In life, things don't always work out the way you want them to. This is what we see in the real world, this is what the great books teach us. I liked the proposed topic, because I really love A.S. Pushkin, and by reading the novel "Eugene Onegin", you can study not only the poem, but also the history of the noble society of the XIX century.

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

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

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

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

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

Thus, Onegin's side appears here, as an "extra person" that no one needs.

The same motif of the “extra person” is also described in Lermontov’s work “The Hero of Our Time”, where the inner world of the hero Pechorin, who lives in a different generation, is similar to the world of Onegin in that he is also disappointed in life, gloomy, cynical, strange.

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

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

What a short time separates Pushkin's Onegin and Lermontov's Pechorin! First quarter and forties of the 19th century. And yet these are two different eras, separated by an unforgettable event in Russian history - the uprising of the Decembrists.

Pushkin and Lermontov managed to create works that reflect the spirit of these eras, works that touched upon the problems of the fate of the young noble intelligentsia, who were unable to find application for their forces.

Herzen called Pechorin "Onegin's younger brother", so what do these people have in common and how do they differ?

Before becoming a “young rake”, he received a traditional upbringing and an extensive, but rather superficial education. Because he ended up being able to “perfectly” speak French, dance the mazurka easily, and “bow casually,” “the world thought he was smart and very nice.” However, quickly fed up with the fruitless fuss of secular life, Onegin begins to be weary of it, but finds nothing in return.

Realizing the worthlessness of the existence of secular people, Onegin begins to despise them, withdraws into himself, indulges in the “Russian melancholy”. Living only for himself, not taking into account the feelings and experiences of other people, Onegin commits a number of unworthy acts. By the time he met him, Pushkin noted in Onegin “an inimitable strangeness”, “a sharp, chilled mind”, “an involuntary devotion to dreams”, an internal gap and misunderstanding between him and the people around him. Despite deep contempt for the "light", Onegin remains dependent on public opinion, and as a result, kills his friend Lensky.

Egoism leads the “rake of the ardent” to a heavy spiritual drama and discord with oneself.

We do not know much about Pechorin's past, mainly from the pages of his own diary, from his conversations with other people. We learn that Pechorin’s “soul is corrupted by light”: “From childhood, everyone read signs of bad properties on my face that were not there; but they were supposed - and they were born. Now, people around often do not understand either Pechorin's thoughts or his actions, and he considers himself head and shoulders above those around him. Unlike Onegin, Pechorin does not shy away from people, does not avoid contact with them, but, on the contrary, becomes an extremely subtle psychologist, able to understand not only other people's actions and thoughts, but also feelings.

Unfortunately, communication with him most often brings people and even himself only suffering and dissatisfaction. Unlike Onegin, Pechorin is not yet tired of life, he interferes in everything, is interested in many things, but he is not able to truly love and be friends. And if only Tatyana suffers from Pushkin's love for Onegin, then Pechorin brings misfortune to all the women he encounters: Bela, Vera, Princess Mary, even the smugglers' friend.

Onegin's problem is in the inability to make his life interesting, bright, to fill it with significant events. Pechorin is concerned with the question of the purpose of his own life, its meaning. The consciousness of lost opportunities constantly haunts him, because his belief in his “high purpose” does not find real, confirmation.

Both one and the other value their freedom, liberty, but it turns out that they too often sacrifice to her what is really dear to them.

Differences in the fates and characters of the heroes are explained by the differences in eras: the life of Russia on the eve of the December uprising and the severe political reaction after the defeat of the Decembrists. Both Onegin and Pechorin belong to the type of “superfluous people”, that is, people for whom there was neither place nor business in the society around them. And yet, even despising the environment, Onegin and Pechorin were the children of this society, that is, the heroes of their time.

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Comparative characteristics of Onegin and Pechorin

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"Eugene Onegin" and "A Hero of Our Time" are the main milestones in the development of Russian literature of the 19th century. These are the best works of two true geniuses of Russia: A.S. Pushkin and M.Yu. Lermontov. The novels amaze readers and literary critics not only with the grandiosity of the idea, but also with their innovation. It manifests itself primarily in the disclosure of the images of the two main characters. For the first time Pushkin wrote a realistic novel in verse. It was like a revolution. The poet was worried about his creation, realizing that not all people can

Appreciate a work that was ahead of its time. These experiences were not unfounded. Even many of Pushkin's friends could not understand the genius of the concept of the work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

How early could he be hypocritical,

Hold hope, be jealous

disbelieve, make believe

To seem gloomy, to languish,

Be proud and obedient

Attentive or indifferent!

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

So, Onegin is a life-burner. But then he meets Tatyana. He manages to easily conquer this provincial young lady. She does not shine with beauty, and her soul is darkness for a windmill. And Eugene here simply plays the role of a mentor, teaches the girl how to live. But, having returned from the journey, having experienced a moral upheaval and purification, he looks at Tatyana with different eyes. Onegin falls in love with her, completely loses his head, and not because Tatyana has changed (she remained the same in her soul), but because Evgeny himself has undergone profound changes, he has spiritually grown, become worthy of Tatyana. But Onegin was late, she is married and will be "faithful to him for a century." And this is a clear illustration of the tragedy of the "superfluous person", his "miserable lot".

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

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

The attitude of the characters towards friendship is no less expressively described. Lermontov again lacks unambiguity, Lensky is embodied in Grushnitsky, and in Werner, and even in Maxim Maksimych. However, a comparison of Lensky and Grushnitsky suggests itself. Pechorin and Grushnitsky are also "nothing to do friends." The plot line of a duel over a trifle, passion for one beloved of another can also be traced in both works.

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

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

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

The lifetime of the characters is different. Onegin lived in the era of Decembrism, free-thinking, rebellions. Pechorin is the hero of the era of timelessness. Common to the great works of Pushkin and Lermontov is the depiction of the spiritual crisis of the noble intelligentsia. The best representatives of this class turned out to be dissatisfied with life, removed from social activities. They had no choice but to waste their strength aimlessly, turning into "superfluous people."

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

“But early on, his feelings cooled down,” Pushkin writes about Onegin, who “fell ill” with “Russian melancholy. Pechorin also very early “... despair was born, covered with courtesy and a good-natured smile.”

They were well-read and educated people, which put them above the rest of the young people of their circle. Education and natural curiosity of Onegin is found in his disputes with Lensky. One list of topics worth it:

Tribes of past treaties,

The fruits of science, good and evil,

And age-old prejudices

And fatal secrets of the coffin,

Fate and life...

Evidence of Onegin's high education is his extensive personal library. Pechorin, on the other hand, said this about himself: "I began to read, study - science was also tired." Possessing remarkable abilities, spiritual needs, both failed to realize themselves in life and squandered it for nothing.

In their youth, both heroes were fond of carefree secular life, both succeeded in the "science of tender passion", in the knowledge of "Russian young ladies". Pechorin says about himself: "... when I got to know a woman, I always unmistakably guessed whether she would love me ... I never became a slave to my beloved woman, on the contrary, I always acquired invincible power over their will and heart ... Is that why I never really I value ... "Neither the love of the beautiful Bela, nor the serious enthusiasm of the young Princess Mary could melt the coldness and rationality of Pechorin. It only brings misfortune to women.

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

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

Your hateful freedom

I didn't want to lose.

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

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

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

The tragedy of feeling one's own uselessness is deepened in both by an understanding of the uselessness of one's life. Pushkin bitterly exclaims about this:

But it's sad to think that in vain

We were given youth

What cheated on her all the time,

That she deceived us

That our best wishes

That our fresh dreams

Decayed in rapid succession,

Like leaves in autumn rotten.

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

Pushkin's words about Onegin, when

Killing a friend in a duel

Having lived without a goal, without labor

Until the age of twenty-six

Languishing in the idleness of leisure,

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

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

Why am I not pierced by a bullet,

Why am I not a sickly old man? ..

Comparing the description of the life of the heroes, one can be convinced that Pechorin is a more active person with demonic features. "To be the cause of suffering and joy for someone, without having any positive right to do so - is this not the sweetest food of our pride?" - says the hero of Lermontov. As a person, Onegin remains a mystery to us. No wonder Pushkin characterizes him like this:

A sad and dangerous eccentric,

Creation of hell or heaven

This angel, this arrogant demon,

What is he? Is it an imitation

An insignificant ghost?

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

Between the hero of Lermontov's novel "A Hero of Our Time" and the hero of Pushkin's novel in verse "Eugene Onegin" there are a number of similarities, but also significant differences.

Pechorin and Eugene Onegin are quite interesting personalities. Their originality is expressed in the fact that, in comparison with other people of the same social generation as they, the main characters of the novels of Pushkin and Lermontov seem to the reader smart, sensitive, but at the same time quite cruel and reasonable.

They have studied people well, which helps them to skillfully handle the feelings of others. Pechorin became disillusioned with people, lost all interest in life, but throughout the novel he tries to find him, while painfully hurting the feelings of others. Society has made him cold and cruel:

"I was ready to love the whole world - no one understood me: and I learned to hate."

Eugene Onegin is tired of life. He was quickly satisfied with all the pleasures of life, and they soon tired him. Onegin is trying to find himself in various fields of activity, but nothing touches his soul. He lost interest in life, became cynical and lazy; his mind and soul demand an interest in something, but do not receive it.

"How early could he be hypocritical,

Hold hope, be jealous

disbelieve, make believe

To seem gloomy, to languish.

But there are also differences between Onegin and Pechorin.

Onegin, tired of life's worries, does not try to find the meaning of his existence, to dispel boredom. He is lazy, his heart has not touched anything for a long time, and it seems that he leads a meaningless existence. Onegin is not amused by balls, theaters, he has cooled down to life and does everything rather because he has worked out such an order in a few years.

“No: early the feelings in him cooled down;

He was tired of the light noise;

Beauties were not long the subject of his habitual thoughts;

Treason managed to satisfy;

Friends and friendship are tired ... ".

Pechorin appears to readers as an image of a romantic, but at the same time selfish young man. Although he still has a burning desire to find the meaning of life and his purpose in it, all his attempts to do this do not bring him success.

“I became a moral cripple: one half of my soul did not exist, it dried up, evaporated, died, I cut it off and threw it away, while the other moved and lived at the service of everyone, and no one noticed this, because no one knew about the existence half of her dead.

The similarities and differences between the main characters show the different psychologism of the novels. "Eugene Onegin" - a work that contains hidden optimism; "A Hero of Our Time" is a tragic novel that introduces the reader into a long discussion about the eternal questions of life.

Eugene Onegin and Pechorin are the heroes of different works of two famous classics of Russian literature - Pushkin and Lermontov. The first worked on the novel for more than seven years. Pushkin himself called his work "a feat" - of all his works, only "Boris Godunov" was awarded such an epithet. Lermontov's famous novel "A Hero of Our Time" was written within two years and first published in St. Petersburg. Further, the article will compare Onegin and Pechorin, showing the features that connect and distinguish them.

Pushkin's work. Short description

Alexander Sergeevich began work on the novel in Chisinau, in 1823. Pushkin was in exile at that time. In the course of the story, you can see that the author refused to use romanticism as the main creative method.

"Eugene Onegin" - a realistic novel in verse. It was assumed that initially the work will include 9 chapters. However, Pushkin subsequently reworked the structure of the novel somewhat, leaving only eight in it. The chapter about the protagonist's journey was excluded - it became an appendix to the main narrative. In addition, the description of Onegin's vision near the Odessa pier and rather sharply expressed judgments and remarks were removed from the structure of the novel. It was dangerous enough for Pushkin to leave this chapter - for these revolutionary views he could be arrested.

"Hero of our time". Short description

Lermontov began work on the work in 1838. His novel includes several parts. In the process of reading, you can see that the chronology is broken in the narrative. The author used this artistic technique for several reasons. Mainly, this structure of the work shows the main character - Pechorin - first through the eyes of Maxim Maksimych. Then the character appears before the reader according to the entries of his diary.

Brief Onegin and Pechorin

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

The main features of the character of the novel "A Hero of Our Time"

The image of Grigory Pechorin was one of the artistic discoveries of Lermontov. This hero is epochal mainly because the features of that post-Decembrist era were expressed in his image. Outwardly, this period is characterized only by losses, cruel reactions. Inside, active, uninterrupted, deaf and silent work was carried out.

It must be said that Pechorin is a rather extraordinary person, everything about him is debatable. For example, a hero may complain about a draft, and after a while, jump at the enemy with a saber drawn. Maxim Maksimych speaks of him as a person who is able to endure the difficulties of nomadic life, climate change. Grigory was slender, his height was average, his physique was strong with a thin frame and broad shoulders. According to Maxim Maksimych, the essence of Pechorin was not defeated either by the depravity of the life of the capital, or by mental torment.

What do the characters have in common?

Comparison of Onegin and Pechorin should begin with an analysis of the character traits of the characters. Both characters are very critical of people and life. Realizing the emptiness and monotony of their existence, they show dissatisfaction with themselves. They are oppressed by the surrounding situation and people, mired in slander and anger, envy.

Disappointed in society, the heroes fall into melancholy, begin to get bored. Onegin is trying to start writing to satisfy his spiritual needs. But his "hard work" quickly tires him. Reading also briefly fascinates him.

Pechorin also gets tired of any business he starts quite quickly. However, once in the Caucasus, Grigory still hopes that there will be no place for boredom under the bullets. But he gets used to military operations very quickly. Bored Lermontov's character and love adventures. This can be seen in and Bel. Having achieved love, Gregory quickly loses interest in ladies.

What else is the similarity between Pechorin and Onegin? Both characters are selfish by nature. They do not consider the feelings or opinions of other people.

Relationships of characters with others

Not wanting to lose his freedom, Onegin rejects Tatyana's feelings. Feeling his superiority over people in general, he accepts Lensky's challenge and kills a friend in a duel. Pechorin brings misfortune to almost everyone who surrounds him or meets him. So, he kills Grushnitsky, upsets Maxim Maksimych to the depths of his soul, destroys the lives of Vera, Mary, Bela. Gregory seeks the location and love of women, following only the desire to entertain himself. Dispelling boredom, he quickly cools off towards them. Pechorin is quite cruel. This quality of his is manifested even in relation to the sick Mary: he tells her that he never loved her, but only laughed at her.

The most striking features of the characters

A comparative description of Onegin and Pechorin would be incomplete without mentioning the self-criticism of the heroes. The first is tormented by remorse after the duel with Lensky. Onegin, unable to stay in the places where the tragedy happened, abandons everything and begins to wander around the world.

The hero of Lermontov's novel admits that he has caused quite a lot of grief to people throughout his life. But, despite this understanding, Pechorin is not going to change himself and his behavior. And Gregory's self-criticism does not bring relief to anyone - neither to himself, nor to those around him. Such an attitude towards life, himself, people portrays him as a "moral cripple."

Despite the differences between Pechorin and Onegin, both of them have many common features. Each of them has the ability to perfectly understand people. Both characters are good psychologists. So, Onegin singled out Tatyana immediately, at the first meeting. Of all the representatives of the local nobility, Eugene got along only with Lensky.

The hero of Lermontov also correctly judges the people who meet him on the way. Pechorin gives quite accurate and accurate characteristics to others. In addition, Gregory knows female psychology perfectly, can easily predict the actions of ladies and, using this, wins their love.

Comparative characteristics of Onegin and Pechorin allows you to see the true state of the inner worlds of the characters. In particular, despite all the misfortunes that each of them caused to people, both of them are capable of bright feelings.

Love in the lives of heroes

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

Ideals and values

The comparative characteristic of Onegin and Pechorin is mainly a comparison of the inner world of each character. The analysis of their behavior allows us to understand the motivation of certain actions. So, for example, the attitude of the heroes towards the duel is different. Onegin is fast asleep the night before. He doesn't take the duel seriously. However, after the death of Lensky, Evgeny is seized by horror and remorse.

Lermontov's hero, on the contrary, does not sleep all night before the duel with Grushnitsky. Gregory is immersed in reflection, he thinks about the purpose of his existence. At the same time, Pechorin will kill Grushnitsky quite cold-bloodedly. He calmly leaves the dueling area, bowing politely.

Why are Pechorin and Onegin "superfluous people"?

Society had a rather negative attitude towards the heroes. People around could not understand the behavior of the characters. The point of view, views and opinions of Pechorin and Onegin did not coincide with the generally accepted ones, therefore they were perceived with hostility. Both characters feel their loneliness in the light, among the crowd, feeling the superiority of these young people. In the images of Pechorin and Onegin, the authors protested against the vileness and mustiness of that time, depriving people of their goals, forcing them to waste their strength, not finding any use for their abilities or skills.