Preface
In our article, every reader will find a work authored by Vampilov. A very brief summary of “Duck Hunt” will tell you about the main events of the play. Reading a summary of the play will not take more than ten minutes, while the original will require about two hours. What did Alexander Vampilov write about? An analysis and summary of “Duck Hunt” will help you better understand the work. The morality that the author deliberately introduced into his creation became an indicator that even in the times of the Soviet Union there were dishonest spouses, despair and the shame of betrayal. Undoubtedly, in the summary of “Duck Hunt” by Vampilov A. it is impossible to convey all the author’s thoughts that can be seen in the original play.
Additionally, it is important to note that there have been numerous theatrical productions and several film adaptations of the play. The summary of “Duck Hunt” (Vampilov) will play an important role in motivating viewing of the film adaptation of the heritage of world culture. So, more details.
About the heroes
We will begin the summary of “Duck Hunt” with the characteristics of the main characters. All characters take a direct part in the plot of the play. Speaking about the summary of “Duck Hunt” (Vampilov A.), it is important to say how much all the characters differ from each other. Character, manners and habits - there is nothing in common between the main characters of the play.
Victor Zilov is the main character of the story. A thirty-year-old man has a noble appearance: large facial features, tall stature, strong build. In all of Zilov’s manners, one can see how self-confident the main character is: this is noticeable in the way he talks, in his gestures and even in his gait. Zilov feels special because he differs from his friends in physical superiority. Despite the fact that Viktor Alexandrovich does not show his inner experiences, from his habits one can notice boredom and sadness, which goes unnoticed when first meeting the hero.
Galina is the wife of the main character. The girl is slightly younger than her husband - she is twenty-six. This is a fragile woman who amazes everyone with her elegance. But natural femininity is inherent in Galina from birth. After she fell in love with Zilov and married him, all the dreams that the girl had kept for years were simply destroyed by everyday difficulties. Due to her unenviable financial situation, Galina has to work a lot, and difficulties in her personal life constantly upset the woman. The expression of happiness and carelessness has long disappeared on Galina’s face - the girl is always upset and preoccupied with something.
Irina is a young student who manages to lure Zilov into the love network. She falls in love with a married man, who is eventually going to marry her, leaving Galina alone.
Kuzakov is Victor's friend. He is about thirty years old, an inconspicuous young man. By nature, Kuzakov is silent and thoughtful. He constantly worries about his problems, although he does not share his feelings with any of his loved ones.
Sayapin is Victor’s former classmate. In addition, young people served together in military service in the past. For many years, Zilov and Sayapin remained friends.
Valeria is Sayapin’s wife. The girl is younger than her husband. She is distinguished by her particular activity, positive outlook on life and humor with which she perceives all life's difficulties.
Vadim Kushak is the boss of Sayapin and Zilov. He is a serious man who knows his worth. Important, respectable, Kushak keeps all his subordinates in fear. Despite the fact that in the institution Vadim is strict and businesslike, outside the walls of the workplace he is too unsure of himself, indecisive and often fussy.
Vera is Victor's former lover. She is young and beautiful, dresses well and spares no time and effort to look great. The girl works as a simple saleswoman in a store.
Dmitry is a waiter at the Forget-Me-Not bar. Since Victor is a regular at the bar, Dima and the main character have a common friendship since their school days.
Brief summary of Vampilov Duck hunting
The events of the play unfold in Zilov’s apartment over the course of 24 hours. The footage continually immerses viewers in past incidents and imagined scenes.
Early on a rainy day, a boy appears on the threshold of the main character’s house with a funeral wreath “from friends to Viktor Aleksandrovich Zilov, who left this world untimely while performing official duties at production.” Subsequently, it becomes clear about the bizarre prank of work colleagues Kuzakov and Sayapin. Their friend actually imagines himself dead, and the meeting of friends takes place at his funeral.
Attempts to contact them, Irina and Vera by phone will not be successful. The hero extremely needs dialogue, communication with strangers to clarify the circumstances. A stream of old scenes from life falls upon him.
First memory
Sayapin, Zilov and their boss Kushak are on their lunch break at the Forget-Me-Not cafe. Not without the help of his manager, Zilov manages to get comfortable housing. A stormy housewarming feast is planned for the evening. His former lover Vera, also looking forward to the upcoming fun, begins a relationship with Kushak. The hero has no choice but to call her.
In the evening hour, Sayapin with Valeria, Kushak, Kuzakov and Vera, introduced to his wife as the boss’s friend, appear in the new, not yet furnished square. In most cases, such parties reveal the essence of people. This time being together is no exception. In the process of long conversations, the absolutely insincere attitude of many of them towards their colleague is revealed.
Sayapin openly shows envy, and Kushak unconsciously makes it clear that he is of no value to the organization. At the end of the celebration, Galina admits her desire to have a child, but the hero is of little interest to his wife’s intentions.
Next playback of the past
Zilov and Sayapin carry out joint activities at the Central Bureau of Technical Information. The manager demands that a report on the modernization of the production process be submitted soon. In exchange for the article, Zilov submits a design transformation of an enterprise for the production of porcelain products, which has been under consideration for a year.
At the same moment, he receives news from his father about a serious deterioration in his health, asking his son to come immediately. Zilov's reaction to the letter is negative. He is haunted by the thought that his parent sends such messages every year. Galina finds out about her own pregnancy.
Third memory
Returning in the morning, the hero tells his wife about his upcoming departure on a business trip. Not trusting her husband, Galina gets rid of the child and intends to dissolve the marriage. The scene of a declaration of love and an attempt to return to a happy life ends unsuccessfully.
Memory four
Kushak learns of false information in a report regarding changes at a porcelain factory. At Sayapin's request, Zilov pleads guilty. He is facing dismissal. An urgent message arrives about the death of his father. In the cafe, Irina learns about Zilov’s marriage to Galina.
Fifth and sixth memories
Galina is going on vacation for a month with her uncle. In fact, there is a meeting with a childhood friend. Returning by chance, she runs into Irina on the threshold. Zilov gathers friends at the Forget-Me-Not cafe. A hunt is planned for the next day. Having consumed a significant amount of alcohol, the hero quickly becomes drunk. A scandal ensues. The next morning, friends play a prank on their friend. There is a hunting trip ahead.
The story touches on the topic of human relationships, issues of honesty towards loved ones and acquaintances. About how difficult it is to remain morally pure and untainted in difficult times.
You can use this text for a reader's diary
Plot
The summary of “Duck Hunt” should be divided into several parts due to the large volume of the work.
It’s worth starting with the morning when Viktor Zilov wakes up and feels a severe hangover. Victor was awakened by a phone call. He picks up the phone, but the caller doesn't say a word. Within a few minutes everything repeats itself: the phone rings, silence on the phone. He tries to remember what happened last night, but the memories don't want to come back. Then Zilov himself decides to call Dima to ask what happened last night. Dima briefly talks about how the main character caused a row in the bar. In addition, the waiter asks if Zilov is going to duck hunting, which they agreed on for a long time. Surprised by the question, Viktor Alexandrovich says that the offer is valid and hangs up. He begins to do morning exercises, quenching his thirst with cold beer.
Summary of Vampilov Duck Hunt for a reader's diary
Victor is awakened by a sharp phone call. He picks up the phone, but all he hears in response is silence. This situation is repeated 2 times. Having woken up, Zilov himself begins to call. He is answered by an old friend, waiter Dima, who is extremely surprised by this call. After all, he believed that Victor was dead. During the conversation, the hero tries to find out the details of the past evening, but does not receive any answer.
As soon as Victor finishes the conversation, someone knocked on his door. On the threshold he saw a boy with a funeral wreath addressed to Zilov. Such a dark joke did not please the main character. He sits on the bed and begins to fantasize about how things would turn out if he actually died. At the same time, he begins to remember what happened in his life in recent days.
The first memory is associated with meeting friends in my favorite cafe “Forget-Me-Not”. Zilov, together with his friends Sayapin and Kushak, are planning to celebrate the purchase of a new apartment. The main character's closest friends come to visit him. Victor is given various gifts, including duck hunting equipment.
After this memory, the hero calls his friends at work, but no one answers there. He remembers the work, the unfinished report and the telegram from his father. In the message, the father writes that he is seriously ill and is waiting for his son to visit. Unfortunately, this news does not affect Zilov in any way.
In addition, the main character is left indifferent by the news from his wife Galina that in the near future he will become a father. Viktor Zilov is more interested in meeting a young girl, Irina, who mistakenly came to their work.
This relationship captivates the hero so much that he forgets about his wife. The spouses are quarreling. Zilov's excuses do not bring results.
First memory
Our summary of “Duck Hunt” continues with the memories of the main character, which are truly capable of shedding light on the character of Zilov and his entourage.
The first memory was of the meeting of Zilov and Sayapin with their boss. It took place in honor of a joyful event - Zilov had just received a good apartment. Suddenly, Zilov’s mistress, Vera, appears in the Forget-Me-Not bar. He takes her aside and asks her not to tell anyone about their affair. Vera understands everything and fulfills the request. And he begins to “make eyes” at Kushaku, who just recently sent his wife to rest in the south. Vera does not retreat from conquering Vadim’s heart, and hope begins to appear in the soul of the insecure man.
Summary of A. Vampilov “Duck Hunt”
The play “Duck Hunt” dates back to 1967. A. Vampilov realized his idea in a work with a rather complex structure. The reality that is real for the characters “intersects” with their memories and a certain intermediate “layer”, like visions. Therefore, for preliminary acquaintance, it is recommended to first read a brief summary of Vampilov’s play “Duck Hunt”.
Housewarming
The summary of Vampilov’s “Duck Hunt” continues with bright events.
That same evening the whole company goes to a housewarming party with the Zilovs. Galina is very upset; she sees how strained her relationship with her husband has become. She warms her heart with hope that it is still possible to improve. She believes that everything can be the same as it was between her and Victor at the very beginning of the relationship.
Zilov's friends brought a huge number of gifts to the spouses, most of which related to hunting equipment. Zilov's passion is duck hunting. Despite the fact that the “hunter” himself has not yet managed to shoot a single bird, he regularly goes for it. Galina says the following about her husband’s passion: “For Victor, hunting is just talk and preparation.” However, Zilov himself does not notice his wife’s ridicule.
Summary of the play
The beginning of the plot is a phone call that wakes up the main character. When he picks up the phone there is no answer. Victor slowly shakes off his sleepy stupor. The bell rang again and silence. After this, Zilov himself calls his former classmate Dima.
He asks him if he is going duck hunting. Zilov is very surprised by this question. At the same time, Victor wants to find out from Dima the details of last night and the quarrel he had in the cafe, the memories of which are very vague. But judging by the marks on his face, the evening ended with assault.
Immediately after the end of the conversation, a knock is heard. Behind the door there is a child with a funeral wreath, “addressed” to Zilov. This friendly prank doesn't seem funny to him at all. Victor begins to imagine what would happen if he died, involuntarily switching to events of the recent past.
The same wreath that provoked an attack of reflection in the main character
The first memory follows. The action takes place in the Forget-Me-Not cafe, where Zilov and his friends are regulars. Now he is having lunch there with Sayapin and Kushak, celebrating the receipt of a service apartment. Suddenly, his mistress Vera enters the cafe (Victor would not mind getting rid of her), whom he now convinces not to reveal the true nature of their relationship, introducing her as his classmate, but invites her to the company.
Second memory
A very brief summary of Vampilov’s play “Duck Hunt” continues to amaze the reader with its ironic events.
Sayapin and Zilov were given an assignment at work: to draw up a plan for innovations in the institution. Victor suggests his friend do something simpler: simply provide information that the porcelain factory was modernized and reconstructed. Sayapin doubts for a long time whether this is a good idea. He is afraid that such a prank will soon be discovered. In the end, he agrees to hand over the “fake” information.
At the same time, the main character receives a letter from his old father. The old man writes that he is very sick and would like to see his son. But Zilov does not believe that this is true. He decides that his father is just playing him. Therefore, Victor is not going anywhere, and he is very busy, he has a vacation soon, which he was going to spend hunting, so he does not have time to visit his father.
The wreath continues to evoke memories. Act one, scene two
What is important here is that Zilov and Sayapin are sitting at work. They need to submit a report, but they have nothing. They work in some kind of central technical information bureau. Zilov invites Sayapin to “bring some points” to his superiors and write a report “from scratch,” but he hesitates for a long time and does not dare. Zilov offers to throw a coin, his comrades throw it, it somehow falls, but they do not yet know the decision of fate, because at the very moment when the coin lands, an 18-year-old girl, Irina, enters their office. She wants to print an advertisement. The girl believes that she ended up in the editorial office of a newspaper or magazine. Zilov immediately takes a stance like a hunting dog and tries to win the girl over. Then Kushak comes in and ruins everything. He asks about the report and tells the girl that this is not an editorial office for her, she leaves, offended. Zilov jumps out after her and, apparently, manages to arrange a meeting. Vampilov gave this hero the features of a real womanizer. “Duck Hunt” (the summary cannot contain all the details) only benefits from this.
The picture ends with Galina calling her husband at work and the news that she is pregnant. Zilov is not very happy about this news, so his wife hangs up. The memory ends. Zilov is back in his room. There are two of them - he and the wreath.
Third memory
The summary of “Duck Hunt” continues with tragic events.
Victor returns home early in the morning. My wife Galina has not yet gone to bed. She meets her husband and complains to him that she has a lot of work, that she is very tired, that she is too upset by such a sudden business trip of her beloved. Zilov understands that Galina began to suspect him of treason and denies all his wife’s accusations. But the girl does not give up and tells her husband that the neighbor saw him with a young beauty. Angry at Galina, the main character says that she herself is to blame for this state of affairs, without paying any attention to him.
Galina rashly tells Victor that she had an abortion last week. A completely heated Zilov begins to scream, asking Galina why she did not consult with him before making such an important decision, to which his wife replied that she was not sure that Victor really wanted children together. The man is trying to somehow soften the tension that has grown between him and his wife. He begins to remember how his relationship with Galina began. At first, the girl tries not to react in any way to the words of her beloved man, but soon gives up and begins to plunge into the past. As a result, the unhappy woman sits down on a chair and begins to cry.
“Duck Hunt”: the content of the marital scene
Third memory. Zilov returns home in the morning. His wife is not sleeping. Zilov (“Duck Hunt”) complains that there is a lot of work, saying that he was unexpectedly sent on a business trip. However, Galina says directly that she does not believe in this, since a neighbor saw him in the city last night. Zilov tries to accuse his wife of being too suspicious, but this has no effect on her. She has endured too long and can no longer bear her husband's lies. Galina says that she visited the doctor and had an abortion. The husband feigns indignation. He reproaches her for not consulting his wife. Zilov tries to soften his wife by remembering the evening when they first became close. This happened six years ago. At first, Galina protests, but then she succumbs to the charm of this memory - until her husband cannot remember some words that are very important to her. She cries, sinking into a chair.
Unexpected message
Our very brief summary of Vampilov’s “Duck Hunt” continues with very sad events.
On this day, Victor receives an urgent telegram saying that his father has died as a result of illness. He abandons all his plans and is going to fly to his native land in order to be in time for the funeral. Galina offers to join him, but the man refuses. Before leaving, Victor decides to look into the bar where he had an appointment with his mistress. Galina, who suddenly appeared within the walls of “Forget-Me-Not” and brought a briefcase and a raincoat to her husband, sees Victor and Irina. After this, Zilov confesses to the young girl that he is married. Realizing that he doesn’t have the strength to fly anywhere today, he postpones his departure until the next day and orders dinner at a bar.
Zilov decides to go duck hunting
He walks around the room with a gun. After this, Zilov throws himself on the bed and it is unclear whether he is sobbing or laughing. He gets up two minutes later and dials Dima’s number. He informs him that he is ready to go hunting.
This concludes the summary. “Duck Hunt,” like all plays, is a work of small volume. You can read it in the original in about 2 hours. The summary does not reveal all the details of the story described. “Duck Hunt” will become clearer and closer to you if you decide to read the text of the work.
Fifth memory
The summary of Vampilov’s “Duck Hunt” continues with tragedy for the main character.
Zilov’s wife is going to leave for her relatives. As soon as Galina leaves the apartment, Victor calls Irina and asks her to come to him. Suddenly the wife returns to the apartment and tells Zilov that she will not come back. He tries to stop the woman, but she leaves and locks Zilov in the apartment. The man shouts that he loves her, that she is infinitely dear to him, he is ready to do anything so that she does not leave. But instead of Galina, for whom this speech was intended, Irina hears all Victor’s words, taking all Zilov’s confessions personally.
Galina goes to her relatives
We present to your attention the following memory, which the main character of the work “Duck Hunt” sees. Its content is as follows.
Galina wants to go to another city to visit her relatives. As soon as Zilov calls Irina and invites her to his place. Suddenly Galina returns and says that she is leaving him forever. Her husband is discouraged and tries to stop her, but Galina locks the door. Zilov, finding himself in a trap, uses his eloquence to convince his wife that she is still dear to him. He even talks about taking her hunting. However, his explanation is heard not by Galina, but by Irina, who approaches, and takes everything said personally.
Last memory
While Zilov is waiting for his friends at the bar, he drinks heavily. When the friends finally gather, Victor is already very drunk and begins to be rude to everyone, saying various nasty things. Friends, seeing Victor's behavior, simply leave. Irina also leaves the main character, who greatly insulted her.
Victor calls the waiter Dima a lackey, for which he hits Zilov painfully in the face. Victor passes out and soon his friends come to take him home.
