The image of Eugene Onegin chapter by chapter. The image of Eugene Onegin. Re-meeting with Tatiana

Characteristics plan of a literary hero:
1. Where was Onegin born and lives, what is his position in society?
2. What kind of education did Onegin receive, was such an education an exception among the nobility?
3. What is Onegin busy with, what are his hobbies, what books does he read?
4. How did secular life influence Onegin?
5. What traits of the hero does the author of the novel make friends with him?
6. What is Onegin doing in the village?
7. What does Tatyana learn about Onegin in his house?
8. How does the author of the novel evaluate Onegin's response to Tatyana's letter?
9. Why did Onegin accept Lensky's challenge?
10. How do you feel after the duel and the journey?
11. What brings Onegin a meeting with Tatiana in high society?

Onegin is a young metropolitan aristocrat of the 20s of the 19th century, who received a typical aristocratic upbringing under the guidance of tutors. They taught him “everything jokingly”, “something and somehow”, but Onegin nevertheless received the minimum knowledge that was considered mandatory in the noble environment: he knew a little classical literature, Roman and Greek, superficially - history, even had an idea on the political economy of Adam Smith. Such an education, impeccable French, elegant manners, wit and the art of keeping up the conversation make him, in the opinion of society, a brilliant representative of the secular youth of his time. It took Onegin about eight years to secular life. But he was smart and stood well above the crowd around him. No wonder he felt disgusted with his empty and idle life. "A sharp, chilled mind" and satiety with the pleasures of the world led to Onegin's deep disappointment with life. Languishing in boredom, Onegin tries to look for the meaning of life in any activity. He was attracted to literary work. But an attempt to write "yawning", from boredom, could not, of course, be crowned with success. The system of his upbringing also avenged itself, not accustoming him to work: "nothing came out of his pen."
Onegin begins to read. And this lesson did not give results: Onegin "read, read, but all to no avail," and pulled up a shelf of books with "funeral taffeta."

In the village where Onegin left St. Petersburg to receive an inheritance, he makes another attempt at practical activity. The character of Onegin is revealed further in the following plot plan: friendship with Lensky, acquaintance with Tatyana Larina, duel with Lensky, journey, love for Tatyana and the last meeting with her. As the action of the novel develops, the complexity of Onegin's nature is revealed. Onegin appears in the novel as a bright, outstanding personality. This is a person who clearly stands out from the surrounding society, both by the giftedness of nature and by spiritual demands.

“A sharp, chilled mind”, “involuntary devotion to dreams”, dissatisfaction with life - this is what created Onegin’s “non-imitative strangeness” and elevated him above the environment of “conceited insignificance”. Following the characterization of Onegin in the first chapter, Pushkin recalls his dreams of freedom (“Will the hour of my freedom come?”) and adds:

Onegin was ready with me
See foreign countries.

These lines shed light on another important feature of Onegin's spiritual appearance - on his love of freedom. “Do you know? Yes and no…” Pushkin asks and answers, as if doubting that the reader will correctly understand Onegin’s complex social type. And the hero of the novel was really such a social type, the individual features of which Pushkin could reveal only by hints. "Oneginism" was a common phenomenon in Russia during the years when the novel was being written. The explanation of this phenomenon must be sought in the socio-political situation of the country. In the 1920s, the “Alexandrian days of a wonderful beginning” had already passed, replaced by a reaction. Boredom and disappointment became the fate of the best people in Russian society. Noting precisely this, Pushkin wrote in 1828 about Prince P. Vyazemsky: “How could he preserve his cheerfulness in Russia?” True, in the circles of the most advanced Russian society, a political movement was already brewing, which later led to the Decembrist uprising. But it was a secret movement that did not include all advanced people. The majority of the Russian intelligentsia had to either go to the service, i.e. join the crowd of "volunteer hops", or stand aside from government policy, remaining idle observers of public life.

Onegin chose the latter. Onegin's position is the position of an idle person, but this position was a form of protest against official Russia. Onegin's tragedy lay in his "spiritual emptiness", i.e. in the fact that he did not have a positive program, lofty goals that would fill his life with social content. His life is a life "without purpose, without labor." Without taking the side of the government, Onegin does not participate in the fight against government reaction. He remains aloof from acting historical forces, expressing dissatisfaction with life only in "the anger of gloomy epigrams." This passivity was also facilitated by some properties of his character: a lordly aversion to work; the habit of "liberty and peace", lack of will and pronounced individualism (or "egoism", in the words of Belinsky). Onegin deserved the right to be the protagonist of the novel, but life doomed him to the role of the main inactive person in history. Onegin's destiny is the life of a wanderer and loneliness. Returning to St. Petersburg after a trip, he “seems like a stranger” to everyone. He turns out to be "an extra person" in his society. So they called people who, towering above the environment, turned out to be unadapted to the struggle of life and suffered a wreck both in public life and in personal life.

The novel ends with the scene of Onegin's meeting with Tatyana after a three-year separation. What was the fate of Onegin? There is reason to think that the shock experienced by Onegin could serve to his revival. Indeed, the surviving fragments of the tenth (burnt) chapter of the novel allow us to assert that the author intended to introduce Onegin into the circle of the Decembrists. But this new page in the life of the hero was only outlined by the author, but not revealed. In the novel, Onegin appears as a living symbol of the "superfluous people" of his era.

Let's summarize what we've read.

Evgeny Onegin is a young man, a St. Petersburg aristocrat who received a superficial home education, cut off from the national soil.

The French tutor did not care about the moral education of Eugene, did not accustom him to work, therefore the main occupation of Onegin, who entered adulthood, is the pursuit of pleasures.

The idea of ​​how he lived for eight years in St. Petersburg gives a description of one day of the hero. The absence of a serious matter and constant idleness bored the hero and led him in his younger years to disappointment in secular life. An attempt to do business does not bring results, since he does not know how to work.

Life in the village did not become a salvation for him, since a change of scenery without work
above himself, internal spiritual rebirth did not save Onegin from the blues.

It is important to see how the hero manifests himself in friendship and love. We come to the conclusion that Onegin, who conquered secular beauties, acted nobly towards Tatyana.

Her letter became for him an example of a different, spiritual attitude to love. He frankly admitted that he appreciates the purity and sincerity of the girl, but his feelings are devastated, he is not able to fall in love, the ideal of family happiness is not for him:
Found my old ideal
I would have chosen you alone
In the girlfriend of my sad days,
All the best in pledge,
And I would be happy ... as much as I could!
But I'm not made for bliss
My soul is alien to him ...

These words indicate that Tatyana could be a good wife to him and he could be happy in family life, which he calls bliss (bliss is the highest degree of happiness).

Having visited Onegin's house, Tatyana begins to understand that she has fallen in love with a largely mistaken person. Perhaps he is "a Muscovite in Harold's cloak."

In friendship with Lensky, Onegin shows condescension, but he cannot rise
over the prejudices of the world, which he despises, and kills the young poet.

The love that flared up for Tatiana, who became a secular lady, "an indifferent princess",
"impregnable goddess", makes Onegin suffer. He reads a lot and learns to look at the world with "spiritual eyes", he understands that his chosen life position turned into a tragedy. Having not received an answer to his letter, he decides to explain himself to Tatyana, not understanding all the same the depth of her nature.

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It is difficult to find a writer in the world who would give as many great examples of creativity in various types of living literary style as A.S. Pushkin.

Among his main works is the novel "Eugene Onegin". What is the value of this novel?

"Eugene Onegin" is one of the most complex and important works of the poet. It is made in an innovative genre - in the style of "novel in verse".

The protagonist of the novel is Eugene Onegin. What is Onegin? A young man, a nobleman, whose birth caught the change of centuries: the eighteenth and nineteenth. A frequenter of secular society, a "deep economy", a philosopher, an expert in the "science of tender passion." In society, he succeeded in everything. Educated, elegantly dressed, properly "cut", a connoisseur of Latin and dancing, an admirer of Adam Smith. He knew how to bow at ease, to be in time everywhere - to the theater, to the ballet, to receptions.

“What do you want more? The world decided
That he is smart and very nice."

But very quickly Onegin got tired of the tinsel and glitter, the noise and bustle of the world. “Feelings in him have cooled down,” betrayals are tired, “friends and friendship are tired.” And the ailment familiar to many called "Russian melancholy" began to take possession of him.

The soul of Eugene Onegin is not crippled by nature. It is corrupted by superficial things: the temptations of society, passions, inaction. Onegin is capable of good deeds: in his village, he replaces corvée with "easy dues."

Onegin feels: the relations that have developed in society are false. There is no spark of truth in them, they are thoroughly saturated with hypocrisy. Onegin yearns; and this eternal longing for something worthwhile, true.

By the will of fate, Onegin finds himself in the village, where he meets Tatyana Larina, a thoughtful, dreamy county young lady. She writes him a love letter - and here the selfishness and coldness of Onegin's soul are fully manifested. He teaches her life, reads her an insensitive rebuke, rejects her love.

The case brings Onegin to a young neighbor Lensky. Lensky is a romantic, he is far from reality, his feelings are genuine and direct. With Onegin, they are completely different. A quarrel arises between them, a duel follows, and Onegin kills Lensky in this duel. And then, with even greater longing from remorse for this involuntary, unnecessary villainy, he leaves to wander around Russia.

Onegin returns to St. Petersburg, meets again with Tatiana. But what is it? What a striking change. At the sight of Onegin, her eyebrow did not even move. An indifferent princess, an impregnable goddess.

What happens to Onegin? "Care of youth - love? .."

In his soul, previously cold and prudent, a tender feeling began to glow. But now he is rejected. By sacrificing her love and Onegin's love, Tatyana may have shown the main character the path to moral and spiritual rebirth.

Eugene Onegin is a product of a secular society, he observes the rules of decency, but at the same time, light is alien to him. The secret here lies not in society, but in itself. In his inability to work, to live with firm ideals and goals. He has no tasks to solve, he does not find true meaning in anything.

Why does Pushkin put his hero, as the bearer of a lofty idea - the human person, its freedom and rights, in such a strange position, why in the minds of this person is the hero unsuccessful and insolvent? The explanation here can be twofold. According to the first version, Pushkin created his hero under the influence of Byron, and thus Onegin is an echo of those heroes, "anxious types", imbued with skepticism and disappointment, which Western culture put forward at that time, and as such, being transplanted into foreign soil , they are actually unsuccessful and untenable here.

Another explanation may lie in the fact that such "anxious types" could have arisen independently on Russian soil, thanks in part to the same Western culture on the one hand, and on the other hand, thanks to Russian life, which provided sufficient material for skepticism and for disappointment.

Their inconsistency and unsuitability for Russian life was first realized by Pushkin, and this consciousness penetrated into our public self-consciousness, which is proved by all our subsequent Russian literature. These "anxious types" continued to exist for a long time in our literature in the works of Lermontov, Griboyedov, Turgenev and other authors, with the same character of inconsistency and unsuitability for Russian life.

Conclusion

Pushkin introduced into our public consciousness the lofty idea of ​​the human personality, its freedom and its rights, but at the same time he introduced into our consciousness the fact that this lofty idea is in the hands of our progressive people, who have both education and upbringing, often, and for the most part, it breaks down on their personal egoism, as a result of which it does not bring the expected results. Whereas in the mass of the Russian people the idea flickers like a spark under a mass of ashes, and at every opportunity is ready to catch fire, moving the mass and each individual person to great feats.

The poem "Eugene Onegin" is a real encyclopedia of the life of a Russian person in the 19th century. The novel in verse was created during the years 1823-1831. It clearly shows the stylistic features of realism. The different strata of the Russian population of that time period are depicted very succinctly and accurately. The initial chapters were written by a young poet, and in the final chapters it is felt that the author is a person with great life experience. This novel traces the maturation of A. S. Pushkin as a creator.

History of creation

The great poet worked on his brainchild for more than seven years. The author considered the novel "Eugene Onegin" a magnificent creation. Along with "Boris Godunov" he called him a feat. In a fascinating work, the dramatic fate of the noble intelligentsia is revealed. All this takes place against the backdrop of pictures of Russian life.

Work on the essay began in May 1823 in Chisinau. At this time the poet was in exile. Pushkin decided to write a realistic novel in verse, abandoning romanticism as the leading creative principle.

But still, the first pages still have romantic features. The original idea was to have nine chapters. However, due to political issues, one chapter had to be removed - Onegin's Journey. Some of its fragments are present in the application. Researchers of Alexander Sergeevich's work indicate that this chapter describes how Eugene Onegin becomes an observer near the Odessa pier. After that there were quite sharp judgments and remarks. Fearing possible persecution by the authorities, Pushkin destroyed this fragment.

Time of the novel

The poem "Eugene Onegin" covers numerous events (from 1819 to 1825). Firstly, it was the reign of Alexander the First. Secondly, those were the years of the development of Russian society. Thirdly, the period from before the Decembrist uprising.

The time of action and creation of the novel practically coincide. Indeed, in general, it reflected the important events of the first quarter of the 19th century.

Like a poem by Lord Byron called "Don Juan" A. S. Pushkin created his own novel. "Eugene Onegin", whose poems seem to be collected in colorful chapters, is rightfully considered the best literary creation of the 19th century.

It is not for nothing that the novel is called the encyclopedia of its time. From the text you can learn about tastes and their preferences in clothes, about fashion, as well as about values. “Eugene Onegin” describes literally the whole of Russian life.

Editions

The poem was published gradually, in separate issues, each of which included one chapter. The brightest passages were published in almanacs and magazines. Each chapter was awaited with great impatience, it was perceived as a great event in Russian literature. The very first chapter was published in 1825. Readers could purchase the complete edition in one volume from 1833. Shortly before the death of Pushkin (in January 1837), the printing house of I. Glazunov released the novel in mini-format.

It was planned to sell 5,000 copies during the year (five rubles per book). However, after the death of the poet, the entire circulation was sold out in a week.

In 1988, a circulation of 15,000 copies was published (Kniga publishing house).

Plot

The poem opens with the lamentations of a young nobleman about the illness of his uncle. Already here the character of Eugene Onegin is manifested. He has to come to St. Petersburg to say goodbye to the patient. The first chapter tells about the origin, family and life of the protagonist before receiving the sad news.

Secular entertainment and love affairs filled the life of a young man in St. Petersburg. But all this bothers him. When Eugene comes to his uncle in the village, he learns that the relative has already died. The young man becomes his sole heir.

Eugene Onegin falls into a deep depression (an analysis of his image is in a separate section). He begins to make friends with his neighbor Lensky, who is the complete opposite of Onegin. Vladimir is an ardent and passionate romantic poet who is in love with Olga Larina. Eugene is quite surprised by the choice of a friend, hinting that he would have chosen Tatyana. The latter falls in love with Onegin and writes him a frank letter with declarations of love. However, the cold nobleman rejects her.

Onegin finds himself at a dinner with the Larins. Out of boredom, he begins courting Olga, making his friend jealous. Lensky challenges him to a duel. The duel ends with Vladimir's death, and Yevgeny leaves the village.

Another meeting with Tatyana who fell in love with him happens three years later. Now she is an important society lady, the wife of a general. Onegin falls in love with her, but attempts to woo the girl end in failure. Now she refuses him, although she does not hide that she still loves. But fidelity and family are beyond feelings for her.

This is where the story ends. The characterization of the novel "Eugene Onegin" continues with a description of the main characters.

Characters

• Onegin.
• Tatyana Larina.
• Vladimir Lensky.
• Olga Larina.
• Nanny Tatiana.
• Zaretsky (second).
• Husband of Tatyana Larina, whose name is not indicated.
• Author (Pushkin himself).

Dmitry and Praskovya Larins (father and mother), uncle Evgeny, Moscow cousin of the Larins, and others are mentioned.

"Eugene Onegin". Analysis of Tatyana's letter

A young provincial girl in a letter to Onegin confesses the feelings that have flared up in her. In the 19th century, it was not customary for young ladies to be the first to declare their love. However, Tatyana consciously crosses over moral prohibitions. Her pride suffers from this, she torments herself with doubts, she is overcome by conflicting feelings. Despite all this, the girl acts decisively. The letter reveals her subtle and romantic nature. It is not at all surprising that Tatyana is experiencing such passionate feelings. The girl from childhood loved French novels. She always dreamed of finding her hero so that she could throw out emotions. The choice fell on Onegin not by chance. He seemed special to her, not at all like other villagers. He was mysterious and enigmatic to her. It was about such a hero that Tatyana dreamed. She believed that Eugene would certainly understand and love her. She is very worried about the written lines and is ashamed of them. Suddenly, the nanny who enters notices a blush on the girl's face, but considers this a sign of health. Tatyana gives the letter and fearfully awaits the result.

Characteristics of the main character

The image of Eugene Onegin is very complex and controversial. This is a young landowner who did not receive proper attention and proper education in childhood. He grew up without a mother, deprived of the necessary affection and warmth. The father had nothing to do with his son. He entrusted it to tutors. Therefore, Onegin became a selfish person. He was only concerned with his own desires, and the suffering of other people was absolutely uninteresting. The image of Eugene Onegin is striking in its composure. It can touch the nerve of almost anyone. Eugene is able to offend greatly, without noticing that he has done a bad deed. Unfortunately, everything good and beautiful that was hidden deep in his soul remained undeveloped. Eugene's whole life is sheer laziness and boredom. Saturated with monotonous pleasures, he does not see anything joyful in life.

non-fictional hero

The image of Eugene Onegin is not invented. This is a typical young man of that time. Such youths are different from the representatives of the ruling class. They are nobler, more conscientious and smarter. Such themselves, social structure and personal environment. Onegin has high views and demands on life. Having met Lensky, who graduated from the best university in Germany, he can argue with him on any topic. He appreciates friendship with Vladimir very much. In relation to Tatyana and Lensky, such a feature of him as goodwill is revealed.

By the end of the novel, the image of Eugene Onegin is transformed. We already see a sincere lover. He is different. But his love came too late. Tatyana, although she has feelings, is not ready to betray her husband. Now Eugene understands how stupid he was before. He regrets that he missed such a girl and possible happiness. But awareness comes too late, nothing can be changed.

The poem by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is one of the best creations of the 19th century. The poet worked on his brainchild for seven years. The work can be called a socio-psychological novel in poetic form. It is written in simple and easy language. The author pays much attention to the depiction of the characters and emotional experiences of his characters: Onegin, Lensky, Tatyana, Olga, the girls' mother, nanny and others.

The central character of "Eugene Onegin", a novel in verse, after which the work is named, is a native of St. Petersburg, a young nobleman, spoiled by social evenings and receptions. He is single and is able to make a worthy party of any of the "elite" brides. Eugene's manners are not just good, they are "polished" to a shine. And it costs him nothing to turn the head of even the most selective lady.

Onegin is good-looking, courteous, educated, dressed in the latest fashion and closely monitors his appearance. Despite the fact that the hero has lived in the world for a little over a quarter of a century and is constantly in the circle of noisy friends, his existence is poisoned by a depressive state. This "noble" spleen is connected with the uncertainty in which Eugene lives. He gravitates towards a free, unencumbered life, but among the idle crowd he feels lonely. What he would like to devote his life to, the Pushkin hero does not yet know. Inconstancy in relations, parties, small talk, where the hero has no equal, he was rather tired of it. But in order to devote himself to hard work, Onegin is too lazy. Perhaps this is how the “crisis of 30 years” crept up to the young master.

Being at a crossroads, he comes to a deep province to enter into the inheritance left to him by his dying uncle. Eugene stays at a new estate. And from the unhurried village life, he begins to mope even more. To somehow unwind, he makes friends with a neighbor, a local romantic and poet Vladimir Lensky, who introduces him to the Larin family. Lensky is wooing their youngest daughter Olga. Onegin immediately notes that her older sister is much more interesting. Tatyana falls in love with a city guest literally from the first minutes of meeting. Brought up on French novels, the girl writes a letter to the chosen one of her heart in French, where she confesses her love to him. But Eugene rejects the ardor of the girl, because he understands that such a party as Tatyana Larina was created exclusively for marriage relationships. The hero is not yet ready to marry.

Some time later, Lensky brings Onegin to a party at the Larins' house. Tatyana's name day is being celebrated. Evgeny gets bored, gets angry at his young friend and dances and flirts with his fiancee for "humorous" revenge. Lensky, out of jealousy, challenges the city slicker to a duel. The joke turns into a tragedy - a young poet dies during a duel. Onegin leaves the village and goes on a long journey.

Returning to St. Petersburg two years later, the hero meets Tatiana at a ball, now a married lady. Continuing to love him, the girl agreed to marry a rich man, Prince N. Now she is cold and impregnable for Onegin. Seeing her different, Eugene realizes that he is in love. He writes and sends letters to Tatyana, but does not receive answers. Having achieved a personal meeting, Onegin ardently confesses his love. But the "new" Tatyana firmly refuses him, explaining that he was late, and she will never break her oath of allegiance to her husband. The hero remains alone and hears the steps of Prince N approaching.

Onegin quotes

We all learned a little
Something and somehow
So education, thank God,
It's easy for us to shine...

You can be a good person
And think about the beauty of the nails...

Who lived and thought, he cannot
Don't despise people in your heart...

The less we love a woman,
The easier it is for her to like us
And the more we ruin it
Among seductive nets...

But pitiful is the one who foresees everything,
Whose head is not spinning ...

Dashing fashion, our tyrant,
The disease of the newest Russians...

And here is the public opinion!
Spring of honor, our idol!
And that's what the world revolves on!...

Moscow ... how much in this sound
Merged for the Russian heart!
How much he resonated! ...

Talking too often
We are happy to accept...

Blessed is he who was young from his youth,
Blessed is he who has matured in time...

Give you forbidden fruit
And without that, paradise is not paradise for you ...

Love for all ages...

I thought: liberty and peace
replacement for happiness.
My God! How wrong I was...

Eugene Onegin is portrayed by Pushkin as a "young rake". As a boy, Eugene grows up carefree and careless, because his teacher, a Frenchman by birth, teaches him everything "jokingly" so that "the child is not exhausted." Therefore, Eugene did not receive a proper education. Having become a young man, he quickly becomes a regular at social events, because he was able to easily fit into the circles of high society, thanks to his knowledge of French and the ability to dance.

In dealing with lovely ladies, Onegin quickly masters the “science of tender passion”, deftly winning the hearts of beauties:

How early could he be hypocritical,
Hold hope, be jealous
disbelieve, make believe
To seem gloomy, to languish,
Be proud and obedient
Attentive or indifferent.

Onegin, thanks to his ability to charm women, constantly received invitations to various receptions in society, receiving several notes daily in which he was invited to attend some social event.

Onegin is a well-groomed and fashionable young man who carefully monitors his appearance and his clothes, he spent a lot of time at the mirror, in his arsenal of cosmetics were:

Perfume in cut crystal;
Combs, steel files,
Straight scissors, curved
And brushes of thirty kinds
For both nails and teeth.

Going to the next entertainment event, he preened himself in front of the mirror for a very long time and “like a windy Venus came out of the restroom ...”

Onegin was spoiled by female attention, he was used to a free and free way of life, when he easily got all the best. He was not accustomed to responsibility, to obligations, all his connections with women were fleeting and frivolous. Constant carelessness, repeated daily, eventually disgusted Onegin, ceased to bring him satisfaction:

No: early feelings in him cooled down;
He was tired of the light noise;
The beauties didn't last long
The subject of his habitual thoughts;
Treason managed to tire;
Friends and friendship are tired.

It was in this state, when he was tired of entertainment, betrayal and intrigue, that Onegin went to the village, where he met Tatyana. And although Onegin was a “rake” and “dandy”, a narcissistic and spoiled by female attention man, who knew how to perfectly “play” on the strings of the female soul, he could skillfully pretend and be hypocritical, he was able to treat Tatyana with respect and understanding. After her declaration of love for him, Onegin did not laugh at her, did not spread rumors, he tried to speak frankly with her, wishing her to fall in love with a more worthy man.

Onegin also shows his kind and understanding character in relation to his friend, Vladimir. He condescendingly and patiently listens to his romantic reasoning, without inserting his "cooling word", assuming that with age Lensky's "bliss" will pass anyway:

And without me the time will come;
Let him live for now
Let the world believe in perfection;
Forgive the fever of youth
And youthful fever and youthful delirium.

Before the duel with Lensky took place, Onegin feels guilty, he is tormented by the conscience that he could not cool the poet's ardor. He realizes that his friend is too young, too hot. Onegin is aware that in vain he played such a cruel joke with his friend, laughing at his "tender and timid love." But still, he is too proud to ask for forgiveness from Lensky and prevent the duel, besides, he does not want to hear "the laughter of fools", because refusing to duel can be taken by society as cowardice.

Onegin, after all, is a very ambiguous personality. Tatyana herself, thinking about him, says:

A sad and dangerous eccentric,
Creation of hell or heaven
This angel, this arrogant demon,
What is he? Is it an imitation
An insignificant ghost, or else
Muscovite in Harold's cloak,
Alien whims interpretation,
Words fashion full lexicon?
Isn't he a parody?

Such reasoning arose from Tatyana after studying the books she found in Onegin’s house, these were works “in which the age was reflected and modern man is depicted quite correctly ...”
Tatyana leafed through the pages and saw on many of them Onegin's marks, where his soul "involuntarily expresses itself."

All this suggests that Eugene Onegin was still a thinking person, with a living and feeling soul, not completely corrupted by secular society.