THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTISTIC DETAILS IN A. P. CHEKHOV'S STORY "CHAMELEON" A. P. Chekhov - master little story. One of his stories, "Chameleon", tells in a humorous form about an insignificant event that happened one day in a small provincial town. The event itself was really insignificant. However, the characters of the story, whose characters are revealed mainly in dialogues, make the reader think, see the extraordinary in the ordinary. In the story there are no picturesque landscapes, detailed and detailed characteristics of the characters. The skill of A.P. Chekhov lies in the ability to observe life, dressing his thoughts in the form of subtle and well-aimed details. Deserted market square. Police warden Ochumelov walks through it. Behind him is the red-haired policeman Eldyrin. Around the silence and tranquility. Suddenly, the silence is broken by human screams and dog squeals. Ochumelov sees a dog running from the merchant Pichugin's warehouse, "jumping on three legs and looking around." A man is chasing her. You can imagine how ridiculous the situation was. But the running man decides on an act more ridiculous and at the same time insane: "leaning his body forward, falls to the ground and grabs the dog by the hind legs." The dog's screech is heard again. Not surprisingly, the incident revives the sleepy marketplace. It is not known from where, “as if grown out of the earth,” the people came running. Ochumelov, a representative of power and order, cannot but pay attention to the disorder. Approaching the crowd, he saw a man who showed his bloody finger to the witnesses. It would seem that in such a situation, the sympathy of readers should be on the side of the injured goldsmith Khryukin. But let's pay attention to such details: his face was half-drunk and it was as if written on it: “Already I’ll rip you off, rogue!” The animal is not huge terrible dog, but just a white greyhound puppy with a sharp muzzle and a yellow spot on his back, and even lame. "In his watery eyes, his expression of longing and horror." A.P. Chekhov does not express his opinion about the incident, but the attentive reader immediately understands on whose side the author's sympathy is. So, a few well-aimed details allow the writer to present the episode in some detail and, most importantly, vividly, which has become the compositional plot of the story. The main role in the story is played by dialogues, which are characterized by liveliness, plasticity of language and accuracy, accuracy of details. The words of the victim Khryukin are expressive and emotional. He constantly emphasizes his service to the letter of the law. Despite the seeming decency, Khryukin does not care about the triumph of the law, but about his own benefit: “Let me get paid, because I won’t move this finger for a week ...” This phrase of Khryukin nullifies all his assurances of the veracity, the truth of what was said . This can be confirmed by the words of a bystander who saw that Khryukin himself provoked the dog. You can’t take seriously the words of a person who is able to offend a defenseless animal, and even in this way. Just as unpredictable, if you take into account the details, is the police warden Ochumelov. He does not have his own opinion at all, he changes his decisions depending on what benefit or trouble this decision will bring him. Let's remember how he addresses the policeman Eldyrin: “Take off, Eldyrin, my coat ... It's terrifying how hot it is! Must be before the rain." And after a few minutes: “Put on, brother Eldyrin, a coat on me ... Something blew in the wind ... Chills ...” Weather have not changed at all. The decision of the police officer has changed regarding further fate dogs. In the same dialogues, the following remarks are characteristic: “It is time to pay attention to such gentlemen who do not want to obey the regulations! As they fine him, the bastard, so he will learn from me what a dog and other stray cattle mean! And after a few minutes: “She (the dog), maybe dear, but if every pig poke her nose with a cigar, then how long will it spoil ... And you, blockhead, put your hand down! Don't show your stupid finger! It's his own fault!..” The story ends with the triumph of justice. The true culprit of the incident punished. He was punished by the general laughter of the audience, while the dog returns to the owner, instead of being exterminated, to which he was "sentenced" at the beginning. Ochumelov threatens Khryukin that he will get to him. And this gesture of Ochumelov looks so helpless that it’s just right to feel sorry for him. Regret for the fear of superiors, for the inability to make independent decisions. Each of the characters in the story is deeply individual. This individuality is revealed primarily in the details of behavior, in the dialogues of the characters. A.P. Chekhov creates vivid and memorable images without resorting to broad, detailed specifications. He worked like a true artist, in which every brush stroke is significant and eloquent. Before us are no longer images individual people, but something broader and more significant - the image of the population, the people, the nation.

Role artistic detail in Chekhov's story "Chameleon" Project by Romanova Victoria, Grade 8

Amazing this animal is a chameleon. Hiding from enemies and trying to quietly get close to the insects of its victims, this lizard can quickly and easily change color, merging with environment. But if such an adaptive reaction of an animal makes us admire the wisdom of nature, then a person with such qualities can hardly be called worthy and decent. A striking example A.P. Chekhov draws such “chameleonism” for us in his story “Chameleon”.

The plot is based on an ordinary life case: a puppy bit a person's finger. This event in a matter of minutes attracted a large number of onlookers, and market square, where it had just been quiet and gloomy, a whole crowd had gathered. The gathering attracted the attention of the police overseer Ochumelov, who marched decorously across the square, accompanied by a policeman. The victim, who turned out to be the “goldsmith” Khryukin, showed the audience a bloody finger, and “in the center of the crowd, spreading his front legs and trembling all over,” sat the “white greyhound puppy responsible for the scandal.” Ochumelov, feeling his importance, decided to look into the situation.

At the beginning of the story, we see a bundle in the hands of Ochumelov, and a sieve with gooseberries by the policeman. The role of the gooseberry and the knot is that the police officer and the policeman have already managed to get a bribe from someone, despite the early hour. These two details characterize these characters as crafty and enterprising people.

Near the very gates of the warehouse, he sees, the above-mentioned man is standing in an unbuttoned waistcoat and, having lifted up right hand, shows the crowd a bloody finger. On his half-drunk face it seems to be written: “I’ll rip you off, rogue!” and the very finger looks like a sign of victory.

The detail of the bloodied finger shows us that the jeweler Khryukin will not be able to work. I wonder if Mr. Khryukin fulfilled orders on time? And how good were the products? Now he has an excuse, and he may not work until the finger heals.

The action of the story takes place in the second half of summer, in the summer they do not wear an overcoat. The fact that Ochumelov put on an overcoat at that time and it was new suggests that he had recently received a position. Thanks to her, Ochumelov has power, and the overcoat also speaks of this. The open overcoat, as it were, increases and gives great importance to Ochumelov in the eyes of others. Throughout the story, Ochumelov either takes off or puts on his overcoat.

At the end of the story, the police warden leaves, wrapping himself in his overcoat. From this we can conclude: Ochumelov becomes spiritually closed to everyone around him, like the authorities. We can also say that the people will follow the higher rank (in our time, nothing has changed). We have proved that the artistic detail in A. P. CHEKHOV's story Chameleon helps to understand and reveal the images. He is worried and afraid of losing power, and therefore he is thrown into the heat, then into the cold.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a master short story, a feature of which is that a maximum of content must be contained in a small volume. In a short story, lengthy descriptions and long internal monologues are impossible, so the artistic detail comes to the fore. It carries a huge artistic load in Chekhov's works.

L. N. Tolstoy called A. P. Chekhov "an incomparable artist of life." The subject of the author's research is inner world man, his thoughts and aspirations.

The only thing known about Ochumelov's appearance is that he is dressed in an overcoat. Apparently, she is very dear to him, since he put it on in the summer, when gooseberries usually ripen. The overcoat is new, which means that Ochumelov was only recently promoted to police guards, and the value of the overcoat in the eyes of the hero is increasing. An overcoat for Ochumelov is a sign of power, a bundle in his hand is a symbol of self-interest, without them he is impossible. An important detail is that the overcoat is open, it gives Ochumelov additional significance, increases his role in his own eyes. But when it turns out that “a white greyhound puppy with a sharp muzzle and a yellow spot on the back”, perhaps a general’s dog, the significance disappears somewhere: “General Zhigalov? Hm!.. Take off my coat, Eldyrin... Horror, how hot it is! It must be before the rain ... ”It is noteworthy that he asks to take off not an overcoat, but a coat. Ochumelov's overcoat - a sign of power for himself and for those around him - pales in comparison with the general's overcoat. But at the end of the story, when Ochumelov realized that he had done everything right, he was again in his overcoat: “I will still get to you! - Ochumelov threatens him and, wrapping himself in his overcoat, continues his way through the market square.

At the beginning of the story, the hero walks in an open greatcoat, but at the end he instinctively wraps himself up. This can be explained, firstly, by the fact that he became chilly in summer heat after the shock he experienced, because he was thrown into the heat, then into the cold, and secondly, by the fact that the holiday of the new overcoat was partially spoiled, he realized that, in general, his rank was not so important. The wrapped overcoat decreases in volume, and consequently, the greatness of the local petty tyrant also decreases. At the same time, wrapping himself in his overcoat, Ochumelov becomes even more closed, even more official.

Ochumelov's overcoat in A.P. Chekhov's story is a bright artistic detail. This and hallmark specific police officer, and the symbol state power in general, and constantly changing color, like a chameleon, the justice of the law, the interpretation of which depends on the social affiliation of the accused.

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A.P. Chekhov is rightfully considered a master of artistic detail. Accurately and aptly selected detail is evidence of the writer's artistic talent. Bright

The detail makes the phrase more capacious. The role of the artistic detail in Chekhov's humorous story"Chameleon".

Police warden Ochumelov, passing through the market square with the town Eldyrin, is dressed in a new overcoat, which in the text of the story turns into important detail characterizing the state of the police officer. For example, having learned that, probably, the dog that bit the goldsmith Khryukin belongs to General Zhigalov, Ochumelov becomes unbearably hot, so he says: “Hm! .. Take off my coat, Eldyrin ... Horror, how hot! » Here, the coat being removed is a symbol of the hero's nervousness. Considering that such an unprepossessing dog cannot be a general’s, Ochumelov again scolds her: “The general’s dogs are expensive, thoroughbred, and this one is the devil knows what! No hair, no appearance ... only meanness ... ”But the assumption of a person from the crowd that the dog belonged to the general now inspires fear in Ochumelov for the words that he just uttered. And here, in order to convey the mood of the character, the author again uses an artistic detail. The overseer says: “Hm!.. Put on a coat, brother Eldyrin… Something blew in the wind… Chill…” Here the coat seems to help the hero hide from own words. At the end of the work, Ochumelov's coat again turns into an overcoat, into which the hero wraps himself, continuing his journey through the market square. Chekhov does not extra words, and therefore it is important that new overcoat in conversation, Ochumelov turns into a coat, that is, there is a deliberate reduction in the role of the subject by the hero himself. Indeed, the new overcoat distinguishes Ochumelov as a policeman. But the function of the coat is different; with the help of this artistic detail, the writer characterizes the character.

Consequently, the artistic detail helps the writer to penetrate deeper into the psychology of the hero, and the reader to see the changing state and mood of the character.

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Artistic detail helps the author to create the character of the hero. Such a characteristic detail can be speaking surname, the hero’s spoken word at the right time and at the wrong time, the substitution of words, their rearrangement, a piece of clothing, furniture, sound, color, even the choice of the animal that became the title of the work.

The first thing that catches your eye is the name of the police officer. Why Ochumelov? Perhaps it is precisely because, having lost his mind, bewildered, the hero of the work does not know what to do, what to decide. Next interesting fact, as always with Chekhov, is veiled, hidden, you will not immediately see him. Among the first remarks of Khryukin (also a speaking surname) there is one especially close to Chekhov the satirist: “Now you are not ordered to bite!” It seems to be about a dog, but government policy got a little bit too. Ochumelov does not turn around, but, as befits a military man, “makes a half turn to the left” and intervenes in what is happening. Khryukin's bloody finger, raised up, "looks like a sign of victory" of a man, a half-drunk goldsmith Khryukin, over a dog, a white greyhound puppy with an expression of longing and horror in watery eyes. Khryukin treats the dog as if it were a person who offended him, from whom he demands satisfaction, moral, material, legal: “I’ll rip you off,” “let them pay me,” “if everyone bites, then it’s better not to live in the world." The poor animal, depending on who they consider it to be, is either going to be exterminated as a rabid dirty trick, or they are called a gentle creature, tsutsik, little dog. Only, after all, not only does Ochumelov’s attitude change towards the dog, but also towards Khryukin, whom she bit, because he poked her in the face with a cigarette for laughter, and towards the alleged owner. Either Khryukin is accused of “picking his finger with a carnation” himself in order to “rip off”, then they advise not to leave things like that, “it needs to be taught a lesson”, then they don’t call him anything other than a pig and a blockhead and they already threaten him, not the dog . The degree of Ochumelov's excitement is reflected by putting on or taking off a brand new overcoat, as he is either shivering with excitement, or throwing him into a fever.

The artistic detail in Chekhov's story characterizes Ochumelov, Khryukin, and the dog. It helps the reader to understand the author's point of view, makes you be more attentive.

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A.P. Chekhov is rightfully considered a master of artistic detail. Accurately and aptly selected detail is evidence of the writer's artistic talent. Bright

detail makes the phrase more capacious. The role of the artistic detail in Chekhov's humorous story "Chameleon" is enormous.

Police warden Ochumelov, passing through the market square together with the townsman Eldyrin, is dressed in a new overcoat, which in the text of the story turns into an important detail characterizing the state of the police warden. For example, having learned that, probably, the dog that bit the goldsmith Khryukin belongs to General Zhigalov, Ochumelov becomes unbearably hot, so he says: “Hm! .. Take off my coat, Eldyrin ... Horror, how hot! » Here, the coat being removed is a symbol of the hero's nervousness. Considering that such an unprepossessing dog cannot be a general’s, Ochumelov again scolds her: “The general’s dogs are expensive, thoroughbred, and this one is the devil knows what! No hair, no appearance ... only meanness ... ”But the assumption of a person from the crowd that the dog belonged to the general now inspires fear in Ochumelov for the words that he just uttered. And here, in order to convey the mood of the character, the author again uses an artistic detail. The warder says: “Hm!.. Put on a coat, brother Eldyrin… Something blew in the wind… Chills…” Here the coat seems to help the hero to hide from his own words. At the end of the work, Ochumelov's coat again turns into an overcoat, into which the hero wraps himself, continuing his journey through the market square. Chekhov has no superfluous words, and therefore the fact that the new overcoat in Ochumelov's conversation turns into a coat is important, that is, there is a deliberate reduction in the role of the subject by the hero himself. Indeed, the new overcoat distinguishes Ochumelov as a policeman. But the function of the coat is different; with the help of this artistic detail, the writer characterizes the character.

Consequently, the artistic detail helps the writer to penetrate deeper into the psychology of the hero, and the reader to see the changing state and mood of the character.

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Artistic detail helps the author to create the character of the hero. Such a characterizing detail can be a speaking surname, the hero’s word spoken on time and at the wrong time, the substitution of words, their rearrangement, a piece of clothing, furniture, sound, color, even the choice of the animal that became the title of the work.

The first thing that catches your eye is the name of the police officer. Why Ochumelov? Perhaps it is precisely because, having lost his mind, bewildered, the hero of the work does not know what to do, what to decide. The next interesting fact, as always with Chekhov, is veiled, hidden, you will not immediately see it. Among the first remarks of Khryukin (also a speaking surname) there is one especially close to Chekhov the satirist: “Now you are not ordered to bite!” It seems to be about a dog, but government policy got a little bit too. Ochumelov does not turn around, but, as befits a military man, “makes a half turn to the left” and intervenes in what is happening. Khryukin's bloody finger, raised up, "looks like a sign of victory" of a man, a half-drunk goldsmith Khryukin, over a dog, a white greyhound puppy with an expression of longing and horror in watery eyes. Khryukin treats the dog as if it were a person who offended him, from whom he demands satisfaction, moral, material, legal: “I’ll rip you off,” “let them pay me,” “if everyone bites, then it’s better not to live in the world." The poor animal, depending on who they consider it to be, is either going to be exterminated as a rabid dirty trick, or they are called a gentle creature, tsutsik, little dog. Only, after all, not only does Ochumelov’s attitude change towards the dog, but also towards Khryukin, whom she bit, because he poked her in the face with a cigarette for laughter, and towards the alleged owner. Either Khryukin is accused of “picking his finger with a carnation” himself in order to “rip off”, then they advise not to leave things like that, “it needs to be taught a lesson”, then they don’t call him anything other than a pig and a blockhead and they already threaten him, not the dog . The degree of Ochumelov's excitement is reflected by putting on or taking off a brand new overcoat, as he is either shivering with excitement, or throwing him into a fever.

The artistic detail in Chekhov's story characterizes Ochumelov, Khryukin, and the dog. It helps the reader to understand the author's point of view, makes you be more attentive.

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   (1 option) B early period creativity Anton Pavlovich Chekhov writes a series humorous stories in which laughs at various shortcomings of people. In the short work "Chameleon" the theme of chameleonism is revealed. The writer laughs heartily at...