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Mr. Zheltkov is one of the main characters in the story by A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet". This is a young man a little over thirty years old. He has a pleasant appearance - a tall, thin blond with long soft hair and blue eyes on a gentle, girlish, pale face.
Zheltkov holds the position of a minor official of the control chamber. His name is unknown. The landlady from whom he rents a modest room calls him Pan Hedgehog.
The young man is in love with the main character of the work, Princess Vera Nikolaevna. Apart from her, nothing interests him in life: neither politics, nor science. Zheltkov does not think about the future. The meaning of his life is his unrequited love for the princess. The young man will never be able to connect his life with Vera Nikolaevna, since they are separated by different social status, and besides, the princess is married.
For eight years, Zheltkov follows the woman’s life and writes her unanswered letters. He does not demand anything in return for his love. The young man bows to Vera Nikolaevna and rejoices at her happiness. Zheltkov carefully keeps the princess’s precious things that accidentally came to him - a scarf that she forgot at the ball; note, art exhibition program.
On the day of her name day, he gives his beloved woman as a gift his family’s heirloom - an old garnet bracelet and a note. The unexpected gift bewilders her husband and brother. They decide to return the secret gift to the owner and stop the persecution of Vera Nikolaevna by the young man.
The men's visit to Zheltkov was unexpected for him and leaves him somewhat confused. Then the young man pulls himself together and admits to Vera Nikolaevna’s husband that he will never be able to stop loving his wife, and no one will be able to forbid him to do this.
The fate of Mr. Zheltkov can only be decided by the woman he loves. Unfortunately for him, she also asks the young man to stop this story as soon as possible and thereby kills his last hope. In conclusion, Zheltkov writes a farewell letter to the princess, where he thanks her for everything. After the guests leave, he commits suicide, since he cannot imagine his future life without love for Vera Nikolaevna.
The landlady Zheltkova speaks of him as a wonderful person who seemed like her own son.
After his death, Vera Nikolaevna realized that the great love that every woman dreams of had passed her by.
Characteristic 2
The storyline and characters of Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet” are absolutely real; their prototypes were good friends of the author. A story about love, about a feeling so strong, boundless, completely absorbing one of the main characters, Mr. Zheltkov.
G.S. Zheltkov, a young man of pleasant appearance who serves as a clerk in the control chamber, is selflessly in love with Princess Sheina. The princess is successfully married, considers her marriage happy and supports her husband in everything; she ignores the manifestations of her secret admirer’s feelings in every possible way. Zheltkov first saw Vera in the circus box, two years before her marriage, and from then on, for eight years, he loved the princess to the point of unconsciousness and wrote her long, endless letters. In real life, Sheina and Zheltkov do not know each other.
Zheltkov is a sincere person, extremely tactful, well-mannered, noble, and at the same time, a little unusual for society. Unusual in his unconditional, a little crazy, one might even say virtual love for an almost unknown woman. This love is the only meaning of his life; he cannot even think about anything or anyone else. His every breath and heartbeat is intended for her alone. This feeling balances on the brink; it makes Zheltkov happy and unhappy at the same time. His whole life is like a tragic farce. Also, the unusual and distinctive feature of the hero from society is that anyone else in his place, understanding all the hopelessness and irresponsibility of the current situation, would try to find his meaning in something else... Leave, completely absorb himself in work, set some kind of goal and try to achieve it. But Zheltkov chose to die rather than fight the fiery flame of feeling that covered him headlong and burned through him. He did not want to free his life from a feeling that he considered fate and a message from above; he preferred to simply quietly die, taking his eternal love with him. Despite the lack of response, this was the only feeling in Zheltkov’s life that pleased him and made him happy. He was infinitely alone with his feelings, but it was his choice and the meaning of life. Zheltkov committed suicide without feeling that his love was needed and important for someone.
In fact, Zheltkov’s image evokes admiration, since not everyone is given the opportunity to feel such a strong, romantic, touching and unearthly feeling of love in life. And also, there is a feeling of pity for the hero, who left and did not feel the happiness of mutual love in reality, but only knew the torment of unrequited love.
Kuprin, using the example of the hero of the story “The Garnet Bracelet,” showed how great, strong, beautiful and at the same time tragic love can be. How important it is to live in harmony of love, to protect and appreciate your feelings and the feelings of other people.
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The story of Zheltkov’s love for Vera
Despite the fact that this is an unrequited romance in letters, the writer was able to show a sublime feeling. Therefore, an unusual love story has occupied the minds of readers for several decades. As for Zheltkov’s characterization in “The Garnet Bracelet,” it is precisely his willingness to be content with little, his ability for selfless love, that reveals the nobility of his soul.
He first saw Vera 8 years ago and immediately realized that she was the one, simply because there is no better woman in the world.
And all this time Zhelktov continued to love her, not expecting any reciprocity. He followed her, wrote letters, but not for the purpose of persecution, but simply because he sincerely loved her. Zheltkov did not want anything for himself - for him, the most important thing was Vera’s well-being. The man did not understand what he did to deserve such happiness - a bright feeling for her. Vera's tragedy is that she only realized at the very end that this was the very love that women dream of. She felt that Zheltkov forgave her because his love was selfless and sublime. In Kuprin’s “Garnet Bracelet,” Zheltkov’s characterization is not a description of one person, but of a true, constant, precious feeling.
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"Garnet bracelet"
Zheltkov is a minor official of the Control Chamber, about 30-35 years old. A tall and thin man with soft, long hair. Zheltkov’s appearance reveals a delicate mental organization - pale skin, a gentle “girlish” face, a childish chin with a dimple, blue eyes and nervous thin fingers. The hero’s hands constantly betray his nervous state - they tremble, fiddle with buttons, “run” over his face and clothes.
Zheltkov is the main character of the story “Garnet Bracelet”
The hero earns little and considers himself a person devoid of subtle taste, therefore he has neither the opportunity nor the right to present expensive gifts to the object of his unrequited passion - the princess. The hero saw a lady in a circus box and immediately fell in love with her. Eight years have passed since then, and all this time the lover Zheltkov has been writing letters to Vera. At first, the hero was still waiting for reciprocity and thought that the young lady from the box would answer his letters, but Vera never paid attention to the unlucky admirer.
Over time, Zheltkov ceases to hope for reciprocity, but continues to write to Vera from time to time and secretly monitor her life. In his letters, Zheltkov describes exactly where and with whom he saw Vera, even what dress she was wearing. Apart from the object of his passion, the hero is not interested in anything - neither science, nor politics, nor the lives of his own and other people.
The hero keeps Vera's things. A handkerchief that the lady forgot at the ball, and the hero appropriated. The exhibition program that Vera left on the chair, and so on. Even a note written by Vera, in which she forbade the hero to write to her, became a relic for Zheltkov. Zheltkov sees in Vera the only meaning of his own life, but despite all this, he does not consider himself a maniac, but only a lover.
Vera Sheina from the story “Garnet Bracelet”
One day Zheltkov sends the princess a gift for her name day - a family garnet bracelet that belonged to the hero’s great-grandmother, and then to his late mother. The princess's brother, Nikolai, loses his temper over this gift and decides to intervene in order to stop Zheltkov's "harassment" once and for all.
Nikolai finds where the hero lives and demands that he stop pursuing his sister, and otherwise threatens to take action. Vera herself also treats Zheltkov unfriendly and asks him to leave her alone. That same evening, the hero dies by committing suicide, but in his suicide note he does not blame Vera for his own death, but still writes about his love for her. Only at parting did Vera realize that the strong love that every woman dreams of was so close, but she refused it.
Zheltkov had a soft and tactful character. The landlady called the hero a “wonderful man” and treated him like her own son. Zheltkov is sincere and incapable of lying, he is decent. The hero has a weak voice and calligraphic handwriting. The man loves music, especially. The hero has one brother among his relatives.
Illustration for the story “Garnet Bracelet”
The hero rented a room in a multi-story building on Lutheran Street. This is a poor house, where the stairwells are dark and smell of kerosene, mice and laundry. Zheltkov’s room is poorly lit, has a low ceiling, and is poorly furnished. The hero has only a narrow bed, a shabby sofa and a table.
Zheltkov is a contradictory character who showed cowardice in love, but considerable courage when deciding to shoot himself.
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