Pushkin Poems

Uncle is dying, he is caring for him
Hates assisting his sick Uncle
Uncle’s father had served a life of debt
Uncle’s father is a poet- studies economy
Yevgeny= narrator
Becomes successful of his studies
Theme of a party? He is the most important person? –dancing= important theme
Dancing at a ball- he is the center of the floor/attention
Love story with a girl- theme?
Girl from country-side, boy from city
Becomes friends with Lensky, a poet, when he inherits his uncles mansion and wealth
Yevgeny lives alone in his mansion
Vladimir Lensky= his neighbor- rich, handsome and presentable
Lensky does not want to get married
Olga
Tatyana is her sister- not as beautiful
Loves Richardson
Lensky’s fiancé= Olga
Olga’s sister Tanya falls in love with Onegin at dinner and writes him a love letter
At a party Onegin dances with Olga, even though he was “supposed” to be with Tatyana, who the party was for (nameday), and Lensky leaves in anger
Onegin rejects Tatyana (fear that he will fail her?) at the party after he hasn’t responded to her letter for several days- dances with Olga
Onegin and Lensky duel
Onegin doesn’t want to duel and tries to talk Lensky out of it
“no reconciliation”
The duel happens, Lensky misses, Onegin kills him
Onegin leaves the country side
Symbolism of door? Exits the door that Onegin enters?
Tatyana moves to Moscow and matures and changes to the point where Onegin doesn’t even recognize her at first
Onegin then realizes he likes Tatyana, when she is in Moscow, but it is too late
Tatyana is married ---to Onegin’s cousin, a prince (army man just like the ‘foreseer’ had predicted) and she doesn’t reply to his letters and rejects his love proposals
Onegin goes to her house- bold
Enters room she exits--- symbolism?
She can’t accept his love because she must remain faithful to her husband even though she is in love with him
Results in Onegin being lonely until the end of the story