M. Gorky "Makar Chudra": a short summary of the work

Have you read "Makar Chudra"? The summary of the work will be set out below. This is the first romantic work of Maxim Gorky. A distinctive feature is the opposition of two ideas.

"Makar Chudra": a short summary of the work

The narration begins with the narrator and an old gypsy named Makar Chudra sitting on the seashore.

He has already seen a lot and knows how to surprise a person. Another story was about the "eagle and eagle" - about a sensible gypsy Loiko Zobare and Radde.

Lojko Zobar knew all the Slavic countries. The glory of him was known for a long time. He was clever and intelligent, many dreamed of killing him. Loiko was a lover of horses and despised money. He could help a person in need at a difficult moment, while the gypsy was insanely beautiful.

It should be noted that the short content of "Makar Chudra" will help evaluate the conflict of the work, get acquainted with the main characters.

Loyko arrived in one noble camp. One of the gypsies had a beautiful daughter, Radda, who was known for her beauty and independence of character. Radda liked everyone: her black long hair and the same black eyes captivated the men. In the evening Zobar played the violin: all the "local women" burst into tears, only Radda remained stable. Loiko did not like it. The next time Zobar sang a song - Rudda laughed the only one. After that, Zobar decided to ask for her hand, to which his father agreed.

The central image of each romantic work of the author is a free man. This is exactly what Raddu and Loiko Maxim Gorky did. Makar Chudra (the summary of the novel of the same name is a kind of plan of the original work) - a peculiar, colorful figure in the story. He talks about freedom laconically and beautifully.

Loiko approached the free gypsy woman and told her that she had captivated his heart and that he was taking her as his wife. To which he received an unexpected answer: "A free man will live as he wants." Zobar escaped to the steppe, where in three hours came Rudd and put a gun to his temple. Loiko felt a desire to kill her, but he heard that Rudd had come to make peace and that he loved him. She promised Zobar that she would become an obedient wife if he bowed to her in front of the whole camp. Zobar agreed. Returning to the camp, Loiko told the old people that now she was alone in his heart and that he was ready to fulfill her request. As soon as Radda came, he first rushed to her feet, and then took out a knife and planted it on the very hilt. Radda, plugging the wound with her hair, answered that she expected such death, laughed and fell down dead. At that moment, the father of a free gypsy woman stuck the same knife in the back of the handsome Zobar. So they fell together, "the eagle and the eagle." Makar Chudra, the summary of this work should be an impetus to the reading of the original, told his interlocutor the legend of freedom. Thus, he confirmed that two freedom-loving proud can not be together.

"Makar Chudra" (the short content of the story is necessary for the evaluation and analysis of the story) is a complex composition work. The structure of the "story in the story" makes it original and interesting. A beautiful love story between two people who put liberty above all people ends in tragedy: independence turned out to be higher than any feelings for them.