Hero Of Our Time Romanticism
“Will Not Grow or Blossom” (12)
In Hero of Our Time, Lermontov utilizes Russian and Circassian cultures, to mirror the Romantic and Enlightenment philosophies at conflict within Pechorin. The divergence in Pechorin’s actions in accordance to the two societies allow for the hypocrisy of his conflicting ideals to be highlighted. The Circassian wedding in Bela, where couples face each other and say “anything that comes to mind”(12), invokes the Romantic ideas of natural freedom and independence. As the Ferdinand Brunetiere describes, Romanticism is the “stressing of individuality at the expense of a larger world”(Berlin, 15), and Lermontov certainly makes his character Pechorin act this way at times. Yet when Pechorin seeks to join
In Hero of Our Time, Lermontov utilizes Russian and Circassian cultures, to mirror the Romantic and Enlightenment philosophies at conflict within Pechorin. The divergence in Pechorin’s actions in accordance to the two societies allow for the hypocrisy of his conflicting ideals to be highlighted. The Circassian wedding in Bela, where couples face each other and say “anything that comes to mind”(12), invokes the Romantic ideas of natural freedom and independence. As the Ferdinand Brunetiere describes, Romanticism is the “stressing of individuality at the expense of a larger world”(Berlin, 15), and Lermontov certainly makes his character Pechorin act this way at times. Yet when Pechorin seeks to join