"Anna Karenina": characters and their role

Today we will talk about two key characters in the book of the famous and talented Russian writer L. Tolstoy "Anna Karenina." These characters will be Anna herself and her chevalier Vronsky. Do we know all about these heroes, do we understand their motives and desires so well? This is what we have to find out.

Acquaintance with Karenina

Karenina Anna Arkadevna is the central character in the book of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. This is a noble woman who lives in St. Petersburg. He is the sister of S. Oblonsky and his wife Alexei Karenin. There are two opinions as to who is the prototype of the heroine. According to T. Bers, the prototype of Karenina by external characteristics can be considered Mary Hartung, the daughter of Alexander Pushkin. It should also be noted that the fate of Mary Tolstoy (the writer's sister) is very similar to the life of the character.

What is Anna Karenina really like? Characters, through which she reveals herself as a person, show her from different angles. We'll talk about this in more detail below, but for now it is worthwhile to understand that Anna is not a middle-aged bisexual woman who decided to have a little fun with her husband. The female image of Tolstoy is much deeper and more capacious. There is information that Lev Nikolayevich communicated with a woman who told Tolstoy the story of how her friend committed suicide from unhappy love.

The image of a woman

What is the nature of Anna Karenina? Characters in the book allow you to view this image from different angles, but the interpretation begins with an epigraph to the book: "I have vengeance, and I'll repay." It is also worth considering the historically developed vision of a woman in those days and the conditions of social and religious life.

The first part of the book characterizes Anna Karenina as a good mother, an exemplary wife. She settles disputes in the Oblonsky family, helps them to establish family well-being. What does Anna live? The author tells us that the most worried woman is her son. Although in public, she somewhat exaggerated her role as a loving mother. Only observant Dolly managed to catch fake notes in Anna and Alexey's family life. At the same time Anna, of course, respected her husband.

Tie relationships

At the very beginning, when the spark only appears, Anna tries in every possible way to extinguish the attraction to Alexei Vronsky. Girls, who also liked Alex, notice that at the ball Anna is changing a lot. Something frantic, diabolical and very attractive appears in her gaze, her gait, her movements. It should be noted that Anna Karenina, the characters surrounding her, in particular Kitty and Dolly, are not at all religious. The concept of a blind religious faith can be attributed to Karenin Alexei Alexandrovich. Anna is quite different. She is a calm, fair woman who has a reputation as a morally clean woman in society. However, it is she who is "led" to an affair and mags in a complicated relationship with her husband and lover, balancing between lies and hypocrisy.

Awareness of guilt

After the relations between lovers are established, Anna changes. Now she notices falsity and falsehood in the relations of all who surround her. She is disgusted, as if she noticed it all just now. Despite this, their own lying relations continue to draw her farther. She herself does not notice how she goes downhill, violating all her principles, which she previously considered inviolable. After a while, Anna begins to feel like a traitor. Her attitude toward her husband worsens, she literally hates him. And all because of what feels his generosity, moral purity.

Neither the change of scenery (a trip to Italy) nor a small daughter brings Anna the desired tranquility. She only feels deeper and deeper in her suffering, realizing that she has acted horribly towards her husband. Her longing for her son does not cease. Her biggest problem is that she can not live with Vronsky and her beloved son.

Alexey Vronsky

Vronsky is handsome and rich. His friends love him, he is a good fellow. Among the qualities of his character, you can note kindness, honesty, responsiveness. He is considered a romantic kind, because once in his youth he saved a sinking woman. All his money he gave in favor of his brother. Only when he had Anna, did he take a part of the income himself. With all this, Alexei Vronsky is a shallow person. He has good qualities of character, but at heart he is callous. She treats her mother respectfully, but does not like her because of frequent love relationships and frivolous attitude to life.

The result

Why does Anna Karenina come at the end? The characters around her live their lives, while the young woman is desperate. She is visited by thoughts of suicide. Actually, we know for ourselves how the book ended. Having failed to find a balance in her life between her conscience and desires, Anna could not choose between her two beloved men, the son and Vronsky. She wanted to solve the problem in her own way.

What did the author want to show in his book "Anna Karenina"? Characters here were the backdrop for Anna or helped to open it? The answer is. Tolstoy tried to show that it is impossible to build his own happiness on the mountain of others, it is impossible to forget his moral duty. Of course, the main figure is Anna, but the stories of other characters only supplement the vision of Tolstoy, which he passed through the life story of each hero.