Love. It was the strength of this feeling that Alexander Kuprin put in first place in his work. The Pomegranate Bracelet presents to the reader a successful woman, Princess Vera. She is faithful and devoted to her husband, but the feeling of love for him has already been lost. Once, two years before marriage, she wrote letters and an ordinary official with a noble heart declared love in her. But she rejected him. She understands that the feelings of this man are such a love that all women dream of. But she does not want to think about it. The author presents us with love as a rare gift.
What does Princess Vera A. Kuprin show us? The Pomegranate Bracelet describes a fading lady. It resembles a monotonous autumnal, napping nature. In such a nap her whole family exists. There is a very strong relationship, but there are no feelings. Therefore, the young woman ceased to strive for love, she avoids feelings, therefore, according to her status, she became "kindly downcast" and "cold with everyone."
Loving her Yolks never overlooks her. He cannot put up with such changes in his beloved woman. Her royal calm and strict simplicity hide her constant concern for the future and the expectation of something fatal. She is haunted by bad thoughts. And a young man in love brings a gift on her angel's day. In a cover letter, he writes that thanks to this trinket, Vera will have the gift of foresight, and bad thoughts will cease to haunt her. This little thing belonged to his great-grandmother. According to legend, she saved men of his kind from violent death. This means that the donor deprives himself of this magical protection and gives the heirloom for the sake of the happiness of his beloved.
The gift of the man in love and the name of the story was invented by Kuprin himself - “Garnet bracelet”. The summary of the plot cannot convey the full depth of the drama of this story. His events are developing slowly. First, the chores associated with preparing a dinner dedicated to the birthday party, receiving honored guests are described. The prince presents his wife earrings with pearls. They are precious. Pearls are a symbol of spiritual purity. Pomegranate is a symbol of not only love, but also blood. Symbol of fatal love.
Where did Kuprin come from for the story? “Pomegranate bracelet” was written based on the reliable history of the telegraph operator, hopelessly in love with the wife of the governor of one of the Russian provinces. True, in real history, he presented his beloved with an inexpensive gilded chain, the pendant from which the author was turned into a garnet, which has a more dramatic and subtle meaning. This is quite appreciated by the public when he first published Kuprin's “Garnet Bracelet”.
The author does not make comparisons between the amazing experiences of a man in love and does not extol his image over other heroes. He represents Prince Shein as a conscientious man, his wife Vera a clean, amazing woman, but he sets their communication environment below, because she is completely domestic. Love in her is lost. And it becomes clear to everyone when they meet a truly loving person.
It makes no sense to convey the content of tragic events, the nobility of a loving soul and the text of a letter written by A. Kuprin. The "Garnet Bracelet" must be read and re-read in person.