizes that the foundations of the "dark kingdom" are unfair, tries to fight them, seeks to make better life ordinary people.
The hero we are interested in dreams of Kalinov's social reorganization. And probably, had he found material support and like-minded people, he would have been able to significantly improve this city. The desire for the well-being of the people is perhaps the most attractive feature that, together with others, constitutes the image of Kuligin in the play "The Thunderstorm".
Test tasks based on the play by A.N. Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm"
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1. To what genre of literature does the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
A) Tragedy
B) Drama
C) Comedy
2. What type of problematic determines the peculiarity of the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
A) National
B) Adventurous
C) Ideological and moral
D) Philosophical
3. What was the name of Kabanikha?
A) Marfa Ignatievna
B) Maria Ivanovna
C) Marfa Kirillovna
D) Anastasia Pavlovna
4. What descriptions fit the image of Kabanova?
A) Calm, balanced, reasonable
B) Hysterical, unbalanced, scandalous
C) Rude, oppressive, ignorant
D) Silent, brooding, uncommunicative
5. Whose nephew was Boris?
A) Kabanova
B) Wild
C) Kuligina
D) Shapkina
6. Which of the critics called Katherine "A ray of the sun in the dark kingdom"?
A) A.N. Dobrolyubov
B) V.G. Belinsky
C) N.G. Chernyshevsky
D) D.I. Pisarev
7. What is the main problem raised by A.N. Ostrovsky in his play?
A) The problem of poverty and wealth
B) The problem of upbringing and education
C) The problem of fathers and children
D) The problem of the "little man
8. How did Katerina feel about her husband?
A) I loved very much, I just succumbed to an impulse of new feelings
B) Respected and pitied him, but did not marry for love
C) Loved at the beginning of the relationship, over time, the feelings disappeared
D) Always despised, married to spite another
9. What event is the culmination of the piece?
A) Katerina's first date with Boris
B) Cheating Katerina
C) Katerina's suicide
D) Katerina's confession to her husband and Kabanikha about her sin
test 10. How do residents of Kalinov feel about such a natural phenomenon as a thunderstorm?
A) No one pays attention to her
B) Causes wild horror, because it was sent from above in the form of punishment
C) Are afraid of floods after rain
D) Rejoice in the future rain after a long drought
11. How did Kabanova feel about her daughter-in-law?
A) Disliked, but did not climb into the family life of her son
B) I loved like my own daughter
C) They often quarreled, but appreciated her opinion
D) humiliated, insulted, mocked her in every possible way
12. Who among the inhabitants of the city of Kalinov was not afraid of a thunderstorm?
B) Kuligin
D) Shapkin
13. Who was the young girl Barbara?
A) the girl in the Kabanovs' house
B) daughter of the Wild
C) Boris's sister
D) sister of Tikhon, daughter of Kabanikha
14. What river flows near the town of Kalinov?
A) Volga
C) Yenisei
15. How did Tikhon Kabanov feel about his mother?
A) communicated little, did not agree with her life principles
B) He often quarreled because he did not want to put up with her orders
C) Loved, but lived independently
D) I listened to her in everything, was afraid to contradict
16. Which of the heroes of the play owns the following words: “Why be afraid! Why be afraid! Are you crazy, or what? They will not be afraid of you, and even less so. What kind of order will it be in the house? "
A) Wild
B) Tikhon
C) Kabanikhe
D) Boris
17. What question bothered Katerina?
A) Why doesn't everyone marry for love
B) Why don't people fly like birds
C) How can she get rich
D) Why can't a person be always happy
18. What was Kuligin dreaming about?
A) Invent a perpetual motion machine
B) Marry Katherine
C) Expand your farm
D) Leave Kalinov
19. Why did Katerina decide to commit suicide?
A) I couldn't live without Boris
B) It was very ashamed in front of Tikhon
C) I could not forgive myself
D) I could not stand the bullying of the mother-in-law
test-20. main topic plays by A.N. Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm":
A) The theme of family and marriage
B) The theme of the education of the new nobility
C) The theme of corruption of human nature
D) The topic of the relationship between man and nature
21. Which of the heroes of the play owns the following words: “How, girl, do not be afraid! Everyone should be afraid. Not that it is scary that it will kill you, but that death will suddenly find you as you are, with all your sins, with all evil thoughts. "?
A) Kabanova
B) Boris
C) Barbarian
D) Katherine
22. Boris obeyed and obeyed his uncle the Wild in everything, because:
A) Loved and respected him
B) Considered the best example to follow
C) Dependent on him financially
D) I didn't want to upset my uncle
23. Which of the heroes of the play owns the following words: “You've boasted that you love your husband very much; I see your love now. Another good wife, after seeing her husband off, howls for an hour and a half, lies on the porch; and you, apparently, nothing "?
A) Katerina
B) Kabanikhe
C) Wild
D) Boris
24. Who was Barbara's beloved?
A) Curly
C) Shapkin
D) Kuligin
25. What punishment did Katerina offer to Kabanikha's son for treason?
A) Close in the basement
B) Leave for a week without food
C) Flog
D) Bury living in the ground
26. Which of the heroes of the play owns the following words: “You listen! These are the stories that happened to me. Somehow about fasting, about great things, I was fasting, and here it is not easy and slip a peasant; I came for the money, carried firewood. And he brought him to sin at such a time! He sinned: he scolded him, he scolded him so much that it was impossible to demand better, he almost nailed him. Here it is, what a heart I have! After forgiveness, he asked, bowed at his feet, really, so. Truly I tell you, I bowed to the peasant's feet. This is what my heart drives me to: here in the yard, in the mud, I bowed to him; bowed to him in front of everyone "?
A) Kabanova
B) Wild
C) Kuligin
D) Tikhon
27. What is the result of female beauty from the words of the lady?
A) to the wedding
B) to unrequited love
B) to loneliness
D) to destruction
28. How did Katerina's last meeting with Boris end?
A) Boris leaves Katerina alone and leaves, praying to God that she die as soon as possible
B) Promises to take Katerina to his place in Siberia over time
C) Refuses to go to Siberia, despite the fact that his uncle will leave him without money
D) Boris promises to make money and return to Kalinovo
29. What does Katerina Tikhon's husband regret at the end of the play?
A) That his beloved died
B) That I found Katerina late
C) Himself, because he remained to live in the world and suffer
D) That he could not influence his mother
test_30. How does the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
A) The wedding of Barbara and Curly
B) Katherine's death
C) The return of Boris
D) Reconciliation of Katerina and Tikhon
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