Remembering our favorite children's fairy tales. Summary: “The Scarlet Flower” by S.T. Aksakov

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"The Scarlet Flower" is a fairy tale known to us since childhood, written by Russian writer S. T. Aksakov. It was first published in 1858. Some researchers of the author's work tend to believe that the plot of this work is borrowed from the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" by Madame de Beaumont. Like it or not, to judge the reader. This article provides a summary of the fairy tale "The Scarlet Flower".

Intro

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant with his three daughters. The youngest, Nastenka, he loved more than anyone. She was very affectionate towards her father. And somehow he is going on the road for goods and punishes his daughters to live in peace and harmony while he is gone. And for this he promises to bring each of them a gift, which they wish for themselves. The eldest daughter asked her father for a golden crown, the middle daughter asked for a mirrorcrystal, magical, and the youngest is a scarlet flower, which is not more beautiful in the whole wide world. This concludes our introduction (its summary). The Scarlet Flower is a fairy tale in which good wins over evil in the end. Evil spells will dissipate, and everyone will be rewarded according to their deserts. But more on that later. In the meantime, we read the work further (its summary).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov S. T. Development of events

The merchant traveled for a long time to distant countries, conducted trade. He bought gifts for his older daughters. But he will never understand what kind of scarlet flower Nastenka needs. Nothing to do, it's time to return home. But on the way to the Motherland, robbers attack his caravan. Our merchant was left without goods and without friends-helpers. For a long time he wandered alone through the forest and saw a beautiful palace. I went there, looked, everything was trimmed with gold, silver and semi-precious stones. As soon as our hero thought about food, a table with dishes appeared in front of him. After eating, the merchant decided to take a walk in the beautiful garden near the palace. Outlandish plants grew there, birds of paradise sat on the trees. And suddenly he noticed a scarlet flower, the most beautiful of which he had never seen. The merchant was delighted and tore it off. And at that moment everything around darkened, lightning flashed, and a huge shaggy monster appeared before him. It roared, asked why he plucked his scarlet flower. The merchant fell on his knees before him, asking for forgiveness and permission to take this miracle to his youngest daughter Nastenka. The monster let the merchant go home, but took a promise from him,that he will come back here. And if he himself does not come, he must send one of his daughters. And in order to do this, the beast gave him a magic ring, putting on which, the merchant immediately found himself at home. This is a description of the meeting of the protagonist with the monster (summary).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov S. T. Climax

The eldest daughters accepted gifts from their father, but refused to bail him out. Nastenka had to do it. She put a ring on her finger - and found herself in a beautiful palace. She walks along it, cannot be surprised by such unprecedented beauty, such rich decoration. Fiery inscriptions appear on the walls. This monster talks to her like that. Nastenka began to live and live here. But soon she missed her relatives and began to ask the owner to go home. The monster let her go home, but at the same time warned that if she did not return in three days, it would die of longing for her. She vowed that she would definitely be here at the appointed time. Nastenka put a ring on her finger - and found herself in her father's house. She told her father and sisters how she lived with a monster in a beautiful palace. She told them about how much we alth is stored in this place. Black envy took her sisters. They rearranged the hands on all the clocks in the house an hour ago. It's time to return Nastenka to the palace. The closer this moment is, the stronger her heart aches. She could not stand it and put a ring on her finger. Yes, only too late she noticed the sisters' deceit. She returned to the monster, but he was nowhere to be found. The garden is empty and the palace is empty. She walks, calling him. And then the girl saw that the monster was lying on a hillock, and in his hands was a scarlet flower. Nastenka rushed to him, hugged him. So the strength of the girl's love and kindness defeated envy, fear, and dark spells. This is the most important moment in the tale (its summary).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov S. T. The end of the tale

As soon as Nastenka hugged the monster, lightning flashed, thunder rang out. And the beauty sees that standing in front of her is no longer a formidable beast, but a ruddy fellow. And the overseas prince told her that with her love she broke the spell of the evil sorceress, who turned him into a monster. And he asked her to be his wife. They returned together to Nastenka's father, who blessed the young people to live and live together and make good.

S. T. Aksakov wrote his work more than a hundred years ago. The Scarlet Flower, summarized in this article, remains one of our favorite fairy tales to this day.