Analysis Of Stepanida By Tolstoy

At the beginning of the story Tolstoy introduces a strong character of Eugene Irtenev who has a strong career projected for the future and has recently graduated in law from Petersburg University and has connections with the high society because of his deceased father. However, in the story, Eugene starts working in the family farm, where he meets with the peasant Stepanida, whose husband lives away in the city and for several months they encounter each other, until finally Eugene’s mother proposes that he get married. In the process Eugene forgets about Stepanida and tries to move on with his life, but his calm feeling does not last. When his desire comes back, his mind cannot stop thinking of Stepanida, he thinks; “I thought I had taken her, …show more content…
He was trying to make her a solid proof of his murder because as he has high connection with the society people might have thought that he accidently shoot Stepanida or maybe he was trying to hunt some animal or trying to stop a thief and accidently his bullet touched Stepanida which results her death because he has a good face in the society. So, he thought of leaving a solid proof of his …show more content…
The God would have been taken care of this situation a long time ago if he existed and therefore, he made up his mind that there is no God but devil in this universe and he has to finish this devil. And the devil is Stepanida who possessed Eugene. And at the end he kills Stepanida who he thinks as a devil. It’s just like the supernatural movies where devils are killed by the Hero’s to save mankind because of their strong