Essay: What does “living” mean for Mtsyri. What is the meaning of life for Mtsyri and do I agree with him (Lermontov M. Yu.) Several interesting essays

- You lived, old man!
There is something in the world for you to forget,
You lived - I could also live!

At the beginning of his confession, Mtsyri addresses these fiery words to the monk listening to him. His speech contains both a bitter reproach to those who, albeit unconsciously, deprived him of the best part of his life, and a painful awareness of his own loss. These words are spoken on his deathbed, and the hero will never again have to taste real life. But what does it mean to live for Mtsyri?

To answer this question, let’s first look at the composition of the poem “Mtsyri”. The poem is divided by the author into two unequal parts. One, occupying only a page, tells about Mtsyri’s life in the monastery, while the remaining lines of the poem are entirely devoted to Mtsyri’s escape from the monastery. With this compositional technique, Lermontov emphasizes an important idea: Mtsyri’s life in the monastery was not life at all, it was a simple physical existence. There is nothing to write about this time, because it is monotonous and boring. Mtsyri himself understands that he is not living, but is simply slowly moving towards death. In the monastery, everyone has “lost the habit of desires”; not only human feelings, but even a simple ray of sunshine do not penetrate here. “I will die a slave and an orphan” - this is the fate that awaits Mtsyri in the monastery, and realizing this, he decides to flee.

Mtsyri’s real life stopped at the moment when he, still a very small boy, was taken away from his native village, and then continued again - for three days of escape. Three days of freedom, to which an entire poem is dedicated! To live free, in accordance with one’s dreams and desires (and Mtsyri strives to get home, to his homeland), to breathe free air - this is what it means to live for the hero Mtsyri and for his author.

Real life is always fraught with risk and requires constant struggle for it - this motive begins to sound in the poem from the moment Mtsyri leaves the monastery walls. Mtsyri escapes on a stormy night, when all the monks, frightened by the thunderstorm, “lie prostrate at the altar” and forget about their pupil. The hero is not afraid of the thunderstorm; on the contrary, it delights him with its unbridled power and awakens in him a long-forgotten sense of life. This is how he himself talks about it:

- I ran. Oh I'm like a brother
I would be glad to embrace the storm!
I watched with the eyes of a cloud,
I caught lightning with my hand...

And in these lines one can hear undisguised admiration for the beauty and power of nature revealed to him.

Risk awakens in Mtsyri an awareness of his youth and strength, which was uselessly vegetating in the monastery. Going down to the menacingly seething stream, clinging to branches and stones, is just a pleasant exercise for the young man. A real feat, a battle with a leopard, awaits him ahead. This episode of the poem was very important for Lermontov. The poet drew inspiration for him from ancient Georgian songs about a duel between a young man and a tiger. Later, critics accused the poet of violating authenticity: leopards are not found in the Caucasus, and Mtsyri simply could not meet the beast. But Lermontov goes to the extent of violating natural authenticity for the sake of preserving artistic truth. In the collision of two completely free, beautiful consciousnesses of nature, the reader is revealed the face of true life in the Caucasus, a life that is free, cheerful and not subject to any laws. Let's pay attention to how the beast is described in the poem:

"... Raw bone
He gnawed and squealed joyfully;
Then he fixed his bloody gaze,
Wagging its tail affectionately,
For a full month - and on it
The wool was cast in silver.”

“Fun”, “affectionately” - not the slightest fear or discontent sounds in Mtsyri’s words, he admires his opponent and recognizes him as his equal. He rejoices at the upcoming battle, in which he will be able to show his courage, prove that in his homeland he would be “not one of the last daredevils.” Freedom and mutual respect not only for man, but also for nature - this is exactly what real life should be. And how different it is from monastic life, where a person is called “God’s servant!”

It is not surprising after all this that Mtsyri, again returned to the monastery, cannot live. Now he clearly understands the difference between life here and life in the wild, and his death is a kind of protest.

The grave doesn't scare me:
There, they say, suffering sleeps
In the cold eternal silence;
But I’m sorry to part with life.
I'm young, young...

How much despair and insane thirst for life, young, unspent life in these words! But not every life is valuable, some life is worse than death, Lermontov tells us about this.

Mtsyri dies, fixing his gaze on the Caucasus Mountains, on his distant homeland. There, in the village, where his sisters sang and his father sharpened weapons, where old people gathered in the evenings near their houses, there remained his unlived life, his real destiny. After death, he will be freed from captivity, and his soul will fly to where it so longed. Perhaps it is then that his real life will begin - such hope, clearly heard in the last lines of the poem, Lermontov leaves to the reader.

Work test

You want to know what I did

Free? Lived...

"Mtsyri" is one of the greatest works of Russian and world literature. It describes the aspirations for freedom, the dream of a homeland.

I. Andronnikov said that Mtsyri is Lermontov’s second self. This means that this poem describes the aspirations and feelings of Lermontov himself. And he conveyed this perfectly to his hero. After reading the poem, you can understand the soul, penetrate into the author’s intention. Lermontov, like Mtsyri, was far from his homeland and dreamed of freedom.

Mtsyri is a proud, brave, lonely, gloomy young man. BUT in him, under the monastic robe, the heart of a hero beats and such traits as determination, inspiration, and intransigence merge. Mtsyri longs for freedom and strives for a distant, inaccessible homeland.

During the three days that Mtsyri lived in free will, he learned the price of freedom. He called these three days life, because during the entire life that he lived behind the monastery walls in captivity, he did not feel the pleasure, the thrill that he felt in freedom, among the forests and fields.

And my life

Without these three blissful days

It would be sadder and gloomier

Your powerless old age.

Mtsyri’s desire for freedom is inextricably linked with the dream of returning to his homeland.

I lived little and lived in captivity.

Such two lives in one,

But only full of anxiety

I would trade it if I could.

A life full of anxieties, passions, hatred and love - this is what Mtsyri calls life. Living for him means feeling anxious, fighting and winning. During his three days of freedom, he experienced a sense of independence.

Mtsyri saw nothing except the old crumbling walls of his “prison”; he did not know what the world was like outside the gates of the monastery that were closed to him.

The boy who ended up in the monastery was very weak, timid, and sick, but he died proudly and with endurance. He was quiet beyond his age, taciturn and “wild.” And Mtsyri sadly asked the monk:

Old man: "I've heard many times

That you saved me from death -

For what?...."

Mtsyri realized early on that he would never quench his thirst for freedom and longing for his homeland in the monastery he hated. He escaped despite the uncertainty of the world awaiting him, because the thought of his homeland burned in his soul.

I knew only the power of thoughts,

One but fiery passion:

She lived like a worm inside me,

Gnawed out my soul and burned it

And there, in freedom, among the dark forests and flowering fields, Mtsyri relieved his chest, breathing in the long-awaited freedom. And only among this beautiful nature, free, independent from anyone, Mtsyri learns what a real free life is. But the longing that lived in Mtsyri’s soul, longing for the Fatherland, for relatives, did not find peace among this nature untouched by time and the enthusiastic feeling of freedom.

Mtsyri died without realizing his lifelong dream of visiting the Fatherland, his native land, at least once again. Continuing his former monastic life meant giving up the freedom that he had so recently learned the value of, and the ardent dream of his homeland. He was ready to give everything just to visit at least a little of the cherished places where he spent his childhood and where his memory returns.

Alas! - for a few minutes

Between steep and dark rocks.

Where did I play as a child?

I would trade heaven and eternity...

Mtsyri merges two highest feelings: Motherland and freedom. Mtsyri is one of my favorite book characters. He has the qualities of many heroes of books, but in this poem such feelings as love for the Motherland, for freedom, the desire to live freely, independently lead the thought to an involuntary admiration of the poet. For all these qualities: for the love of life, for freedom, I love the tireless hero of the poem and this poem as a whole.

Updated: 2018-02-17

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8G grade. Remote knowledge on literature (Lermontov “Mtsyri”)

1) Read:

1. textbook article about Lermontov (p. 247 – 249);

2. Lermontov’s poem “Mtsyri” (p. 250 – 268)

3. support material (below)

. "Mtsyri". Development of the literary tradition of the romantic poem.

Romantic hero and romantic conflict.

The poet began working on the poem “Mtsyri” in 1837.

Lermontov was exiled by the Tsar to the Caucasus. From your history course you know that the tsarist government waged a long war with the mountaineers. Lermontov fought in the most remote and dangerous point of the Caucasian line. But he not only fought, he admired the mountain landscapes of the Caucasus, the history of the proud mountain people.

When contemplating the beautiful mountain views of the Caucasus, its cathedrals and monasteries, the past came to life in Lermontov’s imagination. Impressions from the Mtskheta Cathedral were reflected in the poem “Mtsyri”.

First of all, the unusual title of the poem attracts attention. "Mtsyri" translated from Georgian – non-serving monk, stranger, foreigner, stranger.

Mtsyri is a “natural person”, living not according to the far-fetched laws of the state that suppress human freedom, but according to the natural laws of nature, allowing a person to open up and realize his aspirations. But the hero is forced to live in captivity, within the walls of a monastery alien to him.

The plot is based on - true story about a mountain boy brought to the monastery by a Russian officer and remained in it until the end of his days. Lermontov changed the ending of the story about the fate of the monk.

Lermontov makes the main character of the poem a dying young man who “he lived little and lived in captivity”. All his life (short, short) he was gripped by a longing for freedom, a desire for freedom, which was all the more uncontrollable because he languished not just in captivity, but in a monastery - a stronghold of spiritual unfreedom (monks (monks) voluntarily renounced all the joys of life) . And although the monks pitied him and took care of him, existence in The “protective walls” of the monastery turned out to be unbearable for him.

Plot and composition

The poem "Mtsyri" is a romantic work. Its plot is simple: it is the story of the short life of a young man, a novice in a Georgian monastery. Brought as a seriously ill prisoner to this monastery, he was left in the care of the monks by the Russian general. Having recovered after some time, he gradually “got used to captivity,” “was baptized by the holy father,” and “already wanted to take a monastic vow in the prime of his life,” when he suddenly decided to escape on one of the stormy autumn nights. Trying to return to his native country, from which he was torn out as a child, Mtsyri wanders in the forest for three days. Having killed a leopard in battle and was seriously wounded, Mtsyri was found by the monks “in the steppe unconscious” and returned to the monastery. But the plot of the poem is not composed of these external facts of the protagonist’s life, but of his experiences.

The composition of the work is unique: the poem consists of an introduction, a short story by the author about the life of the hero and the confession of the hero, and the order of events during the presentation is changed.

The narrative begins with a short introduction, where the author paints a view of an abandoned monastery.

The small 2nd chapter tells about Mtsyri’s past: how he ended up in the monastery, how he escaped and was soon found dying.

The remaining 24 chapters are a monologue-confession of the hero. Mtsyri talks about those “three blissful days” that he spent in freedom to the monk.

Confession form allows the author to reveal the inner world of his hero, because the main task of the writer is not so much to show the events of the hero’s life, but reveal his inner world. The old man silently listens to the fugitive, and this allows the reader to see everything that happens to the hero exclusively through the eyes of the hero himself.

At the center of the poem is the image of an unfortunate young man who finds himself in a world unfamiliar and alien to him. He is not intended for monastic life. In the 3rd, 4th and 5th chapters, the young man talks about his life in the monastery and opens his soul: it turns out that humility with captivity was apparent, but in fact he “knew only thought power, One fiery passion: she, like a worm,” lived in him, “gnawed his soul and burned it. She called him “from the stuffy cells and prayers to that wonderful world of worries and battles, Where rocks hide in the clouds, Where people are free like eagles.” His only desire is to be free, to experience life with all its joys and sorrows, to love, to suffer.

In chapters 6 and 7, the fugitive talks about what he saw “in the wild.” The world of majestic Caucasian nature that opened up before the young man contrasts sharply with the appearance of the gloomy monastery. Here the hero is so immersed in memories that he forgets about himself and says nothing about his feelings. The words with which he paints pictures of nature characterize him as an integral, fiery nature:

From the 8th chapter the story of a three-day wandering begins. The sequence of events is no longer disrupted; the reader moves step by step with the hero, experiences things with him. Mtsyri talks about meeting a young Georgian woman, about how he lost his way, about the battle with a leopard.

Chapters 25 and 26 - Mtsyri’s farewell and his will. Realizing during his wanderings that “there will never be a trace to his homeland,” the novice is ready to die. Those three days that he spent in freedom became the most vivid memory in the young man’s life. Death for him is deliverance from the monastery-prison. The only thing the hero regrets is that his “cold and dumb corpse will not decay in his native land, and the tale of bitter torment” will not “call him between the deaf walls, no one’s sorrowful attention to the dark name” of him. Therefore, he asks the elder to bury him in the garden, from where the Caucasus is visible. His thoughts, even before his death, are about his Motherland.

All the features of the plot and composition of the poem “Mtsyri” allow us to focus the reader’s attention on the character of the main character.

The role of the lyrical monologue.

Monologue Mtsyri wears nature of confession. And this not even a monologue, but a dialogue-argument(although we never hear the words of Mtsyri’s interlocutor).

What is the young man arguing about with his confessor? What does it reject? What does it claim?

This dispute is a clash of opposing views on life, a clash of worldviews.

On the one side – humility, passivity, fear of shocks, rejection of earthly joys and pathetic hopes for heavenly paradise.

On the other side – thirst for storm, anxiety, battle, struggle, passion for freedom, deeply poetic perception of nature and beauty, protest against spiritual slavery.

What does it mean for Mtsyri to live?

What did Mtsyri see in freedom?

Monologue, confession of Mtsyri is not in the nature of repentance, the hero is less inclined to talk about the sinfulness of his thoughts and deeds, to beg for the forgiveness of the Almighty for them. Mtsyri’s monologue is not a confession in the church sense, but most likely a sermon on freedom.

Defending his rights to will and happiness, he denies the very foundations of religious morality and monastic existence. Not “stuffy cells and prayers”, A “a wonderful world of anxiety and battles”, not loneliness in "dark walls", A "fatherland, home, friends, relatives", communication with loved ones and lovely people.

Mtsyri's thoughts rush to the country of their fathers, the land of abundance, luxurious, free nature, wise, proud, warlike people, united by friendship and military brotherhood. The hero's thoughts and desires are high and selfless.

The atmosphere of slavish humility, self-abasement and submission is alien to his fiery, rebellious, inquisitive nature. He wants to penetrate into the very essence of existence.

Find out if the earth is beautiful

Find out for freedom or prison

We are born into this world.

Landscape and its functions.

- How does Mtsyri see nature in the wild?

Mtsyri in his story chooses the most impressive pictures of Caucasian nature, helping to understand his feelings and experiences at that moment.

The young man was faced not only with the beauty of the world around him, but also with the terrible and ugly in it, nature was not only favorable, but also merciless to him u.

At the beginning of the poem nature is depicted in bright colors (chapter 6 ). Nature (before meeting the Georgian woman – chapter 11 ) filled with bliss and a premonition of happiness, love.

At the end his story the valley appears like a scorched desert (chapter 22) .

And yet Mtsyri became convinced that the world is beautiful. The power and grandeur of Caucasian nature corresponded to the spiritual strength of the hero, his love of freedom and fiery feeling.

Analysis of the episode “Meeting with the Leopard.”

How do we see Mtsyri in this battle?

Episode of meeting with a leopard - a hymn to strength, courage, resistance to hostile circumstances.

...with a triumphant enemy

he met death face to face,

What should a fighter do in battle?..

And these lines are not only about the dead leopard. After all, it’s also proud "gathering the rest of my strength", boldly looking death in the face, Mtsyri himself dies.

How could the episode “Fight with the Leopard” attract different artists?

Looking at illustrations by Konstantinov and Favorsky?

- Why did Belinsky call Mtsyri “Lermontov’s favorite ideal”?

Belinsky said that Mtsyri is Lermontov’s favorite ideal, What is this “reflection in poetry of the shadow of his own personality”.

It’s hard for a young man to say goodbye to life. He bitterly blames himself for his inability to achieve the desired freedom.. The final mournful lines of the poem resonate with pain in the hearts of readers.

But, physically broken (“the prison left its mark on me...”), the hero reveals enormous strength of spirit, and until the last moments he remains faithful to his ideal. Any thought of heavenly harmony is alien to him:

Alas - in a few minutes

Between steep and dark rocks,

Where did I play as a child?

I would trade heaven and eternity...

Dying but not conquered, he is symbol of courage and will.

The poem “Mtsyri” glorifies the beauty of feat in the name of freedom, the strength that determination gives to the individual.

The meaning of the epigraph isrebellion against fate, disobedience, defense of the natural rights of man who deserves freedom and happiness.

- So what is this poem about?

The meaning of the poem broader (not only against religious morality, dogma).

Progressive people, the poet's contemporaries, and the poet himself, felt in Nikolaev Russia as in a prison, a dungeon. Hence the motives of prisonerhood, which are fused with the motives of longing for freedom, the desire for struggle, freedom.

The meaning of the poemLermontov - to glorify the power of will, courage, rebellion and struggle, no matter what tragic results they lead to.

What feeling remains after reading the poem?

Answer the textbook questions(pp. 268-269).

During the classes

Teacher's word (part 1, slide No. 1)

The poem “Mtsyri” by M. Yu. Lermontov has been read. Passionate, written as if in one breath. You undoubtedly liked her. At the center of the poem is the image of a young man, placed by life in unusual conditions. In his confession before his death, he will tell the monk: “Do you want to know what I did in freedom? Lived!”

The main task of our lesson- answer the questions:

What does it mean for Mtsyri to live?

What is the meaning of life for Mtsyri?

(these problematic questions are written on the board. The teacher asks the students write down the date and topic of the lesson in your notebook- problematic issues).

Lesson objectives: (slide No. 2)

In this lesson we will try

Answer the questions written on the board;

Get acquainted with the history of the created poem;

Strengthens reasoning skills on a literary topic;

Repeat basic artistic techniques;

Reveal the content of the new literary concept “monologue-confession”.

Let's start our lesson from checking homework, which was mainly given individually and will be heard throughout the lesson.

So, 1st task. Historical reference. The history of the creation of the poem "Mtsyri". ( Presentation, slides No. 3-12).

I remind you, plot of the poem. It is simple: the story of Mtsyri’s short life, the story of a failed attempt to escape from the monastery, the inevitable death of the hero.

Composition of the poem very unique: after a short introduction depicting the view of an abandoned monastery, the short second chapter tells the whole life of Mtsyra, and all the other chapters (there are 24 of them) present the hero’s monologue about three days spent in freedom.

The following homework will help us understand how Mtsyri lived in the monastery, why he was so eager to leave its walls.

(Implementation of homework “The Life of Mtsyri in the Monastery.”

Guys, who in the poem is incomprehensible and alien to Mtsyri?

Of course, monks.

The fact that the monks did not understand Mtsyri’s experiences and aspirations is evidenced by the beginning of the poem. It is written from an author who talks about the life of a boy, what it is like introduced herself to the monks.

Prove this by working with the text. For work, I offer you chapters 2,3,20,26 (slide No. 13,14).

So what about think monks and what about thinks Mtsyri?

(Students work with the text, choosing material to fill out the table. There is a table on the screen, only the headings are open. Children fill out the table in a notebook and then checked on the screen).

Conclusion: if the monastery for Mtsyri is captivity, a dungeon, then the monks cannot seem like saviors to him. However, they cured him, clothed him, fed him, and took care of him. Why didn’t they become saviors after all?

(Answers, student reflections)

Teacher's summary:

But in return they demanded that he “make a monastic vow”, become a monk, and this means - to give up his hopes and dreams, because... monastic life is a withdrawal from people, from the world, a complete renunciation of the desires of one’s own personality. This is service to God, expressed in monotonously alternating fasts and prayers. The main condition of life in a monastery is obedience. Mtsyri doesn’t want to come to terms with this. He dreams of returning to his homeland.

- What kind of in Mtsyri’s imagination, in his “living dreams” homeland? What feelings does she awaken in him? Let's turn to the text. Which chapter?

-Expressive reading of chapter 7 (slide No. 15)

Now watch a video that will help you imagine even better Georgia, where the hero of the poem was so eager.

(Video “Caucasus”)

Remember from Lermontov: “Georgia! She bloomed... in the shade of her gardens."

The homeland appears so distant and desirable in Mtsyri’s imagination. The homeland is a “wonderful land of anxiety and battles,” where people are free, like birds. There is no talk here about the cruelty of laws, bloody sport, violence against captive mountaineers. Lermontov, like his hero, sees the Caucasus only from the positive side, where everything is close and dear. And what happens in Mtsyri’s life?

(He escapes from monastery captivity and escapes).

- What is the purpose of Mtsyri’s escape?

Confirm with text.

a) A long time ago I thought / To look at the distant fields,

Find out if the earth is beautiful / Find out whether it is for freedom or prison

We are born into this world.

b) My burning chest / Pressed with longing to the chest of another

Although not familiar, but dear

c) I lived little, and lived in captivity / Such two lives in one,

But only full of anxiety, I would trade it if I could

d) I have one goal - /To go to my native country - /I had in my soul...

(remember the distinctive features of romanticism in notebooks. One feature:

- Lermontov’s poem is romantic. Her hero is not like the people around him, he denies their life values, strives for something different. Prove this thought in the lines of Mtsyri’s confession. (chapter 3, page 328)

I knew only the power of the thought...

… Into that wonderful world of anxiety and battles.

Conclusion: The main passion of the hero is the desire to live fully, in a world of struggle and freedom, outside the walls of the monastery, in his distant beloved homeland.

-What did Mtsyri see and learn when he broke free? We'll talk about this after your work in pairs. On your tables there are sheets with tasks of different difficulty levels. You choose the option yourself (there are 6 of them). You have 5 minutes to complete the task. Who will read, who will answer the question.

Let's listen to the answers. Part 2 slides.

Escape from the monastery (lide No. 1).

Meeting with a Georgian woman (slide No. 2).

Fight with a leopard (slide No. 3).

The role of landscape in the poem (slide number 4).

Analysis of artistic means (slide No. 5).

I want to draw your attention to new for you word, which was heard several times in class. Who was paying attention? What is this word? Hint: this is a form of presentation of events ( confession).

-Write down the definition of the term (slide No. 6).

(It helps the poet in a psychologically plausible way, while gradually revealing Mtsyri’s inner world, because it allows him to experience with him everything that happened: monastic captivity, and the joy of freedom, and the rapture of the fight with the leopard, and the despair of did not make it to my home country).

Work with the article by V. G. Belinsky “Lermontov’s Poem”.

Which one conclusion can we do by listening to the guys?

(Man is born for freedom, not for prison).

- What word does Mtsyri use to unite all his experiences? All this is life!

“What did I do when I was free?” "Lived"

What does it mean for a hero to live for a hero?

(to be in constant search, anxiety, fight and win, and most importantly - experience the bliss of “holy freedom.”

-Have we answered the question posed at the beginning of the lesson?

And now I propose to turn to the epigraph of the poem. Let's re-read (slide number 7). Epigraph taken from the biblical legend about the Israeli king Saul and his son Jonathan, a youth “worthless and disobedient,” as his father called him in the heat of anger. One day Saul made an oath: whoever of his soldiers eats bread until the evening, until he takes revenge on his enemies, will be cursed and die. Jonathan broke the ban. Having arbitrarily attacked his enemies and defeated them, he, mortally tired, dipped a stick in a honeycomb in the forest. Saul, having learned about this, decided to kill his son.

What do the words of the epigraph mean? How do you understand it?

Turning to the biblical theme, the author focuses on the violation of prohibitions. According to the Bible, anyone who violates the prohibition will die. Here the poet is interested in something else: I’m dying, but I don’t dare break the ban. This epigraph translates the fate of Mtsyri and sets the philosophical level of confession: by honey the poet means the sweetness of freedom. (having tasted the sweetness of freedom, a person will no longer be able to live differently)

- How is the epigraph related to the theme and idea of ​​the work?

Theme "Mtsyri"- an image of a strong, brave, rebellious man, taken prisoner, who grew up in the dark walls of a monastery, suffering from oppressive living conditions and who, at the cost of risking his own life, decided to break free at the very moment when it was most dangerous.

Idea- 3 days of real life in freedom are better than many years of imprisonment within the walls of a monastery, where a person does not live fully, but exists. For the hero, death is better than life in a monastery. (What did the author want to say?)

Why do you think the poem has an open ending?

Each reader has his own answer to the question posed, each has his own opinion. You have to live with dignity so that you can answer without shame:

"You want to know what I did

Free? Lived..."

Test. Control of knowledge on the topic.

Ratings.

Homework (slide number 8).

Write an essay on the topic: “Who has Mtsyri become for me?”

Prepare for the test.

For Mtsyri (Lermontov’s hero) his whole life, I think, is freedom. For him she is the main one.

From early childhood he was almost captured - in a monastery. It's even stricter there. There are no prisoners or captives around who are also trying to break back into freedom. There is no one to make escape plans with, no one to talk to about what is important to you. And, on the other hand, there are no enemies. Gentle monks are hard to hate! The freedom-loving Mtsyri could not talk about freedom with them, because they simply did not understand him. The monks themselves renounce their will and come to tonsure themselves. It’s hard for them to live in the world... Young Mtsyri is a completely different matter.

The poem shows how he always admired the wild nature. I looked with admiration at the high mountains, at the free clouds, and inhaled the smells of freedom. He dreamed about her and had dreams. He had the option to resign himself, to forget about his dream, but for him it was absolutely impossible.

For the sake of this freedom, he escaped from the monastery, he betrayed the people who saved his life and, in principle, always wished him only the best. He risked his life... Although he did not know how to use this freedom. Yes, in his pursuit of her, he got lost in the forest, went hungry, and was wounded by a predator. He was excited by the image of a beautiful girl, but the beauty did not become his goal. And in the end, unfortunately, he became so weak that the same monks again saved him. Unlucky this time. But before his death, he was happy because of those short free days.

This is why I believe that the main thing in life, more valuable than life itself, for Mtsyri was will. Not love (it just began to emerge in his heart), not wealth (not at all), not security, not fame, not the Motherland... Mtsyri is a very romantic hero, but not in the rose-colored light of falling in love, but in the light of love for freedom. A real hero! But he was not at all ready to endure this very will. However, he had been striving for her for so long, waiting for her for so long, that she had become his passion – he had blinded him. So he didn’t see the danger... So with any dream you need to be very careful.

Essay The meaning of life Mtsyri

From the beginning of the work, Mtsyri turns to an old man who has lived for many years and has seen a lot of things, and after all, a young man could also know this whole life, but it is not given, he is a prisoner, his fate is predetermined.

In his words there is resentment, bitterness towards the one who, unconsciously, takes his life, and this understanding is not easy for the hero. After all, his thoughts occur when he is near death and he will no longer have the opportunity to experience what life is.

But what does it mean for the youngest man?

And in order to answer this question, we must first consider how this work is composed. It is divided into two different parts. The first part takes up only a page, telling about the fate of this character and the monastery. The second part is full of events of how he escapes from this place of residence.

Thus, the author highlights the main idea: the life of a young man in a monastery does not count at all, it is simply a physiological existence. There is no need to say much about this, because it has no colors, it is not interesting. The young man himself realizes that he does not live, but exists.

In the monastery, people do not have any goals, dreams, there are no feelings here, there is not even sun and warmth here. That’s why Mtsyri runs away from there, runs away, wanting to find his own “I”.

The true life of the young man ended when he, being very tiny, went from his native place to the monastery, and then began again when he ran away from it. Just three days. Three days of freedom, and this is what the work talks about. To be free, that’s his dream, that’s his desire! He wants to return to his homeland, he wants to breathe freely and freely - this is his real life!

But this life cannot be without risks and there is an eternal struggle here - this manifests itself when a young man leaves the walls of the monastery. He runs from the place where he has been for so long, he runs to his freedom, and he does this when it is raining heavily. Rain with thunderstorm.

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