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“Dark Kingdom” by Dikaya and Kabanikh in the drama “The Thunderstorm. Comparative speech characteristics of wild and boar

What are the characters in Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”, Dikaya and Kabanikh? First of all, it should be said about their cruelty and heartlessness. Dikoy does not regard not only those around him, but even his family and friends. His family lives in constant fear of his wrath. Kabanikha Dikoy behaves in exactly the same way and mocks his nephew in every possible way. It is enough to remember his words: “I told you once, I told you twice: “Don’t you dare come across me”; you're itching for everything! Not enough space for you? Wherever you go, here you are. Ugh, damn you! Why are you standing like a pillar! Are they telling you no?” Dikoy openly shows that he does not respect his nephew at all. He puts himself above everyone around him. And no one offers him the slightest resistance. Is it any wonder that Dikoy is becoming more and more firmly convinced of the impunity of his actions, and as a result feels like a full-fledged master of life? Kudryash says: “This is such an establishment among our merchants.” He means that all the merchants of the city of Kalinov, and all of Russia, behave in a similar way. Kabanova, or Kabanikha, as she is called in the city, is no different from Dikiy. Kabanova hides under the mask of piety. As Kuligin says about her: “Prudence, sir! He gives money to the poor, but completely eats up his family.” How false and hypocritical the joy of the wanderer Feklushi seems: “Bla-ale-pie, dear, blaalepie! Wonderful beauty! What can I say! You live in the promised land! And the merchants are all pious people, adorned with many virtues! Generosity and many donations! I’m so pleased, so, mother, completely satisfied! For our failure to leave them even more bounties, and especially to the Kabanovs’ house.” Can the merchants be called a pious people? In no case, because in the work from the lips of Kuligin one can clearly hear the exposure of the existence of representatives of the merchant class. People are mired in arrogance, anger, debauchery and drunkenness. And they consider this the norm of life. The whole way of life in the city is such that it is simply impossible for an unfamiliar person to be there. It is no coincidence that Boris says that his mother could not be with her relatives even for several days. She was of noble origin, so the merchant order did not suit her at all. Dikiy and Kabanikha, on the one hand, can be called typical representatives of the Russian merchant class. After all, the way of life was the same everywhere, so it is not surprising that everyone had similar qualities and characteristics. The behavior of Wild and Kabanikha does not surprise anyone. Both Dikoy and Kabanova are at the head of their own family. That is why they dispose of others as they see fit. On the one hand, we can state the fact that all Russian merchants of the 19th century. mired in vulgarity, cruelty and stupidity. But I immediately remember the story of Boris, whose father “married a noble,” that is, a woman of noble origin. But Boris’s father was the brother of the merchant Dikiy. What does this mean? This suggests that even people born and raised in the same family could differ significantly from each other. Boris's father grew up in the same conditions as the merchant Dikoy. But nevertheless, he led a completely different life from his brother. This means that Dikoy, despite all his similarities to other representatives of his class, still cannot be called typical. The same can be said about Kabanova. She is the mother of the family, but at the same time she treats her family so much that there can be no talk of any maternal love. She torments not only Katerina, who is essentially a stranger to her, with nagging and reproaches, but also her own son and daughter. Would a normal person behave like this? Most likely no. Katerina’s story about her childhood immediately comes to mind. The girl talks about her mother, who loved and cared for her very much. But Katerina’s parents belonged to the same merchant class as Kabanova. Katerina’s mother had sensitivity, kindness and sincerely loved her children. And Kabanikha is not capable of loving anyone. Therefore, we can conclude that Dikiy and Kabanikha cannot be considered typical representatives of the merchant class. These characters in Ostrovsky's drama are distinguished by selfish inclinations; they think only about themselves. And even their own children seem to them to be a hindrance to some extent. Such an attitude cannot decorate people, which is why Dikoy and Kabanikha evoke persistent negative emotions in readers. All residents of this city can be divided into two groups: despots and those who obey them. The two most influential people in the city can easily be considered despots: Dikiy and Kabanova, whom everyone in the city calls Kabanikha. The names of these people say a lot about their characters. After all, it’s not for nothing that no one (except Feklushi) calls Dikiy Savel Prokofievich, and Kabanikha Marfa Ignatievna. Both Dikoya and Kabanikha feel like full-fledged masters in the city. Everyone obeys them: some willingly (“It’s better to endure”), others do not, but all their protests are expressed only in words (“We don’t have enough guys to take my stand, otherwise we would teach him to stop being naughty”). And that is why they do what they want, and no one dares to object to them. The main feature that unites these merchants is the love of money. All relationships between people, in their opinion, are built on wealth. as well as Tikhon. Already in the list of characters it is said about him that he is “her son,” that is, the son of Kabanikha. He really is more likely just Kabanikha’s son than a person. Tikhon has no willpower. This person’s only desire is to escape from his mother’s care so that he can take the whole year off. Tikhon is also unable to help Katerina. Both Boris and Tikhon leave her alone with their inner experiences. If Kabanikha and Dikoy belong to the old way of life, Kuligin carries the ideas of enlightenment, then Katerina is at a crossroads. Growing up and brought up in a patriarchal spirit, Katerina fully follows this way of life. Cheating here is considered unforgivable, and having cheated on her husband, Katerina sees this as a sin before God. But her character is naturally proud, independent and free. Her dream of flying means breaking free from the power of her oppressive mother-in-law and from the stuffy world of the Kabanovs' house. As a child, she once, offended by something, went to the Volga in the evening. The same protest can be heard in her words addressed to Varya: “And if I’m really tired of being here, they won’t hold me back by any force. I’ll throw myself out the window, throw myself into the Volga. I don’t want to live here, I won’t do this, even if you cut me!” In Katerina’s soul there is a struggle between the pangs of conscience and the desire for freedom. She does not know how to adapt to life, to be a hypocrite and pretend, as Kabanikha does, she does not know how to look at the world as easily as Varya. The morals of the Kabanov house drive Katerina to suicide.

Dikoy openly shows that he does not respect his nephew at all. He puts himself above everyone around him. And no one offers him the slightest resistance. Is it any wonder that Dikoy is becoming more and more firmly convinced of the impunity of his actions, and as a result feels like a full-fledged master of life?

Kudryash says: “This is such an establishment among our merchants.” He means that all the merchants of the city of Kalinov, and all of Russia, behave in a similar way. Kabanova, or Kabanikha, as she is called in the city, is no different from Dikiy. Kabanova hides under the mask of piety. As Kuligin says about her: “Prudence, sir! He gives money to the poor, but completely eats up his family.” How false and hypocritical the joy of the wanderer Feklushi seems: “Bla-ale-pie, dear, blaalepie! Wonderful beauty! What can I say! You live in the promised land! And the merchants are all pious people, adorned with many virtues! Generosity and many donations! I’m so pleased, so, mother, completely satisfied! For our failure to leave them even more bounties, and especially to the Kabanovs’ house.”

Can the merchants be called a pious people? In no case, because in the work from the lips of Kuligin one can clearly hear the exposure of the existence of representatives of the merchant class. People are mired in arrogance, anger, debauchery and drunkenness. And they consider this the norm of life. The whole way of life in the city is such that it is simply impossible for an unfamiliar person to be there. It is no coincidence that Boris says that his mother could not be with her relatives even for several days. She was of noble origin, so the merchant order did not suit her at all.
Dikiy and Kabanikha, on the one hand, can be called typical representatives of the Russian merchant class. After all, the way of life was the same everywhere, so it is not surprising that everyone had similar qualities and characteristics. The behavior of Wild and Kabanikha does not surprise anyone. Both Dikoy and Kabanova are at the head of their own family. That is why they dispose of others as they see fit.

On the one hand, we can state the fact that all Russian merchants of the 19th century. mired in vulgarity, cruelty and stupidity. But I immediately remember the story of Boris, whose father “married a noble,” that is, a woman of noble origin. But Boris’s father was the brother of the merchant Dikiy. What does this mean? This suggests that even people born and raised in the same family could differ significantly from each other. Boris's father grew up in the same conditions as the merchant Dikoy. But nevertheless, he led a completely different life from his brother. This means that Dikoy, despite all his similarities to other representatives of his class, still cannot be called typical.

The same can be said about Kabanova. She is the mother of the family, but at the same time she treats her family so much that there can be no talk of any maternal love. She torments not only Katerina, who is essentially a stranger to her, with nagging and reproaches, but also her own son and daughter. Would a normal person behave like this? Most likely no. Katerina’s story about her childhood immediately comes to mind. The girl talks about her mother, who loved and cared for her very much. But Katerina’s parents belonged to the same merchant class as Kabanova. Katerina’s mother had sensitivity, kindness and sincerely loved her children. And Kabanikha is not capable of loving anyone.

Therefore, we can conclude that Dikiy and Kabanikha cannot be considered typical representatives of the merchant class. These characters in Ostrovsky's drama are distinguished by selfish inclinations; they think only about themselves. And even their own children seem to them to be a hindrance to some extent. Such an attitude cannot decorate people, which is why Dikoy and Kabanikha evoke persistent negative emotions in readers.

All residents of this city can be divided into two groups: despots and those who obey them. The two most influential people in the city can easily be considered despots: Dikiy and Kabanova, whom everyone in the city calls Kabanikha. The names of these people say a lot about their characters. After all, it’s not for nothing that no one (except Feklushi) calls Dikiy Savel Prokofievich, and Kabanikha Marfa Ignatievna.

Both Dikoya and Kabanikha feel like full-fledged masters in the city. Everyone obeys them: some willingly (“It’s better to endure”), others do not, but all their protests are expressed only in words (“We don’t have enough guys to take my stand, otherwise we would teach him to stop being naughty”). And that is why they do what they want, and no one dares to object to them.

The main feature that unites these merchants is the love of money. All relationships between people, in their opinion, are built on wealth. as well as Tikhon. Already in the list of characters it is said about him that he is “her son,” that is, the son of Kabanikha. He really is more likely just Kabanikha’s son than a person. Tikhon has no willpower. This person’s only desire is to escape from his mother’s care so that he can take the whole year off. Tikhon is also unable to help Katerina. Both Boris and Tikhon leave her alone with their inner experiences.

If Kabanikha and Dikoy belong to the old way of life, Kuligin carries the ideas of enlightenment, then Katerina is at a crossroads. Growing up and brought up in a patriarchal spirit, Katerina fully follows this way of life. Cheating here is considered unforgivable, and having cheated on her husband, Katerina sees this as a sin before God. But her character is naturally proud, independent and free. Her dream of flying means breaking free from the power of her oppressive mother-in-law and from the stuffy world of the Kabanovs' house. As a child, she once, offended by something, went to the Volga in the evening. The same protest can be heard in her words addressed to Varya: “And if I’m really tired of being here, they won’t hold me back by any force. I’ll throw myself out the window, throw myself into the Volga. I don’t want to live here, I won’t do this, even if you cut me!” In Katerina’s soul there is a struggle between the pangs of conscience and the desire for freedom. She does not know how to adapt to life, to be a hypocrite and pretend, as Kabanikha does, she does not know how to look at the world as easily as Varya.

The morals of the Kabanov house drive Katerina to suicide.

In Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm,” Dikoy and Kabanikha are representatives of the “Dark Kingdom.” It seems as if Kalinov is fenced off from the rest of the world by a high fence and lives some kind of special, closed life. Ostrovsky focused on the most important things, showing the wretchedness and savagery of the morals of Russian patriarchal life, because all this life is based solely on familiar, outdated laws, which are obviously completely ridiculous. The “Dark Kingdom” tenaciously clings to its old, established. This is standing in one place. And such standing is possible if it is supported by people who have strength and authority.

A more complete, in my opinion, idea of a person can be given by his speech, that is, by habitual and specific expressions inherent only to a given hero. We see how Dikoy, as if nothing had happened, can just offend a person. He doesn’t regard not only those around him, but even his family and friends. His family lives in constant fear of his wrath. Dikoy mocks his nephew in every possible way. It is enough to remember his words: “I told you once, I told you twice”; “Don’t you dare come across me”; you'll find everything! Not enough space for you? Wherever you fall, here you are. Ugh, damn you! Why are you standing like a pillar! Are they telling you no?” Dikoy openly shows that he does not respect his nephew at all. He puts himself above everyone around him. And no one offers him the slightest resistance. He scolds everyone over whom he feels his power, but if someone scolds him himself, he cannot answer, then stay strong, everyone at home! It’s on them that Dikoy will take out all his anger.

Dikoy is a “significant person” in the city, a merchant. This is how Shapkin says about him: “We should look for another scolder like ours, Savel Prokofich. There’s no way he’ll cut someone off.”

“The view is unusual! Beauty! The soul rejoices!” exclaims Kuligin, but against the backdrop of this beautiful landscape a bleak picture of life is painted, which appears before us in “The Thunderstorm”. It is Kuligin who gives an accurate and clear description of the life, morals and customs that reign in the city of Kalinov.

Just like Dikoy, Kabanikha is distinguished by selfish inclinations; she thinks only of herself. Residents of the city of Kalinov talk about Dikiy and Kabanikha very often, and this makes it possible to obtain rich material about them. In conversations with Kudryash, Shapkin calls Diky “a scolder,” while Kudryash calls him a “shrill man.” Kabanikha calls Dikiy a “warrior.” All this speaks of the grumpiness and nervousness of his character. Reviews about Kabanikha are also not very flattering. Kuligin calls her a “hypocrite” and says that she “behaves the poor, but has completely eaten up her family.” This characterizes the merchant's wife from the bad side.

We are struck by their callousness towards people dependent on them, their reluctance to part with money when paying workers. Let us remember what Dikoy says: “Once I was fasting about a great fast, and then it was not easy and I slipped a little man in, I came for money, carried firewood... I did sin: I scolded him, I scolded him... I almost killed him.” All relationships between people, in their opinion, are built on wealth.

Kabanikha is richer than Dikoy, and therefore she is the only person in the city with whom Dikoy must be polite. “Well, don’t let your throat loose! Find me cheaper! And I’m dear to you!”

Another feature that unites them is religiosity. But they perceive God not as someone who forgives, but as someone who can punish them.

Kabanikha, like no one else, reflects this city’s commitment to old traditions. (She teaches Katerina and Tikhon how to live in general and how to behave in a specific case.) Kabanova tries to seem like a kind, sincere, and most importantly unhappy woman, tries to justify her actions by her age: “The mother is old, stupid; Well, you, young people, smart ones, shouldn’t exact it from us fools.” But these statements sound more like irony than sincere recognition. Kabanova considers herself the center of attention; she cannot imagine what will happen to the whole world after her death. Kabanikha is absurdly blindly devoted to her old traditions, forcing everyone at home to dance to her tune. She forces Tikhon to say goodbye to his wife in the old-fashioned way, causing laughter and a feeling of regret among those around him.

On the one hand, it seems that Dikoy is ruder, stronger and, therefore, scarier. But, looking closer, we see that Dikoy is only capable of screaming and rampaging. She managed to subjugate everyone, keeps everything under control, she even tries to manage people’s relationships, which leads Katerina to death. The Pig is cunning and smart, unlike the Wild One, and this makes her more terrible. In Kabanikha’s speech, hypocrisy and duality of speech are very clearly manifested. She speaks very impudently and rudely to people, but at the same time, while communicating with him, she wants to seem like a kind, sensitive, sincere, and most importantly, unhappy woman.

We can say that Dikoy is completely illiterate. He says to Boris: “Get lost! I don’t even want to talk to you, a Jesuit.” Dikoy uses “with a Jesuit” instead of “with a Jesuit” in his speech. So he also accompanies his speech with spitting, which completely shows his lack of culture. In general, throughout the entire drama we see him peppering his speech with abuse. “Why are you still here! What the hell else is there here!”, which shows him to be an extremely rude and ill-mannered person.

Dikoy is rude and straightforward in his aggressiveness; he commits actions that sometimes cause bewilderment and surprise among others. He is capable of offending and beating a man without giving him money, and then in front of everyone standing in the dirt in front of him, asking for forgiveness. He is a brawler, and in his violence he is capable of throwing thunder and lightning at his family, who are hiding from him in fear.

Therefore, we can conclude that Dikiy and Kabanikha cannot be considered typical representatives of the merchant class. These characters in Ostrovsky's drama are very similar and differ in their selfish inclinations; they think only about themselves. And even their own children seem to them to be a hindrance to some extent. Such an attitude cannot decorate people, which is why Dikoy and Kabanikha evoke persistent negative emotions in readers.

Questions about the play by A.N. Ostrovsky "The Thunderstorm".

1. How many actions are there in the drama “The Thunderstorm”?

2. To what class do Dikoy and Kabanova belong?

3. Who is Boris and for what purpose did he come to Kalinov?

4. Who owns the monologue “Cruel morals, sir, in our city...”?

5. Which of the characters talks about their carefree life in their parents’ house?

6. “Oh, how she scared me! I’m trembling all over, as if she were prophesying something for me...” Who is Katerina talking about?

7. Who tells the inhabitants of Kalinov about wonderful countries and lands?

8. Who owns the words: “Our whole house rests on this. And I was not a liar, but I learned...”; “...And in my opinion: do whatever you want, as long as it’s safe and covered”?

9. “Now she’s giving him orders, one more menacing than the other...” Who, to whom, what and for what reason, gives orders, according to Varvara?

10. What does Katerina Tikhona ask for before leaving?

11. Who and how arranges Katerina’s first date with Boris?

12. Who says about themselves: “So if you even mention money to me, my insides will be ignited... and... I’ll never swear at a person”?

13. Who says these words and to whom: “...If I was not afraid of sin for you, will I be afraid of human judgment? They say it’s even easier when you suffer for some sin here on earth...”?

14. Name the participants in the dialogue:

What do you think a thunderstorm is, huh? Well, tell me?

Electricity.

What kind of electricity is there? Well, how come you are not a robber? A thunderstorm is sent to us as punishment, so that we can feel it, but you want to defend yourself, God forgive me, with poles and some kind of rods. What are you, a Tatar, or what?

15. Who says these words: “Why are you hiding! There's no need to hide! Apparently you’re afraid: you don’t want to die! I want to live! How can you not want to! See how beautiful she is! Ha, ha, ha!..”

16. Where, when and under what circumstances does Katerina admit to having a love affair with Boris?

17. What are Katerina and Boris talking about on their last date?

18. Between whom and in connection with what is the conversation taking place:

What you? You don’t remember yourself! Forgot who you're talking to?

You ruined her! You! You!