Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin may be a great love story, but it is also a book that gives an insight to the Russian nobilities' lives, their differences, and their seclusion from the real world. The movie shows life for the nobles in the early 19th century was very simple. The nobles lived in their own little world consisting of social gatherings between the same people. The nobles had everything served to them on a silver platter, and where ignorant of the harsh realities facing the average Russian citizen. Evgenii Onegin is one of these nobles, but what makes him different, is that he took all that was given to him for granted and never seemed to be satisfied.
Evgenii Onegin is a rich noble who lives in St. Petersburg. He lives a luxurious lifestyle and spends most of his time drinking and socializing with friends. For pleasure, he pays courtesans but slowly his funds start to run low and he questions whether he can continue this lifestyle. Soon enough, his uncle becomes ill, so Onegin travels to the countryside to be with him during his dying days. His uncle dies and Onegin inherits his fortune, which consists of vast amounts of land, villages, and approximately 500 serfs, but he does not seem to be to interested in his new inheritance.
One day in the woods, Onegin meets Vladimir Lensky, a country noble. Lensky is simpler and less sophisticated than what Onegin is used and Onegin takes a liking towards him. Quickly enough they become friends, spending lots of time lounging around and talking. Lensky introduces him to his fiancée Olga, which is the sister of Tatiana, the woman who will fall in love with him. .
Onegin finds it hard to adjust to this new lifestyle. Although the people he spends time with are nobles, their simple lifestyles greatly contrast with the cosmopolitan lifestyle he is used to. Their clothes are different, their conversations less intellectual and even their food is not up to his high standards.
In the original "Eugene Onegin" was written in Russian by A.S. ... Pushkin's aristocratic background was reflected on Eugene Onegin. Just Onegin Pushkin was engaged in dancing, gambling and dueling. ... Onegin soon left his home and went to Saint Peterburg. ... By the time Onegin gets home, his uncle dyes and Onegin organizes the funeral. ...
As so often happened, Tchaikovsky sought consolation in composition, returning to some works which he had started and left uncompleted, including his sketches for the opera Yevgeny Onegin, and he also began the orchestration of his fourth symphony. ... He had just read Pushkin's "Yevgeny Onegin," hoping to find an opera subject, and had just finished the famous letter scene in which Tatiana pours out her maidenly love for the hero, a love that is met with kindly but painful rejection. He saw parallels between Antonina and Pushkin's heroine, Tatiana and it is difficult to say which l...
In stark contrast to men of the time, such as Onegin from Eugene Onegin, who were permitted to be discreetly promiscuous, even to the extent that they could brag about their various conquests', and be lauded for being a professional flirt'. ... As Tatiana from Eugene Onegin notes, without rank and riches', without moving in the grand monde', a woman is not a tempting plume' for a man to take. ...
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. He was the son of a mine inspector and a half-French mother. He started piano studies at five and soon showed to have a remarkable gift. By the age of six, he could read not only Russian, but also French and German. After hearing a p...