A selection of quotes and statements of heroes from the comedy by D. Fonvizin “Undergrowth. Characters of the play Undergrowth (Fonvizin's comedy) Characteristics of the characters in undergrowth

Pushkin highly appreciated the work of Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin, who wrote under Catherine II. He saw Gogol as his successor. The main character of Fonvizin - the undergrowth Mitrofanushka - brought Alexander Sergeevich into complete delight.

Herzen and Belinsky spoke highly of the artistic and social style of this comedian. Gogol immortalized the image of his teacher, Fonvizin (albeit without indicating the name), in the story "The Night Before Christmas". Remember, when the blacksmith Vakula turned to the empress, she turned the conversation to a middle-aged man with a full pale face and suggested that he reflect in his next essay “this popular innocence”. The man was wearing a poor caftan with mother-of-pearl buttons. This is what Fonvizin looked like.

So, a comedy created according to the classical canons (Fonvizin, "Undergrowth"). The characterization of the heroes, however, turned out to be innovative for the 18th century. This article is devoted to the characters of the play.

Negative images

Undoubtedly, the characterization of the heroes presented by Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin lays down the traditions of Russian national comedy. The "undergrowth" boldly and openly castigates the tyranny of the feudal landowners. The most negative image of comedy is Mrs. Prostakova. She manages her serfs with a firm hand, rather, even cruelly. The heroine does not disdain, she is ignorant and vindictive. And talking in raised tones with servants is a common thing for her. Habitually, the landowner refers to her serf Trishka: "cattle", "thieves' mug", "blockhead", "swindler". To the nanny of her son, Eremeevna, who is in this blockhead, the “grateful” mother says “scoundrel”, “dog daughter”, “beast”. And this - to the closest, "yard" people! With the rest, her conversation is even shorter. Prostakova threatens to "flog them to death." She is self-confident, because the laws are always on the side of the landowners.

True, this vixen has an outlet in her soul: she loves her 16-year-old son. True, this feeling is blind, for which Mrs. Prostakova paid the price at the end of the comedy. The author's, "Fonvizin's" characterization of the characters is truly original. "Undergrowth" is a comedy where each character uses his own unique vocabulary and a certain vocabulary.

Mr. Prostakov is a quiet, calm henpecked man. He obeys his wife in everything; not having his own, follows her opinion. However, he is not cruel, he loves his son. But in fact, it does not affect anything in the house, including raising a child.

Originally and interestingly, with the observance of individual vocabulary, Fonvizin created a characterization of the characters. It is not by chance that the undergrowth wears it. After all, it sounds in Greek as “mother-like”. By the way, regarding the name of the comedy. In Russia, undergrowths were called young nobles who did not have a written certificate of education.

Mitrofanushka eschews studies, he is rude to people who treat him kindly. Eremeevna says: "Old bastard." Teacher Tsifirkin - "garrison rat". The crown phrase of the young dunce - that he does not want to study, but wants to get married - is undoubtedly Fonvizin's creative find, she really became winged. The undergrowth is narrow-minded, rude and ignorant. His laziness is indulged by everyone in the house.

Prostakova's brother, Mr. Skotinin, is caricatured in the comedy. He treats the lower class with contempt, but for him it is a real passion and purpose of life. His whole outlook is limited to the problems of the pigsty. He does not get tired of talking about these animals. On top of that, he wants to marry Sophia.

good comedy characters

However, there are no less positive images in the comedy. The state official Pravdin sent to check the estate of Prostakova is the embodiment of justice, law and reason. He is outraged when people "having power" over serfs use it "evilly and inhumanly." He seeks to help "worthy people", to promote proper education. As a result of his check, Prostakova's property is requisitioned by the state.

Starodum is also positive, having absorbed an honest attitude to service since the time of Peter I. Service in the army, and then the bureaucratic share, not only brought him a fortune, but also shaped him into an honest, decent person. Equally, he considers both the pleasing of those in power and the violation of the human rights of the disadvantaged to be unacceptable.

Honest and educated is his niece Sophia. She has a penetrating mind, so she is going to build her life in such a way as to earn the trust of "worthy people." Honest, modest and open fiancé Sophia - a young officer Milon. He showed his bravery in combat. The young man has a truly chivalrous upbringing. The war did not turn him into a martinet. He considers his love for Sophia the greatest wealth.

Among the secondary characters there are also positive ones - decent and direct Tsyfirkin, a former soldier; and negative ones - the cunning and greedy Kuteikin, the seminarian - half-educated, Adam Adamovich Vralman - with a vile lackey essence, praising Mitrofan in order to earn mercy from Prostakova.

conclusions

Fonvizin was undoubtedly a wise and observant person. In comedy, they are given a devastatingly accusatory characterization of the heroes. "Undergrowth" makes you think about the need to stop bullying serfs. Therefore, Fonvizin's comedy is not abstract, not for the amusement of Catherine's nobles and favorites, but sharply satirical, socially oriented. Work on such works for the comedian himself was ungrateful, required nerves. Denis Ivanovich resigned due to a serious illness - paralysis. Even Empress Catherine II, a progressive woman, did not like Fonvizin's caustic satire and did not always meet the petitions of the classic.

The main characters of the comedy "Undergrowth"

Building Character Prostakova, D. I. Fonvizin conveys the complexity and inconsistency of human nature. The playwright seeks to render "a service to humanity" by showing him what the nature of a person is, even an insignificant, evil one, who enjoys his right to offend other people. Hating slavery, despising the feudal lords, D. I. Fonvizin loved a person, grieved when he saw abuse of him, in whatever forms it manifested itself.

Prostakova - a rude, despotic and at the same time cowardly, greedy and vile nature, being the brightest type of Russian landowner, at the same time revealed as an individual character - the cunning and cruel sister of Skotinin, a power-hungry, prudent wife who tyrannizes her husband, a mother who loves without the mind of his Mitrofanushka. And this individual characteristic allows us to show all the terrible, disfiguring power of serfdom. All the great, human and holy feelings of Prostakova are distorted. That is why even love for her son - Prostakova's strongest passion - is unable to ennoble her feelings, for it manifests itself in base, animal forms. Her maternal love is devoid of human beauty and spirituality.

The denouement, to which D. I. Fonvizin brings the comedy, was conditional. Actions Pravdina, of a government official who carried out the will of the "highest authority" were not confirmed by the Russian reality of that time. They reflected only the moods and aspirations of a certain part of the enlightened nobility and therefore were perceived as advice to the government on a possible way to regulate relations between landlords and peasants. Because of this, the image of Pravdin in the comedy had not a real, but a conditional, ideal character.

The image is more vital Starodum. But he also represents a rare phenomenon among the nobility, judging by the attitude of Pravdin, Milon, Sophia towards him. They see in him not an ordinary nobleman, but a person with special "rules". And indeed it is. The image of Starodum is connected in comedy with the expression of the ideas of that part of the progressive nobility, which was in opposition to the rule of Catherine, condemned her actions. Outwardly, Starodum’s dialogues with positive characters were based on a discussion of moral problems and education, but in terms of the issues raised in them and the coverage of various aspects of public life, they were wider and contained criticism of the depravity of the modern court (“crowds of stingy flatterers”), condemnation of the monarch, whose soul is not always “great”, “to take the path of truth and never turn away from her." Resentment was caused by the abuse of serfdom (“to oppress your own kind without law”), the oblivion of the first estate of their duties.

Although Starodum and Pravdin could not realize their ideals in social practice, their judgments, taken together, made the comedy ideologically consonant with political tragedy. This was the new thing that the playwright introduced with the images of Starodum and Pravdin into the structure of The Undergrowth. Comedy was given a socio-political orientation.

Semakova Anastasia

Characteristics of Ms. Prostakova, Mitrofanushka, Skotinin through the speech of the heroes

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MBOU "Secondary Selmeng secondary school"
branch "Topetsk Basic School"

Research work in the Russian language

8th grade students

Semakova Anastasia

Swear words - a means of speech characteristics of the heroes of the play
DI. Fonvizin "Undergrowth"

Supervisor of the work - Fedoseeva S.V.

October, 2013

Introduction

Target - to explore the swear words in the speech of the heroes of the play by D.I. Fonvizin "Undergrowth".

Tasks :

• Determine what swear words are, what marks it has in dictionaries.
• Write out from the text of the play D.I. Fonvizin vocabulary, which can be attributed to swear words, and analyze the etymology and lexical meaning of these words.
• Determine how the swear words characterize the characters of the play.
• Draw conclusions about how swear words characterize the heroes of the play.

This paper discusses the use of swear words by the characters in the play by D.I. Fonvizin "Undergrowth", in order to characterize the heroes.

Speech always characterizes the speaker:

Study

"Dictionary of the Russian language of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR" (MAS), edited by A.P. Evgenieva indicates that the adjective abusive refers to the word scolding, and the interpretation of scolding gives as "insulting, abusive words, swearing" and notes the connotation of this word "condemnation, censure, reproaches."

Let's try to characterize the heroes of the work of D.I. Fonvizin "Undergrowth", using swear words in their speech. To do this, we wrote out replicas containing swear words from the text of the play, and based on this we compiled a table:

For the etymological analysis of words, we used the dictionary of N.M. Shansky. All words from the list we have compiled are marked "Obshcheslav." and "Original", except for the words fury , borrowed from the Polish language, which got there from the Greek language, and canine , which refers to the word dog, borrowed from the Iranian language.By origin, all swear words from the play "Undergrowth" can be divided into groups:

1. Animal origin:

1. Livestock = wealth, money. It is explained by the fact that cattle served as a bargaining chip.
2. Mug. The origin is unclear. Presumably an abbreviation of Khavrya Sow. In this case, mug is literally - "pig face".
3. Bestia. From the slang of the seminarians.It is a rethinking of lat. bestia "beast, animal", Bestia "animal" literally - "breathing". Dictionary V.I. Dahl points to the Latin origin of this word.
4. Chushka is a suffixal derivative of chukh "pig", formed from "imitative" choo-choo . Chukha → pig (alternating x / / w). Dictionary V.I. Dalia gives an explanation of the word chukha as "snout, nose, pig grunt".
5. Dog is an adjective derived from the noun dog.
6. The snout is the front part of the head in some animals.

1. Borrowed from Greek mythology - Fury.
2. Damn / Damn - the origin is unclear. Presumably "he who digs lives in the earth" and further - "underground spirit".
3. Blockhead - origin unclear. A presumably suffixal derivative oflost bly, balls "log".

Consider the lexical meaning (LZ) of swear words (according to the dictionaries of V.I. Dahl and S.I. Ozhegov)

Most of the words that the heroes of the play “Undergrowth” use to swear belong to colloquial and colloquial vocabulary and are marked “abusive”.

conclusions

So, swear words as an appeal are most often present in Ms. Prostakova’s speech (“And you, cattle, come closer”, “Didn’t I tell you, thieves’ mug, that you let your caftan go wider”, “Get out, cattle” , “Well ... and you, the beast, were dumbfounded, but you didn’t bite into your brother’s mug, and you didn’t pull his snout up to his ears”, “Tell me, idiot, how can you justify yourself?”). Turning to her maids, Prostakova most often calls them beasts, and the servants are cattle, while when she wants to achieve something from influential people, she begins to humiliate herself in front of them, for example: “Oh, I'm an uncountable fool! Father! Forgive me. I'm a fool". Since she always uses rude words from colloquial vocabulary that do not differ in variety and are connected by their origin with the animal world, it can be argued that Prostakova is uneducated, ignorant, rude, cruel to those who cannot protect themselves from her rudeness. Prostakova uses abusive vocabulary when she communicates with her servants, brother and husband or talks about them, for example: “Do not be angry, my father, that my freak missed you. I was born so rotten, my father.” The same applies to her son Mitrofan and brother Skotinin, who use swear words of animal origin as references, for example: “Oh, you damn pig!”

Throughout the play, the author constantly plays words of animal origin in the speech of the characters, thereby trying to expose the bestial behavior of some characters, even though they are people of noble noble origin. For example, the word livestock occurs in the play in different meanings. “When only cattle can be happy with us, then your wife will have poor peace from them and from us,” - in Pravdin’s speech, the word cattle can be understood in different ways: “ common name for domestic animals” or “a person similar to cattle ". livestock is the root in the surname of the hero of the play Skotinin. And Prostakova herself, although she now bears such a surname, was also originally Skotinina. It is no coincidence that Kuteikin dictates to Mitrofan the words: "I am cattle" (I am cattle). Fonvizin, with the help of these words, constantly ridicules the ignorance, rudeness of the Prostakov and Skotinin family, showing their true essence. The author is trying to impress the reader that, no matter how noble the origin of a person, with bestial behavior, he will be worse than the cattle itself.

Three teachers, Tsyfirkin, Kuteikin and Vralman, although they are teachers, behave very hostilely towards each other, using the same words of animal origin when they meet. What is Prostakova herself, she chose such teachers for her son: rude and uneducated.

Consequently, abusive vocabulary characterizes the heroes of Fonvizin's play "Undergrowth" as rude, vicious, uneducated, ignorant people.

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“Undergrowth” is a play in five acts, written by Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin. A cult dramatic work of the 18th century and one of the most striking examples of classicism. It entered the school curriculum, was repeatedly staged on the stage, received a screen embodiment, and its lines were dismantled into quotes that today live independently from the original source, becoming aphorisms of the Russian language.

Plot: a summary of the play “Undergrowth”

The plot of “Undergrowth” is well known to everyone since school years, but we still recall the summary of the play in order to restore the sequence of events in memory.

The action takes place in the village of Prostakov. Its owners - Mrs. and Mr. Prostakov and their son Mitrofanushka - live a quiet life of provincial nobles. Also, the orphan Sofyushka lives on the estate, whom the lady sheltered in her house, but, as it turns out, not out of compassion, but because of the inheritance, which she freely disposes of as a self-proclaimed guardian. In the near future, they plan to give Sophia for Prostakova's brother Taras Skotinin.

The lady's plans are shattered when Sophia receives a letter from her uncle Starodum, who was still considered dead. Stradum is alive and well and goes on a date with his niece, and he also reports a fortune of 10 thousand income, which he inherits from his beloved relative. After such news, Prostakova begins to court Sophia, whom she still has little complained about, because now she wants to marry her to her beloved Mitrofan, and leave Skotinin with nothing.

Fortunately, Starodum turned out to be a noble and honest man, wishing his niece well. Moreover, Sophia already had a betrothed - officer Milon, who had just stopped with his regiment in the village of Prostakov. Starodub knew Milon and gave the young people his blessing.

In desperation, Prostakova tries to organize the abduction of Sophia and forcibly marry her to her son. However, even here the treacherous mistress fails - Milon saves her beloved on the night of the abduction.

Prostakov is generously forgiven and not put on trial, however, her estate, which has long aroused suspicion, is transferred to the state guardian. Everyone is leaving, and even Mitrofanushka leaves her mother, because he does not love her, as, in general, he does not love anyone in the world.

Characteristics of heroes: positive and negative characters

As in any classic work, the characters in "Undergrowth" are clearly divided into positive and negative.

Negative characters:

• Mrs. Prostakova - the mistress of the village;
• Mr. Prostakov - her husband;
• Mitrofanushka - the son of the Prostakovs, undersized;
• Taras Skotinin is the brother of the Prostakovs.

Goodies:

• Sophia is an orphan, lives with the Prostakovs;
• Starodum is her uncle;
• Milon - an officer, Sophia's lover;
• Pravdin is a state official who came to control the affairs in the Prostakov village.

Secondary characters:

• Tsyfirkin - teacher of arithmetic;
• Kuteikin - teacher, former seminarian;
• Vralman - a former coachman, pretends to be a teacher;
• Eremovna is Mitrofan's nanny.

Mrs. Prostakova

Prostakova is the most striking negative character, and indeed the most prominent character in the play. She is the mistress of the village of Prostakovs and it is the lady who, having completely suppressed her weak-willed spouse, establishes the lordly order and makes decisions.

However, she is completely ignorant, devoid of manners, often rude. Prostakova, like other members of the family, cannot read and despises science. Mitrofanushka's mother is engaged in the education of Mitrofanushka only because this is how it should be in the New World society, but she does not understand the true value of knowledge.

In addition to ignorance, Prostakova is distinguished by cruelty, deceit, hypocrisy, and envy.

The only creature she loves is her son Mitrofanushka. However, the mother's blind, absurd love only spoils the child, turning him into a copy of himself in a man's dress.

Mr. Prostakov

The figurative owner of the Prostakovs' estate. In fact, everything is led by his imperious wife, whom he is madly afraid of and does not dare to say a word. Prostakov has long lost his own opinion and dignity. He cannot even say whether the caftan sewn by the tailor Trishka for Mitrofan is good or bad, because he is afraid to say something different from what the lady expects.

Mitrofan

Son of the Prostakovs, undersized. In the family, he is affectionately called Mitrofanushka. And, meanwhile, it is time for this young man to enter adulthood, but he has absolutely no idea about it. Mitrofan is spoiled by maternal love, he is capricious, cruel to servants and teachers, pompous, lazy. Despite many years of studying with teachers, the young gentleman is hopelessly stupid, he does not show the slightest desire for learning and knowledge.

And the worst thing is that Mitrofanushka is a terrible egoist, nothing matters to him except his own interests. At the end of the play, he easily leaves his mother, who loved him so unrequitedly. Even she is empty space for him.

Skotinin

Brother of Mrs. Prostakova. Narcissistic, limited, ignorant, cruel and greedy. Taras Skotinin has a great passion for pigs, the rest is of little interest to this narrow-minded person. He has no idea of ​​family ties, cordial affection and love. Describing how well his future wife will live, Skotinin only says that he will provide her with the best lighter. In his system of coordinates, this is where marital happiness lies.

Sofia

Positive female image of the work. A very well-mannered, kind, meek and compassionate girl. Sophia received a good education, she has an inquisitive mind and a thirst for knowledge. Even in the poisonous atmosphere of the Prostakovs' house, the girl does not become like the owners, but continues to lead the lifestyle that she likes - she reads a lot, thinks, is friendly and polite with everyone.

Starodum

Sophia's uncle and guardian. Starodum is the voice of the author in the play. His speeches are very aphoristic, he talks a lot about life, virtues, mind, law, government, modern society, marriage, love and other pressing issues. Starodum is incredibly wise and noble. Despite the fact that he clearly has a negative attitude towards Prostakova and her ilk, Starodum does not allow himself to stoop to rudeness and overt criticism, and as for light sarcasm, his narrow-minded “relatives” cannot recognize him.

Milon

Sophia's beloved officer. The image of a hero-defender, an ideal young man, husband. He is very fair, does not put up with meanness and lies. Milo was brave, and not only in battle, but also in his speeches. He is devoid of vanity and base prudence. All the “suitors” of Sophia spoke only about her condition, but Milon never mentioned that his betrothed was rich. He sincerely loved Sophia even before she had an inheritance, and therefore, in his choice, the young man was by no means guided by the size of the annual income of the bride.

“I don’t want to study, but I want to get married”: the problem of education in the story

The key problem of the work is the theme of provincial noble upbringing and education. The protagonist Mitrofanushka gets an education only because it is fashionable and “so established”. In fact, neither he nor his ignorant mother understand the true purpose of knowledge. They should make a person smarter, better, serve him throughout his life and benefit society. Knowledge is hard-earned and can never be forced into someone's head.

Mitrofan's home education is a dummy, a fiction, a provincial theater. For several years, the unfortunate student did not master either reading or writing. The comic test that Pravdin arranges, Mitrofan fails with a roar, but because of his stupidity he cannot even understand this. He calls the word door an adjective, because they say it is applied to the opening, he confuses science with stories that Vralman tells him in abundance, and Mitrofanushka cannot even pronounce the word “geography” ... too tricky.

To show the grotesqueness of Mitrofan's education, Fonvizin introduces the image of Vralman, who teaches "in French and all the sciences." In fact, Vralman (a surname that speaks!) is not a teacher at all, but a former coachman of Starodum. He easily deceives the ignorant Prostakova and even becomes her favorite, because he professes his own teaching method - not to force the student to do anything by force. With such zeal, as in Mitrofan, the teacher and student are simply idle.

Hand in hand with the acquisition of knowledge and skills goes education. For the most part, Mrs. Prostakova is responsible for it. She methodically imposes her rotten morality on Mitrofan, who (here he is diligent!) perfectly absorbs mother's advice. So, while solving the problem of division, Prostakova advises her son not to share with anyone, but to take everything for himself. Talking about marriage, mother only talks about the wealth of the bride, never mentioning emotional affection and love. Mitrofan is not familiar with such concepts as courage, courage, valor underage. Despite the fact that he is no longer a baby, he is still taken care of in everything. The boy cannot even stand up for himself during a skirmish with his uncle, he immediately starts calling for his mother, and the old nanny Eremeevna rushes at the offender with his fists.

Name meaning: two sides of the coin

The title of the play has a direct and figurative meaning.

The direct meaning of the name
Undergrowth in the old days was called teenagers, young men who had not yet reached the age of majority and had not entered the public service.

The figurative meaning of the name
Undergrowth was also called a fool, an ignoramus, a narrow-minded and uneducated person, regardless of his age. With the light hand of Fonvizin, it was precisely this negative connotation that was attached to the word in modern Russian.

Every person is reborn from a minor youth into an adult man. This is growing up, the law of nature. However, not everyone turns from a dark undergrowth-half-educated into an educated self-sufficient person. Such transformation requires effort and perseverance.

Place in literature: Russian literature of the 18th century → Russian drama of the 18th century → The work of Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin → 1782 → The play “Undergrowth”.

The work of D. I. Fonvizin “Undergrowth” showed the positive character traits that every conscious citizen of the state must possess.

In the written play, Fonvizin endowed the character of Starodum with such a character. This is a hero with a big heart, an honest, sympathetic and merciful character. There are no episodes in the comedy when Starodum speaks unflatteringly about someone, steals or deceives. On the contrary, he always has his calmness, poise. Starodum does not throw his words to the wind, gives good advice, concludes well and at the same time has a sense of humor - he laughs and jokes.

Characters who have similar character traits: Sophia - Starodum's niece; Milon - a military man, Sophia's fiance; Pravdin is a member of the city council. Together they are an example of a law-abiding citizen.

The author showed the Prostakov family of petty nobles as the opposite of these characters. The head of this family is Mrs. Prostakova - a greedy, rude and deceitful woman. It is not for nothing that Fonvizin calls her Fury, the avenging goddess of the ancient Romans. She loves only one person - her son, Mitrofan, who is a lazy person by nature, he stands out for illiteracy and uncultured behavior, it is not for nothing that his name means "mother-like."

Starting a conversation about Prostakov Sr., one can easily argue that his life pleases him only when his wife does not take out his anger at him. It is clearly seen in the work that he is trying in every possible way to please her and does not have his own opinion. Another negative character is Skotinin, Prostakova's brother. For this person, a pig is more valuable than people. He intends to marry Sophia when he found out that she had a rich inheritance.

Drawing conclusions, it is possible to divide the characters of this work into two halves - good, represented by Starodum, Milon, Sophia, and evil, which is represented by the Prostakov and Skotinin families.

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