One of the main characters of A. N. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm” is the rich provincial merchant Dikoy, who in the work became a symbol of rudeness, greed, stupidity and ignorance. Being a prominent representative of wild and cruel morals, he fully belongs to the “dark kingdom”. The characterization of the Wild is of great importance for understanding that part of society that pulled Russia to the very bottom. People like Dikiy rejected progress and enlightenment; they saw happiness in the inviolability of traditions, no matter how terrible they were.
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Full name : Savel Prokofich Dikoy.
Age is not specified, the man is about 50–60 years old.
Occupation : merchant.
The family is a big family, there are children.
Social status : merchant.
Origin : He comes from a wealthy merchant family.
Education is absent, has no idea about the culture of behavior.
education , illiterate, ignorant person.
Appearance - not specified.
Character - despotic, rude, ignorant, cowardly, greedy, mean, calculating, persistent.
positive features .
Negative traits - aggressive, rude, a person of mood, very greedy, able to respect only brute force, cowardly.
The work is “Thunderstorm”.
Author - A. N. Ostrovsky.
Quote characteristic
A description of the Wild One with quotes will allow you to reveal his image, demonstrate not only his appearance, but also character traits, behavioral characteristics, and attitude to life.
Portrait
The artistic portrait of Dikiy is based on the fact that he is an extremely aggressive, irritable person and has the reputation of being the first “scold” in his hometown.
“Look for another scolder like ours, Savel Prokofich !”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
Dikoy is a family man; he has a wife and minor daughters.
“...I have my own children...”
Source: Act one, scene 3
“...his daughters are teenagers, none of them are older...”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
“...you have so many people in your house, but they can’t please just one of you.”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
The portrait description of the Dikiy is based on the fact that he occupies not the last place in the city - he is a rich and very influential person with great weight.
“...maybe you will decide to do something for the city someday. You, your lordship, have a lot of strength; If only there was the will to do a good deed .”
Source: Act Four, Scene 2
Character traits and actions
A wild woman cannot live without constantly scolding someone. At the same time, he is not shy about anyone and is ready to humiliate people anywhere. Dikiy’s nephew, Boris, who finds himself completely dependent on the tyrant, suffers especially greatly from his difficult temperament.
“Curly. This? This is Dikoy scolding his nephew.
Kuligin. Found a place!
Curly. He belongs everywhere. He's afraid of someone! He got Boris Grigoryich as a sacrifice, so he rides it .”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
Dikoy has the reputation of being the first “scold” in his hometown.
“Look for another scolder like ours, Savel Prokofich! There’s no way a person will be cut off .”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
“Shrill man!”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
“...and this one has broken loose!”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
“How not to scold! He can’t breathe without it .”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
No one in the city is able to influence the Wild One, to tame his tough temper.
“There’s no one to calm him down, so he’s fighting!”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
Wild is a greedy and unjust person. He is not ready to fulfill his mother's will and pay a share of the inheritance to his nephew Boris. It is important for him to leave all the money in his family.
“Boris. Well, yes. Even now he sometimes says: “I have my own children, why would I give other people’s money? Through this I must offend my own people!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
For his own benefit, Dikoy is ready to swear until his last breath. He deceives everyone he can deceive.
“Who will please him if his whole life is based on swearing ? And most of all because of money ; Not a single calculation is complete without swearing. Another is happy to give up his own, just to calm down.”
Source: Act one, scene 3
“Do you know what your uncle, Savel Prokofich, answered to the mayor? The peasants came to the mayor to complain that he would not disrespect any of them. The mayor began to tell him: “Listen,” he said, “Savel Prokofich, pay the men well!
Every day they come to me with a complaint! ”Source: Act one, phenomenon 3
“Is it worth it, your honor, for us to talk about such trifles! I have a lot of people every year; You understand this: I won’t pay them a penny extra per person, I make thousands out of this , that’s how it is; I feel good!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Talk about money especially inflames anger in the Wild’s soul.
“Kabanova. What made you angry?
Wild. Ever since this morning.
Kabanova. They must have asked for money.
Wild. As if they had agreed, the damned ones; first one or the other pesters all day long.”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
“After all, I already know what I have to give, but I can’t give everything good. You are my friend, and I have to give it to you, but if you come and ask me, I will scold you. I will give, give, and curse. Therefore, as soon as you even mention money to me, my insides will be ignited ; It kindles everything inside, and that’s all; Well, even in those days I would never curse a person.”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
The Wild One has such a difficult, willful character that no one can please him, not even his own family.
“Even their own people can’t please him; where am I supposed to be?”
Source: Act one, scene 3
“Who will please him if his whole life is based on swearing?”
Source: Act one, scene 3
“The trouble is, someone will make him angry in the morning! He picks on everyone all day long.”
Source: Act one, scene 3
“Kabanova. What? Nothing. And the honor isn’t great, because you’ve been fighting with women all your life. That's what.
Wild. Well, that means they must obey me. Otherwise, I’ll probably submit!
Kabanova. I’m really amazed at you: you have so many people in your house, but they can’t please you alone.”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
Dikoy does not value his family at all. He constantly quarrels with loved ones and even deliberately inflames his anger so that, already in such an established state, he can communicate on business issues.
“Kabanova. I saw it, I know. If you see that they want to ask you for something, you will take one of your own on purpose and attack someone in order to get angry ; because you know that no one will come to you angry. That's it, godfather!
Wild. Well, what is it? Who doesn’t feel sorry for their own goods!”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
Dikoy is a big coward, he only offends those who are weaker than him. If he himself becomes the object of abuse, then he subsequently takes out all the anger and rage on his loved ones.
“Boris. But the trouble is when he is offended by such a person whom he does not dare to curse ; stay home here!
Curly. Fathers! What a laugh it was! Once on the Volga, during a transport, a hussar cursed him. He worked miracles!
Boris. And what a homey feeling it was! After that, everyone hid in attics and closets for two weeks.”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Even his family members don’t like the wild one. His long absence comes as a great relief.
“We were sent from home to find out where he was. And if you have it, let it sit: who needs it? At home, we’re glad that he left .”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Scene 3
Dikoy is an arrogant person who is unable to treat other people with respect, especially those who are lower in status than him.
“Why are you bothering me with all this nonsense! Maybe I don’t even want to talk to you. You should have first found out whether I am in the mood to listen to you, a fool, or not. What am I to you - even, or something! Look, what an important matter you found! That’s how he starts talking straight to the snout.”
Source: Act Four, Scene 2
“I’ll give you a report or something!” I don’t give an account to anyone more important than you. I want to think about you this way, and I think so... So, are you going to sue me or something? So you know that you are a worm. If I want, I’ll have mercy, if I want, I’ll crush .”
Source: Act Four, Scene 2
Upbringing
Wild is a deeply ignorant, dark person who does not accept enlightenment.
“Wild (stomping his foot) What other elestry is there! Well, how come you’re not a robber! A thunderstorm is sent to us as punishment, so that we can feel it, but you want to defend yourself, God forgive me, with poles and some kind of rods. What are you, a Tatar, or what? Are you Tatar? Oh, speak up! Tatar?"
Source: Act Four, Scene 2
Wild - an ill-mannered, deeply ignorant person.
“Of course. They really understand the message!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Detailed image and characteristics of the Wild
Savel Prokofievich Dikoy is one of the main characters of the play, whose actions directly affect the development of the plot. This is a cruel and powerful merchant in the city of Kalinov (where all the events in the play take place), who thinks of himself as the “arbiter” of destinies. In fact, that is exactly what he is, but due to his disgusting nature, he brings only injustice, trouble, pain and suffering into the lives of those around him.
The image of the Wild One in the play “The Thunderstorm” can be examined in more detail using the example of the details of his behavior, interaction with others and the characteristics of his actions.
The meaning of the merchant in the work
In “The Thunderstorm”, Savel Prokofievich Dikoy is the powerful and despotic owner of the entire city in which the action takes place. He repeatedly demonstrates his tyranny, ignorance and cruelty, and also his boundless rudeness towards people. However, Dikoy allows himself such behavior only with those who cannot fight back: that is, in fact, he is an ordinary coward who revels in his power. He takes out his anger on those who are obviously weaker (spiritually, physically or materially) and enjoys the fact that he can influence a person’s fate.
Using this character as an example, the author shows the negative traits of an entire class that prevailed during the period the play was written. These people believed that everything was allowed to them only because they had a certain status and material wealth. At the same time, wealthy and cruel merchants were often inferior in level of education and breadth of soul to ordinary peasants who had a lower social status. This fact is ridiculed by both Ostrovsky and many other Russian classics of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Appearance of Savel Prokofievich
The author deliberately barely mentions the external characteristics of the Wild throughout the entire action of the play. The fact is that all the colorfulness of the image is created thanks to the remarks and actions of the character, and not by his description. The reader can imagine the hero through the author’s notes about the constant drunkenness, swearing and assault of the Wild. Thus, he is portrayed as unkempt, loud, and physically large... which is in stark contrast to how small and insignificant his soul is.
Family
In his work, Ostrovsky describes the Dikiy family very little. However, he draws attention to the fact that the hero’s wife experiences great fear of him and regularly asks those around her “not to anger the priest!” He also mentions that after one of Diky’s attacks of aggression, the whole family hid from him in attics and closets for two weeks.
Savel also has his own children - two daughters who have not yet reached adulthood. They hardly appear in the play, but the author tells the reader that because of their father, the girls cannot get married, but those around them treat them as marriageable.
Dikiy’s attitude towards his nephew Boris is indicative. He is in no hurry to pay off his legally due inheritance and gives the order to send him to Siberia, which completely ruins the lives of both Boris and his beloved, leaving them not a single chance for a happy ending.
Savela's character
The following traits can be clearly traced in the character of Savel Prokofievich:
- greed (he wants more and more money despite the fact that he already has a good fortune);
- cruelty;
- lack of culture (he can easily curse the people around him, even if they don’t deserve it);
- fear of the more powerful of this world;
- selfishness;
- feigned self-confidence.
Dikoy is a typically negative character who, due to the magnitude of his tyranny, is not able to share the real state of affairs.
Nuances of the image
An indicative nuance of the character’s image is his sincere fear of a thunderstorm. Dikoy is afraid of this weather phenomenon, because he will not be able to intimidate thunder and lightning with his power and fortune. At the same time, he sincerely understands that he is not a good person. In a thunderstorm, Dikoy sees an otherworldly force that can punish him for his deeds, so he hides from the thunderstorm so that he is not struck by thunder.
Reflex Rage
Savel Prokofievich manipulates people through fear, as he openly states. He receives material benefits when those around him are afraid, and by the same token Dikoy justifies himself in his own eyes. He sees the money saved on human fear as his own and earned.
Some actions of people infuriate him so much that he is literally ready to strangle a person. For example, Savel himself tells how he once almost “knocked to death” one petitioner.
Danger of mental disorder
Using the example of the Wild One’s actions in the play, one can see how dangerous a mental disorder, expressed in uncontrolled aggression and complete selfishness, can be for society. After all, because of his tyranny, Dikoy sends Boris on a fateful trip to Siberia, which is why Katerina rushes into the Volga.
Dikoy primarily directs her aggression towards women. Even his own wife is in constant fear that someone will anger her husband, which cannot be called a happy marriage. Because of their unprotected position, women suffer from the actions of the Wild One, and only one person manages to escape his harmful influence - the even more powerful, strong and despotic Kabanikha.
Money rules the world
For Savel Prokofievich, money is the only value in the world, and only money can he truly love. Dikoy is not interested in anything other than money and increasing his fortune, and even considers science and education harmful.
If Wild gets money, he will do everything not to part with it. He may not pay people their well-deserved salaries for a long time and literally almost “beat to death” the petitioner who dared to contact him. For the Wild, money represents the main meaning of existence.
Speech characteristics of the Wild
In his speech, Dikoy does not mince words in any way, taking advantage of his permissiveness. In a quote from a character such as “You’re a worm, if I want, I’ll have mercy, if I want, I’ll crush!” His attitude towards everyone around him is completely visible. He has absolutely no value for human life and deliberately humiliates people, reveling in his superior position.
Dikoy often insults people, and in his speech such words as “parasite”, “asp” or “Jesuit” are regularly found, but he attacks only those who cannot answer him in kind. For example, Dikoy is afraid of his counterman, Kudryash, who has a reputation for being even more rude and prefers not to get involved with him.
Characters and relationships with them
Dikoy is an episodic character who does not appear in the play too often. There is practically no description of his appearance, so the reader can understand all the collective parts of the image of this person based only on the nuances of the Wild One’s treatment of the people around him.
Relationships with actors
Between the main characters of the play, the relationship between the Wild One is as follows:
- Katerina - at first the merchant treats her neutrally and disrespectfully, and then begins to openly despise her.
- Boris - he quarrels with Dikiy's nephew over the need to share the inheritance; the merchant is often rude to Boris.
Among all the characters in The Thunderstorm, there is not a single one for whom Savel Prokofievich would have sincere warm feelings.
Kabanikha family
Diky has almost friendly relations with the Kabanov family. He treats Kabanikha well, although he is a little afraid of her stronger character. They are united by common ignorance and greed, so they willingly help each other.
Savel Prokofievich experiences something similar, non-fatherly feelings towards Tikhon. He teaches the young man his ignorance and the value of money, rejoices at his submission to his own morals and the influence of Kabanikha.
Other characters
Fear of Savel Prokofievich is spreading among the townspeople. He is ready to scold and insult anyone who is unable to answer him. But, for example, the merchant is afraid of Kudryashch, who has an even tougher disposition, as he may encounter harsh rebuff to his words.
Characteristics of the Wild by other heroes
Curly
Kudryash, like everyone else in the city, knows that Dikoy is an aggressive person, without moral principles and ideas of honor.
“Curly. This? This is Dikoy scolding his nephew.
Kuligin. Found a place!
Curly. He belongs everywhere. He's afraid of someone! He got Boris Grigoryich as a sacrifice, so he rides it.
Shapkin. Look for another scolder like ours, Savel Prokofich! There's no way he'll cut someone off.
Curly. Shrill man!”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
“How not to scold! He can’t breathe without it.”
Source: Act one, phenomenon 1
Kudryash notices that the main reason for swearing on the part of Dikiy is money - not a single deal goes through with him without terrible swearing.
“Who will please him if his whole life is based on swearing? And most of all because of money ; Not a single calculation is complete without swearing. Another is happy to give up his own, just to calm down. And the trouble is, someone will make him angry in the morning! He picks on everyone all day long.”
Source: Act one, scene 3
According to Kudryash, Dikoy is a limited, ill-mannered person who does not have the slightest idea about the culture of behavior.
“Curly. Of course. They really understand the message!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Detailed characteristics of Kudryash.
Boris
Boris notes the greed of his uncle, who does not intend to give him his due part of the inheritance.
“Even now he sometimes says: “I have my own children, why should I give other people’s money? Through this I must offend my own people!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Boris understands the futility of somehow pleasing the always dissatisfied and irritated Dikiy.
“That’s the thing, Kuligin, it’s absolutely impossible. Even their own people can’t please him; where am I supposed to be?”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Living under the same roof with his uncle opens Boris’s eyes to his manner of communicating with loved ones, whom he does not value at all. Dikoy is used to taking out his irritation on family members at every opportunity.
“Boris. But the trouble is when he is offended by such a person whom he does not dare to curse; stay home here!
Curly. Fathers! What a laugh it was! Once on the Volga, during a transport, a hussar cursed him. He worked miracles!
Boris. And what a homey feeling it was! After that, everyone hid in attics and closets for two weeks.”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Detailed description of Boris.
Kabanikha
Kabanova is surprised that none of Diky’s household manages to please him - the man is so capricious and irritable.
“Kabanova. What? Nothing. And there’s not much honor, because you’ve been fighting with women all your life . That's what.
Wild. Well, that means they must obey me. Otherwise, I’ll probably submit!
Kabanova. I’m amazed at you a lot: you have so many people in your house, but they can’t please you alone .”
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
Kabanova notices that before discussing business with someone, Dikoy deliberately quarrels with his loved ones in order to conduct further negotiations in an angry mood. At the same time, Dikiy is not at all sorry for needlessly quarreling with family members.
“Kabanova. I saw it, I know. If you see that they want to ask you for something, you will take one of your own on purpose and attack someone in order to get angry; because you know that no one will come to you angry. That's it, godfather!
Wild. Well, what is it? Who doesn’t feel sorry for their own good! »
Source: Act Three, Scene 1, Appearance 2
Detailed description of Kabanikha (Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova).
Kuligin
Honest and decent Kuligin is deeply indignant at Dikiy’s attitude towards people, whom he constantly deceives, cheats, and thus increases his fortune.
“And whoever has money, sir, tries to enslave the poor so that he can make even more money from his free labors. Do you know what your uncle, Savel Prokofich, answered to the mayor? The peasants came to the mayor to complain that he would not disrespect any of them. The mayor began to tell him: “Listen,” he said, “Savel Prokofich, pay the men well! Every day they come to me with complaints!” Your uncle patted the mayor on the shoulder and said:
“Is it worth it, your honor, for us to talk about such trifles! I have a lot of people every year; You understand: I won’t pay them a penny extra per person, I make thousands out of this, that’s how it is ; I feel good!”
Source: Act one, scene 3
Kuligin recognizes in Diy a man not only rich, but also influential in the city. He turns to him in the hope that he will be generous and do something useful for the townspeople.
“...I’m telling you because maybe you’ll decide to do something for the city someday. You, your lordship, have a lot of strength; If only there was the will to do a good deed .”
Source: Act Four, Scene 2
Detailed characteristics of Kuligin.
Dikoya and Kabanikha - the main features of tyranny
Having written “The Thunderstorm,” A. N. Ostrovsky, as it were, included himself in the ranks of such writers as N. V. Gogol and M. Yu. Lermontov. He created another one, his own model of a city where a traditional way of life reigns. But unlike Gogol’s city, Kalinov is shown ambiguously by Ostrovsky. On the one hand, beautiful nature (“The view is extraordinary! Beauty! The soul rejoices”), and on the other, the callousness of people, the ignorance that reigns in the city, anger, and so on. All residents of this city can be divided into two groups: despots and those who obey them. The two most influential people in the city can easily be considered despots: Dikiy and Kabanova, whom everyone in the city calls Kabanikha. The names of these people say a lot about their characters. After all, it’s not for nothing that no one (except Feklusha) calls Dikiy Savel Prokofievich, and Kabanikha Marfa Ignatievna. Both Dikoya and Kabanikha feel like full-fledged masters in the city. Everyone obeys them: some willingly (“It’s better to endure”), others not, but all their protests are expressed only in words (“We don’t have enough guys to take my stand, otherwise we’d teach him to stop being naughty”). And that is why they do what they want, and no one dares to object to them. The main feature that unites these merchants is the love of money. All relationships between people, in their opinion, are built on wealth. Kabanikha is richer than Dikoy, and therefore she is the only person in the city with whom Dikoy must be polite. (“Well, don’t be too loose-lipped! Find me cheaper! And I’m dear to you!”) Another feature that unites them is religiosity. But they perceive God not as someone who forgives, but as someone who can only punish. But to better understand these characters, let's look at each one individually. Savel Prokofievich Dikoy is a greedy and very rude person. He can be compared to Gogol's Plyushkin. He also bargains for literally every penny. (“... You are my friend, and I must give it to you, but if you come to ask me, I will scold you.”) Dikoy does everything in his power just to accumulate more money. (“I’ll underpay them by just a penny per person, but this makes up thousands for me.”) But his main drawback is that he considers himself the same as everyone else. (“Well, what is it? Who doesn’t feel sorry for their own goods?”) Dikoy is very calculating. He will never allow himself to be rude to someone who is stronger and more powerful than him (“... you’ve been fighting with women all your life”). This is also evidenced by the story with the hussar (Dikoy silently listened to how he was scolded and did not object). Kabanikha’s character is a little different. It was formulated quite clearly by Kudryash; to Shapkin’s statement “Kabanikha is good too,” he replies: “Well, at least she, at least, is all under the guise of piety”... Kabanova, like no one else, reflects this city’s entire commitment to old traditions. (She teaches Katerina, Tikhon and others how to live in general and how to behave in a particular case.) Kabanova tries to seem like a kind, sensitive, sincere, and most importantly, unhappy woman. He tries to justify his actions by his age: “Mother is old and stupid; Well, you, young people, smart ones, shouldn’t exact it from us fools.” But this statement looks more like irony than sincere recognition. Kabanova considers herself the center of the universe; she cannot imagine what will happen to the whole world after her death. In his work, Ostrovsky showed a city whose inhabitants are ignorant (they do not want to read books or learn anything, but are happy to listen to wanderers who have never been anywhere themselves). Such concepts as love, friendship, mutual assistance are alien to them. (“I’ll spend it, and it won’t cost him a penny.”) But this world is not so serene. Katerina's protest, that is, her suicide, shakes their settled, quiet life. And Katerina’s death is not accidental, because she was the only “ray of light in the dark kingdom.”
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Speech characteristics of the Wild
Wild's speech, his manner of talking to people, his general intonation clearly demonstrates all the negative qualities of the character: greed, stupidity, ignorance, complete lack of culture and respect for the interlocutor.
The Wild’s language is rude, it is full of abusive, offensive epithets and expressions: “fool”, “parasite”, “damned”, “worm”. Being a representative of the wealthy merchant class, Dikoy considers himself much higher and “more eminent” than the people around him. He is sure that everyone around him should grovel before him, and every time he communicates he deliberately humiliates people: “Maybe I don’t even want to talk to you. You should have first found out whether I am in the mood to listen to you, a fool, or not. What am I to you - even, or something! Look, what an important matter you found! That’s how he starts talking straight to the snout.”
Dikoy is a dark, ignorant person, and his lack of education constantly slips into conversation. This is especially noticeable when using foreign words, which he distorts: “elestrism”, “Jesuit”.
The speech characteristics of the Wild One eloquently indicate that the hero is a stupid, uncultured, ignorant person.
Speech characteristics of Kabanikha
Kabanova is an uneducated, ignorant woman who uses colloquial words and expressions in her conversation; proverbs and sayings are also often found: “You won’t order anyone to speak,” “Don’t intercede, mother, I probably won’t offend you!”, “...my heart goes out to you.” it hurts”, “Someone else’s soul is dark”. Her speech is as simple and understandable as possible.
Kabanova is capable of insulting even the closest people, without particularly choosing expressions: “Fool! (Sighs.) What can you say to a fool! There’s only one sin!”, “Why are you making a fuss? Well, what kind of husband are you?”
Kabanikha is a religious woman, and her speech often contains expressions of a churchly and everyday nature: “Oh, a grave sin! How long will it take to sin!”, “Enough, come on, don’t be afraid! Sin!"
The measured character of Kabanikha’s speech is given by the repetitions of colloquial words and phrases: “... if I didn’t see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears,” “... that the mother is a grumbler, that the mother does not give way, she squeezes out of the light...”
Biography
Savel Prokofich Dikoy is a rich and influential merchant living in the fictional Russian city of Kalinov. He has a large family: a wife and minor daughters.
Dikoy is a successful businessman who was able to amass considerable capital not so much thanks to his qualities, but by deceiving the peasants and men working for him.
Savel Prokofich is Boris’s uncle, whose father left the family because of his love for a “noble” girl. According to the terms of Boris’s grandmother’s will, he will be able to receive part of the inheritance if he is respectful to his uncle. Dikoy takes his nephew to work for him, but does not pay him any money and mocks Boris in every possible way so that at some point he breaks down and violates the terms of the will. The worst blow for him is the loss of money.
Dikoy is an uneducated person who disdains science, education, culture, and politics.
Image of the Wild
Savel Prokofich Dikoy is a bright negative character, a representative of the “dark kingdom”. His main qualities are rudeness, greed and ignorance.
It is not for nothing that Dikoy receives the nickname of the main “scolder” in the city: he swears from morning to evening, with everyone who comes to his hand. It especially hits those who are forced to resolve financial issues with Dikiy. It is very difficult for the hero to part with money, and he tries in every possible way to deceive or intimidate people in order to ultimately leave them in the cold. Everyone who comes to Savel Prokofich for payment will invariably be humiliated and insulted.
At the same time, Dikoy himself is a cowardly person with low self-esteem. When you have to enter into a conflict with a person who is equal in status or even higher, Dikoy becomes confused and loses all his usual anger and harshness. But he always takes it out on the weaker and more dependent, and most often goes to his family members.
All the Wild is interested in is money. Living as a consumer, he is not interested in anything, he does not have any goals or desires, although with his financial capabilities he could do a lot of truly useful things.
Dikoy is a stupid, uneducated person, accustomed to living in captivity of superstitions and prejudices. He is not open to knowledge, progress, everything new worries him. The hero's stupidity gives rise to his aggressiveness and irritability. Only a force even rougher than himself can change him, but no one can find control over the Wild.
Education using the methods of Marfa Ignatievna
Order in the mouth of Kabanikha is the unquestioning submission of the younger to the elder. In her opinion, a wife should be afraid of her husband. Apparently, during her lifetime the heroine was not too afraid of her husband, because after his death she managed to become a tyrant . Perhaps she helped him die, like Katerina:
Kabanikha seeks to suppress the will of others, hiding behind care and religion. He gives alms to the poor, but offends his loved ones. She is only trying to create the appearance of kindness. This is very stupid, considering that everyone knew what kind of person she really was:
Marfa Ignatievna is convinced of the unsurpassed wisdom of the representatives of her generation, since they follow traditions and believe in omens . In her monologues, she repeatedly emphasizes their importance:
The woman is sure that young people are stupid and helpless:
They do not follow outdated traditions and stupid superstitions only because they do not respect their elders:
The stupidity is impenetrable. It seems that respect, from Kabanikha’s point of view, is silently listening to baseless insults and reproaches from the “wise men.”
She seems to have forgotten that Kabanikha herself was once young, and was fooled by “smart elders,” some of whom may have been just as tyrants. Apparently, her intellect was so limited in her youth that the thought of the existence of such things as love, sincere care, affection did not even occur to her, and they are not at all signs of weakness.
When Tikhon leaves home, Kabanikha demands that Katerina accompany her husband, as it should be in other families. She turns to Katerina:
Tikhon's wife had kind parents, so she also treated him with kindness, but Kabanikha always condemned manifestations of love.
Varvara, Kabanikha’s daughter, believes that in order to survive under the same roof with such an inadequate woman, it is necessary to lie:
It’s good that the old woman didn’t manage to make all her relatives crazy. But she still drove her daughter-in-law to suicide.
The crazy woman shows the limit of her terrifying all-encompassing heartlessness when Katerina talks about her meetings with Boris. The old woman angrily rejoices and says that such a wife cannot be pitied, she should be buried in the ground. Truly the embodiment of Satan. But at the same time, she still manages to believe in God or create the illusion of faith in the eyes of others.
Tikhon did not share his mother’s beliefs, although he sometimes had to appease her and scold his wife so that his mother would simply shut up. He sincerely loved Katerina, but could not protect her in any way, because he himself was a hostage and was too weak to contradict his mother.
Thus, life in Kabanikha’s house was an endless series of conflicts and humiliations, complete hell, from which there was only one way out: Katerina drowned herself. When her body was pulled out of the water, Tikhon looked at him and said:
Conclusion
In A. N. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm,” Dikoy is one of the key male characters. There is no doubt about what literary type is depicted in the image of the Wild One. In the work, he plays a negative role and, along with Kabanikha, symbolizes the “dark kingdom” of the provincial town; they are both its leaders. His actions only cause a negative attitude.
The role of the hero is to demonstrate all the imperfections of the environment in which power belongs to people like the Wild. A society in which anger, greed and ignorance reign is doomed to destruction. A quotation from Dikiy will allow you to better prepare for a literature lesson, briefly compose an analysis or write an essay on a given topic.
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