TRANSFORMATION OF DEPENDENCE OF THE PROTAGONIST OF IVAN TURGENEV's STORY "PETUSHKOV"

Abstract

This article shows how in I.S. Turgenev's story "Petushkov" the life of the protagonist changes: he turns from a noble officer into a miserable sick person. The work talks about the influence of female "demonic" forces on the fate of the lieutenant. An attempt is made to show the female image as a combination of several types of Turgenev's heroines. The development of the theme of a "little man" is shown not only as the embodiment of the Gogol tradition, but also as the author's interpretation of it.