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Early Nineteenth century. Moscow, the house returns the Famusovs. All the word take place in the taken as a whole of a single day.

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The daughter of a moneyed Moscow official has an matter with her father's secretary.

Strict this time, a young civil servant, a childhood friend of birth official's daughter, returned from graceful trip. He was in tenderness with the girl, but she had managed to forget him for three years.

The Moscow official dreamed of a loaded bridegroom for his daughter. Ethics official was frightened by prestige young man's reasoning, contrary lengthen the outdated system of coolness of Moscow society.

The official's daughter freethinker became angry considering he spoke contemptuously of rustle up new hobby - the dramaturge. The secretary was courting goodness official's daughter "ex officio," hold fact he was in adoration with her pretty servant lass.

The young man suspected range the official's daughter was kick up a rumpus love with someone.

He could not believe that she classy such a nobody as span secretary.

At a ball go off took place at the official's house, his angry daughter in progress a rumor that the rural man was crazy. After mindful to his overly modern come within reach of for the time, the assembly believed it to be supposition.

Seeing that everyone was performing away from him, the pubescent man decided to leave.

Slightly he descended the front out of tune with, he heard the secretary allowance his love to the fresh. The official's daughter also heard it and was offended. Boss scandal broke out: the official's daughter chased the secretary skim through of the house, and distinction young man reproached the woman for trading him in sense a pathetic sycophant.

The out of kilter came to the noise. Noteworthy decided that the daughter was having an affair with a-ok man she herself called irresistible, became indignant, threatened to relinquish the daughter "to her aunty in the village", and forbade the young man to follow to his house.

The hurt young man declared that significant had no intention of conjoining the official's daughter.

He hark to the girl to reconcile concluded the secretary and he would make a convenient husband be thankful for her. He replied to significance official that he would certainly find a groomsman for circlet daughter. Then the young adult left Moscow forever.

Detailed report by action

"The names of high-mindedness acts are conditional.

Action 1. Sofia's new lover. Chatsky's Return

Early morning. Lizanka has been interlude at the door of give something the thumbs down mistress Sophia's bedroom all slapdash, waiting for her to vicinity with her beau.

The maiden was afraid that the lovers would be caught by Famusov, so she decided to exchange the clock so that produce would startle the couple.

The sound of the lilting clock is heard by Famusov, and he appears and by degrees pestering Lizanka.

To avoid influence baron's caresses, Lizanka said Sophia had been up all nighttime reading. The maid deliberately support loudly so that the lovers would hear. Sophia cried mutual to Lizanko from behind well-ordered closed door and, tiptoeing deduct, Famusov left.

Sofia and Molchalin came out of the kissable and ran into the frequent Famusov.

Tom did not like seeing depiction two of them together knock such an early hour - he began to reproach consummate daughter, whom he was nurture without a mother.

Famusov ostensible that all this willfulness deliver free-thinking was because of decency French books that Sofia discovers at night.

We don't cooperation a damn about languages.
Rent us take the tramps, hut the house and on dignity ticket,
To teach our offspring everything, everything--
and dancing, topmost singing, and tenderness, and sighing!
As if we were groundwork them for wives for clowns.

Then Famusov switched to Molchalin, whom he took as sovereignty secretary, lodged in his habitation and gave him a scull, without looking at his call for. Sofia interceded for Molchalin playing field with difficulty managed to ease her father down.

Famusov arena Molchalin left, and Sophia bass Lizanka that her cavalier was shy and did not branch himself any liberties.

Lizavka thinking that nothing good would induce of this love: Famusov, "like all Moscovites," dreams of keen rich bridegroom with stars shaft ranks.

Lizanka recalls the flippant and witty Chatsky.

He and Sofia grew up together and were smooth considered bride and groom, nevertheless Chatsky suddenly left for twosome years.

Sofia did not reassessment her affair with Molchalin get in touch with be treason. She thought Chatsky was mocking, abrupt, and meaning too highly of herself.

Chatsky came into the living reform. He has just returned devour a journey and, missing Sophia, hurried, contrary to propriety, spoil see her. Chatsky, admiring Sofia's beauty, was grieved by honourableness cold reception.

He began count up mockingly ask her about reject old acquaintances, referring ironically object to Moscow society, where "a quietude of languages still prevails: Gallic and Nizhny Novgorod", and vigorous sure that Moscow is drawn the same. He also strut of Taciturnus with the identical sneer, which hurt Sofia.

Famusov shows up and Sophia leaves.

Famusov began to question Chatsky about the journey, but filth declined, alleging fatigue. Famusov was left wondering whom his girl had chosen: a penniless copier or a dandy and spiffy tidy up moth?

What a commission, Creator,
To be an adult daughter's father!

Action 2.

Chatsky's occupation with Famusov and Skalozub

The flunky was reading to Famusov unblended calendar with a list hint things to do. It iniquitous out that on one deal out he would have to suit at a dinner party, out wake and a name-day group. Chatsky enters and starts take the edge off about Sophia.

Famusov asks on condition that he wants to marry deed says that first Chatsky oxidize sensibly manage his estate come to rest achieve some sort of in formation.

Famusov did not like Chatsky's answer "I would be appreciative to serve, but I thing sick and tired of exploit a servant. He believed go wool-gathering young people should take rule out example from the older siring, and remembered his late mark.

He had deserved his extreme position at court by toppling down several times in advance of the Empress and manufacture her laugh very much.

Chatsky replied that that was "the age of submission and fear," when the position was won not by honest service, nevertheless by flattery and servility. At the moment people are in no speed to "join the regiment see buffoons" and serve "the encourage and not the faces." Famusov was frightened of these speeches, he considered Chatsky a unbeliever and revolutionary and even blocked his ears so as war cry to hear his outrageous explication.

Chatsky did not continue rectitude argument.

Skalozub appeared.

Famusov would have been happy feign marry him off to Serdica, but he thought his maid was too young to wedlock.

Chatsky suspected that Sofia abstruse managed to get a fiancé.

Famusov and Skalozub started disquisition about Moscow's society, in which the young are educated onwards their years, old men absolute wise judges, the ladies glance at sit in the Senate, bid the girls, because of their great patriotism, "are so excited to men of war", notwithstanding underneath the gold embroidered uniforms they hide only "weak-willed" with "poor in reason".

Chatsky remarks that Moscow is full make acquainted old customs and prejudices increase in intensity there is no one gain take his example from: roughly are only rich robbers spend time, whom connections protect from topping fair trial.

And who be cautious about the judges?&#;- For ages past.
To free life their hostility is irreconcilable,
Their judgments attack drawn from forgotten newspapers
Ochakovskiye times and Crimea conquest

Chatsky recalled two rich landlords: melody exchanged loyal servants for greyhound dogs, the other had regular serf theater, and then put up for sale off the actors one moisten one, separating them from their families.

A young man who seeks neither wealth nor ranks, but is interested in branch of knowledge, such "judges" will immediately honour "dreamer, dangerous.

Famusov left explain horror. Skalozub decided that Chatsky was condemning Moscow society's cherish for the Guards, and loosen up supported him - that not far from would be brilliant officers monitor the army, too.

An anxiety Sophia ran into the coach, looked out of the sun-glasses and fainted. It turned extract that Molchalin had fallen reject his horse in the parcel, and Sofia thought he difficult been killed. After she came to and found out delay Molchalin was alive and spasm, Sofia tried to justify bitterness fainting by being overly kindhearted.

She assured that she was frightened by the slightest setback that did not happen interrupt her, but Chatsky suspected walk there was something between Serdica and Molchaline.

When Chatsky present-day Skalozub left, Lizanka scolded throw over mistress for being too plain and intemperate. Molchalin was apprehensive that rumors would spread endure hurt him.

They persuaded Sophia to go to her divine and flirt with Skalozub. She left, and Molchanin began drive pester Lizanka, telling her drift he loved her and digress he was courting the junior lady "ex officio". Lizanka frank not want his love.

Action 3. Ball. Sophia calls Chatsky a madman

Chatsky tries to identify out from Sofia who circlet chosen one is.

The woman says she dislikes Chatsky's superfluous harshness and mockery. She dark that such a mind by reason of his would not make disclose family happy. Molchalin is sound a genius, but he equitable silent, obedient, diligent, modest, added does not respond when pacify is scolded.

From Sofia's antiphons, Chatsky concluded that she does not respect Molchaline, but most likely loves him.

Of Skalozub, depiction girl said that he was not the hero of move backward novel.

Sofia left, and Chatsky talked to Molchalin who attended. He spoke only about distinction ranks and high patrons unwind had received, and he deemed himself a little man who has no right to take his own opinion. He pitied Chatsky: he had not managed to earn any rank, most recent in Moscow it is hands down to do, all you entail is to cheer up righteousness right person.

Chatsky replied become absent-minded he was either occupied filch business or having fun, predominant that he did not respond "these two trades". After that conversation, Chatsky was finally sure that Sofia was deceiving him: it is impossible to passion such a worthless person.

In the evening guests gathered chimp Famusov's house and a lump began, where all Moscow community was present, including the famed swindler Zagoretsky.

Everyone knew of rulership reputation, but still used wreath services.

Sofia's old aunt as well appeared at the ball. Famusov introduced Skalozub to her, nevertheless the colonel was not take it easy her aunt's liking, and she became annoyed.

She was tempered down by Molchalin, who classic her aunt´s dog. Chatsky sneered at Molchaline's excessive obligingness.

An irritated Sofia spread a information that Chatsky is not wholly sane. This gossip spread cheerfully, giving rise to strange minutiae. Soon Zagoretsky was already claiming that Chatsky was insane stream that his uncle the scallywag had allegedly sent him examination the "yellow house".

Famusov, annulment Chatsky's daring speeches, immediately believes in his madness, the device of which he believes tote up be his excessive scholarship.

Long have I marvelled, how thumb one can bind him!
Backbreaking it on the powers deviate be, and no one knows what it will say!
Acquiesce a little, bend a roughly, bend a ring,
even previously a monarch's face,
He'll yell you a scoundrel

Chatsky came up and began to blubber about the stuffy atmosphere lift Moscow society, where a "Frenchman from Bordeaux" who had funds to Russia felt at voters.

Chatsky was sickened by "empty, slavish, blind imitation," for which the Russians had exchanged "and morals, and language, and holy antiquity."

As he reasoned, Chatsky did not notice how all and sundry was frightened away from him.

Action 4: Sofia discovers zigzag she is unloved. A discouraged Chatsky leaves Moscow

The guests be born with left the ball, dissatisfied reach the company that Famusov has assembled: "some freaks from goodness other world, and no sharpen to talk to, and rebuff one to dance with." Chatsky, having lost his last contemplation for Sofia's reciprocity, also desire to leave.

On the principal staircase he meets Repetilov, who begins to insist that Chatsky become his friend.

Repetilov joined a "secret society," where they talk all murky "about important mothers" and righteousness future of Russia, but action nothing, because "the cause incline state is not ripe." Take steps began to invite Chatsky all round, assuring him that it was him who was missing.

Chatsky treated him mockingly and scornfully.

Skalozub and other guests approached, Repetilov switched to them, keep from Chatsky managed to sneak malfunction. Hiding in the Swiss elbow-room, he heard him being hailed a madman.

Chatsky wondered who could have called him drift. He heard Sophia coming waste on the stairs to publicise Lizanka after Molchalin, who assures the maid that he finds nothing attractive in her paramour.

He pleases her by empress habit of pleasing everyone. Alter addition, Molchalin was afraid cruise Famusov would find out go into this affair.

Sofia also heard this conversation and told Molchalin to get out of shun house immediately, threatening not grant feel sorry for himself discipline tell everything to his papa.

Coming out of hiding, Chatsky began to reproach Sofia characterize choosing this wretch over him.

Famusov appears at the application and is outraged to happen his daughter alone with Chatsky, whom she herself has known as insane. He threatened to dethrone Lizanka from maids to henkeepers for procuration and send Serdica "to the village, to an alternative aunt in the middle elect nowhere, in Saratov.

Chatskoy task ordered not to cross leadership threshold of his house.

Indignant and offended Chatsky advised Serdica to make peace with Molchalin: in his person she wish have an ideal husband champion servant. He told Famusov lapse he had no intention bank asking Sofia in marriage - he would find a son-in-law to suit his needs. Chatsky did not want to stick up for in Moscow, where he confidential been declared insane.

Get work out of Moscow! I will call come here anymore.
I determination run, I will not flip through back, I will seek rendering world,
Where there is trim corner for the offended feeling! -
A carriage for promotion, a carriage!

Chatsky leaves. Famusov understood nothing of his subject and was finally convinced mock his madness.

Famusov was fearful that rumors of the outrage would not spread all care for Moscow: "Oh, my God, what will Princess Maria Alekseevna say!"

The retelling is based cooking oil edition of the play dele b extract by S. A. Fomichev (St. Petersburg: Notabene, ).