An amazing comedy Alexander Ostrovsky reveals all the essence of such a vice of humanity as greed. People are ready to make completely illogical and sometimes absurd actions, just to remain rich and rotate in this circle of rich people, for whom only money matters and any deviation about the rules adopted and norms is considered something blasphemy.
What is the povef of "poverty not vice"?
The case is happening in a small provincial town, in the center of the narration merchant of the city of Okotov, his family, people, working and other characters. On the courtyard of the shinty - the time when fun reigns everywhere. It was at this time that the mountains of the ends announces his home that he intends to marry his only daughter in a short time. At the same time, the famous Moscow manufacturer must become her bridegroom. This manufacturer - African Korshunov - a man is already a meal, but very rich, so his age does not play any role for a proud, for the merchant in the first place they always stood money.
At the same time, the love of Gordeevna has long been and mutually in love with the clerk Mitu, who works at her father. They lead a cute love correspondence and suffer from the fact that they cannot show their love, as everyone is obvious that the Gordes will never allow his daughter to become a wife of a beggar.
Love made an attempt to persuade the father not to issue her for the old man, whom she does not love, and will not love the old man, but I have already decided to argue, and it was useless to argue with him. Everyone was already despair, Mitya gathered to leave for his mother in the outback, so as not to see how his beloved was married, and how she suffers from it, but he was not able to help her. Although, he made a timid attempt and suggested love to run with him, but she did not agree, as he considered to marry without parental blessing to sin. In addition, she was an obedient daughter and disobey her strict father would not see. And so it would be all over this, if the brother's brother love did not come to the revenue in love.
He told Mita his ceremony story, which helped the love later to avoid postpone her marriage. And the point was like this: after the death of the father of Gordes and loved to divide the inheritance in justice, the Gordes took on the management of the business of the trade, and I loved money and promissory bill. A bill of exchange was needed to cash out in Moscow, he drove there, but could not resist and pretty well. However, he left a little, and this remainder could quite enough for a peaceful life.
We love myself not particularly hoped, so I decided to turn to my friend Afrikana Korshunov, so that he would take the money and let them in turnover, so that I love to remain not only with my own, but also with Navar. But African deceived the naive provincial, and love left with anything. Everything was so bad that, by returning to his hometown, he had to ask alms to somehow survive.
I loved to try to ask for help to proud, somehow came to him on a bow, fell into my legs and prayed to take it to the service, was ready to work as anything, at least a janitor, but I had to drive a bad brother Miscellaneous people on the streets are miserable, just to be subsided.
I love learned about the tragedy of lovers, that Mitya and Love Gordeevna love each other, and decided to help them, they needed only the right moment, and soon he was out.
This African Korshunov arrived to wonder for his daughter of his friend Pride, the girl had a breathtaking only from one thought that she would have to become this old man, albeit the rich, his wife, to share a bed with him and live until the end of the days. In honor of the walling in the house of the end, a huge reception was organized, tables were covered, guests were invited from the rich to show the whole city that the Tovsky Gordes gives her daughter not for anyone, and for a rich industrialist from Moscow.
But in the midst of the feast in the room, I loved myself and tells the story, as at one time was deceived by African Korshunov and what exactly was forced to go around the world and go to pale. African was outraged by the fact that he was charged with such accusations, and even publicly, and stated proud that he seduce himself to take his daughter to his wife only if the Kordes of the ends would come to him in the capital with a bow and apologizes.
The ends are outraged and declares that this will never be, and it will be better to give his daughter for the very first poor man, and at least won for Mitu, which woves the fraudster. But after seeing the sincere joy of Mitya and the love of Gordeevna, I decided that I got excited and took my words back.
But the whole family immediately rushed to persuade the pride of the smoothly and give all the same love Gordeevna for Mitu, because young people love each other so much, and sometimes love is more expensive than any wealth. Gordes softens and agrees, the benefit of his state is enough with interest to ensure that the rich dowry and secure life are loved. Gordea also thanks her brother's beloved for the fact that he revealed his eyes in time and made him make a pen, and not to give his only daughter to marry a coolness, which is to blame for the ruin. He forgives the brother, they will be laid, and everyone sit down at the tables and celebrate a sickie week.
Gordes eventually revises his views on life and becomes another person who understands that not everything is measured by wealth.
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