I remember reading the letters in second grade of high school, and how Puškin actually portrayed Onjegin as a decadent Russia opposed to Tatjana royal Russia pure and proud. I did not understand much of the love at the time, I was only sixteen years old, but now almost twenty years later I understand.

Beautifully explained! I agree with you as you well. But, I feel despite her feelings for him, she is also angry with him,“Am I noble enough for you now?”

@@odessy0000 yes, he turned her down because she thought of her as a peasant girl among other things. She knew what he wants, to ruin her, to make her his mistress, not his wife. Eventually he would get tired of her and he would leave her.

The genius of the original Pushkin poem is that he leaves it unclear, whether Onegin rejected Tatiana for the reason you mentioned, or because HE was wise enough not to screw her life with his presence in it at the time. Everything he said in his rejection, after all, was true and he was honest. It is also unclear in the literature if Onegin matured from his reckless days and realized the full tragedy of missing Tatiana as a bride, which is what would have moved him to confess, NOT his attraction to her status. Ralph plays a sweet villain, kind of reminds me of his Wuthering Heights character. And his self-destruction is comparable to that of a substance abuser. Yes, he does indeed make Onegin look like a "waste of time" in the end. That is not how Onegin is portrayed in the Pushkin's poem. I urge you to read it, it really leaves a much more tragic and mysterious print in one's consciousness. And as an indirect evidence you might consider this: Onegin never lied to her or to anyone. And if we assume that he stays true to his pattern even in the end scene, then it logically follows that he is indeed lovesick and has been all along, only for 6 years he has successfully numbed it down in the way he can no more. I urge you to read the poem. At the very least watch Tchaikovsky's much thorough Opera with Hvorostovsky and Flemming with English subs. If it's too tedious of a watch, then fast forward to all the main characters' arias and it'll give you more context straight from the original.

@@OlgaRykov you explained it so well, from a different angle that I never saw, or I have become cynical over the years. Now you have intrigued me to read it all over again. It's been 23 years since I have read the book in high school. We even had to memorize Tatiana's letter, the boys in class had to memorize Onnegin's letter :)

​@@OlgaRykov I really like your deeper level explanation! I think you have read between the lines

It wasn't unrequited, she loved him more than he loved her, he just grew up too late

Amen...

She reminded faithful not only to husband but to herself too. About cheating In the poem are mentioned "cute infidelities" among high society from which Onegin got tired and bored in his early age.

I don’t think cheating is an exclusively modern concept...

Onegin didn't deserve Tatyana's love.

The opposite of Anna Karenina

that’s a very valid interpretation, I never thought of it this way!

And she knew his motives were not pure.

I see this so that Onegin knew himself too well. He didn't want to put genuine effort, but rather could not do it. He was bored, and there is an opinion that he understood love as sexual relationship, unaware of deep feelings. He laughed at poetic Lenskiy and his overwhelming romantic nature. But the moment came and Onegin found that his soul is capable to feel extreme feelings. I believe he didn't really want to ruine Tatiana's life with his letter and feelings. But he also couldn't control himself and risked to look pitiful and miserable. Well, it's a beautiful story, a beautiful book, a beautiful movie and breathtaking opera.

Exactly, if she had remained spinster and still living in the country, he wouldn't want to have anything to do with her. But now she's nobel, very rich and he can't stand it and he wants to drag her down with him, he doesn't offer her marriage, he says be with me, meaning be my mistress.

That's the way the movie is filmed. The original Pushkin version is deeper and more complex than that. Believe me, the poem itself doesn't paint Onegin in such a flat-out villain light, although watching Ralph play a villain is always a pleasure to witness.

Exactly, he would even mock her, or if she stayed a spinster still living in the country. He didn't expect this, and only wants her because he can't have her. If she had agreed to be his mistress, he would soon get bored of her and left her.

I feel hes pain I was right there at one time I loved my girl so bad now she is married and we talked in a park has she walked away my heart literally ached. And I believe hers did to..but now Im still alone because of one arrgraont mistake

@@yvonnespearing well I'm really sorry for you both.. and I know you're in pain so no advice will probably help... But I think the best way to deal with that is to face the facts and wish her all the best in her life..be happy for her happiness.. You can keep her in your heart as a beautiful memory and move on.. I know it's not easy.. But time will do it's work eventually.. Wish you all the best

Waltz 'On the hills of Manchuria'

@@maria.5974 Thanks a lot!!!

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