Andriy is one of the main characters in N.V. Gogol's story "Taras Bulba", the youngest son of the Cossack colonel Taras Bulba, brother of Ostap. Andriy, unlike his brother, did not dream of battles and battles, he was more indifferent to them. When he and his brother studied at the Kyiv Academy, he was more inventive than his brother. It was said that he got away with everything. This hero was easily carried away by worldly entertainment and loved women. Lately, all his thoughts have been occupied by one Polish lady, whom he met in Kyiv. They only saw each other a few times. Once he even made his way into her room through the chimney, but when he heard a knock on the door, he was forced to hide. When the trouble was over, the panna's maid, a Tatar woman, led him through the garden. Then they saw each other again in the church.

He loved his homeland no less than his brother and father. However, for the sake of love, he became able to change his views. When, during the siege of the city of Dubno, the same Tatar woman, the maid of his lady, approached him and asked him to bring them food, he did not hesitate for a minute, collected the necessary provisions and went to help his beloved. She replaced everything for him: homeland, family, and friends. For her sake, he even went into battle against his own father. In this battle, he died. The fate of this hero is sad and tragic. After all, he died at the hands of his own father, who for a long time looked at the lifeless body of his traitor son. Taras Bulba could not forgive his son, even knowing that it was for the sake of love.

Taras Bulba. A young Cossack, the son of the protagonist. He falls in love with a Polish lady and betrays "his own", for which his father kills Andriy.

History of creation

The story "Taras Bulba" was first published in 1835 as part of the collection "Mirgorod". Gogol carefully prepared to work on this work, carefully studied historical sources and collected materials, including relied on materials from Ukrainian chronicles and folk songs. This helped the author to understand the psychology of the people of the described era and the peculiarities of life.

The story is based on a real historical event - the uprising of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks against the Polish gentry, which took place in 1638. The main characters have real prototypes - the family of Okhrim Makukha, a kuren ataman. The descendant of this man told Gogol the dramatic story of his own family, and the writer took this information as the basis for the story.

Ohrim was a companion. He had three sons. The eldest, Nazar, became the prototype for Andriy. This Nazar fell in love with a Polish lady, betrayed "his people" and went over to the side of the Poles. The second son, Khoma, tried to bring Nazar back to his father, but he did not succeed and died.

In the first edition, the story "Taras Bulba" looked careless. Some words were omitted from Gogol's manuscript, phrases were cut off, and the writer's handwriting was illegible. Because of this, many errors remained in the first edition. Gogol finalized the story, and in 1842 the text went through a second edition. This time, new episodes appeared in the story, so that the volume of the text doubled.

"Taras Bulba"

Andriy Bulba is a young Cossack of twenty years old, the youngest son of a pan. Andriy has an older brother, Ostap. The hero comes from a wealthy and noble family. Andriy boasts that for one handle of his saber they give a herd of horses and 3,000 sheep, and none of the Cossacks have such weapons anymore.

Andriy is a tall, powerful and handsome young man with a strong body. At the beginning of the story, the hero has not yet grown a beard. The face is covered with "the first fluff", and Andriy has not yet shaved. Later, the appearance of the hero changes, Andriy matures and begins to look more formidable, youthful softness disappears in the features of the hero. The hero has black curly hair, tanned skin, a straight camp. The guy pays tribute to his appearance, dresses richly.

The hero is well educated. Together with his brother, Andriy studied in Kyiv at the bursa (academy). The brothers were sent to the academy at the age of twelve, because it was “fashionable” among the nobility to give their sons a good upbringing and education. Although, in the nomadic and warlike life that followed, the acquired knowledge was forgotten and, in fact, was not needed.

Andriy is considered among the Cossacks as a "good warrior". Both brothers were among the first to please their father in everything. The hero is strong and unpretentious in everyday life, bold and courageous, proud and proud. Ready to fight to the death, but not surrender. At the same time, the hero is imprudent and often behaves unreasonably. In this, Andriy is not like his brother, who acts more prudently.

Andrey is not inclined to think over his own actions in advance and measure his strength. In his temper, the hero is inclined to rush into dangerous enterprises and battles that a reasonable and cold-blooded person will not get involved in. Despite the recklessness, the hero wins the battle due to the frenzied onslaught. Because of these qualities, including the hero later finds himself in the position of a traitor.

Another difference between Andriy and Ostap is that the hero is much more possessed by feelings. Andriy shows emotions with more passion and feels more "alive" than his brother. The hero is able to feel compassion for people and listen to music with admiration.

In the bursa, the hero studied better and more willingly than his brother, and Andrii was given easier studies. At the same time, the hero showed a penchant for solitude, preferred to walk alone around Kyiv and rarely spent time in the company of other students. During the years of study, the hero also showed much more ingenuity than his brother, both when it was necessary to evade punishment, and when some kind of dangerous enterprise was started.

Andriy pays much more attention to women and love than is considered appropriate for a young Cossack. Therefore, in order not to lower himself in the eyes of his comrades, the hero hides his own passionate impulses. In the end, love for a woman turns out to be more important for the hero than devotion to his own compatriots and loyalty to his family, because of which the hero's life path is tragically cut short.

The thirst for love is as strong in the heart of a hero as the thirst for achievement. The hero falls in love with a Polish woman and for the sake of her betrays the Cossacks and his own father. Protecting his beloved, the hero is ready to fight with his own brother and former comrades. The meeting with the father turns out to be fatal for the hero. Taras Bulba does not forgive his son for betrayal and kills Andriy with a shot.

Screen adaptations

In 1962, the free film adaptation of Taras Bulba was directed by American director J. Lee Thompson. Taras Bulba in this film was played by a famous actor, a western star, and Andria -. There are many funny differences between the book and the movie. For example, Andriy's beloved, a Pole, is going to be burned at the stake by her own compatriots because the girl contacted a representative of the "lower race". The hero commits a betrayal and joins the Poles in order to save his beloved from this sad fate.

In 2009, the director's Russian historical drama came out. The role of Andriy Bulba was played by an actor there. The film also has some discrepancies with Gogol's text. For example, more attention is paid to the Polish lady, Andriy's beloved.

In Gogol, the heroine is not called by name and is mentioned for the last time in the text before the start of the Battle of Dubno. How the biography of the heroine develops further is unknown. In the film, the heroine gets the name - Elzbieta Mazowiecka, the daughter of the Polish governor. The heroine becomes pregnant by Andriy and gives birth to a son, dying during childbirth. The governor, Elzbieta's father, tries to kill his grandson, whom he blames for the death of his daughter, but cannot bring himself to do it. In Gogol's story, this line with pregnancy is absent.

Quotes

“The fatherland is what our soul is looking for, what is dearest to it of all. My motherland is you! Here is my homeland! And I will carry this homeland in my heart, I will carry it until it becomes my age, and I will see if one of the Cossacks will tear it out of there! And everything that is, I will sell, give, ruin for such a homeland!

“If a person falls in love, then he is like a sole, which, if you soak it in water, take it and bend it.”

“The first duty and first honor of a Cossack is to maintain camaraderie. No matter how much I live for a century, I have not heard, gentlemen-brothers, that a Cossack left somewhere or somehow sold his comrade.

according to the story, Taras Bulba "

Taras Bulba - was one of the indigenous, old colonels: he was all created for abusive anxiety and was distinguished by the rude directness of his temper. Taras did not like the fact that they began to adopt traditions and customs from Poland and luxury appeared: servants, falcons, dinners and courtyards. He loved the simple life of the Cossacks and quarreled with those of his comrades who were inclined towards the Warsaw side, calling them flakes of the Polish lords. He considered himself the legitimate defender of Orthodoxy.

Bulba had two sons and a wife. He considered his youngest son to be a brat. He treated women badly. I thought that they always interfere with real Cossacks. He thought that if he stayed at home until the end of his life, he would become a buckwheat grower, housekeeper, look after sheep and pigs, and run with his wife.

Bulba jumped on his Devil, who recoiled furiously, feeling a twenty-pound burden on himself, because Bulba was extremely heavy and fat.
Taras went to bed early and woke up early. I've always liked to keep warm.
Bulba's wife saw her husband 2-3 times a year, and then for several years, there was not a word or a word from him. She endured insults and sometimes even beatings.

Taras Bulba got very excited and angry, carefully prepared himself, was responsible. He spoke well, thus encouraging people in need. He was proud of his son when he found out that he was chosen as chieftain. He didn't like traitors. And even when his son turned out to be such a traitor, he killed him with the words: “I gave birth to you, I will kill you!”

After the execution of Ostap, Taras walked around Poland and plundered with his army in honor of his son. Then for this, everyone began to look for Bulba. When they found Taras, they ordered him to be burned at the stake in front of everyone. Burning on the pillar, Taras saw his people, and he warned them to run away, thereby saving them. His death was not in vain, he died as a hero of that time.

Ostap is the eldest son of Taras Bulba. He was 22 years old. Proud, very cold-blooded, did not tolerate insults and could even hit his own father for it. He studied at the Kyiv bursa. A year later, he came with his brother to his father. Ostap took care of his brother, loved his mother, wanted to be like his father, respected and feared him; he was his chief judge.

When Andrii was killed, he felt sorry for him and wanted to give his body to honest land so that enemies would not scold him and birds of prey would not peck at him.

It seemed to Ostap that he had a battle path written in his family and a difficult rank to manage military affairs. Never at a loss or embarrassed by any chance, with a composure almost unnatural for a twenty-two-year-old, he could in an instant measure out all the danger and the whole state of affairs, he could immediately find means of avoiding it, but avoiding it in order to then return to overcome it. Already experienced confidence now began to signify his movements, and in them the inclinations of the future leader could not but be noticeable. The large was heard in his body, and his knightly qualities had already acquired the broad strength of the qualities of a lion.

The Cossacks said about Ostap: “Here is the new chieftain, but he leads the army as if the old one.”

When he was executed, he was silent, silent, bleeding. And then he began to call his dad.

Andriy is the youngest son of Taras Bulba. More than twenty years old, and exactly a sazhen in height. He studied with his brother in Kyiv Bursa. He loved his mother more than his father.

Andriy said: “Just let some Tatar now, she will know what a Cossack saber is!”

Andriy was completely immersed in the charming music of bullets and swords. He did not know what it meant to ponder, or calculate, or measure in advance one's own and other people's strengths. He saw furious bliss and ecstasy in battle.<…>And old Taras marveled more than once, seeing how Andriy, compelled by only a passionate passion, rushed to something that a cold-blooded and reasonable would never dare, and with his one furious onslaught performed such miracles that the old ones could not help but be amazed in battles.

Andriy did not like the fact that they kept the city in hunger. He and his father had a different nature, and with different eyes they look at the same thing. He treated women differently. He sold the homeland of his comrades and his father and brother for a Polish woman. He was perplexed by the fact that people, because of them, from hunger ate land and livestock.

When he was lured angry and furious into the forest to his father, all rage disappeared from him, he felt guilty for this. And therefore obeyed the father like a child; got off his horse, knowing that now his father would kill him. He died as a traitor.

He was dead beautiful: his courageous face, recently filled with strength and charm invincible for wives, still expressed wonderful beauty ... ".

The story of G. Gogol "Taras Bulba" was published in the collection "Mirgorod" in 1835. It depicts the life of the Zaporizhzhya Sich: the heroic struggle of the Cossacks against the oppressors of the Ukrainian people, the unique flavor of life and customs of the Cossacks. The main characters of the story are the old colonel Taras Bulba and his sons.

Andrey is the youngest son of Taras Bulba. As a child, he studied willingly and without strain. He often took the lead in rather dangerous undertakings, "and at times, with the help of his resourceful mind, he knew how to get out of punishment." He, like his older brother, Ostap, “also longed for a feat, but at the same time his soul was available for other feelings.

The need for love flared up sharply in him when he passed over eighteen years. While studying in Kyiv, he met a Polish lady, whom he fell in love with with all his young warm heart. There is a mystery that has not yet been solved by anyone, which still haunts many: “How is it that children grew up in the same family, were brought up the same way - one for joy, the second for sorrow and shame?” This is exactly what happened in the family of Colonel Taras Bulba.

The guys grew up strong and healthy, taught, as it used to be then. We went to the Sich, where they showed themselves as good Cossacks. But they lived a short life and died like non-natives ... But the theme of the work requires talking about the similarity of the brothers, and not about their differences. Let's start with the fact that they look like their father.

In his strong sons, he recognizes himself - such as he once was. No, they will not shame their father. They cross the Dnieper, the riders are experienced, the archers are the best, they know how to fight with sabers. Everything is like Taras, when he first came to the Sich. Good Cossacks, my father. It is said that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

In the war, too, the old colonel was not disgraced. The eldest, Ostap, showed the talent of a commander, the prudence of an ataman. Now the colonel is on a par with his father: the hut chieftain in the Sich is the same as the colonel in the Hetmanate. The younger one is also a good fighter.

He loves the "magic music" of battle and is brave to the point of frenzy. All in the father, who in the war is looking not for profit, but for glory. Both sons of death are not afraid, not of the fearful.

In a skirmish, the enemy is always defeated, although this is achieved in different ways. Now it is necessary to indicate that they are similar to their father in everything. Ostap did not see the point in the sciences, and therefore did not study at the academy. “All this is nothing!” - this is Taras's words.

And so, thank God, do not borrow the mind, they learned everything. And the father knows everything, he only pretends, the old devil. The resemblance to his father in Andrey manifested itself in the story of the lady.

The father of the house beat the dishes, drunk on memories and vodka, and the younger oath neglects, drunk on love. All of them meet death in the same way, remembering the most precious thing. Life in the Zaporizhzhya Sich captivated Andrei, he, with all the ardor of a young man, rushed into this "riotous sea" and forgot about his parents' house and the lady.

Andrei was a brave Cossack, in battle he knew no fear, crushed everyone and everything that came under his saber. But the younger Bulba did not care who to fight with. He was fascinated by the music of the battle itself, he gave himself entirely to it. When, under the cover of night, a Tatar woman, a servant of the beautiful pannochka, made her way to the Cossacks, and conveyed the request of a young Polish woman to help her mother, “all the past, everything that was closed, drowned out by the real harsh military life, everything surfaced together, drowning, in turn real. Andrei was again taken prisoner by his feelings. From the very thought that he would see her again, the Cossack's heart beat faster and "young knees trembled."

And when he was next to the lady and "full of extraterrestrial feelings, Andrei kissed these fragrant lips," he felt that "that only once in a lifetime is it given to a person to feel." And the Cossack died! For the sake of the lady, for the sake of his feelings, Andrei is ready to betray everything: his father, his comrades, his homeland. He put love for a woman above duty to his homeland. "My fatherland is you!" - says Andrey, a Zaporizhian Cossack, the daughter of his enemy, the Polish governor.

For the sake of the Polish beauty, he went against his comrades.

An interesting literary work always has several storylines, several storylines and, of course, memorable colorful characters. Gogol's story "Taras Bulba" reflects not only an idealized idea of ​​the historical past, but also shows the personal drama of the protagonist - Taras Bulba - and his two sons - Ostap, the eldest son, and Andriy, the youngest. If Taras can be called a folk hero, and Ostap a real Cossack, then what about Andriy? Who is he: a traitor, a daredevil, an unreasonable young man? This issue can be sorted out thanks to a detailed description of Andriy from Taras Bulba.

The reader gets acquainted with Andriy already in the first chapter. It becomes known that he and his brother returned home after graduating from seminary. It can be seen that these are still children: they are embarrassed, rumpled, they are embarrassed by the reaction of their father to their arrival. “... two burly fellows, still looking frowningly, like recently graduated seminarians. Their strong, healthy faces were covered with the first fluff of hair that a razor had not yet touched.

In honor of the return of Ostap and Andriy, Bulba gathered all the centurions to show off their children. And "the guests congratulated both Bulba and both young men and told them that ... there is no better science for a young man than the Zaporizhzhya Sich." Taras Bulba decides to implement this idea. Literally the next day, travelers set off for the Sich.

The son of Taras Bulba Andriy is revealed throughout the whole work. In "Taras Bulba" the description of Andriy is given only in pieces, thanks to which a complete image is created. This is a handsome young man. “His eyes sparkled with clear firmness, a velvet eyebrow arched in a bold arch, tanned cheeks shone with all the brightness of virgin fire, and a young black mustache shone like silk.”

In the second chapter, a kind of retrospective: it becomes known how the youngest son showed himself while studying at the seminary. It is there that the character of Andriy from Taras Bulba is formed. The young man "had feelings somewhat more alive and somehow more developed." Studying was easy for him, and he liked to study. Despite this, it was Andriy who most often was "the leader of a rather dangerous enterprise", but with the help of his ingenuity he knew how to get away with it. Taras Bulba saw great potential in Andriy for his son to become a glorious Cossack. Bold, resolute, easy-going, always finding an unusual way out of the situation.

In addition to the love of adventure, Andriy early discovered the need to love and be loved, but he was ashamed to talk about it to his comrades or brother. Every year he less and less participated in any tricks, he liked to walk around Kyiv, enjoying the beauty of the gardens and the attractiveness of the old nooks and crannies. Once he met the daughter of a Polish lord and, forgetting about common sense, that same evening decided to sneak into her chambers. It is interesting that Andriy in the story "Taras Bulba" is the only character with whom a love line is connected. Sensitivity to the beauty of nature and incredible lyricism in relations with the lady are closely connected and indivisible. Andriy is initially shown as a character capable of feeling more subtle matters. This image is covered with a romantic halo. There is also a cult of serving a beautiful lady, and passionate confessions, and an amazing meeting with a lady, many years after one evening spent together. Neither the feelings of the Cossack, nor the feelings of the girl could fade away, despite the elapsed time.

The father loved both his sons, brought up in them a love for freedom, faith and their native land, sent them to get a good education in the Kyiv seminary. He most of all wanted them to continue his work - sincere service to His people and Motherland. That is why Andriy's betrayal of Taras Bulba outgrows the scale of the family drama. It becomes a kind of conflict between two different points of perception of the world. For Bulba, all life was perceived as a brave battle for justice; for his youngest son, love turned out to be more important than his father's values. It is worth noting that neither of the two positions can be called limited. The reality of each character was refracted through his own prism of understanding of the world. Despite the fact that Bulba is married, their relationship with his wife cannot be called romantic. Rather, quite the opposite. Taras does not listen to her, treats her like a maid, screams and beats her. Love feelings, if they were, irrevocably gone. With Andriy, the situation is different: once he saw a beautiful girl, felt his heart fill with warmth, Andriy could not forget this, could not refuse. He sees the lady a few years after that evening in Kyiv. She changed, matured, but this made the young man seem even more beautiful. He talks to her about what he feels, is not afraid to be himself next to this girl. Andriy speaks truly beautifully and heartfeltly: “The Queen! .. for one hilt of my saber they give me the best herd and three thousand sheep. And I will refuse all this, I will throw it away, I will burn it, I will flood it, if you only utter one word ... or at least move your thin black eyebrow! You are another creation of God…” He tremblingly hugs her, not wanting to never part with her again.

The father could not understand this. Taras Bulba kills Andriy. The old Cossack asks to drive his son into the ring so that the traitor has nowhere to run. But Andriy does not try to avoid this death. He understood the consequences of his renunciation of his previous life. Before his death, he only utters the name of the lady, which further offends and disappoints his father. Bulba regrets not only the death of his son, but also that for his son love turned out to be more important than the system of values ​​built by Taras.

The image of Andriy from "Taras Bulba" cannot be called unambiguous. Yes, his attitude towards women was different from the generally accepted at that time, he committed one of the most terrible acts in terms of the laws of the Zaporizhian Sich, he betrayed his father and abandoned his homeland. But at the same time, Andriy fought to the end for the right to be himself, the right to his own happiness, which was not limited to the common good and the expanses of the steppe. Andriy loves nature, misses his mother, but he is also attracted to the music of bullets and weapons. He throws bread to a man dying of hunger, but in battles he does not spare either his own or others. In Andria, for some time, two extremes coexist organically: a sensitive nature and a brave warrior who fearlessly looks into the eyes of death. You can't call him a weak person. Agree, you need to have enough inner strength and faith in feeling to be able to renounce everything. “Who said that my homeland is Ukraine? Who gave it to me in the homeland? The fatherland is what our soul seeks, which is sweeter for it than anything. My motherland is you! Here is my homeland! And I will carry this homeland in my heart, I will bear it until it becomes my age, and I will see if one of the Cossacks will tear it out of there! And everything that is, I will sell, give, ruin for such a homeland!

How Andriy's further fate would have developed can only be speculated. For example, he could be killed in battle, or he survived, and then married a Pole, receiving a title and land. Or his father, who wants revenge, would have found a way to kill either his son or his Polish girl.

With the help of the above description of Andriy from the story "Taras Bulba", it is easy to imagine what this character really was, how carefully and thoughtfully he was created by the author, and how vividly he appears in the readers' imagination. This description will help students in grades 6-7 when preparing an essay on the topic "Characteristics of Andriy from the story" Taras Bulba ""

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