Artwork "Notes from the Underground" was written by Dostoyevsky in 1864.The author of the notes is the hero of the underground.
The protagonist works
This collegiate assessor, who recently stepped down after having received a small inheritance.Hero works "Notes from Underground" 40 years.He lived on the edge of St. Petersburg, in the "shoddy" room.This hero and psychologically into hiding: he almost always alone, betrayed "wishful thinking", images and motifs that were taken from books.The nameless hero also explores his own soul and mind, showing courage and extraordinary intelligence.The purpose of this confession - see if you can be completely honest at least with himself, not afraid of the truth in this case.
philosophy protagonist
hero believes that in the 60 years of the 19th century, an intelligent man is destined to be a "spineless".Writhing limited, stupid people - different activities, which is considered normal, while the increased consciousness is regarded as a disease.The mind makes the hero rebelling against the laws of nature, the discoveries of modern science.Their "stone wall" is "certainty" only "stupid" person.With clearly does not agree to accept the hero of the underground.He feels "guilt" for the fact that the world order is imperfect, and this causes him pain.Science lies that only to reason a person can be reduced, "according to number the plate.""The manifestation of all life" - it is "the will."He asserts, despite all the "scientific" conclusions about human nature and human well-being, the right to be admixed to the "positive prudence" "Come stupid" to prove to myself that the people - this is not "piano keys", in which the laws of nature themselves play.
hero who wrote Notes from the Underground, pining for his ability to meet the "wide" ideal.This is not a career, not pleasure, not even a "crystal palace", which is building the Socialists, as it takes a person the main thing - his own volition.Protests against the identification of the hero of knowledge of good and not to be questioned faith in the progress of civilization and science.Civilization is in us "does not soften," but only generates, in his opinion, "the versatility of sensations," so we seek pleasure and humiliation, and the blood of others ... in human nature, according to the main character, it lies not only needhappiness, prosperity, order, and the suffering, destruction and chaos."Crystal Palace", knocking the negative side, the ideal is untenable, because it deprives the freedom of choice.It is better therefore "conscious inertia" modern "chicken coop" underground.
life hero, when he served in the Office
However, it happened that the longing for actually drove out of the corner.The hero, who wrote Notes from the Underground, described in detail one of these attempts.He has served 24 years in the office, and scorned and hated being terribly "touchy," "hypochondriac" and "proud" of his colleagues, but at the same time afraid of them.Himself a hero, he was "slave" and "coward" as any "decent" and "development" of man.Strengthening reading, he replaced the interaction with people, and at night in the "dark places" "acted impudently."
episode at the inn
Watching the game of billiards, he was blocked by accident once in a tavern one officer road.Strong and tall, he moved silently "exhausted" and "a short," a hero to another place.Then he wanted to start a "literary", "right" quarrel, but only "maliciously effaced" for fear that there will be taken seriously.Hero after this episode dreamed of revenge for several years, tried many times at a meeting on Nevsky not collapse first.When they finally faced his shoulders, the officer it did not even pay attention, but the hero of the piece was delighted because not conceded a single step, supporting the dignity and put himself publicly on an equal social footing with the officer.All of these observations for the hero himself describes in his work the author Dostoevsky F.
"Notes from the Underground": dinner with former classmates
Occasionally people feel the need of the underground community, which satisfies only a few friends, Simon, a former schoolmateand Setochkin, chief clerk.During a visit to Simonov, he learns that in honor of classmate preparing lunch and "buy into" the others."Underground" pursues long before the dinner fear of possible humiliation and resentment, since the validity of the laws of the literature does not obey and hardly real people will perform the role assigned to them in the imagination of a dreamer: they can, for example, recognize and love the main character of the mentalsuperiority.He's trying to insult and offend dinner companions.Those simply cease to notice it in return.At the other extreme flows into the underground - a public self-abasement.Then fellow diners go to a brothel without him.For the "literary" Now he has to take revenge on these people for shame left over, so goes for everyone.However, they had gone through the rooms.Hero Lisa offer.
Episode brothel
Next Dostoevsky ("Notes from the Underground") describes the following events.After the "depravity," "rude and shameless," the hero is talking to the girl.She is 20.In St. Petersburg, it has recently, and she - Philistine hails from Riga.He decides guessing girl in sensitivity to recoup her draws a scenic picture of the future prostitutes, and then - family happiness, it is not available.The effect is achieved: to convulsions and weeping girl brings disgust to his life."Savior", leaving, leaving her his address.However, a "literary" punched him in shame for "knavery" and sorry for Lisa.It loves to spend the protagonist of the work, "Notes from the Underground," an analysis of their own actions.
Lisa comes to the hero
She comes in 3 days.Hero, which describes Dostoevsky ("Notes from the Underground"), "disgustingly embarrassed."He opens her cynical motives of his behavior, but meets unexpected sympathy and love from her.He moved, confessing that can not be good.However, soon ashamed of weakness, possession of vengeance Lisa and sticks her hand in 5 rubles for the complete triumph.Girl, leaving, leaving money invisibly.
final product
hero confesses that he wrote his memoirs in shame.However, he was only brought to the extreme that the remaining half and did not dare to bring.The hero was able to abandon the goals of society, seemingly he has gone, however, and the underground - a "moral corruption"."Living life", deep relationships with other people he inspire fear.Thus ends the work, "Notes from the Underground", a summary of which we have described.
Story after reading this today will not leave anyone indifferent.However, immediately after the publication in 1864, "Notes from the Underground" caused quite a few reviews, although representatives of the revolutionary-democratic camp immediately interested in them.The only immediate response to the product has become a parody of Shchedrin, who included in his survey titled "Literary trivia" pamphlet "Swifts".In it, ridiculing members of the magazine "Epoch" in a satirical way, he depicted in the guise of the fourth swift "writer's sad," Dostoevsky.This story has awakened the interest of critics after the published novel "Crime and Punishment", that is, two years later.It was developed by a lot of what has been outlined in the "Notes".
