(250 words) Eugene Onegin, the main character of the novel of the same name A.S. Pushkin, has a double image. He is a native of a bankrupt noble family who goes to balls, spends three hours by the mirror before going out, dresses like “dandy London”, according to the latest fashion, makes a good impression in society and is used to living in luxury. But Onegin without gloss is a lost and tired person from life.
I think that the hero is really a “selfish will”, as Belinsky called him. But it’s not so much his own fault, how much society and social life made him so, pretty tired of the young man with meaninglessness and vulgarity. Onegin's selfishness works against him, because Eugene does not want people to suffer because of him. He did not wish death to Lensky, who surprised his friend with his dreaminess and became a close person for him. He did not want the suffering of Tatyana, who gave her her heart. It’s just that Eugene was used to loving himself only his whole life, as it should be for a representative of the “golden youth”. Although he obeyed the unspoken laws of the people of his circle, but still they were alien to him. Under the influence of public opinion, Onegin did what he thought he needed to do. As a result, his soul is exhausted, and he yearns, but does not know why. Onegin’s main problem is that he has potential, but he has nowhere to direct him. He is a hero of his time. Characters like Eugene are superfluous for their era.
Pushkin put his hero in a strange and hopeless situation. He rewarded him with intelligence, kindness, thoughtfulness, but deprived him of the opportunity to apply his qualities in life. Onegin is the image of a person devoid of purpose, and therefore suffering.
