Pushkin's "Bronze Horseman" is one of the works of a genius poet and prose writer, which even to this day excites the minds of many lovers of literature. What is so unusual about him? First, the plot does not fit the content. The introduction is an exalted description of the northern capital as the heritage of the great ruler of Peter the Great. And the content of the poem "The Bronze Horseman" is a narration about a certain insignificant person Eugenia - a petty official who in general as a person is unremarkable, about his love for a simple girl Parasha. The latter, unfortunately, dies in the course of the flood. This incident affects the psyche of Eugene. He is crazy about grief because of the death of a loved one. The city, finally, recovers from the disaster, life in it enters the familiar rut. But Evgeny still does not come to his senses. He wanders around the city, forgetting everything in the world. And here he, possessed by insanity, approaches the "Bronze Horseman" - the monument of Peter the Great - and tells him insulting words. He is convinced that certain actions of the emperor, which took place in the past, brought on a flood. And so, to Evgeniy, who was distraught, it seems that the Bronze Horseman, hearing the words of insult, rushes after him in anger. And this feeling is so real that the madman has to flee. At the end of the poem it turns out that Eugene was dead. His corpse is found on a small wasteland.
So, the culmination of the poem is the moment of a brief clarification of Eugene's thoughts, who understood the real cause of the flood - the old "fatal will" of the autocrat Peter. And, as a consequence, the immediate reaction of the latter. And it is in this moment, according to many literary critics, there is an allegory, a hidden meaning. Perhaps here Pushkin tried to convey the relationship between the common people and the autocracy. Eugene was distraught with grief, but not enough to completely lose his ability to think. Probably, the Bronze Horseman became the answer to his question - who is still to blame for the calamity that befell the city. Then he remembers that the northern capital was built by Tsar Peter. So, he could have made a mistake centuries ago when building a city, which eventually turned into a terrible flood. As a result, Eugene "makes claims" to the autocrat, which, in his opinion, was the cause of the disaster. To this the latter instantly responds with an attack. Interestingly, Emperor Alexander the First, probably understanding the hidden meaning of this work, forbade his publication.
According to the critic D. Merezhkovsky, this poem, among other things, reflects the struggle of the personal beginning with the collective, and also paganism with Christianity. In this case, Peter is represented as a bright personality, a hero. And the image of Eugene in the poem "The Bronze Horseman" reflects the collective will. So, on the one hand, the fate of an ordinary man - a gray man with his problems and worries - is placed on the scales. On the other - the extraordinary, heroic and great personality of Peter the Great. The latter is almost deified, and Eugene is just a small worm under his feet. There are many like him. It would seem that such a giant as the Bronze Horseman, should not lose peace because of the words of the madman. However, it turns out that the opinion of a small, inconspicuous man still shook the titanium and caused his violent reaction. So, Eugene still managed to put Peter's authority in doubt. In other words, the share of rulers, even the greatest, still depends to a certain extent on the will of the people.