Comedy "Thunderstorm" - this is one of the most famous works of Russian playwright A. Ostrovsky. The idea, the characters of the work can be studied forever. Images of the characters "Thunderstorms" are very noteworthy.
All the characters of the drama "Thunderstorm" can be divided into2 groups: representatives of the older and younger generations. The older one represents Kabaniha and Dikaya. They are representatives of the patriarchal world, where egoism and poverty rule. Other characters suffer from the tyranny of Kabaniha and Wild. This is primarily Varvara, Katerina, Boris and Tikhon. Comparative characterization of the characters shows that all the heroes have reconciled with their fate, and only Katerina is not able to go against conscience and her desires.
Before we disassemble the character of Boris, it is necessary to get acquainted with his history.
Boris is not a native of Kalinov. He gets there at the behest of his parents. Boris had to inherit, which for the time being, runs the Wild. For good behavior and obedience Wild must give the inheritance to Boris, but readers understand that because of Wild greed this will never happen. Therefore, Boris has to stay in Kalinov and live there according to the rules established by Wild and Kabanikha.
Among all the characters A. Ostrovsky singles out two heroes, two men are Boris and Tikhon. Comparative characteristics of these characters can say a lot.
Tikhon depends on the Kabaniha - his mother. He has to obey everything in everything. Kabanikh does not hesitate to get into his son's private life, dictating how he should treat his wife. His sister-in-law Katerina Kabaniha literally lives from the light. To Katerina Kabaniha is constantly finding fault.
One day Tikhon is forced to leave for another city for several days. The reader clearly sees how pleased he is to be alone and to show his independence.
So, we have two characters - it's Boris andTikhon. Comparative characteristics of these heroes are impossible without an analysis of their way of life. So, both characters live with tyrants, both heroes are compelled to submit to another's will. Both heroes lack independence. Both heroes love Katerina.
At the end of the play, both suffer greatly after deathCatherines. Tikhon remains alone, with his mother, and Boris Dika orders to leave Kalinov. Of course, the inheritance to him after the incident with Katerina just do not see.
The differences between Boris and Tikhon are greater than those of the general. So, Boris and Tikhon are a comparative characteristic. The table, attached below, will help to systematize knowledge about these heroes.
| Boris | Tikhon | |
| Attitude towards Kateryna | Boris is ready for anything. He risks his reputation, the reputation of Katerina - a married woman. His love is passionate, open and emotional. | Tikhon loves Katerina, but the reader sometimes questions this: if he loves her, why does not he defend against Kabanikhi's attacks? Why does not she feel her suffering? |
| Relations with other characters in the play | Boris acts under the cover of Varvara. Night Kalinov is a time when all the young people go out into the streets with songs and romantic moods. | Tikhon is treated well, but his relationship withother characters said little. The only thing that is remarkable is his relationship with his mother. He loves her to some extent and tries to respect him, but on the other hand he feels her wrong. |
Such are Boris and Tikhon. The comparative characteristics of the characters, shown above in the table, are succinct and capacious. It is worth noting that mostly readers sympathize with Boris, rather than Tikhon.
Characteristic of Boris and Tikhon says thattwo men loved Catherine. However, neither one nor the other could not save her. Katerina rushed from the cliff into the river, no one stopped her. It was Boris and Tikhon, the comparative characteristics of which were cited above, that were to save her, they had to rebel against the power of the Kalinin tyrants. However, they did not succeed, and Katerina's lifeless body was taken out of the river.
Kalinov is a small town that lives by its ownrules. Dobroliubov called Katerina "a ray of light in a dark kingdom," and this is indeed so. Katerina could not change her destiny, but, perhaps, she will change the life of the whole city. Her death is the first catastrophe that broke the patriarchal way of the family. Kabanikha and Dikoy feel that the young people are getting out of their power, which means that changes are coming.
Thus, A. Ostrovsky was able to show not just a family tragedy. Before us is the tragedy of a whole city, dying in the despotism of the Wild and the Kabanikha. Kalinov is not a fictional city, but there are a lot of such "Kalinovs" in the whole of Russia.
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