Masha Mironova image and characteristics of the heroine in the story Captain's daughter
Plan
1. “Pushkin’s” heroine.
2. Masha Mironova. Characteristics and image in the story “The Captain's Daughter”
2.1. Masha and parents.
2.2. First love.
2.3. Strength of spirit.
3. My attitude towards the main character.
In his talented works, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin created the image ideal girl, to which he returned repeatedly, from novel to novel, from poem to poem. The standard of the “Pushkin” heroine was a meek and pretty young lady, a little romantic, a little dreamy, kind and simple, but at the same time full of inner fire and hidden strength. Tatyana Larina was like that, and so was Masha Mironova.
The girl spent her childhood and youth in the solitude of the Belogorodskaya fortress, in poverty and labor. Her parents, although minor nobles, lived on a captain's salary alone. Therefore, they accustomed their daughter to a simple lifestyle and constant work. Masha, an eighteen-year-old young lady, did not shy away from helping her mother in the kitchen, tidying up the rooms, and mending clothes. She did not receive a decent education and upbringing, but she acquired more valuable and eternal things - a tender heart, a kind disposition, and spiritual beauty.
In the story, the girl appears to us as a respectful and polite daughter. She does not strive for balls and dresses, does not beg from her parents for a better, richer life. She is happy with what she has, she is very attached to her father and her mother and values them. Masha knows that she dresses “simply and sweetly”, that she does not have a large dowry, which means she is unlikely to be able to find a good match. But this does not upset the main character. She does not cling to the first person she meets who shows her signs of attention. For the captain's daughter, sincere love and mutual sympathy are not an empty phrase. A girl refuses a rich gentleman because she notices bad character traits and base feelings in him. She is not ready to live with someone she doesn’t love just because it will ensure her comfortable existence. “When I think that it will be necessary... to kiss him. No way! Not for any well-being!” - Masha explains her refusal in simplicity. And at the same time, the girl is capable of strong tender feelings.
Having met Grinev, she falls in love with him sincerely and passionately. This is not a fleeting feeling caused by momentary weakness or euphoria. Masha loves truly, selflessly. Feelings between the main characters do not immediately develop; the girl gradually begins to understand that she is passionate about it seriously and for a long time. Imperceptibly observing Grinev, noticing his positive qualities and habits, the captain's daughter begins to love with all her heart and soul. But even here its deep moral basis is visible. Without flirting, without playing with the man’s feelings, Masha “without any affectation” reciprocates young Peter’s proposal. Her love is pure and innocent, just like herself. And although the girl is truly in love and “sensitive,” she values her good name and untarnished honor.
The captain's daughter is also prudent and intelligent. She does not want to marry Grinev without the blessing of his parents and is even ready to return his promised word to him. “If you find yourself a betrothed, if you fall in love with another, God be with you, Pyotr Andreich,” says Masha, crying, and later adds: “I will never forget you; Until your grave, you will remain alone in my heart.” Apparently, the girl agrees to sacrifice her feelings for the well-being of her chosen one. In addition, she is ready to remain faithful and devoted to her beloved until death.
But the best qualities of Marya Ivanovna are revealed to us during her terrible trials - Pugachev's rebellion. It is then that the main character shows those feelings and that strength of spirit that, it would seem, is impossible to expect from her. Having suddenly lost her father and mother, deprived of freedom and her usual way of life, having experienced the betrayal of soldiers and having gone through the bullying of a cruel officer, the captain’s daughter remained true to her principles and beliefs, her concept of duty and honor. How much fortitude and courage she needed to survive the death of her beloved parents and her imprisonment. How much courage and courage the girl needed to resist Shvabrin’s attempts to force her to marry him. Sick, destitute, starving, she steadfastly withstood the test of her love for the Fatherland and for Grinev.
Much about Masha’s character can be seen in the fact that she came to the hearts of Grinev’s parents. The girl did not harbor any grudge against them because they did not immediately accept her as a daughter-in-law, and did not torment them with lamentations and complaints. She behaved respectfully and meekly, so that soon her future fathers-in-law “sincerely became attached to her, since it was impossible to recognize her and not love her.” Courage and moral strength were needed by these people who fell in love with each other when they learned about Grinev’s arrest and the terrible sentence that was handed down to him.
Special courage and perseverance were required from Masha. She remained faithful to her beloved both in her grief and in his misfortune. She did not leave him, did not doubt his honor, did not take advantage of his absence to find herself a more distinguished and richer groom. No, Maria Mironova boldly decided to take the initiative into her own hands and turn to the empress herself for pardon of the convicted person. This action shows the strong determination, absolute independence and skillful enterprise of the young girl. She sincerely and clearly explains everything to the empress, and she grants forgiveness to the innocent.
Having gone through difficult difficulties and trials, Masha Mironova and Pyotr Grinev did not stop loving each other. Having got married, they lived happily ever after, in peace and harmony. I am amazed by the strength of spirit and moral purity main character. Her modesty and common sense, respectful attitude towards elders and unyielding persistent spirit are an example and standard to follow. Those who possess such qualities and character traits, regardless of whether they are men or women, will definitely be rewarded by fate. After all, true happiness and success must be earned and won.
Municipal educational institution
Beloyarsk secondary school
Literature section
Maria Sudakova Vladimirovna
Head: Luzanova Elena Valentinovna
teacher of Russian language and literature
Bely Yar, 2010
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Literature section
The image of Masha Mironova in A.S. Pushkin’s story “The Captain’s Daughter”
introduction
1. The image of the captain's daughter
2. The character of Masha Mironova
3. Evolution of the image of Masha Mironova
conclusion
list of used literature
Introduction. About Pushkin's story "The Captain's Daughter"
Historical works of fiction are one of the ways to master the specific historical content of a particular era. All sorts of things historical work educational. But the main purpose of historical prose is not so much a reconstruction of the past, but an attempt to connect the past and the present, to “embrace” the movement of history, and to look into the future.
Our work is relevant, because interest in Pushkin’s work has not waned for more than two hundred years, and each time researchers find new sources for the creation of one or another literary image.
Writers of different eras turned to the past for different reasons. For example, romantics who did not find an ideal in the present looked for it in the past. Realist writers in the past tried to find answers to modern questions. And this method of searching for truth remains relevant to this day. Modern man still have problems philosophical nature: what is good and evil?, how does the past influence the future?, what is the meaning of human life? Therefore, the modern reader’s turn to historical prose is natural.
A work that arouses not only interest in a certain historical era, but also love for the work of A.S. Pushkin in general is his novel “The Captain's Daughter”, where the main historical event is the uprising of Emelyan Pugachev.
The idea of a historical story from the Pugachev uprising arose in Pushkin under the influence of the social situation of the early 1830s. But why did the famous writer name his story exactly that? After all, the story is based on historical facts, and, according to many researchers, the development of relations between Grinev and Pugachev, a nobleman and a peasant king, occupies a central place. Throughout the story, the path of development of P.A. is shown. Grineva. We see how it changes main character, there is an opening inner man in man. But what or who influences these changes in the hero’s inner world? Undoubtedly this and historical events and the first sincere love awakened by a simple girl, the captain's daughter. Who is she? Who is this captain's daughter? And here we would like to dwell in more detail on the image of Masha Mironova.
Purpose of the work: trace all the changes that occurred with Masha Mironova, explain their reason.
Job Objectives: 1. Refer to the content of A.S. Pushkin’s story “The Captain’s Daughter”, and specifically, to the image of Masha Mironova.
2. Study critics’ reviews of Misha Mironova as a literary heroine.
This topic has not been sufficiently studied in critical literature, that’s why the idea arose to develop this topic.
The research material was the story by A.S. Pushkin “The Captain's Daughter”
We assume that the image of Masha Mironova has undergone significant changes throughout the story.
2. The image of the captain's daughter.
Pushkin uses laconicism when depicting the main character. “Then a girl of about eighteen came in, chubby, ruddy, with light brown hair, smoothly combed behind her ears, which were on fire,” is how Pushkin describes the daughter of Captain Mironov. If you think about it, she wasn't a beauty, but she wasn't ugly either. We can note that the heroine is shy, modest, blushes every minute and is always silent. We can say that Masha “at first I don’t like” and “doesn’t make any impression” on Grinev. But one cannot judge by first impressions, especially since Grinev’s opinion about Masha soon changes. “Marya Ivanovna soon stopped being shy with me. We met. I found in it prudent And sensitive girl,” we read from Pushkin. What do the highlighted words mean? “Prudence is prudence, thoughtfulness in actions. Sensitive – having increased susceptibility to external influences,” we read in Ozhegov’s dictionary.
The reader guesses that some kind of feeling is awakening in Grinev’s soul... And only in Chapter 5 does Pushkin openly name this feeling to us - love. Let us pay attention to Masha’s care towards Grinev during her illness after the fight with Shvabrin. The simplicity and integrity of her feelings, the naturalness of its manifestation remain unnoticed, and for modern young people they are not understandable: after all, Masha and Grinev are connected only spiritual connection. During his illness, Grinev realizes that he loves Masha and proposes marriage. But the girl does not promise him anything, but chastely makes it clear that she also loves Pyotr Andreevich. As is known, Grinev’s parents do not consent to their son’s marriage to captain's daughter, and Marya Ivanovna refuses to marry Grinev, sacrificing her love for her beloved. According to researcher A.S. Degozhskaya, the heroine of the story was “raised in patriarchal conditions: in the old days, marriage without parental consent was considered a sin.” The daughter of Captain Mironov knows “that Pyotr Grinev’s father is a man of tough character,” and he will not forgive his son for marrying against his will. Masha does not want to hurt her loved one, interfere with his happiness and harmony with his parents. This is how the strength of her character and sacrifice are demonstrated. We have no doubt that it’s hard for Masha, but for the sake of her beloved she is ready to give up her happiness.
2. The character of Masha Mironova
After hostilities and the death of her parents, Masha is left alone in the Belogorsk fortress. This is where the firmness, decisiveness of character, and the inflexibility of her will are revealed to us. The villain Shvabrin puts the girl in a punishment cell, not letting anyone in to see the prisoner, giving her only bread and water. All these tortures were necessary to obtain consent to marriage, since Marya Ivanovna did not agree voluntarily. There was and is only one person in her heart - Grinev. And in days of trials, in days of losing hope of uniting with Petrusha and in the face of danger, and perhaps even death itself, Marya Ivanovna retains her presence of mind and unshakable fortitude, she does not lose the power of faith. Before us is no longer a shy coward who is afraid of everything, but a brave girl, firm in her convictions. She faces death, but she hates Shvabrin. Who would have thought that Masha, the old one quiet girl, could throw out the following words: “I will never be his wife: I better decided to die and will die if they don’t deliver me.”
Masha is a person of strong will. She faces difficult trials, and she endures them with honor. And here's one more thing. Grinev is taken to prison. And this modest, shy girl, left without parents, considers it her moral duty to save Grinev. Marya Ivanovna goes to St. Petersburg. In a conversation with the empress, she admits: “I came to ask for mercy, not justice.” According to D. Blagoy, during Masha’s meeting with the Empress, “the character of the captain’s daughter, a simple Russian girl, essentially without any education, who, however, found in herself at the necessary moment enough “mind and heart”, is truly revealed to us.” firmness of spirit and unyielding determination in order to achieve the acquittal of his innocent fiancé.”
Masha Mironova is one of those heroes of The Captain's Daughter, in whom, according to Gogol, “simple greatness” was embodied ordinary people" Despite the fact that Masha Mironova bears the stamp of a different time, a different environment, the outback where she grew up and was formed, in Pushkin she became the bearer of those character traits that are organic to the indigenous nature of a Russian woman. Characters like hers are free from enthusiastic fervor, from ambitious impulses towards self-sacrifice, but always serve man and the triumph of truth and humanity. “Delight is short-lived, fickle, and therefore has no power to produce true great perfection,” wrote Pushkin. Thus, the captain’s daughter - Masha Mironova - in Pushkin’s work deserves to take a place next to Tatyana Larina, who became the embodiment of simple, but distinctively natural features of the national female character.
Pushkin reveals the complex contradictions that arise between political and ethical conflicts in the destinies of his heroes. What is fair from the point of view of the laws of the noble state turns out to be inhumane. But also the ethics of the peasant uprising of the 18th century. revealed itself to Pushkin from a very cruel side. The complexity of Pushkin's thought is reflected in the construction of the novel. The composition of the novel is constructed exclusively symmetrically. At first, Masha finds herself in trouble: the harsh laws of the peasant revolution are destroying her family and threatening her happiness. Grinev goes to the peasant king and saves his bride. Then Grinev finds himself in trouble, the reason for which this time lies in the laws of noble statehood. Masha goes to the noble queen and saves the life of her fiancé.
4. The evolution of the character of Masha Mironova
At the beginning of the work, we are presented with a timid, timid girl, about whom her mother says that she is a “coward.” A homeless woman who only has “a fine comb, a broom, and an altyn of money.” Over time, the character of Marya Ivanovna, “a prudent and sensitive girl,” is revealed to readers. She is capable of deep and sincere love, but her innate nobility does not allow her to sacrifice her principles. She is ready to give up personal happiness because she does not have the blessing of her parents. “No, Pyotr Andreich,” answered Masha, “I will not marry you without the blessing of your parents. Without their blessing you will not be happy. Let us submit to the will of God.” But the life around her changes dramatically, “rebels of the villain Pugachev” come to the fortress, and Masha’s position also changes. From the captain's daughter, she becomes Shvabrin's prisoner. It would seem that a weak and timid girl should submit to the will of her tormentor. But Masha shows here traits that were still living latently in her. She is ready to die, just not to become the wife of Alexei Ivanovich.
Rescued by Pugachev and Grinev, Marya Ivanovna gradually regains her lost balance. But here’s a new test: Grinev is put on trial as a traitor. Only she can prove his innocence. Marya Ivanovna finds the strength and determination to go to the empress’s court to seek protection. Now in these fragile hands the fate of a loved one, the guarantee of future happiness. And we see that this girl had enough determination, resourcefulness and intelligence to save Grinev and restore justice.
Thus, throughout the novel, the character of this girl gradually changes.
Conclusions
The composition of the novel is constructed exclusively symmetrically. At first, Masha finds herself in trouble: the harsh laws of the peasant revolution are destroying her family and threatening her happiness. Grinev goes to the peasant king and saves his bride. Then Grinev finds himself in trouble, the reason for which this time lies in the laws of noble statehood. Masha goes to the noble queen and saves the life of her fiancé.
Masha Mironova is one of those heroes of The Captain's Daughter, in whom, according to Gogol, the “simple greatness of ordinary people” was embodied. Masha is a person of strong will. From a timid, dumb “coward” she grows into a brave and determined heroine, capable of defending her right to happiness. That is why the novel is named after her “The Captain's Daughter”. She is a true heroine. Her best features will develop and manifest themselves in the heroines of Tolstoy and Turgenev, Nekrasov and Ostrovsky.
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The main character of the story "The Captain's Daughter" is Masha Mironova. She is eighteen years old, she lived in the Belogorsk fortress, where her father, Captain Mironov, served as commandant. She is modest and sincere, and with her simplicity she was able to win the heart of Peter Grinev. Masha did not have a dowry, so her mother decided that she needed to marry the first one who called, just so as not to remain a wench. But Masha had a romantic nature, and she believed that life without love was impossible, which is why she refused Shvabrin. She simply could not imagine herself next to him as a wife. But I loved Petra Grineva with all my heart.
The strength of her character was demonstrated when the bandits captured the fortress. In an instant, she lost her parents, Grinev had to leave for Orenburg, and Shvabrin took her prisoner. She could not change her principles, and decided that she would rather die than marry the hated Shvabrin. Her heart was breaking with pain when Grinev saved her along with Pugachev. After all, although Pugachev saved her from torment, he was the killer of her parents. Hardly had the troubles ended when a new misfortune happened: Peter was arrested.
Masha goes to St. Petersburg in the hope of saving Grinev from lifelong exile. When talking with the empress, the nature of a timid and shy girl is revealed. Her whole image showed determination, although she had always been a coward, but for the sake of saving her beloved groom, she found the strength to achieve justice.
The image of Masha Mironova in the story “The Captain's Daughter” plays a big role. This is the personification of all the most best qualities Russian woman: kindness, courage, devotion, ability to love.
External characteristics
A. S. Pushkin gives his heroine the following portrait characteristic: a chubby, ruddy girl who had light brown hair combed behind her ears. Masha’s appearance is unremarkable, but the detail “her ears were burning” indicates that the girl immediately fell in love with Pyotr Grinev, who came to the Belogorsk fortress. Masha Mironova was dressed “simply and sweetly.” Pyotr Grinev did not immediately pay attention to the girl. This suggests that he was attracted not by Masha’s appearance, but by her inner qualities.
Family
Masha Mironova grew up in loving family. The girl's father, Ivan Kuzmich, is the commandant of the Belogorsk fortress. He is distinguished by courage and bravery. Masha took these qualities from her father. The heroine’s mother, Vasilisa Egorovna, was a real housewife; she instilled in her daughter a love of work.
Masha Mironova’s upbringing took place in such a way that all her life the girl lived in a fortress, communicating with almost no one. Ivan Kuzmich, Vasilisa Egorovna, the serf Palashka, priests and soldiers are the only ones with whom Masha Mironova communicated.
Inner qualities
The heroine of A. S. Pushkin’s story “The Captain’s Daughter” is kind, gentle and at the same time strong girl. In difficult situations, she shows her true colors. Masha's mother calls the girl a coward, but when Mironova faces life's difficulties, she overcomes them with her head held high. Masha Mironova refuses to marry the traitor and traitor Shvabrin. Despite the fact that Masha is homeless, she knows her worth, realizing that Shvabrin is not a match for her. She refuses marriage, which would help her improve her financial situation. The heroine says that she would rather face death than marry such an immoral person as Shvabrin. Real feelings are what Masha Mironova values. She truly knows how to love, appreciate a loved one, wait for him and fight for happiness with him. The girl sincerely falls in love with Pyotr Grinev and is ready to do anything for him. However, in order to be together, she is waiting for the blessing of Grinev’s parents. This suggests that family traditions and moral laws are of great importance for Masha. She does not want to violate the will of Father Peter, and most importantly, she does not want to violate God’s will.
During the conversation, Pyotr Grinev falls in love with Masha Mironova, realizing that she is a kind, sweet, gentle and generous girl. He is attracted by the fact that Masha is always honest with him, she is sincere in her words and actions.
The heroine is a modest girl. She is very hardworking and economical. This is appreciated by the parents of Pyotr Grinev, with whom Masha ended up after her rescue from Shvabrin. But what surprised Peter’s parents more was that such a modest girl turned out to be strong-willed. Having learned that her lover was under arrest, she immediately goes to the empress, not even knowing what she looks like. Masha was driven by the desire to achieve justice. A fearful and cowardly girl is not afraid to sacrifice everything she has to save her beloved and find happiness with him. This was really appreciated by Catherine II, who contributed to the release of Grinev. Thanks to the strength of spirit and the strength of her character, Masha Mironova was able to find happiness next to Peter.
This ending of the story “The Captain's Daughter” speaks about the author's attitude towards the image of Masha Mironova. The writer gives his heroine happiness, emphasizing her positive traits character. Masha Mironova is the ideal female image.
This article, which will help you write an essay “The Image of Masha Mironova in the story “The Captain's Daughter”,” will consider the portrait characteristics of the heroine of A. S. Pushkin’s work, her family relationships, as well as internal qualities.
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The image of Masha (A.S. Pushkin’s novel “The Captain’s Daughter.”)
Masha Mironova- daughter of the commandant of the Belogorsk fortress. She is an ordinary Russian girl: “chubby, ruddy, with light brown hair combed smoothly behind the ears.” Timid and sensitive, she was afraid even of a gun shot. In many ways, her timidity and embarrassment are caused by the fact that she lives a rather secluded life. From the words of Vasilisa Egorovna, we learn about the girl’s unenviable fate: “The girl is of marriageable age, but what is her dowry?” Shvabrin wooes her. But Masha refuses Shvabrin’s offer to become his wife. She cannot accept marriage to an unloved person. A marriage of convenience is unthinkable for her, even if she finds herself in the most difficult situation.
Masha sincerely fell in love with Peter Grinev, but she would never agree to get married without the blessing of the groom's parents.
A bitter fate awaits the girl ahead: her parents were executed, and she was hidden in her house by the priest. But Shvabrin took Masha by force and put him under lock and key, forcing her to marry him. When the long-awaited salvation finally comes in the person of Pugachev, the girl is overcome by conflicting feelings: she sees before her the murderer of her parents and at the same time her savior. Instead of words of gratitude, she covered her face with both hands and fell unconscious.
Pugachev released Peter and Masha, and Grinev sent her to her parents, who received the girl well.
The character of Masha Mironova is clearly revealed after Grinev’s arrest. She was very worried, because she knew the real reason for the arrest and considered herself guilty of Grinev’s misfortunes. Masha goes to St. Petersburg. She is determined to achieve the release of her loved one, no matter the cost.
Having met the empress by chance, but not yet knowing who this woman is, Masha openly tells her her story. It is in this meeting that the character of a modest and timid Russian girl without any education is truly revealed, who, however, found in herself enough strength, fortitude and unyielding determination to defend the truth and achieve the acquittal of her innocent fiancé.
Soon she was called to the court, where the release of Pyotr Andreevich was announced.
The image of Masha Mironova was dear and close to the author. She personifies the ideal of a woman - with a pure, albeit slightly naive soul, a kind, sympathetic heart, faithful and capable of sincere love, for which she is ready to make any sacrifices and do the most daring acts.
The image of Katerina (play by A. N. Ostrovsky “The Thunderstorm”)
For the main character of Ostrovsky's play "The Thunderstorm" Katerina, truth and deep feeling debt.
As a child, Katerina was surrounded by beauty and harmony; she lived among her mother’s love and fragrant nature. She lived with her mother in the village, went to wash herself, listened to the stories of wanderers, then sat down to do some work, and so the whole day passed. The girl did not receive a good education. Katerina had magical dreams in which she flew under the clouds. Strongly contrasts with such a quiet one, happy life the act of a six-year-old girl, when Katya, offended by something, ran away from home on the Volga in the evening, got into a boat and pushed off from the shore!...
We see that Katerina grew up as a happy, romantic, but limited girl. She was very devout and passionately loving. She loved everything and everyone around her: nature, the sun, the church, her home with wanderers, the beggars whom she helped. But the most important thing about Katya is that she lived in her dreams, apart from the rest of the world. From everything that existed, she chose only that which did not contradict her nature; the rest she did not want to notice and did not notice. That’s why the girl saw angels in the sky, and for her the church was not an oppressive and oppressive force, but a place where everything is light, where you can dream. We can say that Katerina was naive and kind, brought up in a completely religious spirit. But if she encountered something on her way... contradicted her ideals, she turned into a rebellious and stubborn nature and defended herself from that stranger, stranger, who boldly disturbed her soul. This was the case with the boat. After marriage, Katya's life changed a lot. From a free, joyful, sublime world in which she felt united with nature, the girl found herself in a life full of deception, cruelty and desolation.
Katerina did not marry Tikhon of her own free will: she did not love anyone at all and she did not care who she married. The fact is that the girl was robbed of her former life, which she created for herself. Katerina no longer feels such delight from visiting church; she cannot do her usual activities. Sad, anxious thoughts do not allow her to calmly admire nature. Katya can only endure as long as she can and dream, but she can no longer live with her thoughts, because cruel reality returns her to earth, to where there is humiliation and suffering. Katerina tries to find her happiness in love for Tikhon, but sincere manifestations of this love are stopped by Kabanikha: “Why are you hanging around your neck, shameless one? It’s not your lover you’re saying goodbye to.” Katerina has a strong sense of external humility and duty, which is why she forces herself to love her unloved husband. Tikhon himself, because of his mother’s tyranny, cannot truly love his wife, although he probably wants to. And when he, leaving for a while, leaves Katya to walk around to his heart's content, the girl becomes completely lonely.
Why did Katerina fall in love with Boris? Probably the reason was that she lacked something pure in the stuffy atmosphere of Kabanikha’s house. And love for Boris was pure, did not allow Katerina to completely wither away, somehow supported her.
She went on a date with Boris because she felt like a person with pride and basic rights. It was a rebellion against submission to fate, against lawlessness. Katerina knew that she was committing a sin, but she also knew that it was still impossible to live any longer. She sacrificed the purity of her conscience to freedom and Boris.
And by this step, Katya already felt the approaching end and wanted to be satisfied with love, knowing that there would be no other opportunity. On their first date, Katerina told Boris: “You ruined me.” Sin hangs like a heavy stone on her heart. Katerina is terribly afraid of the approaching thunderstorm, considering it a punishment for what she did. Katerina has been afraid of thunderstorms ever since she started thinking about Boris. For her pure soul, even the thought of loving to a stranger- sin. Katya cannot live any longer with her sin, and she considers repentance to be the only way to at least partially get rid of it. She confesses everything to her husband and Kabanikha. Katya fears God, but her God lives in her, God is her conscience. The girl is tormented by two questions: how will she return home and look into the eyes of the husband she cheated on, and how will she live with a stain on her conscience. Katerina sees death as the only way out of this situation.
Haunted by her sin, Katerina leaves this life to save her soul.
The poor, innocent “bird imprisoned in a cage” could not withstand the captivity - Katerina committed suicide. The girl still managed to “take off”, she stepped from the high bank into the Volga, “spread her wings” and boldly went to the bottom.
By her action, Katerina resists the “dark kingdom.”
