An essay about. How the terrible world appears in creativity (Blok Alexander)

"Scary world" in the lyrics of A. A. Blok

Alexander Blok was a romantic poet not only in his system of depicting life, but also in the spirit of his perception. He created in a fit of inspiration, and
This ability remained with him throughout his life.
All the shocks of his time passed through the soul of A. Blok. The lyrical hero of his works was mistaken, rejoiced, denied, welcomed. This
was the poet’s path to people, the path to embodying human joys and suffering in his work.
Having created in his youth “Poems about a Beautiful Lady”, delightful in their ideological integrity, where everything is covered in an atmosphere of mystical mystery
and the miracle taking place, Blok will captivate readers with the depth and sincerity of the feeling that he told about lyrical hero. The world of the Beautiful Lady will be for
that poet the highest standard, to which, in his opinion, a person should strive. But in his desire to feel the fullness of life, the lyrical hero A.
Blok will descend from the heights of lonely happiness and beauty. He will find himself in the real, earthly world, which he will call the “terrible world.” The lyrical hero will be
live in this world, subordinating your destiny to the laws of its life.
A. Blok’s office will be the city – St. Petersburg squares and streets. It was there that the motives of his poem "Factory" were born, which
will sound unexpectedly sharp even for the poet himself. Before us is a world of social injustice, a world of social evil. From there, from the “yellow windows”,
"someone motionless, someone black, counting people in silence" going to the factory. These are the masters of life and the “weary backs” of the oppressed people. So a poet
clearly divides people into those who work and those who appropriate their labor. For the first time in his work, Blok so sharply and unambiguously stated the theme
people's suffering. But we are not only faced with oppressed people. These people are also humiliated:
“And in the yellow windows they will laugh that these beggars were cheated.”
And this makes the suffering of the lyrical hero worse.
The theme of a humiliated destitute man gets his due further development in the poem "On the Railroad". The railway here is
image-symbol. Before us Railway a life devoid of kindness, humanity, spirituality. People are driving along this road, their faces are flashing in the windows of the carriage.
- “sleepy, with an even gaze”, indifferent to everything. And “under an embankment, in an unmown ditch,” the image humiliated woman crushed by the wheels of this life,
an image of humiliated spirituality. This is the evolution that the female image undergoes in Blok’s lyrics - from the sublime Beautiful Lady to the creature
destroyed by the "terrible world".
Pictures of this soulless world pass before the reader in the poem "Stranger": "drunken shouts", "tested wits" in bowler hats, dust
alleys, “sleepy lackeys”, “drunkards with rabbit eyes” - this is where the lyrical hero has to live. All this clouds a person’s consciousness and rules him
fate. And the lyrical hero is lonely. But then the Stranger appears:
Breathing spirits and mists,
She sits by the window.
Peering at her, the lyrical hero wants to understand who is in front of him, he is trying to unravel his secret. For him, this means learning the secret of life.
The stranger here is a certain ideal of beauty, joy, and therefore admiration for her means admiration for the beauty of life. And the lyrical hero sees
“an enchanted shore and an enchanted distance,” that is what his soul longs for. But the poem ends tragically: the poet understands the illusory nature of his dream
to know the truth (“I know: the truth is in wine”).
This tragedy is further developed in the poem “I am nailed to a tavern counter.” His “soul is deaf... drunk drunk... drunk
drunk..." The lyrical hero lives with a feeling of death, mortal fatigue:
I've been drunk for a long time. I don't care.
There's my happiness - at three
Gone into the silver smoke...
The “terrible world” is not only around, it is also in the soul of the lyrical hero. But the poet will find the strength to come to an understanding of his path in life. About
This is his poem "The Nightingale Garden". How to live? Where to go? “Is punishment awaiting or reward?” These are the questions that the lyrical hero is trying to solve for himself
poems. The image of the nightingale’s garden is that world of beauty, goodness, and happiness that A. Blok preserved in his soul. But the lyrical hero leaves this world
cloudless happiness. So the theme of home turns into the theme of running away from home. The sounds of the surrounding world penetrate into the nightingale garden:
Silence the roar of the sea
The nightingale's song is not free!
The lyrical hero flees from this world, because the soul cannot help but hear, and conscience will not give the opportunity to find happiness together. And the poet again
returns to a life full of labor, hardship, deprivation:
I step onto a deserted shore,
Where my home and donkey remain.
But the lyrical hero no longer finds his home; what he used to live with is lost forever. There is no happiness there, in the nightingale's garden, but it is not here either. AND
the poet experiences the painful tragedy of duality: the mind and soul, mind and heart are divided. And with this comes the realization of the impossibility of happiness in
this world. But behind this lies the author’s deep thought: the choice was made correctly, since the hero sacrificed himself to duty. And according to Blok, the victim in
the name of life is sacred sacrifice. And the poet does not regret what he did.
This is probably why the ending of the life of Alexander Blok himself will be tragic, since he, like his lyrical hero, will offer himself to the sacred
sacrifice in the name of a new life and a new Russia.

The theme of the “terrible world” is the main one in the third volume of A. Blok’s poems, expressed in the cycle of the same name (1910-1916). But this theme can be called cross-cutting in the lyrics of the symbolist poet. It is present in both the first and second volumes of his poems. Often the motives of the “terrible world” are interpreted as an denunciation of bourgeois society, but it seems to me that this is not entirely true. According to Blok, this is only the external, visible side of the “terrible world.” Its deep essence is much more important for the poet: a person living in a “terrible world” experiences its corrupting influence.

Blok’s theme of the “terrible world” is closely connected with the problem of the city, its lack of spirituality, and the problem of social contradictions. The poet shows that in the city a person is taken over by the elements and destructive passions. The internal clash of purity and beauty with the subsequent “desecration” of all covenants is taken to the limit in the “Terrible World” cycle. Therefore, it opens with the fiery lines “To the Muse,” which combine incompatible things: miracle and hell, “the curse of beauty” and “terrible caresses.”

Sometimes the poems of this cycle are perceived as separate, independent chapters in an entire work: “Dances of Death”, “The Life of My Friend”, “Black Blood”. The sequence of their placement is logical: in the first - a picture of the meaningless existence of a “terrible world”, in the second - the fate of one person, in the third - internal state devastated personality.

Blok’s poem “Black Blood” makes a strong impression. It contains a frenzied monologue of a man wounded by carnal, base passion - “black blood”. This is a story of two heroes. Before us are nine scenes - nine outbreaks of confrontation with dark instinct. The end of the poem is tragic - the murder of the beloved occurs.

In the “terrible world” all human manifestations are extinguished, and the poet with all his heart longs for the revival of personality. The soul of the lyrical hero tragically experiences a state of its own sinfulness, unbelief, emptiness, and mortal fatigue. In the “terrible world” there is no naturalness, healthy human feelings. There is no love in this world, there is only “bitter passion like wormwood”, “low passion” (“Humiliation”, “On the Islands”, “In a Restaurant”, “Black Blood”).

The lyrical hero of the “Scary World” cycle wastes the treasures of his soul: he is either Lermontov’s demon, bringing death to himself and those around him (“Demon”), or “an aging youth” (“Double”). Motifs of hopelessness and the fatal cycle of life are heard in the poems “Worlds Fly. The years fly by, Empty...", "Night, street, lantern, pharmacy...".

One of Blok’s leading motives is the deadening of the world of urban civilization. A laconic, expressive image of this civilization appears in the poem “Factory”; even the color (“zholty”) here symbolizes the monotony and madness of the world. The idea of ​​the fatal cycle of life, of its hopelessness, is surprisingly simply and strongly expressed in the famous eight-line “Night, street, lantern, pharmacy” (1912). This is facilitated by its ring composition, precise, succinct epithets (“meaningless and dim light”), and unusual bold hyperbole (“If you die, you’ll start over again”).

The lyrical hero recognizes even the search for personal happiness as sinful. After all, happiness in a “terrible world” is fraught spiritual callousness, moral deafness.

One of the most revealing poems in this regard is “The Stranger” (1904-1908). The genre of this work is a story in verse. The plot is a meeting in a country restaurant. At the same time, all visible images of the material world in Blok acquire symbolic overtones. The story of a restaurant meeting turns into a story about a man oppressed by the vulgarity of the world around him, about his desire to free himself from this. The poet vividly describes the social and everyday background of the restaurant: “women’s squealing,” “drunkards with the eyes of rabbits.” There are few details, but they are expressive and serve as a means of revealing the soul of the lyrical hero.

The details of everyday life are combined in the poem with the landscape (“the corruptive spirit of spring”). This is a kind of symbol of the dark principle that clouds a person’s consciousness. All this gives rise to a feeling of discord, disharmony of existence. With the arrival of the Stranger, the hero forgets about the “terrible world”, and an “enchanted shore” opens up to him. However, the “terrible world” does not disappear. The duality of consciousness, the dual world in which the hero finds himself, make the poem tragic.

The theme of the “terrible world” in Blok’s lyrics is continued by the cycles “Retribution” and “Iambics”. Many of the poems in “Retribution” reflect specific events and emotional turmoil of the poet himself (“About valor, about exploits, about glory”, “On the death of a baby”).

Saying “no” to the dark present, A. Blok is convinced that the collapse of the old foundations of life is inevitable. He does not recognize the triumph of the “terrible world” over people and does not capitulate to it. It is no coincidence that the poet said: “The difficult must be overcome. And behind it there will be a clear day.”

Thus, the theme of the "scary world" is important stage creative path A. Blok. This theme reflected the acute social contradictions of that time, the deep philosophical contradictions of the era.

“Scary World” is the name of a cycle of poems that occupies a central place in the work of A.A. Blok. This is exactly how the poet saw the world at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The theme of Blok’s entire work is the awareness of the disharmony and tragic contradictions of life, which give rise to “deaf darkness.” According to the poet, the worst thing in this world is the vulgarization and desecration of love.

Unlike the poems about the Beautiful Lady, the works of the cycle lack a melodic sound, as can be seen in the example of “The Stranger.” Sublime images are replaced by prosaic details and rough vocabulary: “female squealing,” “rowlocks creaking,” “boredom country dachas". At the beginning of the poem, only dull alliterations sound: “In the evenings over the restaurants...”, “spring and pernicious,” “the disc curves senselessly.” The veil of “vulgarity” is contrasted with a bewitching, like a song, assonance accompanying the appearance of the Stranger: “Breathing perfumes and mists, //She sits by the window.//And ancient beliefs waft//Her elastic silks..." "Spirits" and "mists", "bottomless blue eyes", "far shore" - images symbolizing the arrival of Love , as opposed to the degraded everyday life and vulgarity of the “terrible world”.

The block shows that true dreams and purity cannot be tarnished. However, love is unable to change the world; it has no place in life. The lines speak about this: “You are right, drunken monster!//I know: the truth is in wine.”

The awareness of powerlessness is painful for the poet, who is forced to abandon his ideal, as can be seen in the later poem “In the Restaurant.” In this work, the heroes - the Poet and the Stranger - are not opposed to the “terrible world”, but are its creation. Contradictions are inherent not only in the surrounding environment, but also in themselves: “I greeted them with embarrassment and impudence // An arrogant gaze...”, “But you were with me... // With a slightly noticeable trembling of the hand...” So, the heroes pass not only through external obstacles (“a crowded hall”, “strings struck”, “strummed monistically”), but also internal contradictions.

For the poet himself, this duality is a symbol of the catastrophic nature of existence.

Thus, exposing the contradictions environment Blok sees the world as “terrible,” “stuffy,” “vulgar,” and prosaic, and in his poems he expresses the idea of ​​his imminent death.

Worlds are flying. The years fly by. Empty

The Universe looks at us with dark eyes.

And you, soul, tired, deaf,

You keep talking about happiness - how many times?

A. Blok

The poetry of A. Blok of the pre-October period is characterized by a thirst for renewal of life, since the surrounding reality frightens and worries him, appearing as a “terrible world” that destroys and disfigures a person. But the poet does not yet know how to overcome social evil, and this ignorance determines the predominance of tragic intonations in his lyrics.

Developing the theme of a “scary world”, A. Blok sought not only to speak out against “bourgeois reality,” but also felt that a person living in this world loses moral values, experiences a feeling of unbelief, his own sinfulness, and emptiness, since there is no replacement for what has been lost.

I break the thread of consciousness And I forget what and how... There is snow all around, trams, buildings, And ahead there are lights and darkness.

Everything beautiful and natural in the “terrible world”, even human feelings, is replaced by the destructive, artificial, leading to despair. Here they do not know simple and beautiful love, but in full bloom “bitter passion like wormwood”, “low passion”, the rebellion of “black blood” (“Humiliation”, “In a restaurant”, “Black Blood”, “On the Islands” "):

Only lips with dried blood on your golden icon (Did we call this love?) Refracted with a crazy line...

Possessing a penetrating mind, developed feelings, and a rich soul, the lyrical hero of the cycle senselessly squanders these treasures and, understanding what is happening, feels the hopelessness of his situation. He appears before us either as an “aging youth” (“Double”) or as a demon bringing death to himself and those around him (“Demon”).

I while away my life, My crazy, deaf life: Today I triumph soberly, And tomorrow I cry and sing.

Man has spent himself in the endless labyrinths of the “terrible world”; all that remains of him is only a shell, which creates the deceptive appearance of life:

How hard it is for a dead man to pretend to be alive and passionate among people! But we have to, we have to get in with society, Hiding the clanging of bones for a career...

In the years of reaction after the revolution, it becomes clear to the poet that in reality little has changed. Does this mean that all the sacrifices were made in vain, the efforts were wasted? Severe depression develops in the soul of the poet, who sees the hopelessness of the revolution and is inclined to think about the fatal cycle of life and the inevitability of suffering.

Night, street, lantern, pharmacy, senseless and dim light. Live for at least another quarter of a century - Everything will be like this. There is no outcome.

If you die, you’ll start over again, And everything will repeat itself as before: Night, the icy ripples of the canal, Pharmacy, street, lantern. The lyrical hero of the cycle is infinitely alone among the evil surrounding him. He has no relatives, friends, loved ones. Everything that was dear to him, he lost and squandered in his stupid life. Fear, despair, and torment settled in his heart, making him anticipate the triumph of evil in the entire Universe.

Daylight - away, remorse - away. Who dares to help me? Only night will break into the devastated brain, Only night will burst in!

The theme of the “terrible world” found its logical continuation in the cycles “Retribution” and “Iambics”. In the “Retribution” cycle, the lyrical hero experiences suffering and pangs of conscience from the fact that he betrayed high love and the sacred vows he once made. The poet develops the theme of retribution for apostasy, and in “Iambus” he is ready to strike back at the entire “terrible world” - cruel and inhuman. In this cycle, motives arise for faith in goodness and light, in the future, readiness to enter into the fight against evil with renewed vigor and defeat it:

Oh, I want to live madly: to perpetuate everything that exists, to humanize the Impersonal, to embody the unfulfilled!

And such words can instill faith in a person’s heart, support his fading hope and inspire him to exploits to achieve his dreams!

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"Scary world" in the lyrics of A.A. Blok

Alexander Blok was a romantic poet not only in his system of depicting life, but also in the spirit of his perception. He created in a fit of inspiration, and this ability remained with him throughout his life.

All the shocks of his time passed through the soul of A. Blok. The lyrical hero of his works was mistaken, rejoiced, denied, welcomed. This was the poet’s path to people, the path to embodying human joys and suffering in his work.

Having created in his youth “Poems about a Beautiful Lady,” delightful in its ideological integrity, where everything is enveloped in an atmosphere of mystical mystery and a miracle occurring, Blok will captivate readers with the depth and sincerity of feeling that his lyrical hero told about. The world of the Beautiful Lady will be for the poet the highest standard to which, in his opinion, a person should strive. But in his desire to feel the fullness of life, A. Blok’s lyrical hero will descend from the heights of lonely happiness and beauty. He will find himself in the real, earthly world, which he will call the “terrible world.” The lyrical hero will live in this world, subordinating his fate to the laws of his life.

The city - St. Petersburg squares and streets - will become A. Blok's office. It is there that the motives of his poem “Factory” will be born, which will sound unexpectedly poignant even for the poet himself. Before us is a world of social injustice, a world of social evil. From there, from the “yellow windows,” “a motionless someone, a black someone, is counting people in silence,” going to the factory. These are the masters of life and the “weary backs” of the oppressed people. So the poet clearly divides people into those who work and those who appropriate their work. For the first time in his work, Blok so sharply and unambiguously stated the theme of people's suffering. But we are not only faced with oppressed people. These people are also humiliated: “And the yellow windows will laugh at how these beggars were cheated.” And this makes the suffering of the lyrical hero worse.

The theme of a humiliated, destitute person is further developed in the poem “On the Railroad.”

The railway here is a symbolic image.

Before us is the railroad of life, devoid of kindness, humanity, and spirituality. People are driving along this road, their faces flash in the windows of the carriage - “sleepy, with an even gaze,” indifferent to everything. And “under an embankment, in an unmown ditch,” the image of a humiliated woman, crushed by the wheels of this life, an image of humiliated spirituality. This is the evolution that the female image undergoes in Blok’s lyrics - from the sublime Beautiful Lady to a creature destroyed by a “terrible world.”

Pictures of this soulless world pass before the reader in the poem “Stranger”: “drunken shouts”, “tested wits” in bowler hats, dust of alleys, “sleepy lackeys”, “drunkards with the eyes of rabbits” - this is where the lyrical hero has to live. All this clouds a person’s consciousness and rules his destiny. And the lyrical hero is lonely. But then the Stranger appears:

Breathing spirits and mists,

She sits by the window.

Peering at her, the lyrical hero wants to understand who is in front of him, he is trying to unravel his secret. For him, this means learning the secret of life. The stranger here is a certain ideal of beauty, joy, and therefore admiration for her means admiration for the beauty of life. And the lyrical hero sees “an enchanted shore and an enchanted distance,” what his soul longs for. But the poem ends tragically: the poet understands the illusory nature of his dream of knowing the truth (“I know: the truth is in wine”).

This tragedy is further developed in the poem “I am nailed to a tavern counter.” His “soul is deaf...drunk drunk...drunk drunk....”

The lyrical hero lives with a feeling of death, mortal fatigue:

I've been drunk for a long time. I don't care.

There's my happiness - at three

Gone into the silver smoke...

The “terrible world” is not only around, it is also in the soul of the lyrical hero. But the poet will find the strength within himself to come to an understanding of his

paths in life. His poem “The Nightingale Garden” is about this. How to live? Where to go? “Is there a punishment or a reward?” These are the questions that the lyrical hero of the poem is trying to solve for himself. The image of the nightingale's garden is that world of beauty, goodness, happiness that A. Blok preserved in his soul. But the lyrical hero leaves this world of cloudless happiness.

The lyrical hero flees from this world, because the soul cannot help but hear, and conscience will not give the opportunity to find happiness together. And the poet returns again to a life full of labor, deprivation, deprivation:

I step onto a deserted shore,

Where my home and donkey remain.

But the lyrical hero no longer finds his home; what he lived with before is forever lost. There is no happiness there, in the nightingale's garden, but it is not here either. And the poet experiences the painful tragedy of splitting: the mind and soul, the mind and the heart are split.

And with this comes the realization of the impossibility of happiness in this world. But behind this lies the author’s deep thought: the choice was made correctly, since the hero sacrificed himself to duty. And according to Blok, a sacrifice in the name of life is a sacred sacrifice. And the poet does not regret what he did.