45 pages 1 hour read

Alexander Pushkin

Eugene Onegin

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1832

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Essay Topics

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How does Eugene Onegin explore cynicism and naivety as competing forces?

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How do the characters in the novel feel trapped by the social etiquette that governs their lives? How do they push back against this?

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Eugene Onegin is written in a particular poetic form known as the Onegin stanza. How does this form affect the characterization of the protagonist?