Freedom is the main thing that a person has. We feel freer and happier being in our native land, in our home, in the circle of close people. In the poem "Mtsyri" M.Yu. Lermontov pays great attention to the description of the state of mind of the main character of the poem - a young man who in early childhood ended up in a monastery, raised there by monks and therefore never knew freedom.
The author reveals in particular detail the character of the mtsyri in the episode of the battle with the leopard. We quickly realize that the hero is incredibly strong, both physically and spiritually, because it takes a lot of courage to fight a wild beast. The young man is not afraid of the leopard, because hot Georgian blood flows in his veins. Escape from the monastery, the smell of the forest, the beauty of a summer night - all this awakens in him a thirst for battle. We observe how, for the first time in their life, the mtsyri, without restraining and fearing no one, indulge in rage. M.Yu. Lermontov notes at the same time that the young man seems to be identified with a wild beast, with which he enters into battle, he is so absorbed in battle:
And I was scary at that moment;
Like a desert leopard, angry and wild ...
It is worth noting that the awakening of this force from the nature of this mtsyr is not without reason: in his soul there is a hope that he will soon find himself "in the land of fathers", and thoughts about the homeland always support a person in difficult times. We understand that the leopard is significantly superior to the young man in physical strength, but the zeal for freedom, dreams of his native land literally make him invulnerable. This is what allows the young man to defeat a fierce opponent. The hero happily realizes that he
Could be in the land of fathers
Not one of the last daredevils.
M.Yu. Lermontov emphasizes that the wounds inflicted on the young man by the leopard in mortal combat are severe, but even this circumstance cannot break his indestructible spirit. Having emerged victorious from the battle, the mtsyri proves in himself that he is capable of great feats, that a free, free life is true happiness for him, even if it lasts only one day. The hero can only regret that he never gets to his homeland.
Thus, the episode of the battle with the leopard is the most important in revealing the character of the young man. Thanks to the author's description of a fierce battle with a wild beast, we understand that the main character has such qualities as courage, dedication and courage. In the actions of the mtsyri, one can also observe recklessness and imprudence, but this only once again emphasizes his ardent zeal for freedom, inherent in every young man capable of love and devotion to his homeland.
Analyzing the poem "Mtsyri" by M. Yu. Lermontov, the first thing that comes to mind is the fight between the protagonist and the leopard. This episode in the work is key and fully reveals its meaning - freedom is more valuable than life in captivity.
The legend about the fight of a mountaineer with a formidable and powerful animal has long lived in the Caucasus and could be heard by an impressionable poet in childhood. The matured Lermontov, for years nurturing the idea of writing "Mtsyri", took this episode as a basis. It was not by chance that he placed it in the center of the composition and paid key attention. According to the author's intention, the spiritual rebirth of the protagonist takes place precisely at the moment of victory over a worthy rival. The young novice understands that real life is events from which the blood boils, and not hours of prayer and daily strict fasting.
Both opponents are equal to each other. This can be seen in the words of a young monk describing a beast of prey. Mtsyri speaks of the leopard with admiration; fear, charity or horror is not visible in his words. The young man understands that the rival he met on the way is the same warrior as himself. Both of them, an animal and a boy, are fighting for life with full dedication and the manifestation of their instincts is natural and not pretentious.
The heady feeling of freedom comes at a very high cost to Mtsyri. Wounded, hungry and extremely emaciated, he was found by the servants of the monastery in the steppe. Nevertheless, the young mountaineer is not ready to exchange these three short days even for two long, measured monastic lives. With bitterness and longing he regrets only that he could not find his way home, to his native village, the memories of which vividly flashed in his soul during the escape.
The poem still makes a strong impression on the thinking reader because only through difficulties and their worthy overcoming does a person acquire true freedom in his soul and harmony in his heart. And Lermontov, as a brilliant author, was able to convey this through the beauty and power of the Russian word.
Spring does not come alone, it brings with it that which has slept soundly all winter. No, I'm not talking about bears! And not about green leaves on tree branches. I'm talking about the strength and energy that spring brings with it.
In winter it gets dark early and in the evening you can't go for a walk. The day seems very short. And we spend more time at home.
The first designer that I got was about a policeman who chases a criminal in a car. Then they gave me a police boat, and I started to collect a whole set of police officers
One of the minor characters in the work is Mr. Terenty Prostakov, represented by the writer as the husband of the protagonist of the landowner Prostakova, the father of their unlucky son Mitrofanushka, the figurative owner of the family estate.
The heroes of the poem Alena Dmitrievna and Kiribeevich are opposed to each other by their views and concepts of honor, dignity, love.
The episode of the battle between Mtsyri and the leopard is the key in the poem, as well as the most famous and studied. He was repeatedly illustrated by artists (remember the drawings of O. Pasternak, Dubovsky, or engravings made by Konstantinov for the poem - each of them finds this episode its own reflection). For critics and literary scholars who have studied the poem, the analysis of the episode of the battle between Mtsyri and the leopard is also of paramount importance. It concentrates and reveals all the character traits of the protagonist, so the fight with the leopard Mtsyri serves as the key to understanding the work.
In the small-sized poem "Mtsyri", the episode with the leopard is given as many as four stanzas (16-19). Allocating so much space for him and placing the battle scene in the middle of the poem, Lermontov already compositionally emphasizes the significance of the episode. First, the leopard is described in detail. It is important to note that the characterization of a wild beast in the mouth of Mtsyri is given without the slightest fear or hostility, on the contrary, the young man is mesmerized by the beauty and strength of the predator. The coat on him was "shimmery with silver", his eyes shine like lights. In the night forest, under the changing moonlight, he looks like a fairy tale that has come to life, like one of those incredibly ancient legends that his mother and sisters could tell Mtsyri the child. The predator, like Mtsyri, enjoys the night, he plays, "squeals cheerfully."
“Fun”, “affectionately”, “playing” - all these definitions no longer remind of the beast, but of the child, which (the child of nature) the leopard is.
The leopard in the poem Mtsyri symbolizes the power of wild nature, for which both he and Mtsyri are equally important parts. The beast and man are equally beautiful here, equally worthy of life and, most importantly, equally free. For Mtsyri, the battle with the leopard serves as a test of his strength, an opportunity to show his strength, which was not properly used in the monastery. The "hand of fate" led the hero in a completely different way, and he was used to considering himself weak, fit only for prayer and fasting. However, having gained the upper hand over the predator, he can proudly exclaim that “he could be in the land of fathers / Not one of the last daredevils”. Thanks to the abundance of verbs denoting a quick change of action: "jerked", "twitched", "managed to stick", which Lermontov uses, one can fully imagine a mesmerizing episode of the fight with the leopard Mtsyri: dynamic, eventful. Throughout the entire scene, the reader does not fade away anxiety for the hero. But Mtsyri wins, and not so much the leopard wins as the forces of nature and fate embodied in him, hostile to the hero. No matter how strong the rival was, Mtsyri still managed to take it up, and no matter how dark the forest was, Mtsyri would not give up his desire to return to his homeland. Wounded after the battle, with deep claw marks on his chest, he still continues on his way!
The leopard battle scene has several origins. First of all, it was based on the Georgian epic creatively processed by Lermontov, which tells about the battle of a young man and a beast. It is not known whether the author was familiar with the poem by Shota Rustaveli, which absorbed all the main motives of this epic, but he definitely heard various Georgian songs and legends. He devoted several years of his life to collecting them (first in childhood, and then while traveling along the Georgian Military Highway). An echo of the poem of the great spiritual teacher Lermontov - Pushkin is visible in the episode. In his poem "Tazit" there are the following lines: "You stuck steel in his throat, / And quietly turned it three times." In a similar way, Mtsyri deals with the leopard: “But I managed to stick it in my throat / And there I turned it twice / My weapon…”. The poem "Tazit" is also dedicated to the highlanders, but there they are depicted as primitive and wild, in need of enlightenment. Lermontov, putting the words of Pushkin's hero into the mouth of the positive hero Mtsyri, polemicizes with Pushkin. The monastery carrying "enlightenment" turned out to be a prison for Mtsyri. But the wild beast, which gave him to know the joy of an honest fight, became a friend: “And we, intertwining like a pair of snakes, / Embracing tighter than two friends” ... Leopard, the poet portrays her most lovingly and carefully.
The poem Mtsyri was written by Lermontov from the words of a young monk. Traveling across the Caucasus, he hears a story that interested him from the first minutes. This is a romantic story about a young highlander brought up in a monastery. The meaning of his life was the desire to return home, but it was not easy to escape from the walls of the hated monastery. Only a great desire to find freedom helped him to carry out his plans, but for this he had to pay too dear a price, his life. Analysis of the battle between Mtsyri and the leopard reveals the character of the protagonist from the other side. Instead of a frail, helpless young man, a real hero stands in front of us, capable of defending himself in a moment of mortal danger.
Some beast in one jump
I jumped out of the thicket and lay down,
Playing backwards on the sand
That was the eternal guest of the desert - the Mighty Leopard.
Raw bone
He gnawed and squealed merrily;
That bloody gaze fixed,
Waving her tail gently
For a full month - and on it
The coat was silver.
I was waiting, grabbing a horned bitch,
A minute of battle; heart suddenly
Ignited with a thirst for struggle
And blood ... yes, the hand of fate
I was led in a different way ...
But now I'm sure
What could be in the land of fathers
Not one of the last daredevils.
I was waiting. And now in the shadow of the night
He sensed the enemy, and howl
Lingering, plaintive, like a moan
Suddenly sounded ... and he began
Digging sand with a paw
He reared up, then lay down,
And the first frantic leap
I was threatened with a terrible death ...
But I warned him.
My blow was sure and swift.
My reliable bitch is like an ax,
His broad forehead cut ...
He groaned like a man
And overturned. But again,
Though blood was pouring from the wound
Thick, wide wave,
The battle is in full swing, mortal combat!
He rushed to my chest:
But I managed to stick it in my throat
And turn there twice
My gun ... He howled,
I rushed with my last strength,
And we, intertwining like a pair of snakes,
Embracing tighter than two friends,
They fell at once, and in the darkness
The battle continued on the ground.
And I was scary at that moment;
Like a desert leopard, angry and wild,
I was on fire, screeching like him;
As if I myself was born
In the family of leopards and wolves
Under the fresh canopy of forests.
It seemed that the words of the people
I have forgotten - and in my chest
That awful cry was born
As if from childhood my tongue
I'm not used to a different sound ...
But my enemy began to faint,
To rush, breathe more slowly,
Squeezed me one last time ...
The pupils of his motionless eyes
They flashed menacingly - and then
Closed quietly with eternal sleep;
But with a triumphant enemy
He met death face to face
As in the battle follows the fighter!
In this passage, the dynamism of the battle between Mtsyri and the leopard is very clearly conveyed. This passage is of great importance for the maximum disclosure of the character of the protagonist. At the first meeting with the predator, Mtsyri was not frightened, as another person would have done in his place. He looked at the wild animal as if spellbound, admiring and admiring its beauty. He had no fear of him. The young man saw in him a worthy rival. A warrior like himself.
The leopard is very young. His behavior is akin to that of a child. He plays with the bone, squeals with joy, fully enjoying the process. Having sensed a man, the good-natured beast was transformed before our eyes. He was no longer interested in bone. Bars is ready to attack and has one goal to win.
They fought for life with full dedication, to the last drop of their blood. Mtsyri himself did not expect that he would be able to defeat the leopard, emerging victorious from the mortal fight. He was used to being considered weak by everyone, able only to pray and fast. It was a real test for him, a test of strength, the discovery of new opportunities. At the moment of victory, the main character was completely reborn. He was no longer the helpless youth whom everyone was protecting. He became a real man, capable of actions.
Mtsyri finally understood what a real life is, filled with emotions, feelings that were previously unfamiliar to him. The monastery could not give him such sensations. Freedom came at a high price. But these days, spent at liberty, became the happiest in his life, despite the tragic ending. Having gone through all the difficulties, having overcome them with dignity, Mtsyri finally found freedom in his soul and harmony in his heart.
The poem "Mtsyri" is one of the most famous works of M. Yu. Lermontov. The poet traveled along the Georgian Military Highway, studying local folklore, and met a monk who told him the story of his life. Lermontov was so impressed by his story that he wrote a poem. A special place in the plot is occupied by the fight between Mtsyri and the leopard.
The young man told the monks what happened to him, what he saw outside the monastery. One of the key moments in the plot, which reveals the character of the character, is the fight between Mtsyri and the leopard. It is described in three chapters.
The first chapter says that at night in the forest the young man met a leopard. He appears before the reader not just as a dangerous and wild animal, but as a guest of the desert. Mtsyri is not afraid of him - he admires him. The leopard enjoys the beauty of the night, just like the young man. To describe it, the poet uses words that fit the description of a child, which he is, only a leopard is a child of nature.
At the same moment, Mtsyri felt that he wanted to fight the predator. And the young man realizes that he could be a daring warrior. For Mtsyri, a fight with a leopard is an opportunity to become closer to his family, to the person he could become. Therefore, the young man was not afraid of the fight, but waited for it and was glad of the opportunity to show his prowess.
The second part describes the beginning of the battle between Mtsyri and the leopard. The beast sensed danger and began to prepare for a fight. Despite the fact that he was powerful, the young man was not taken aback and was not frightened. Mtsyri prepared to repel the leopard's blow.
The leap of the beast could be fatal for the young man, but he was able to repel it and inflict a wound on the predator. And the poet at this moment compares him to a man, thereby showing that wild animals can feel. But, despite the severe injury, the beast is not going to give up and is ready to continue the duel with the young man.
The third part describes the fight between Mtsyri and the leopard itself. The beast rushed at the young man, but he managed to defend himself and injure him. The fight was hot, none of them wanted to give up. Mtsyri himself felt like a wild animal, and other people would have been afraid of him at that moment.
Bars fought with all his might, and in that duel they became one. For the young man, the wild beast became closer than a friend would be. But still, despite its strength, the leopard fell in that fight. But Mtsyri was not sorry for him, because he died, as befits a brave and mighty fighter.
The episode of the fight between the protagonist and the leopard is the unification of man and nature. The leopard in the poem was the personification of the power of the wild, for which all living beings are important. The duel brought together two fighters worthy to be part of it. But the main thing is that at that moment Mtsyri felt free, like a wild beast.
For the young man, this fight was a test of his abilities, his courage. During this fight, he was able to show his strength, which could not be used within the walls of the monastery. Despite the fact that Mtsyri did not think that he could be a brave fighter, he was able to defeat a powerful rival. And after that, the young man had the right to proudly believe that he would not be the last of the brave men in his native land.
In the poem "Mtsyri" the fight with the leopard showed that the young man was not only brave, but also physically strong. This meeting and fight with the wild beast demonstrated that it will not be afraid of any difficulties and will continue to follow its path. And even wounded, the young man did not go back to the monastery, but continued to move towards his goal.
The description of the fight with the leopard turned out to be dynamic, eventful thanks to the large number of verbs. Throughout the reading of the episode of the meeting with the wild beast, the reader is worried about the hero: can he cope with such a dangerous and powerful enemy? In the fight with the leopard, Mtsyri showed not only physical, but also spiritual strength, showing himself to be a brave warrior.
