Essays on literary works - 2023

“ The spirit is high, mighty, but the spirit of denial, pride and contempt ...” (according to the works of G. G. Byron)
Lord George Gordon Byron

Romantic poets had a unique ability to express their own "I" in their works, defending the freedom of expression. They adhered to the motto: "A poet is poetry, poetry is truth." In their work, in their heroes, romantic poets reflected themselves, their aspirations, their feelings, their worldview - their own destiny. This feature was most clearly embodied in the works of the English poet G. G. Byron.

Byron led a very active life and also had an exceptional ability to think historically. “Action-action,” he said, feeling like a man of a turning point and regretting that he was born too late to take part in the revolutionary events of the late 18th century. He warmly sympathized with the plight of the English workers and artisans, doomed to unemployment and poverty. Freedom-loving, protest-filled works and rebel heroes, at war with society and transgressing all its laws, strengthened Byron's fame as a rebel poet.

Being a forced exile of his homeland, the poet acutely felt his loneliness. It is this feeling that sounds in his poems "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", "The Prisoner of Chillon" and many others. However, despair and longing were constantly overcome by Byron's stoic courage. Just like the author himself, his heroes boldly go towards death, defy the hostile forces of earth and sky. Their proud spirit, thirst for freedom are not able to break any barriers. So, the old man, imprisoned in chains, destroyed by prison, does not surrender to his fate and strives to the last to support his comrades

Breathing with one care,

So as not to let them lose heart.

The poet foresaw the inevitability of historical change, the coming upheavals and upheavals. His state of mind was also expressed in the images that he chose to portray historical events: a raging ocean, lightning discharges, gusts of a hurricane. In his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" the French Revolution is likened to an all-consuming conflagration

And the world blazed with such fire

That kingdoms collapsed and perished in it.

Byron even compared his works with famous, great battles:

“Don Juan” will be my Moscow,

As Leipzig, perhaps, was “Faliero”,

And “Cain” is just Mont Saint-Jean ...

Through all the work of the poet passes an element of identification of himself and his heroes; poetic words and thunderstorms, lightning, storms; their thoughts and a punishing sword. His characters are the same rebels, eager for active work, a vibrant life, like the author himself. They always call for a fight. The personal moods and feelings of the poet are closely intertwined with the feelings of his heroes, and their fates reflect not only the fate of the author, but also the fate of the whole people. The images created by Byron are incredibly close to him, they seem to be the embodiment of his second "I". So, both the prisoner of Chillon and Childe Harold in their loneliness, against the backdrop of raging waves, personify the idea of Man, the lofty and mighty human spirit. In Harold's alienation from secular fuss and selfish calculations, in his voluntary exile, the character of the author himself is felt. We can boldly say that the real hero of the work is not Harold, but Byron. His image appears before us as the image of a seeker, sensitive to everything around him, to all contradictions and injustice. The poet penetrates into the spiritual world of his characters, showing the feelings and passions that determine their characters and destinies. And the wanderings of Childe Harold repeat the routes of the author himself. Byron describes the countries he visited, the people living there, their customs, customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. His image appears before us as the image of a seeker, sensitive to everything around him, to all contradictions and injustice. The poet penetrates into the spiritual world of his characters, showing the feelings and passions that determine their characters and destinies. And the wanderings of Childe Harold repeat the routes of the author himself. Byron describes the countries he visited, the people living there, their customs, customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. His image appears before us as the image of a seeker, sensitive to everything around him, to all contradictions and injustice. The poet penetrates into the spiritual world of his characters, showing the feelings and passions that determine their characters and destinies. And the wanderings of Childe Harold repeat the routes of the author himself. Byron describes the countries he visited, the people living there, their customs, customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. The poet penetrates into the spiritual world of his characters, showing the feelings and passions that determine their characters and destinies. And the wanderings of Childe Harold repeat the routes of the author himself. Byron describes the countries he visited, the people living there, their customs, customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. The poet penetrates into the spiritual world of his characters, showing the feelings and passions that determine their characters and destinies. And the wanderings of Childe Harold repeat the routes of the author himself. Byron describes the countries he visited, the people living there, their customs, customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people. customs - everything that he met on his way. And then he comes out with a bold criticism of political events and the claims of the rulers. He reflects the tragic situation of the Spanish people and at the same time admires the courage of the patriotic partisans, their willingness to make sacrifices: "The slave people stood up for freedom in battle." At the same time, the poet opposes the cowardice of the ruling classes to the courage of the people.

Byron looked with alarm at the future of Europe, given over to the power of the Holy Alliance. The earth is fertilized with the blood of the slain,

But the world on the most terrible of fields

With victory received only new kings.

The poet was not afraid in his assessment to resist the opinion of society, which glorified the victory, not understanding the real state of affairs. He saw only the replacement of one tyrant by another and resolutely declared this. Such moods ensured the poet's fate as an exile, the fate of an outcast, the same as the heroes of his works. But he continued to call people to fight again and again. He refused to admit the defeat of a person before a cruel fate, called for resistance, for action. This is the whole of Byron, his whole great spirit - "the spirit of denial, pride and contempt." Until the end of his days, he was inextricably linked with poetry, and his work - with a constant struggle.