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PUSHKIN'S "EUGENE ONEGIN" - Coggle Diagram
PUSHKIN'S "EUGENE ONEGIN"
Characters
Eugene
main hero
cynical, witty
rich, aristocrat
charming, handsome
prideful, arrogant, obsessed
26 years old
Lensky
very romantic and deeply in love with Olga
German-Russian
poet
was impressed by Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Schiller
Tatiana
main heroine of the story
emotional, has a pure heart
unpredictable
teenager
Olga
very young
can't actually respond to Lensky's romance
Tatiana's sister
Atmosphere
Set a good example for 19th century Russian Empire
modernization process
the poignant "Tatiana's Letter to Onegin"
Onegin and Lensky's duel
intellectual life of Russians
About Author
Pushkin was a Russian poet and writer, born in 1799. He finished writing a "Eugene Onegin" in seven years, and impressed many following writers with his modernized literature perception. He also died in a duel like his fictional character Eugene Onegin 1837. And he wrote other amazing books such as "Captain's Daughter", "The Queen of Spades", "Ruslan and Ludmilla" and "Poems".
Storyline
Tatiana has a nightmare (in which Onegin rescues her from a bear and stabs Lensky)
After Olga and Onegin become closer at a dance, Lensky invites Onegin for a duel.
Onegin meets Lensky's fiancée Olga's younger sister Tatiana and Tatiana catches feelings for him, writes a long love letter confessing her feelings.
Onegin kills Lensky.
He becomes friends with poet Lensky.
After years, Onegin returns to the town and finds out that he loves Tatiana after all, emotionally read her letter.
Wealthy aristocrat Eugene Onegin seeks adventure and moves in his uncle's old house in moorland.
Tatiana rejects him because she got married, despite her ongoing feelings. They both get devastated.
A Novel in Verse
"Eugene Onegin" was one of the most remarkable and well-known examples of the genre."poetry novel". All the story line was expressed in poetry. It was written in 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter, and was officially published in 1853.
Different Interpretations
Tchaikovsky's Opera
Several Movies
Motives
Rejection
Death
Love
Regret
Pride
