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Lermontov’s romantic drama follows poet Vladimir Arbenin, a protagonist partly modeled on the author. The play uses Arbenin’s story to examine the intellectual burdens and social concerns of a new generation in Russian society.
The Demon falls in love with Tamara, who is betrothed to Prince Sinodal. Sinodal is killed on the way to their wedding, and Tamara enters a convent; when the Demon follows and kisses her, she sees Sinodal’s ghost and dies. The Angel proclaims her redemption and condemns the Demon to eternal solitude.
In aristocratic St. Petersburg, jealous Yevgeny Arbenin concludes that his wife Nina has been unfaithful after she loses a bracelet at a masquerade. He poisons her, then discovers a letter proving her innocence and goes insane. The play's final version adds The Unknown, through whom Arbenin is punished for his act.
Yuri Volin must choose between his wealthy, overprotective grandmother and his financially struggling father, while he and his cousin Lyubov fall in love. A scheming housemaid spreads rumors, and Yuri misreads Lyubov’s conversation with another man as infidelity; after challenging his friend to a duel, he kills himself.
Oprichnik Kiribeyevich takes merchant Kalashnikov’s wife Alyona. Kalashnikov challenges him to a fistfight and kills him; despite Alyona’s pleas, Tsar Ivan IV condemns the merchant to death.
Lermontov’s romantic drama follows poet Vladimir Arbenin, a protagonist partly modeled on the author. The play uses Arbenin’s story to examine the intellectual burdens and social concerns of a new generation in Russian society.
The Demon falls in love with Tamara, who is betrothed to Prince Sinodal. Sinodal is killed on the way to their wedding, and Tamara enters a convent; when the Demon follows and kisses her, she sees Sinodal’s ghost and dies. The Angel proclaims her redemption and condemns the Demon to eternal solitude.
In aristocratic St. Petersburg, jealous Yevgeny Arbenin concludes that his wife Nina has been unfaithful after she loses a bracelet at a masquerade. He poisons her, then discovers a letter proving her innocence and goes insane. The play's final version adds The Unknown, through whom Arbenin is punished for his act.
Yuri Volin must choose between his wealthy, overprotective grandmother and his financially struggling father, while he and his cousin Lyubov fall in love. A scheming housemaid spreads rumors, and Yuri misreads Lyubov’s conversation with another man as infidelity; after challenging his friend to a duel, he kills himself.
Oprichnik Kiribeyevich takes merchant Kalashnikov’s wife Alyona. Kalashnikov challenges him to a fistfight and kills him; despite Alyona’s pleas, Tsar Ivan IV condemns the merchant to death.