The most incomprehensible tale of Pushkin: the analysis of some works

In general, the list of poetic tales of a brilliant poet is not so great. Only a few masterpieces of world level. Only? Compared with Hoffmann or Andersen, certainly not enough. But each of these tales is so original, probably because of its presentation in poetic form, that all of them rightly occupy a worthy place in the treasury of world fairy-tale literature.

Tales of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin: the Beginning

It is known that the Russian fairy tales (probably not only Russian) were first heard by the poet from a nanny, whom he affectionately called later "a friend of the days of the harsh." And she was really a friend, as Alexander wrote: "... and I'm not bored with her." The nurse knew a lot of fairy tales, the future poet asked Arina Rodionovna to repeat the stories again and again and remember them for the rest of her life. Pushkin's rough drafts have survived, where he tried to shift the nannies of a fairy tale in verse (by the way, there are seven of them). So the special influence of Arina Rodionovna on the poet's future fairy-tale creativity is undoubtedly undeniable. What is the most incomprehensible tale of Pushkin? Let's try to analyze.

List of fairy tales of the poet

So, the tales of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin ... Immediately make a reservation that the fact that their seven is a rather conditional statement, since if you add to the list also the "Bridegroom" and "King Nikita and his forty daughters", as well as "Arthur and Hymen" , Then you get ten pieces. And if you do not select "At Lukomorye ..." in an independent work, it will be nine. But the question here is not how to calculate correctly. Simply these works are the most famous fairy tales: "About the fisherman and the fish", "About Tsar Saltan", "About the golden cockerel", "About the bear", "About the dead princess and the seven heroes", "About the priest and his worker Balde" , "Lukomorye oak has a green oak". Which of them is the most incomprehensible tale of Pushkin? Let's figure it out.

A strange tale of the Tsar

In this work, the poet - voluntarily or involuntarily - made a few riddles, which the literary critics try to decipher. Firstly, a cumbersome name. After all, the creation is called "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Goddess Gvidone Saltanovich and the Beautiful Princess of the Swans". What motivates the poet to come up with such a long name? Secondly, the very names of the characters. Usually, the heroes of Pushkin's fairy tales are native names. Here Saltan and Gvidon, that, you see, does not quite match the Russian color of the fairy tale itself. And Gvidon himself grows up in a barrel by leaps and bounds. And then, being still a child, easily manages a wave that takes the barrel to the shore. And the Swan and the Vulture converge on the sea in a deadly battle (in fact, the kite is the inhabitant of the steppe, and the swan is a resident of the calm waters of the pond).

Miracles, and only!

The whole plot of the fairy tale is permeated with magic. Gvidon, Swan, Korshun are wizards who work miracles. The squirrel, gnawing emerald-golden nuts, is also not devoid of magic. And in the city that Gvidon built, all are rich, "there is no one, only wards." At a minimum, the mythical Bujan seems magical, by which merchants pass by, wandering around. So this work - one of the contenders for the title "The most incomprehensible tale of Pushkin." And some scientists try to explain the magic images in a very original way, motivating their research with the poet's special love for everything Russian. For example, introducing Saltan as a Russian people, and Guidon as a Russian language. But is it really so? More questions than answers.

"The Tale of the Golden Cockerel"

This work is the last poetic fairy tale written by the poet (1834). And it can also rightfully claim to be interpreted as Pushkin's most incomprehensible tale. The compositional similarity with Irving's "Legend of the Arab Astrologer" is obvious. Actually, according to researchers of Alexander Sergeevich's creativity, it was acquaintance with the "Legend ..." and prompted Pushkin to create the author's creation. The main character in action is Dadon, the king, who, in fact, was presented with a magic cockerel made of gold. The Tsar did not even suspect at first that from weathercocks, even if made of pure gold, in the future, so much misery will come about!

A short story and analysis of "Tales of the Golden Cockerel"

Initially, the cock worked regularly, notifying the Homeland of the danger, protecting it from attack by enemies. And Dadon promised the astrologer to fulfill any of his wishes for this gift he needed in the tsarist economy. But something went wrong, and the sons sent to the East with a part of the troops are lost (first one, then another). And the king with the remaining army rushes to their aid, but finds them already dead, who killed each other in battle near the tent, from which the Shamakhan queen appears. She scowls Dadon with her spell and goes with him back to the kingdom. Then a sage-wise man appears, a stargazer, and demands to fulfill his will-to give the Shamakhan beauty. True, why should she be an eunuch? But this is another question. The king responds with a rude refusal, then completely kills the old man with a rod. And the girl knows chuckles. Dadon enters the capital, and here the golden rooster sparves from the knitting needle and pecks the king-villain right in the head. He dies, and the Shamakhan queen dissolves in the air.

Here is a strange "Tale of the Golden Cockerel." It would seem that Dadon himself is to blame. A cockerel only acts as a punishing sword of retribution, overtaking the king. Stargazer - the personification of the magic beginning, as well as the need to answer for their words and fulfill promises. And perhaps, the Shamakh's queen is to blame for everything - a symbol of licentious enchantments and self-serving seduction? In any case, the question of which Pushkin's most incomprehensible tale is, remains open!