The attitude of Chatsky to serfdom. The play "Woe from Wit". Griboyedov

In the autumn of 1824, the satirical play "Woe from Wit" was finally edited, which made AS Griboedov a Russian classic. A lot of acute and sick issues are considered this work. It deals with the opposition of the "present century" to the "age of the past", in which the themes of education, upbringing, morals, and order of government are touched upon, as well as the mores of the higher Moscow society, which by that time already lost all moral values and almost completely mired in Insincerity and falsehood. Now everything is sold and bought, even love and friendship. The writer Griboyedov constantly thinks about this and thinks about it. Chatsky is only an artistic hero who voices his thoughts. The most surprising thing about this work is that the phrases from it have become one of the most quoted in Russian literature.

"Woe from Wit". Comedy. Chatsky

Many of the winged expressions of the play "Woe from Wit" are used today in our everyday life, but now there is no point in listing them all. Initially, this work was forbidden by censorship, since the author's attacks on the existing system of autocracy with his serfdom, the organization of the army, and many others were very obvious.

The main hero - the young nobleman with progressive views - Chatsky became the expression of these very ideas. His opponent was a person from the Moscow aristocratic society - a gentleman and landowner Famusov.

The attitude of Chatsky to serfdom

These two were opposed to each other by their views on the state system. According to several quotations of the work, one can characterize the attitude of Chatsky to serfdom. It is in them is the whole meaning of the caustic satire of the comedy created by Griboyedov. These statements are not so much, but what they are!

Chatsky rose to the defense of the oppressed people and expressed himself at the expense of serfdom very emotionally and strongly. One part of these statements begins with the words: "That Nestor the rascals of the nobles, the crowd of surrounded servants ...". She only further emphasizes the indignation of the protagonist when it comes to serfs.

The word "Nestor" used at the beginning is treated as a "manager", that is, that Russian nobility, who owns serf people. The humiliated and outraged mob serves these high-ranking gentlemen faithfully, protects them from all sorts of misfortunes, and sometimes saves them from imminent death.

A dangerous person

As a result, they received "gratitude" in the form of an exchange of their - live people - for puppies of thoroughbred greyhounds. The attitude of Chatsky to serfdom is very obvious and negative. He does not hide his fury and contempt, his indignation is no limit. During this time he managed to spend three years abroad and returned to Moscow. From this follows the conclusion that Chatsky has seen many different societies and state devices that did not have serfdom. He was offended by his people and for the open form of slavery that was present in Russia in the 19th century.

Independent personality

There is another of his statements that followed the previous one, and it sounded like this: "Or the one who, for fads, has driven the fortress ballet on many waggons ...". Hence it is evident that often serfs used for the sake of fun, for the amusement or surprise of guests and friends. Chatsky recalls some noble nobleman (collective image), who created a ballet in which the serf people participated. For Chatsky this was a terrible example of the exploitation of living people as inanimate puppets. But the whole trouble was that when the owner needed it, he gave the serfs for debts as something.

The first utterance of Chatsky is exposing and severe, and the second contains a feeling of pity for poor people.

It is also interesting that Chatsky's attitude to serfdom does not imply direct attacks on Famusov. But this does not create doubts about the views of the hero, because he is a true patriot of independent freedom-loving views. Chatsky sincerely wishes prosperity to his homeland, despises careerism and vigilance, condemns all imitations abroad and believes that people should be respected and valued not for the number of serfs, but for his personal qualities.