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Parts of the Whole: Women in Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time as Missing Pieces of Pechorin
Title: Parts of the Whole: Women in Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time as Missing Pieces of Pechorin
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 2037 | Pages: 8.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Parts of the Whole: Women in Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time as Missing Pieces of Pechorin
Parts of the Whole
Women in A Hero of our Time as Missing Pieces of Pechorin
Lermontov's Pechorin is the prototypical modern anti-hero. He is the "hero of destruction," wreaking havoc in his path. A relationship with Pechorin is akin to a death sentence. He brings women nothing but pain and loss. He is almost obsessive in his conquests of women. Women fascinate him; he is repulsed, feels superior to them, and yet he feels …showed first 75 words of 2037 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2037 total…superman? No. In destroying these women, he kills what is left of himself. He is miserable. Bored, empty and alone, he can't connect to anyone even when he tries. Everyone involved with him loses. In the end he proves nothing, except his undeniable role as the hero of destruction.
Comments:
A excellent
"you make a strong case for the women in the novel contributing to his shortcomings-- some of your sentences are a bit curt"
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