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- The life path of Sonya Rostova
- The appearance of Sonya Rostova
- Personality characteristic
- Sonya and Nikolay
- Second-rate Sony
- Features of love Sonya Rostova
- Paradoxes in the life of Sonya Rostova
Sonya Rostova is one of those characters that the reader remains indifferent to. It seems that Tolstoy acted extremely undeservedly with this girl – instead of rewarding Sonya for her kindness and selflessness, the author first gives her unrequited love, and then makes her an old maid.
The life path of Sonya Rostova
Sonya Rostova was brought up by Count Ilya Andreevich and Countess Natalya, but the girl was not their daughter. Sonya’s parents died a long time ago, and the Rostovs took her in, since the girl had no closer relatives than them, and besides, the position of the Rostovs made it possible to create conditions for Sonya’s life. Sonya was the niece of Count Ilya Andreevich and, accordingly, the second cousin of their children – Vera, Nikolai, Natalya and Petya. It is not known whether Sonya’s last name was her real name, it is possible that the Rostovs changed it to their own when they took the girl into their family.
The Rostovs always treated the girl well – they did not distinguish her among their children in any way. Perhaps that is why the girl developed such a reverent attitude towards the family as a whole and in Rostov in particular.
When the girl grew up to a romantic age, she first encountered difficulties – Sonya fell in love with her second cousin Nikolai. These feelings were soon known to everyone within the family, although the girl tried not to advertise them. Countess Natalya was extremely disapproving of this love – as a person Sonya was quite sweet to her, but the countess saw a completely different person as Nikolai’s daughter-in-law. The situation was complicated by the fact that Sonya’s feelings were not mutual.
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Because of this love, Sonya refused Dolokhov, who wanted to see her as his wife. The arguments that this proposal should be regarded as a gift of fate, because rarely anyone agrees to marry a poor girl, did not work.
Fate no longer provided Sony with the opportunity to find family happiness. After the military events of 1812, the girl lives for some time with Nikolai and Marie, and then takes care of the elderly Countess Rostova.
The appearance of Sonya Rostova
At the beginning of the story, Sonya was a young pretty girl. At 15, Sonya looked like this: a petite, thin girl of short stature. Sonya had long hair that she could wrap around her head twice. The girl had thick long eyelashes that made her look expressive. Sonya’s skin was yellowish, but that didn’t spoil her. Sonya was graceful. Her arms, despite their thinness, were beautiful and muscular.
At 16, Sonya looked stunning – she looked like a blossoming flower. Many noted the unusual beauty of the girl, but this did not contribute to Sonya’s personal happiness. Despite the obvious predominance of external and moral qualities, Sonya is almost always “in the shadows”, young people mostly ignore her.
By the age of twenty, Sonya had reached her apogee in the development of external data. She was still amazingly beautiful and still lonely.
All Sonya’s movements were distinguished by special grace and plasticity. It was mesmerizing and touching.
Personality characteristic
Given the attractive appearance of the heroine, the question of her loneliness should be explained by the possible complexities of the girl’s character, but this is not so. Sonya Rostova has positive qualities. Moreover, for all the time described in the novel, the reader does not even find a fraction of a hint of some bad deed of the girl.
The Rostovs always treated the girl well – they did not distinguish her among their children in any way. Perhaps that is why the girl developed such a reverent attitude towards the family as a whole and in Rostov in particular.
When the girl grew up to a romantic age, she first encountered difficulties – Sonya fell in love with her second cousin Nikolai. These feelings were soon known to everyone within the family, although the girl tried not to advertise them. Countess Natalya was extremely disapproving of this love – as a person Sonya was quite sweet to her, but the countess saw a completely different person as Nikolai’s daughter-in-law. The situation was complicated by the fact that Sonya’s feelings were not mutual.
Dear readers! On our site you can read the description of the first volume of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” in parts.
Because of this love, Sonya refused Dolokhov, who wanted to see her as his wife. The arguments that this proposal should be regarded as a gift of fate, because rarely anyone agrees to marry a poor girl, did not work.
Fate no longer provided Sony with the opportunity to find family happiness. After the military events of 1812, the girl lives for some time with Nikolai and Marie, and then takes care of the elderly Countess Rostova.
The appearance of Sonya Rostova
At the beginning of the story, Sonya was a young pretty girl. At 15, Sonya looked like this: a petite, thin girl of short stature. Sonya had long hair that she could wrap around her head twice. The girl had thick long eyelashes that made her look expressive. Sonya’s skin was yellowish, but that didn’t spoil her. Sonya was graceful. Her arms, despite their thinness, were beautiful and muscular.
At 16, Sonya looked stunning – she looked like a blossoming flower. Many noted the unusual beauty of the girl, but this did not contribute to Sonya’s personal happiness. Despite the obvious predominance of external and moral qualities, Sonya is almost always “in the shadows”, young people mostly ignore her.
By the age of twenty, Sonya had reached her apogee in the development of external data. She was still amazingly beautiful and still lonely.
All Sonya’s movements were distinguished by special grace and plasticity. It was mesmerizing and touching.
Personality characteristic
Given the attractive appearance of the heroine, the question of her loneliness should be explained by the possible complexities of the girl’s character, but this is not so. Sonya Rostova has positive qualities. Moreover, for all the time described in the novel, the reader does not even find a fraction of a hint of some bad deed of the girl.
It is surprising that Tolstoy does not reward such a character, endowed with obvious good moral qualities, but on the contrary, adds to his suffering and in the end, forces him to degrade. Maybe it was some kind of attempt to show something, to show by example that good moral qualities will not lead to anything good and it is worth learning to be prudent and use your mind in all situations, not your heart. Or it was a literary device so that the viewer would not fixate on one of the characters.