Krylov's famous fable “The Paper Kite” is a moralizing tale about arrogance, stupidity and true freedom. The main characters here are the freedom-loving Moth and the arrogant Snake - although they fly high, they are meaningless and empty.
Fable The Kite read
Launched under the clouds
Paper Snake, looking down on
In the valley of the moth
“Would you believe it!” he shouts, “I can barely see you;
Admit that you're jealous
Look at my high flight." -
"Jealous? Really, no!
It’s in vain that you dream so much about yourself!
Even though you’re high, you’re flying on a leash.
This is life, my light,
Very far from happiness;
And although I’m really not tall,
But I'm flying
Where I want;
Yes, I’m just like you, for fun for someone else,
Empty
I haven’t cracked for a whole century.”
Moral of the story: Paper Kite
The moral of Krylov’s fable “The Paper Kite” is concentrated in the words “even though it’s not high, I fly wherever I want.” The author puts freedom in first place; personal achievements (“flight altitude”) are not so important. Perhaps it was from this fable that the slang word “crackle” took root among the people - “to talk idle talk, to chat meaninglessly” - snakes were previously equipped with a special rattle.
Fable The Paper Kite - analysis
Perhaps it was not without reason that the author embodied the main character in an inanimate object - a meaningless toy created only for human entertainment. We meet such people every day: they live easily, do not think about the meaning of their existence and, in addition, do not miss the opportunity to mock those who do something worse. This inanimateness is the key to a correct analysis of Krylov’s fable “The Paper Kite.” Even the Moth - an insect, not a very intelligent creature by nature - looks wise against the backdrop of the Snake. After all, it was he who noticed that the hero was tied with a rope to his master - the Serpent did not even suspect this!
The fable “The Snake and the Sheep” by Krylov will tell children how the vile Snake destroyed the Lamb with its poison only out of its own anger.
Read the text of the fable:
The snake lay under the log
And she was angry with the whole world;
She has no other feeling
How to get angry: it was created that way by nature.
A lamb frolicked and jumped nearby;
He didn't think about the Snake at all.
Now, crawling out, she sticks a sting into him:
The sky became foggy in the poor man’s eyes;
All the blood in him is burning from the poison.
“What did I do to you?” - He speaks to the snake.
"Who knows? Maybe that's why you got here.
“To crush me,” the Snake hisses at him. –
Out of caution, I am punishing you.” –
“Oh, no!” - he answered and then lost his life.
In whom the heart is so created,
That it doesn’t feel friendship or love
And he has hatred for everyone,
He considers everyone to be his villain.
Moral of the fable The Snake and the Sheep:
Moral of the story: an aggressive person sees evil everywhere. The fabulist in his work brilliantly described the phenomenon of projection, known in psychology - when a person with negative character traits attributes them to others. The snake bit the Lamb out of its own anger. By way of argument, she says she was defending herself. It's a lie. The Lamb is defenseless and would not attack the Snake. This happens all the time in life. Innocent people are attacked by vile and aggressive individuals without proper justification - only because of the latter's character.
The snake of Jupiter asked.
To give her a voice to the nightingale.
“Otherwise,” he says, “my life is disgusting to me.
Wherever I show myself,
Then everyone is shy of me,
Who is weaker?
And who is stronger than me?
May God let me get away from those alive.
No, I can’t bear this kind of life anymore;
And if I sang like a nightingale in the forest,
Then, arousing surprise,
Would gain love and, perhaps, respect.
And I would become the soul of cheerful conversations.”
Jupiter of the Snake fulfilled his request;
All trace of the vile hiss disappeared from her.
The snake crawled up the tree and settled on it,
My snake sang like a beautiful nightingale,
And a flock of birds from everywhere sat down to her;
But, having looked into the singer, everything rained from the tree.
Who would like this technique?
“Does my voice really disgust you?”
The Snake says in annoyance.
“No,” answered the starling: “he is sonorous, marvelous,
Of course, you sing, no worse than a nightingale;
But, I admit, our hearts trembled,
When we saw your sting:
We are scared to be with you.
So, I’ll tell you, not to spite you:
We are happy to listen to your songs -
Just let us sing.”
Krylov's fable “SNAKE”
The snake of Jupiter asked
To give her a voice to the nightingale.
“Otherwise,” he says, “my life is disgusting to me,
Wherever I show myself,
Then everyone is shy of me,
Who is weaker?
And who is stronger than me?
May God let me get away from those alive.
No, I can’t bear this kind of life anymore;
And if I sang like a nightingale in the forest,
Then, arousing surprise,
Would gain love and, perhaps, respect.
And I would become the soul of cheerful conversations.”
Jupiter of the Snake fulfilled his request;
All trace of the vile hiss disappeared from her.
The snake crawled up the tree and settled on it,
My snake sang like a beautiful nightingale,
And a flock of birds from everywhere sat down to her;
But, looking at the singer, everything fell from the tree like rain.
Who would like this technique?
“Does my voice really disgust you?” —
The Snake says in annoyance.
“No,” answered the starling, “he is sonorous, marvelous,
You eat, of course, no worse than a nightingale;
But, I admit, our hearts trembled,
When we saw your sting.
We are scared to be with you.
So, I’ll tell you, not to spite you:
We are happy to listen to your songs -
Just let us sing.”
The fable “The Snake and the Sheep” by Krylov will tell children how the vile Snake destroyed the Lamb with its poison only out of its own anger.
Read the text of the fable:
The snake lay under the log
And she was angry with the whole world;
She has no other feeling
How to get angry: it was created that way by nature.
A lamb frolicked and jumped nearby;
He didn't think about the Snake at all.
Now, crawling out, she sticks a sting into him:
The sky became foggy in the poor man’s eyes;
All the blood in him is burning from the poison.
“What did I do to you?” - He speaks to the snake.
"Who knows? Maybe that's why you got here.
“To crush me,” the Snake hisses at him. –
Out of caution, I am punishing you.” –
“Oh, no!” - he answered and then lost his life.
In whom the heart is so created,
That it doesn’t feel friendship or love
And he has hatred for everyone,
He considers everyone to be his villain.
Moral of the fable The Snake and the Sheep:
Moral of the story: an aggressive person sees evil everywhere. The fabulist in his work brilliantly described the phenomenon of projection, known in psychology - when a person with negative character traits attributes them to others. The snake bit the Lamb out of its own anger. By way of argument, she says she was defending herself. It's a lie. The Lamb is defenseless and would not attack the Snake. This happens all the time in life. Innocent people are attacked by vile and aggressive individuals without proper justification - only because of the latter's character.
