Positive and negative actions of Oblomov table. Roman "Oblomov". Characteristics of the heroes of the work. I. Checking homework

Lesson Objectives: to help students comprehend the images of the main characters from a social and universal, moral point of view; develop skills in working with critical literature.

Equipment: individual cards with tasks, video film “A few days in the life of Oblomov.”

During the classes

I. Checking homework

General characteristics of the novel; testing knowledge of the text; conversation on the questionnaire “First impression of the novel.”

II. Recording the lesson topic, epigraph

...a capital thing, the likes of which have not been seen for a long time. Tell Goncharov that I am delighted with Oblomov and am re-reading it again. But what will be more pleasant for him is that Oblomov’s success is not accidental, not miserably, but healthy, substantial and not temporary in the real public.

L. Tolstoy

As long as there is at least one Russian left, “Oblomov” will be remembered.

I. S. Turgenev

III. Teacher's word

“As soon as I casually drink tea, I take a cigar - and go to her: I sit in her room, go to the park, climb into secluded alleys, I can’t get enough of it, I can’t get enough of it. I have a rival: although he is younger than me, he is slower, and I hope to separate them soon. Then I’ll go with her to Frankfurt, then to Switzerland, or straight to Paris...”

Such an extraordinary letter was received from Goncharov by his friend Lokhovsky in the summer of 1857 from Marienbad. You are intrigued. Lokhovsky was also intrigued. But it turned out that we are talking about the main character of the new novel, Olga Ilyinskaya. This was the famous “Oblomov”. In the summer of 1857 in Marienbad, Goncharov read it to I. S. Turgenev and A. Fet. And success broke out, which L.N. Tolstoy confidently called “major.”

Why is the image of the main character of the novel interesting for us? The life and fate of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov makes us think about the most complex issues of free will and the need to live “as I need” or “as I want”?; about the extent to which violence against the human person is harmful (even with the attitude “for the good”). How should life be structured so that a person does not die in it, does not hide from it, does not shrink from its touch? What is the key to a full, active existence? Or is Oblomov’s life and decline an acceptable, possible, legal option? The novel does not provide direct answers to these questions. But a detailed and leisurely story about human life awakens consciousness and disturbs feelings. In this regard, we can recall Lermontov’s wonderful phrase: “The history of the human soul, even the smallest soul, is almost more curious than the history of an entire people...” Let’s take a close look, without being distracted by the sequence of events, at Oblomov, Stolz, Olga, Zakhara , Pshenitsyn.

IV. Working with the text of a novel

Discussion in groups and presentation on homework for Part I with reading and commenting on the required text. (Questions No. 1-6).

Tasks:

1st row: Tell and analyze the life story of I. I. Oblomov according to the following plan:

a) the image of the main character: main character traits, character formation, his childhood (briefly), Oblomov’s day (briefly), the role of details in depicting the image of the main character;

b) the hero’s life ideals;

d) Zakhar and Oblomov;

e) Oblomov’s features in Zakhara.

Why doesn’t Oblomov’s flattery give us the impression of vulgarity?

What are the main factors that influenced the formation of Oblomov’s character?

What does Oblomov have in common with “superfluous people” (Onegin, Pechorin)?

Can we say that Oblomov is a typical character? Were there people like him before Oblomov and after him? Is Oblomov right when he says: “Our name is Legion”?

How can we understand the combinations of such a contradiction in Oblomov: on the one hand, the desire to live, on the other hand, the fear of living; on the third hand, “I’ve been ashamed to live in the world for a long time”? Highlight the attractive character traits of the hero, his weaknesses, and symbols.

(Attractive traits: gentleness, simplicity, generosity, kindness... Weaknesses: apathy, laziness, lack of purpose in life and interest in life, indifference to oneself, values only his peace of mind, is not prepared and not adapted to life... Symbols: big sofa, comfortable robe, soft shoes).

2nd row: Tell and analyze the material about Andrei Stolts according to the following plan:

a) Stolz’s characteristics;

b) Stolz’s activities, his ideological position;

d) identify - Stolz is the antipode of Oblomov or his double;

e) highlight the attractive features and weaknesses of this hero.

What does Goncharov see as Stolz’s limitations?

Why did Goncharov and critics think that the image of A. Stolz was not a success for the author? Do you agree with this?

A.P. Chekhov (1889) wrote: “Stolz does not inspire me with any confidence. The author says that he is a magnificent fellow, but I don’t believe him. This is a sleazy beast who thinks very well of herself and is pleased with herself...” Share your thoughts about this statement by Chekhov.

(Attractive features: for Stolz, the meaning of life is work; he is unusually efficient and enterprising. Goncharov admires his ebullient energy (a member of the company, doing business with foreign countries, has traveled the length and breadth of Russia). Strength, calm, energy in his face; he is against hibernation , for enlightenment. Weaknesses: Stolz has no poetry, no dreams, does not have a program of public service. Certain tendencies of Russian life are reflected in him - the desire for personal independence; this is a bourgeois businessman who treats Oblomovism condescendingly, considering it a temporary disease of society).

Identify the similarities and differences between Oblomov and Stolz and fill out the table:

After this, students must summarize the data and draw conclusions.

Sample answer/conclusion from students:

The images of these heroes in the novel are contrasted on all points, but not strictly. Both heroes are individuals whose inner world cannot be considered based only on the diametric differences in their worldview. Several similar traits can be noted in the characters of Oblomov and Stolz: the ability to have deep, sincere feelings, bright memories of childhood and affection for their mother.

3rd row: Tell and analyze the material based on the image of Olga Ilyinskaya, using questions:

What is Olga's character and ideals?

Why did Olga fall in love with Oblomov?

Is Olga Ilyinskaya a positive heroine?

Tell the love story of Olga and Oblomov. Fill in the table with quotes from the novel:

The novel is warmed by two love stories. Is this love equal - the love of Agafya Matveevna and the love of Olga?

Marriage of Stolz and Olga. Is he happy?

(Olga’s attractive features: dissatisfaction with herself and life, desire for active work, lack of affectation, simplicity, naturalness, thoughtful management of the fight against Oblomov’s habits (good-natured mockery of laziness, singing, reading, talking about what she read, walking). Active, passionate nature, did a lot to re-educate Oblomov, to save him from laziness and apathy. In the image of this woman, Goncharov solved the problem of the equality of women. A purposeful, strong-willed girl stands among the best heroines of Russian literature: she strives to benefit people, society, and is free from personal aspirations.)

It is not at all by chance that Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov wrote his famous novel "Oblomov", recognized by his contemporaries as a classic after its publication, ten years later. As he himself wrote about him, this novel is about “his” generation, about those barchuks who came to St. Petersburg “from kind mothers” and tried to make a career there. To really make a career, they had to change their attitude towards work. Ivan Alexandrovich himself went through this. However, many landed nobles remained idle in adult life. At the beginning of the 19th century this was not uncommon. For Goncharov, the artistic and holistic representation of a representative of a nobleman degenerating under the conditions of serfdom became the main idea of the novel.

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov - a typical character at the beginning of the 19th century

Oblomov’s appearance, the very image of this local nobleman-idler, absorbed so many characteristic features that it became a household name. As the memoirs of contemporaries testify, in Goncharov’s time it even became an unwritten rule not to call a son “Ilya” if his father’s name was the same... The reason is that such people do not need to work to provide for themselves. They don’t have to serve, after all, capital and serfs already provide him with a certain weight in society. This is a landowner who owns 350 serfs, but is absolutely not interested in agriculture, which feeds him, and has no control over the thief-clerk who shamelessly robs him.

Expensive mahogany furniture is covered in dust. His entire existence is spent on the couch. It replaces his entire apartment: living room, kitchen, hallway, office. There are mice running around the apartment and there are bedbugs.

Appearance of the main character

The description of Oblomov's appearance indicates the special - satirical role of this image in Russian literature. His essence is that he continued the classical tradition of superfluous people in his Fatherland, following Pushkin's Eugene Onegin and Lermontov's Pechorin. Ilya Ilyich has an appearance that matches this lifestyle. He dresses his old, plump, but already loose body in a rather threadbare robe. His gaze is dreamy, his hands are motionless.

The main detail of Ilya Ilyich’s appearance

It is no coincidence that, repeatedly describing Oblomov’s appearance throughout the novel, Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov focuses attention precisely on his plump arms, with small hands, completely pampered. This artistic device - men's hands not busy with work - additionally emphasizes the passivity of the protagonist.

Oblomov's dreams never find their real continuation in business. They are his personal way of nurturing his laziness. And he is busy with them from the moment he wakes up: shown by Goncharov, for example, a day in the life of Ilya Ilyich, begins with an hour and a half of motionless daydreaming, naturally, without getting off the couch...

Positive traits of Oblomov

However, it should be admitted that Ilya Ilyich is kinder and more open. He is friendlier than the high-society dandy Onegin, or the fatalist Pechorin, who brings only trouble to those around him. He is not capable of quarreling with a person over a trifle, much less challenging him to a duel.

Goncharov describes the appearance of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov in full accordance with his lifestyle. And this landowner lives with his devoted servant Zakhar on the Vyborg side in a spacious four-room apartment. A plump, doughy 32-33-year-old balding brown-haired man with brown hair, a rather pleasant face and dreamy dark gray eyes. This is Oblomov’s appearance in the brief description that Goncharov presents to us at the beginning of his novel. This hereditary nobleman from a once famous family in the province came to St. Petersburg twelve years ago to pursue an bureaucratic career. He started with a rank. Then, due to negligence, he sent a letter to Arkhangelsk instead of Astrakhan and, frightened, quit.

His appearance certainly encourages the interlocutor to communicate. And it is not surprising that guests come to see him every day. Oblomov's appearance in the novel "Oblomov" cannot be called unattractive; it even to some extent expresses the remarkable mind of Ilya Ilyich. However, there is no practical tenacity or purposefulness in it. However, his face is expressive, it displays a continuous stream of thoughts. He speaks practical words and makes noble plans. The very description of Oblomov’s appearance leads the attentive reader to the conclusion that his spirituality is toothless, and his plans will never come true. They will be forgotten before they reach practical implementation. However, in their place will come new ideas, equally divorced from reality...

Oblomov's appearance is a mirror of degradation...

Let us note that even Oblomov’s appearance in the novel “Oblomov” could have been completely different if he had received a different home upbringing... After all, he was an energetic, inquisitive child, not prone to being overweight. As befits his age, he was interested in what was happening around him. However, the mother assigned vigilant nannies to the child, who did not allow him to take anything in his hands. Over time, Ilya Ilyich also perceived any work as the lot of the lower class, men.

Appearances of opposite characters: Stolz and Oblomov

Why would a physiognomist observer come to this conclusion? Yes, because, for example, Stolz’s appearance in the novel “Oblomov” is completely different: wiry, agile, dynamic. Andrei Ivanovich does not tend to dream; instead, he rather plans, analyzes, formulates a goal, and then works to achieve it... After all, Stolz, his friend from a young age, thinks rationally, having a legal education, as well as rich experience in service and communication with people.. His origin is not as noble as that of Ilya Ilyich. His father is a German who works as a clerk for landowners (in our current understanding, a classic hired manager), and his mother is a Russian woman who received a good liberal arts education. From childhood he knew that a career and position in society should be earned through hard work.

These two characters are diametrically opposed in the novel. Even the appearance of Oblomov and Stolz is completely different. Nothing similar, not a single similar feature - two completely different human types. The first is an excellent conversationalist, a man of an open soul, but a lazy person in the last incarnation of this flaw. The second is active, ready to help friends in trouble. In particular, he introduces his friend Ilya to a girl who can “cure” him of laziness - Olga Ilyinskaya. In addition, he restores order in Oblomovka’s landowner agriculture. And after Oblomov’s death, he adopts his son Andrei.

Differences in the way Goncharov presents the appearance of Stolz and Oblomov

In different ways we recognize the appearance traits that Oblomov and Stolz possess. The author shows the appearance of Ilya Ilyich in a classic way: from the words of the author talking about him. We learn the appearance of Andrei Stolts gradually, from the words of other characters in the novel. This is how we begin to understand that Andrey has a lean, wiry, muscular physique. His skin is dark, and his greenish eyes are expressive.

Oblomov and Stolz also have different attitudes towards love. The appearance of their chosen ones, as well as the relationships with them, are different between the two heroes of the novel. Oblomov gets his wife-mother Agafya Pshenitsyna - loving, caring, not bothersome. Stolz marries the educated Olga Ilyinskaya - his comrade-in-arms wife, his assistant wife.

It is not surprising that this man, unlike Oblomov, squanders his fortune.

Appearance and respect of people, are they related?

The appearance of Oblomov and Stolz is perceived differently by people. The weakling Oblomov, like honey, attracts flies, attracts the swindlers Mikhei Tarantiev and Ivan Mukhoyarov. He periodically feels bouts of apathy, feeling obvious discomfort from his passive position in life. The collected, far-sighted Stolz does not experience such loss of spirit. He loves life. With his insight and serious approach to life, he frightens scoundrels. It’s not for nothing that after meeting him, Mikhei Tarantiev “goes on the run.” For

Conclusion

Ilyich’s appearance fits perfectly into the concept of “an extra person, that is, an individual who cannot realize himself in society. The abilities that he possessed in his youth were subsequently ruined. First, through improper upbringing, and then through idleness. The previously bright little boy became flabby by the age of 32, lost interest in the life around him, and by the age of 40 he became ill and died.

Ivan Goncharov described the type of nobleman-serf owner who has a rentier position in life (he regularly gets money from the work of other people, but Oblomov has no such desire to work himself.) It is quite obvious that people with such a position in life do not have a future.

At the same time, the energetic and purposeful commoner Andrei Stolts achieves obvious success in life and a position in society. His appearance is a reflection of his active nature.

Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov worked on the novel “Oblomov” for ten years. The characterization of the main character is so convincingly presented by the classic that it went beyond the scope of the work, and the image became a household name. The quality of the author's elaboration of the characters in the story is impressive. All of them are integral, possessing the features of people contemporary to the writer.

The topic of this article is the characteristics of the heroes of Oblomov.

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. Sliding on the plane of laziness

The central image of the book is the young (32-33 years old) landowner Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, a lazy, imposing dreamer. He is a man of average height, with dark gray eyes, pleasant facial features, and childishly pampered plump hands. The person living in the St. Petersburg apartment on the Vyborg side is ambiguous. Oblomov is an excellent conversationalist. By his nature, he is not capable of causing harm to anyone. His soul is pure. He is educated and has a broad outlook. At any given time, his face reflects a continuous stream of thoughts. It would seem that we are talking about if not for the enormous laziness that has taken possession of Ilya Ilyich. Since childhood, numerous nannies took care of him in small ways. “Zakharki da Vanya” from the serfs did any work for him, even small ones. His days pass in idleness and lying on the sofa.

Trusting them, Oblomov signed an enslaving agreement for his Vyborg apartment, and then paid fake “moral damages” to Agafya’s brother Mukhoyarov in the amount of ten thousand rubles through a fake loan letter. Ilya Ilyich's friend Stolz exposes the scoundrels. After this, Tarantiev “goes on the run.”

People close to Oblomov

Those around him feel that he is a sincere person, Oblomov. The characterization is a characterization, but the protagonist’s self-destruction through laziness does not prevent him from having friends. The reader sees how a true friend Andrei Stolts is trying to snatch Oblomov from the tight embrace of doing nothing. After Oblomov’s death, he became, according to the latter’s will, an adoptive father for his son Andryusha.

Oblomov has a devoted and loving common-law wife - the widow Agafya Pshenitsyna - an unrivaled housewife, narrow-minded, illiterate, but honest and decent. Outwardly she is plump, but well-behaved and hard-working. Ilya Ilyich admires it, comparing it to a cheesecake. The woman breaks off all relations with her brother Ivan Mukhoyarov, having learned about his low deception of her husband. After the death of her common-law husband, a woman feels that “the soul has been taken out of her.” Having given her son to be raised by the Stolts, Agafya simply wants to follow her Ilya. She is not interested in money, as can be seen from her refusal of the income due from Oblomov’s estate.

Ilya Ilyich is served by Zakhar - an unkempt, lazy, but idolizing his master and a loyal servant of the old school to the end. After the master's death, the former servant prefers to beg, but remains near his grave.

More about the image of Andrei Stolts

Often the topic of school essays is Oblomov and Stolz. They are opposite even in appearance. Tawny, dark, with sunken cheeks, it seems that Stolz consists entirely of muscles and tendons. He has a rank behind him and a guaranteed income. Later, while working in a trading company, he earned money to buy a house. He shows activity and creativity, he is offered interesting and lucrative work. In the second part of the novel, it is he who tries to bring Oblomov together with Olga Ilyinskaya, introducing them. However, Oblomov stopped building a relationship with this lady because he was afraid to change housing and engage in active work. Disappointed Olga, who planned to re-educate the lazy man, left him. However, Stolz’s image is not ideal, despite his constant creative work. He, as the opposite of Oblomov, is afraid to dream. Goncharov put an abundance of rationality and rationalism into this image. The writer believed that he had not finalized the image of Stolz. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov even considered this image negative, the judgment that he was “too pleased with himself” and “thinks too well of himself.”

Olga Ilyinskaya - woman of the future

The image of Olga Ilyinskaya is strong, complete, beautiful. Not a beauty, but surprisingly harmonious and dynamic. She is deeply spiritual and at the same time active. met her singing the aria "Casta diva". This woman turned out to be capable of stirring up even such a guy. But re-educating Oblomov turned out to be an extremely difficult task, no more effective than training woodpeckers; laziness took deep roots in him. In the end, Oblomov is the first to give up his relationship with Olga (due to laziness). A characteristic of their further relationship is Olga’s active sympathy. She marries the active, reliable and faithful Andrei Stolz, who loves her. They have a wonderful, harmonious family. But the astute reader will understand that the active German “does not reach” the spiritual level of his wife.

Conclusion

A string of Goncharov’s images passes before the eyes of the reader of the novel. Of course, the most striking of them is the image of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. Having wonderful prerequisites for a successful, comfortable life, he managed to ruin himself. At the end of his life, the landowner realized what had happened to him, giving this phenomenon the capacious, laconic name “Oblomovism.” Is it modern? And how. Today's Ilya Ilyichs, in addition to their dream flight, also have impressive resources - computer games with stunning graphics.

The novel did not reveal the image of Andrei Stolts to the extent intended by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov. The author of the article considers this to be natural. After all, the classic depicted two extremes in these heroes. The first is a useless dream, and the second is a pragmatic, unspiritual activity. It is obvious that only by combining these qualities in the right proportion will we get something harmonious.

Already in “Ordinary History,” the first major work of I.A. Goncharov, he became interested in the type that later immortalized his name. Already there we see indications of the enormous social danger posed by the very special living conditions of intelligent Russian society in the early and mid-19th centuries that developed under the influence of serfdom.

This danger lies in “Oblomovism,” and dreamy romanticism, familiar to us from its bearer Aduev, is only one of the elements of this latter. Goncharov gave an exhaustive image of Oblomovism in the image of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, to whose characteristics we will now turn.

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is one of the people who cannot but be considered attractive.

From the first pages of the novel, he appears before us as an intelligent person and at the same time with a kind heart. His intelligence is reflected in the insight with which he understands people. For example, he perfectly guessed the numerous visitors who visited him on the morning of the day on which the novel begins. How correctly he assesses both the frivolous pastime of the secular veil Volkov, flitting from one salon to another, and the troublesome life of the careerist official Sudbinsky, who only thinks about how to secure the favor of his superiors, without which it is unthinkable to either receive a salary increase or achieve a profitable business trips, much less advance in career. And this is exactly what Sudbinsky sees as the only goal of his official activities.

He also correctly evaluates Oblomov and the people close to him. He admires Stolz and idolizes Olga Ilyinskaya. But, fully understanding their merits, he does not close his eyes to their shortcomings.

But Oblomov’s mind is purely natural: neither in childhood nor subsequently, no one did anything for his development and education. On the contrary, the lack of systematically received education in childhood, the lack of living spiritual food in adulthood, plunges him into an increasingly dormant state.

At the same time, Oblomov reveals complete ignorance of practical life. As a result, he is more than frightened by what could bring any change to his once established way of life. The manager’s demand to clean the apartment plunges him into horror; he cannot think calmly about the upcoming troubles. This circumstance for Oblomov is much more difficult than receiving a letter from the headman, in which he informs him that his income will be “about two thousand in exchange.” And this is only because the headman’s letter does not require immediate action.

Oblomov is characterized by rare kindness and humanism. These qualities are fully manifested in Oblomov’s conversation with the writer Penkin, who sees the main advantage of literature in “seething anger - the bilious persecution of vice”, in the laughter of contempt for fallen man. Ilya Ilyich objects to him and speaks about humanity, about the need to create not only with his head, but with all his heart.

These properties of Oblomov, combined with his amazing spiritual purity, making him incapable of any pretense, any cunning, combined with his condescension towards others, for example, Tarantyev, and, at the same time, with a conscious attitude towards his own shortcomings , inspire love for him in almost everyone with whom his fate encounters. Simple people, like Zakhar and Agafya Matveevna, become attached to him with all their being. And people in his circle, such as Olga Ilyinskaya and Stolz, cannot talk about him except with a feeling of deep sympathy, and sometimes even emotional tenderness.

And, despite his high moral qualities, this man turned out to be completely useless for the cause. Already from the first chapter we learn that lying down was the “normal state” of Ilya Ilyich, who, dressed in his Persian robe, putting on soft and wide shoes, spends whole days in lazy idleness. From the most cursory description of Oblomov’s pastime, it is clear that one of the main features of his psychological make-up is weakness of will and laziness, apathy and panicky fear of life.

What made Oblomov a man who, with unconscious but amazing tenacity, avoided everything that could require labor, and, with no less tenacity, gravitated towards what he saw as carefree lying on his side?

The answer to this question is the description of Oblomov’s childhood and the environment from which he came—a chapter called “Oblomov’s Dream.”

First of all, there are some reasons to consider Oblomov as one of the typical representatives of the 40s of the 19th century. He is brought closer to this era by idealism, with a complete inability to move on to practical activity, a pronounced tendency to reflection and introspection, and a passionate desire for personal happiness.

However, Oblomov also has features that distinguish him from the best, for example, Turgenev’s heroes. This includes the inertia of thought and apathy of Ilya Ilyich’s mind, which prevented him from becoming a fully educated person and developing for himself a coherent philosophical worldview.

Another understanding of Oblomov’s type is that he is predominantly a representative of the Russian pre-reform nobility. Both for himself and for those around him, Oblomov is, first of all, a “master.” Considering Oblomov from this angle alone, one must not lose sight of the fact that his lordship is inextricably linked with “Oblomovism.” Moreover, lordship is the immediate cause of the latter. In Oblomov and in his psychology, in his fate, the process of spontaneous extinction of feudal Rus', the process of its “natural death” is presented.

Finally, it is possible to consider Oblomov as a national type, to which Goncharov himself was inclined.

But, speaking about the presence of Oblomov’s negative traits in the character of a Russian person, it should be remembered that such traits are not the only ones inherent in Russians. An example of this is the heroes of other literary works - Lisa Kalitina from “The Noble Nest”, who has a selfless character, Elena from “On the Eve”, striving to do active good, Solomin from “Novi” - these people, also being Russian, are absolutely not similar to Oblomov.

Oblomov's characterization plan

Introduction.

Main part. Characteristics of Oblomov
1) Mind
a) Relationship with friends
b) Assessment of loved ones
c) Lack of education
d) Ignorance of practical life
e) Lack of perspective

2) Heart
a) Kindness
b) Humanity
c) Mental purity
d) Sincerity
d) “Honest, true heart”

3) Will
a) Apathy
b) Lack of will

Moral death of Oblomov. “Oblomov’s Dream,” as her explanation.

Conclusion. Oblomov as a social and national type.
a) Oblomov, as a representative of the 40s of the 19th century
- Similarities.
— Features of difference.
b) Oblomov, as a representative of the pre-reform nobility.
c) Oblomov as a national type.

Oblomov's character

Roman I.A. Goncharov's "Oblomov" was published in 1859. It took almost 10 years to create it. This is one of the most outstanding novels of classical literature of our time. This is how famous literary critics of that era spoke about the novel. Goncharov was able to convey realistically objective and reliable facts about the reality of the layers of the social environment of the historical period. It must be assumed that his most successful achievement was the creation of the image of Oblomov.

He was a young man of about 32-33 years old, of average height, with a pleasant face and an intelligent look, but without any definite depth of meaning. As the author noted, the thought walked across the face like a free bird, fluttered in the eyes, dropped onto half-open lips, hid in the folds of the forehead, then completely disappeared and a carefree young man appeared in front of us. Sometimes one could read boredom or fatigue on his face, but still there was a gentleness of character and the warmth of his soul. Throughout Oblomov’s life, he has been accompanied by three attributes of bourgeois well-being - a sofa, a robe and shoes. At home, Oblomov wore an oriental, soft, roomy robe. He spent all his free time lying down. Laziness was an integral trait of his character. Cleaning in the house was carried out superficially, creating the appearance of cobwebs hanging in the corners, although at first glance one might think that the room was well cleaned. There were two more rooms in the house, but he did not go there at all. If there was an uncleaned plate from dinner with crumbs everywhere, a half-smoked pipe, you would think that the apartment was empty, no one lived in it. He was always surprised by his energetic friends. How can you waste your life like this, scattered on dozens of things at once? His financial condition wanted to be better. Lying on the sofa, Ilya Ilyich was always thinking about how to correct him.

The image of Oblomov is a complex, contradictory, even tragic hero. His character predetermines an ordinary, uninteresting fate, devoid of the energy of life and its bright events. Goncharov draws his main attention to the established system of that era, which influenced his hero. This influence was expressed in Oblomov’s empty and meaningless existence. Helpless attempts at revival under the influence of Olga, Stolz, marriage to Pshenitsyna, and death itself are defined in the novel as Oblomovism.

The very character of the hero, according to the writer’s plan, is much larger and deeper. Oblomov's dream is the key to unlocking the entire novel. The hero moves to another era, to other people. Lots of light, joyful childhood, gardens, sunny rivers, but first you have to overcome obstacles, an endless sea with raging waves and groans. Behind him are rocks with abysses, a crimson sky with a red glow. After an exciting landscape, we find ourselves in a small corner where people live happily, where they want to be born and die, it cannot be otherwise, so they think. Goncharov describes these residents: “Everything in the village is quiet and sleepy: the silent huts are wide open; not a soul in sight; Only flies fly in clouds and buzz in the stuffy atmosphere.” There we meet young Oblomov. As a child, Oblomov could not dress himself; servants always helped him. As an adult, he also resorts to their help. Ilyusha grows up in an atmosphere of love, peace and excessive care. Oblomovka is a corner where calm and undisturbed silence reigns. It's a dream within a dream. Everything around seems to have frozen, and nothing can wake up these people who live uselessly in a distant village without any connection with the rest of the world. Ilyusha grew up on fairy tales and legends that his nanny told him. Developing daydreaming, the fairy tale tied Ilyusha more to the house, causing inaction.

Oblomov’s dream describes the hero’s childhood and upbringing. All this helps to recognize Oblomov’s character. The life of the Oblomovs is passivity and apathy. Childhood is his ideal. There in Oblomovka, Ilyusha felt warm, reliable and very protected. This ideal doomed him to a further aimless existence.

The solution to the character of Ilya Ilyich in his childhood, from where direct threads stretch to the adult hero. The character of a hero is an objective result of the conditions of birth and upbringing.

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