The content and meaning of the fairy tale
By the blue sea in an old hut live an old man andold woman. An old man earns his living by fishing, and his wife spins yarn all day. One day, returning from an unsuccessful fishing trip, the old man tells of a wonderful fish that asked to be released into the wild, promising to fulfill any wishes in return. Out of surprise, or pity, the old man asks for nothing, and releases the fish into the sea for free.
In "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish," what does it teach children?wise fish - wealth cannot give happinessPhoto: GettyHaving heard her husband's amazing story, the old woman begins to scold him, demanding that he return to the sea, call the fish and ask it for a new trough. The old man obediently goes to the sea to fulfill his wife's request. But the miraculous appearance of a new trough in the old hut only provokes the old woman. She begins to ask for more and more, not wanting to stop - a new beautiful house, a noble title, a royal throne in the underwater kingdom. When she demands that the fish run errands for her, it shows the old woman her place - in an old shack near a broken trough.
What is the essence of the tale?
Each person interprets the essence of the fairy tale in his own way.Some compare it to Eastern philosophy, seeing human egoism in the image of a greedy old woman, and a pure soul in the old man, content with life and submissive to evil will. Someone imagines England of Pushkin's time, and Russia turns into the Golden Fish, which left the English at a broken trough. Other fans of Pushkin's work see in the fairy tale a clear example of unsuccessful marital relations. They suggest looking at the old woman to understand how a good wife should not behave. From the point of view of psychology, the fairy tale is a unique work that subtly characterizes human nature, its insatiability, greed, submission to evil, unresponsiveness, poverty. Punishment for the evil emanating from the old woman is inevitable, she is doomed to failure as a result of the wrong choice of life position. Demanding benefits for herself, the old woman does not want to stop at something, this happens when everything is given for free. To the detriment of the soul, it desires only wealth and power. An unreasonable person, like Pushkin's old woman, does not care about spiritual needs, and before death realizes his complete poverty, left at the broken trough of unfulfilled desires.
