Characteristics of Mrs. Prostakova?

1. A noblewoman lives in a village, has serfs, in a word, a typical example of the wife of a Russian landowner. She is the mistress of the house and keeps everything under her control - from household details to her own husband, who does not dare to contradict her in any way.
   Prostakova is illiterate and uneducated and considers literacy an unnecessary luxury that can only ruin a person. The concepts of conscience and honesty are not familiar to the heroine. Prostakova strives to look no worse than other landowners and wants to give her son Mitrofan, who is Prostakova’s main joy, an education worthy of a nobleman, she hires him a German teacher. But she does this only because of the capital’s fashion and does not care about how and what her son will learn.
   The main thing for Prostakova is her own well-being and the well-being of her son. She will resort to any deception and meanness, using all tricks and tricks, just so as not to lose her well-being. She lives according to her established principles, the main one of which is unprincipledness.
2. PROSTAKOVA, the heroine of D. I. Fonvizin’s comedy Nedorosl (1781). The plot of Fonvizin's play is built around the events taking place in the village where the entire Prostakov-Skotinin family lives in anticipation of Taras Skotinin's wedding arrangement with the Prostakovs' distant relative Sofia. A story familiar to Fonvizin’s contemporaries from the middle, bourgeois genre of literature, which brought its characters closer to real life Russian wealthy nobles and burghers. Mrs. P. lives like thousands of her compatriots in the Russian open spaces: she manages the household, beats her husband, keeps the servants in terror, raises her son Mitrofanushka and prepares him to become a people. Now I scold, now I fight, and that’s how the house holds together, P. herself innocently admits. The stage life of Fonvizin’s heroine is replete with stormy events. The intrigue of the play is driven mainly by her: she conspires with her brother without the consent of Sophia’s fiancée, but, having learned from Uncle Starodum’s letter that Sophia has become a rich bride, she decides to marry Mitrofan to her. Changing tactics and pacifying the raging Skotinin, P., in the heat of a fight, discovers Starodum in his house, who has come for Sophia. Having learned that he already has a groom in mind for his niece, he tries to forcibly marry Sophia to Mitrofan, for which he organizes the kidnapping of the girl. A home jailer, an evil fury in relations with her husband and brother, P. enthusiastically and actively creates the history of the house in the image that was embedded in her being by the everyday skills of the great and ancient Priplodin-Skotinin family. The sodom of untidy instincts is what V. O. Klyuchevsky calls the way of life that P. reproduces. Her power, given to her by law, the power of wild self-affirming arrogance, is not opposed in public morality. She, while rampaging around the house, manages to remain within the framework of unspoken norms of behavior: Am I not powerful in my people? The curbing of P. that happened in the finale was an accident, which Fonvizin’s contemporaries, and partly the characters of the comedy, immediately understood. Even Eremeevna, devoted to Prostakov with all her soul, peering at her unconscious mistress, clasping her hands, says: He will wake up, my father, he will wake up. There is only one line in the plot that has deep dramatic content for P. This is her relationship with Mitrofan: mother’s son, like herself, without neglecting any means, achieves the fulfillment of her desires, which consist of gluttony and idleness. He, seeing that his mother’s plans have collapsed and everything is going to hell, in response to her impulse: You’re the only one left with me, declares: Let go and the evil fury faints from shock. Having woken up, in despair P. exclaims: I don’t have a son.
3. Central character plays by Mrs. Prostakova. She manages the household, beats her husband, keeps the servants in terror, and raises her son Mitrofan. “Now I scold, now I fight, and that’s how the house holds together.” No one dares to resist her power: “Am I not powerful in my people?”
   Speech characteristics is the main way to create Prostakova’s character. The heroine's language changes depending on who she is addressing. Mrs. Prostakova calls her servants “thieves”, “rascals”, “beast”, “dog’s daughter”. He addresses Mitrofan: “my dear friend,” “darling.” He greets guests respectfully: “I recommend you as a dear guest,” “you are welcome.”
   There are also tragic elements in the image of Prostakova. This ignorant and selfish “despicable fury” loves and sincerely cares for her son. At the end of the play, rejected by Mitrofan, she becomes humiliated and pitiful

The most vivid and versatile portrayal of Prostakova is given in the comedy “The Minor.” Prostakova is a type of rude landowner-serf. The despotic character of this heroine is reflected primarily in the family, in the home environment. She drove her husband, a weak-willed, timid man, almost to the point of idiocy. He is so downtrodden that he is afraid to express his opinion even on minor issues, obediently declaring to his wife: “Before your eyes, mine see nothing.”

Prostakova’s character is even more pronounced in her attitude towards the serfs. This is a tormentor of serf servants and peasants. The life of the courtyard servants, who are forced to be in front of her all the time, is especially difficult. Servants are not people to her. When the yard woman Palashka falls ill, Prostakova shouts in rage: “He’s lying down!” As if noble...”

The image of Prostakova in the comedy "The Minor" is characterized by the fact that she treats the servants like unresponsive animals. This is how she treats her faithful servant Eremeevna. When asked by Kuteikin what kind of gratitude she receives from Prostakova for her service, Eremeevna replies: “Five rubles a year, and five slaps a day.” The sound of slaps is an everyday, common occurrence in Prostakova’s house.

Naturally, the situation of the peasants in the estate of this “evil fury” was unbearable. We do not see these peasants on stage, but the situation of the fortress village is easy to imagine. Prostakova is an inveterate, convinced serf-owner. She is incorrigible. When Starodum forgives her, she, rising from her knees, exclaims: “Well, now I’ll give the dawn to the channelers, my people!” This is the voice of her nature.

One of the reasons for Prostakova’s wild ideas and rudeness is her ignorance. She doesn’t even know how to read, she’s indignant that “girls can read and write,” she calls geography “geography,” etc. Her stories about the Skotinins’ family and about her father, who threatened with a curse any of the children who learned anything, very expressively characterize the environment that formed the Prostakovs and the Skotinins.

Prostakova’s moral cynicism is noteworthy. In her relationships with others, she is guided by one rough calculation. When it suits her, she prays for Starodum to die, and she then exclaims: “I’m dying, I want to see this venerable old man!” Before the right person she is ready to pretend, and to be humiliated, and to lie: “When I was born, father, I never scolded anyone,” she crumbles in front of Starodum.

Prostakova has only one warm feeling: love for her son Mitrofanushka. She forgives Mitrofanushka everything. For his sake, she is ready to make both sacrifices and crimes. She has one concern: to “bring Mitrofanushka into the public eye.” She even overcomes her inherited aversion to science and tries to educate him. True, Mitrofanushka’s education system is ugly. The results, as might be expected, are soon revealed. Prostakova's blind, animal love for her son does not make her image more attractive, but it explains her actions well in the comedy.

The expressiveness of Prostakova’s image in the comedy “The Minor” is also facilitated by her language. It is bright and imaginative in its own way. Here is a sample of her speech: “Well... and you, beast, were dumbfounded, you didn’t dig your brother’s mug...” A woman with sharp, sweeping gestures, disheveled, with the face of a fury and evil eyes looms before us. Her language is full of curses and reveals all the rudeness and cruelty of her nature. However, when it is beneficial for her, Prostakova can speak in another language, feignedly affectionate: “Sofyushka, my soul,” she addresses Sophia, and to Starodum: “Our priceless guest!.. Our benefactor!”

The character of this cruel, ignorant, deceitful woman is very well defined at the end of the comedy by Milo: “Both the crime and repentance in her are worthy of contempt.” Her character is a mixture of ignorance and arrogance, cowardice and malice, inhumanity towards serfs and tenderness towards her son. And the results of its activities are perfectly described in final words comedy: “Here are the fruits of evil worthy...”

Characteristics of Mrs. Prostakova from the comedy “The Minor” by D. Fonvizin

The comedy by D. Fonvizin “The Minor” tells about the events that took place in the Prostakovs’ house. Their main participants are Mitrofan, the son of the owner of the house, his mother, Mrs. Prostakova, and Starodum with his niece.

Mrs. Prostakova madly loves her son, cares and fusses overly with him, indulging all his whims and whims, which is why Mitrofan grows up as an absolutely dependent person, whose level of development does not at all correspond to his age. But Mrs. Prostakova blindly follows his wishes. She sees her future in her son, repeating all the time: “This son is my only consolation!” And at the same time she does nothing to ensure that her son grows into something worthwhile. Mitrofan is taught literacy by bad teachers, and he himself does not want to learn. However, the mother considers her son the best and most educated, although this lazy fellow has no intelligence or knowledge.

With her husband, Mrs. Prostakova behaves as if she does not consider him a person at all, let alone the head of the family. She decides all issues herself, regardless of his opinion and neglecting it when it comes to Mitrofan.

Mrs. Prostakova is a cruel and unfair mistress towards her servants and peasants. She can severely punish a tailor for sewing a suit incorrectly, and does not pay attention if one of the servants gets sick. Mrs. Prostakova scolds Eremeevna for every “mistake.” For example, if Mitrofanushka ate too many buns at dinner, and Eremeevna showed concern about this, she says: “Do you feel sorry for the sixth bun, you beast? That’s the kind of zeal.” It never occurred to her that overeating would not be good for her son. Prostakova considers all serfs to be her property, practically a thing, so she allows herself to thoughtlessly manage their lives and rip them off like a stick, simply at her whim.

Mrs. Prostakova treats Sophia like an evil mistress. She is always rude and cold. But as soon as she finds out that Starodum, Sophia’s uncle, left his niece a large inheritance, she changes her behavior, becomes hypocritically kind and affectionate, and calls her “dear friend.” Now Prostakova wants to marry her son to Sofia in order to receive all her money as a dowry, refusing this to her brother, although she previously agreed to this marriage. Having learned that Sofia is betrothed to officer Milan and that Starodum agreed to this, Prostakova wants to marry her son to the girl by force and deception. However, her idea failed. By law, the village was taken away from her, depriving her of power.

Mrs. Prostakova was a cruel, headstrong woman who did not take into account the interests and feelings of other people, which is why she lost everything. In the image of Prostakova, Fonvizin reveals the negative traits of a narrow-minded, unscrupulous person with power, who through his actions brings both himself and his loved ones into trouble. The author shows that you can get wealth without losing honor and human face. And people like Prostakova ultimately pay for all the evil caused.

Mrs. Prostakova is Mitrofanushka’s mother, one of the main characters of the comedy. She was born into a family with many children, but only she and her brother survived. Prostakova's father was a military servant, after which, being illiterate, he became rich, but he was so greedy that one day he died lying on a chest that was completely filled with gold coins. Prostakova and her brother Skotinin also grew up greedy and rich.

Fonvizin speaks of Prostakova as a wild animal that is capable of “doing bad things to others,” and this is what her maiden name says - the same as that of her brother - Skotinin. She treats her peasants rudely, and in addition, she took everything they had from them. But not only the servants are afraid of their mistress, but also her husband. Prostakova treats him like a servant, forcing him to obey her; his opinion means nothing to her and she pushes him around as she wants, considering herself the mistress of this estate.

She has the only treasure - her sixteen-year-old son Mitrofanushka. The only happiness for Prostakova is the well-being of her son, because she considers it her main parental duty not to deny him anything. But even though Prostakova believes that studying is harmful and even dangerous to health, she still hires foreign teachers for him, considering it “fashionable.”

The landowner Prostakova humiliates and insults all her servants. For example, she accuses Mitrofanushka’s nanny, Eremeevna, of greed because she is worried about Mitrofan overeating buns at lunch. And she calls Trishka a “fraudster” only because he made her son’s caftan the wrong size.

She approaches Starodum with flattery, since he possessed a large sum of money, which he bequeathed to his niece Sofyushka, and Prostakova wanted to marry her Mitrofanushka to her. But because of her selfishness and greed, all her plans collapsed, and she was left with nothing.

Thus, throughout her life, Prostakova’s character was disfigured. Prostakova grew up in a family that was characterized by extreme ignorance, greed and ingratitude. Her parents did not give her or her brother a good upbringing and did not plant any good qualities. But most of all, the conditions of serfdom affected her - she was the full owner of the serfs. She didn't follow any rules and was aware of her complete power over everyone, so she turned into an "inhuman mistress tyrant."

Option 2

Prostakova is not as simple as it seems. Behind the smiles and kind words, addressed to the people she needs, there is a lot of anger, envy and cruelty.

It reveals itself in communication with forced people. The serfs suffer from her unfair abuse, from cruel beatings... She does what she wants. And when she is reprimanded (almost judged) she does not understand why she cannot be the mistress of her own home. It’s strange to her that a good master doesn’t swear at his servants. And she doesn’t want, for example, to quarrel with her neighbors; she’d rather take away their money and land from the peasants. That is, so as not to be at a loss. It's the same with nerves, I think. Prostakova will not quarrel with important people, but you need to “drain” the negativity on someone. And these are her poor servants. She doesn't hear any excuses. For example, at the very beginning she scolds the tailor for a good caftan. The tailor says that he never learned to sew. Prostakova laughs, like, do you really need to study for this?

She pushes her husband around. Doesn't respect him at all. He treats his brother a little better, but also laughs at his simplicity. When poor Sophia is needed as a groom, then he communicates well with him, when she has assigned her son as a groom to a rich woman, then the brother is no longer needed. And she is ready to use everyone to her advantage.

Her politeness does not come from the heart. Good attitude depends on the benefit. She offended Sophia, but as soon as she got rich, she became a “darling.” Her politeness (bows, kisses) is unnecessary. Starodub, a rich uncle, also notices this. That is, he is practically nobody to them, they are all seeing him for the first time, but he is already everyone’s “father.” When Sophia's engagement is announced, Prostakova does not stop. She's organizing a bride kidnapping! It turns out that she is ready to do almost anything for the sake of her goals, which are often all fixated on her son.

She is even proud of the fact that she was not taught anything at the time. Believes that education is not necessary for a good life. But he already understands that the “child” needs to be given a good (visible) education.

She loves only her son, Mitrofanushka. Blind motherly love. My son is good to everyone: smart, educated, and kind... But in fact, everything is wrong! And in the end, the spoiled Mitrofanushka is ready to abandon his own mother. This is the worst blow for her. She did everything for this boy, and he is a traitor. In principle, he behaves the same way as she does.

Image, characterization of Prostakova in the comedy Nedorosl

I think that everyone is scolding Prostakov so much in vain! She already got it in comedy. Everyone considers her a stupid, evil, hypocritical woman. In principle, this is how it seems... But you need to look at the reasons for her strange behavior.

She just loves her son too much. And Mitrofanushka only uses this shamelessly - for her own benefit. Prostakova almost forgot herself for the sake of her son. She is at the mercy of feelings. So she could love her husband, brother, father... or ice cream. That is, its main thing is to love someone or something, to do everything for its good.

And she just doesn’t understand a lot of things. As a child, as we understand, she was not taught anything. She doesn't know many sciences. For example, she believes that only the coachman needs geography. But on the other hand, she is not so wrong! People often fill their heads with unnecessary information and know everything superficially. And there must be specialists in each field. Now, if mathematics doesn’t suit me, then there’s no point in tormenting me.

Prostakova still believes that servants need to be scolded, that they need to be beaten, but they don’t understand any other way. (Maybe this is partially true.) If you remember the hero from Chekhov’s funny story “The Intruder,” it’s useless to talk to this guy! And one more thing - she doesn’t want to spoil relations with neighbors, with relatives, and says that she would rather take it all out on the serfs. It's terrible, yes. But then serfs (like black slaves) were practically not considered people. They were hitting simulators for her, just like dolls are now in offices. And if in a hundred years they start talking about the rights of dolls, we too will turn out to be cruel.

In the finale, she screams that she is dead - there is no more power (literally) or a son (figuratively). The son turned out to be a real traitor. In general, Prostakova is a close-minded mother hen; she cannot be entirely blamed for her terrible behavior. Perhaps she will even repent and reform.

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I liked Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor.” The main topic This work is “the evil of the serf owners.” With the first scene of the comedy, I saw a world in which some people own other people. The main figure of this world is Prostakova. Prostakova was uneducated and uneducated. She, like all ignoramuses, was rude to everyone from whom she did not meet resistance. Fonvizin calls Prostakova a “despicable fury.” She extends her despotic power not only to the serfs, but also to her husband, Sophia, Skotinin.

One day, when Prostakova called her husband, he did not come. Then she said to Mitrofan: “So go and get him out if you don’t get any good.”

In this remark I saw Prstakova’s rude and dismissive attitude towards her husband. But despite this attitude towards Prostakov, she never scolded her son. Mitrofan was spoiled because his mother allowed him everything, protected him even when he was wrong. Prostakova loved her son dearly and did not allow teachers to bother Mitrofan. By this act, she deprived her son of the opportunity to receive an education. Prostakova did not think about raising her son, under Mitrovan she scolded the serfs, and as a result, her beloved son left her.

At the end of the comedy, the Prostakovs receive a well-deserved punishment - the authorities order to take custody of the estate. Final scene, in which even Mitrovan leaves Prostakova, indicates that a vicious person, through his actions, is preparing himself a well-deserved punishment. Prostakova is presented as a domineering, uneducated Russian woman. She is very greedy and in order to grab more of someone else’s things, she often flatters and “puts on” a mask of nobility, but from under the mask every now and then an animalistic grin peeks out, which looks funny and absurd. Prostakova’s speech: rude in addressing the servants (“fraudster,” “cattle,” “thief’s mug” - tailor Trishka; “beast,” “runaway” - nanny Ermeevna), caring and affectionate in conversation with her son Mitrofanushka (“live forever, learn forever, my dear friend,” “darling”). But at the same time, she is not at all worried about raising her son (“It’s very nice to me that Mitrofanushka doesn’t like to step forward...

He's lying, my dear friend. I found the money - don't share it with anyone. Take it all for yourself, Mitrofanushka.

Don't learn this stupid science! "). It is not surprising that Mitrofanushka grew up so spoiled and uncouth. There is another negative character in the play - Prostakova's brother - Skotin. He, like his sister, is cruel and narcissistic.

Self-confidence is heard in every remark of Skotin, who is devoid of any merits. (“You can’t beat your betrothed with a horse, darling! It’s a sin to blame for your own happiness. You’ll live happily with me. Ten thousand of your income! What happiness has come; yes, I’ve never seen so many since I was born; yes, I’ll buy all the pigs from the world with them “Yes, you hear me, I will do that, so that everyone will blow the trumpet: in this neighborhood there are only pigs to live.”) The ignorance and bestiality of Skotin and Prostakova make their vices obvious.

These people are clearly visible, they have nothing to cover up their animality, and they don’t even consider it necessary to do so. Their world wants to subjugate all life, to assign the right of unlimited power over both serfs and noble people. Fonvizin's comedy "The Minor" is the first socio-political comedy in the history of Russian drama. The author exposes in it the vices of his contemporary society.

The heroes of the comedy are representatives of different social strata: statesmen, nobles, servants, self-proclaimed teachers. The central character of the play is Mrs. Prostakova. She manages the household, beats her husband, keeps the servants in terror, and raises her son Mitrofan.

“Now I scold, now I fight, and that’s how the house holds together.” No one dares to resist her power: “Am I not powerful in my people.” Speech characterization is the main way to create Prostakova’s character.

The heroine's language changes depending on who she is addressing. Mrs. Prostakova calls her servants “thieves”, “rascals”, “beast”, “dog’s daughter”. He addresses Mitrofan: “my dear friend,” “dulyenka.” He greets guests with respect: “I recommend you a dear guest,” “you are welcome.” There are also tragic elements in the image of Prostakova. This ignorant and self-interested “despicable fury” loves and sincerely cares about her son.

At the end of the play, rejected by Mitrofan, she becomes humiliated and pitiful:

• - You are the only one left with me.
• - Let it go...
• - I don’t have a son...

The image of Mitrofan in the play is associated with the idea of ​​education, which is very important for educational literature. Mitrofan is an ignoramus, a slacker, his mother's favorite. He inherited arrogance and rudeness from his mother. He addresses Eremeevna, who is sacredly devoted to him: “old Khrychovka.” Mitrofan's upbringing and education corresponds to the "fashion" of the time and the understanding of his parents. French language he is taught by the German Vralman, the exact sciences by the retired sergeant Tsyfirkin, who “shows little in the way of arithmetic,” and grammar by the seminarian Kuteikin, who was dismissed from “all teaching.” Mitrofanushka’s “knowledge” in grammar, his desire not to study, but to get married, are ridiculous. But his attitude towards Eremeevna. the readiness to “take on people”, the betrayal of the mother evokes different feelings. Mitrofanushka becomes an ignorant and cruel despot. Wonderful surnames characters. “Talking” surnames immediately establish the reader’s and viewer’s attitude towards their owners. Psychologically, he already becomes a participant in the action. The opportunity to evaluate the heroes and their actions was taken away from him. From the very beginning, from the names of the characters, the reader was told where the negative characters were and where the positive ones were. And the reader’s role comes down to seeing and remembering the ideal to which one must strive. The language of comedy is interesting. Negative characters and their servants have a common vernacular language. The Skotinins' vocabulary consists mainly of words used in the barnyard. This is well shown by the speech of Skotinin - Uncle Migrofan. It is all filled with words: pig, piglets, barn. The idea of ​​life also begins and ends with the barnyard. He compares his life with the life of his pigs, for example. “I want to have my own piglets.” “If I have... a special barn for each pig, then I’ll find a little light for my wife.” And he is proud of it: “Well, if I were a pig’s son. If...” The vocabulary of his sister Mrs. Prostakova is a little more diverse due to the fact that her husband is “a fool beyond counting” and she has to do everything herself. But Skotinin’s roots are also evident in her speech. Favorite curse word: "cattle". To show that Prostakova is not far behind her brother in development, Fonvizin sometimes denies her basic logic. For example, such phrases: “Since we took away everything that the peasants had, we can’t rip off anything anymore,” “So is it really necessary to be like a tailor in order to be able to sew a caftan well?” And, drawing conclusions from what has been said, Prostakova ends the phrase: “What a bestial reasoning.” Concerning her husband, one can only say that he is laconic and does not open his mouth without his wife’s instructions. But this characterizes him as “a fool beyond counting.” , a weak-willed husband who fell under the thumb of his wife. Mitrofanushka is also a man of few words, although, unlike his father, he has freedom of speech, which manifests itself in his ingenuity of curses, “old bastard”, “garrison rat”. in their speech, characteristic signs of the classes and parts of society to which they belong. Eremeevna’s speech is constant excuses and desires to please. Teachers Tsyfirkin is a retired sergeant, Kuteikin is a sexton from Pokrov. And with their speech they show their belonging: one to the military, the other. - to church ministers. The author introduces a whole series of positive characters- Starodum, Pravdin, Sophia, Milon. These heroes openly express the views of an “honest” person on noble morality, family relationships and even civil structure. This dramatic technique truly caused a revolution in Russian educational literature, from criticism negative aspects reality to search for ways to change the existing system. Speech goodies no difference in brightness. This is a bookish speech, a speech educated people of that time, which practically does not express emotions. You understand the meaning of what is said from the direct meaning of the words. For the rest of the characters, the meaning can be grasped in the very dynamics of speech. Milon's speech is almost impossible to distinguish from Pravdin's speech. It is also very difficult to tell anything about Sophia based on her speech. An educated, well-behaved young lady, as Starodum would call her, sensitive to the advice and instructions of her beloved uncle. Starodum's speech is completely determined by the fact that the author put his moral program into the mouth of this hero: rules, principles, moral laws by which a “pious person” should live. Starodum’s monologues are structured in this way: Starodum first tells a story from his life, and then the conclusion