(316 words) A.S. Pushkin worked hard on the creation of the poem The Bronze Horseman, since he had the difficult task of answering a question about the future of the country, confronting all its contrasts. In order to fully reveal this topic, the author used many images and symbols. For example, the image of St. Petersburg, which is the main one in the poem.
A.S. Pushkin shows the reader insoluble conflicts and vivid contradictions of the city. In the introduction, the author describes St. Petersburg as a magnificent and unifying city of people: it was built for the good of Russia, and now it gives joy to its inhabitants. The author uses epithets to convey his attitude to the capital: "ascended proudly." But with every praise, St. Petersburg is becoming unattainable and "dead". The lyrical hero repeats the word “love” five times, and each time it seems less sincere.
The image of St. Petersburg is undergoing significant changes in the first part, as if A.S. Pushkin was removing the mask of hypocrisy from the city. "The darkness of an unfortunate night" replaces the "golden heaven", gradually the city takes on the appearance of a fortress surrounded by the Neva. Water reveals the true face of the capital with its "belongings of poor poverty" and the wreckage of former houses. Petersburg ceases to be an untouched monument, frightened people fall out on its streets, even the dead lose their peace. In the same part, Pushkin emphasizes the king’s impotence against the “divine element”. The third episode reinforces the vices revealed by the Neva. Despite the calm, a new battle with the elements is still possible, which St. Petersburg is unlikely to withstand, since its streets have acquired a “terrible appearance”. But a new day comes, and the city again becomes cold and inaccessible, as if nothing had happened. The “sovereign city” still stands, and above it is the “idol on a bronze horse”.
Thus, A.S. Pushkin in vivid contrast depicted the image of St. Petersburg, thereby drawing a parallel with the events taking place in the country. He even predicted the future, because the monarchy really did not cope with the elements of the revolution. The poet also understood the reason correctly: the state was criminally indifferent to the people, the troubles of that very little man who did not find help at the right time, and decided to take revenge. That is, in the image of the city, the author subtly conveyed the characteristics of the whole country.
