Ho ÆeMOH .aaace sthx nepBbix Ha6pocKOB — He BbinHCHoñ repon, sto JJcmoh JlepMonmoea (« Moh aeMOH »). M no3T He ocTaHaBjiHBaerc» Ha onHcaHHH ero KaK Ayxa 3Jia. CoBceM HHbie hotw bhocht b 3Ty uejibHyjo, xa3ajiocb 6bi, KapTHHy cjjeAyioutHe 3axeM cTpoKH, cpa3y yrjiy6aaiomne h oòocoÓJiaiomHe ripeserà kjihh fi nepefl HaMH xapaKTep:
                            3aneM *e aeMOH OTBepxcenta PoHHeT, noe pean MyieHb»,
                              Cbhhuobm cjie3w HHorjia,
                             M HM laÓblTbl Ha MrHOBeHbfl KoBapCTBO, 33BHCTb H BpajKfla?...
(MHTepecHO, hto mothb « cbhhuoboh cjie3bi » — BnocjieziCTBww « TaaœJiofi » CJie3bi, npoacHraiomefi KaMeHb — npoxoflHT, pasBHBancb, nepes Bce peaaKUHH no3Mbi BnjioTb flo nocjieflHeii).
    rio3T noHHMaeT, hto H36paHHbiH ck)>kct He iiaer bo3Mo*hocth pacKpbiTb BbipHCOBbiBaiomHHCx nepeß hhm xapaKTep — cjiohchmh h npoTHBopeHHBbifi — m y Hero B03HHKaeT hobmh 3aMbicea, KOTopbifi oh h 3anHCbiBaeT TyT ace:
    « /JeivioH BJHOÖJiaeTca b CMepTHyio (MOHaxHHK)), h OHa ero HaxoHeu jik>6ht; ho fleMOH bhaht ee aHreJia-xpaHMieJia, h ot 3aBHCTH h HeHaBHCTH peiuaeTca noryÒHTb ee. OHa yMHpaeT. Æyiua ee yjieTaeT b a n, h fleMOH, Bcrpenaa aHreJia, KOTopbiii njianeT c bmcot He6a, ynpeKaeT ero H3BHTeJibHofi yjibiÖKofi » K 3tot BapnaHT cioaceTa b oóiuhx nepTax o6yc.noBH.Ji Bce peaaKUHH nosMbi BnjioTb no 1838 roaa. Ho b paMKax ero ôecKoneHHO yrjiyôJiaioTca h ycjioacHaioTca o6pa3bi, h b nepByH) onepeflb ueHTpajibHbifi — o6pa3 /I,eMOHa.
    HaGpocKH, cjieayiomne 3a H3JioaceHHeM BToporo cioaceTa, HaMenatoT o6mHe
—	BaacHeiiuiHe — CTopoHbi xapaKTepa ,U,eMOHa. 3uecb h ero 3jio, Bce eme oneHb ycHaeHHoe, crymeHHoe (He 3naa hh flo6pa, hh 3Jia, / TySa jijofleñ 6e3 bchkoh HyacAbi... / Oh acer nenaTbio POKOBOÍÍ / Toro, k KOMy oh npHKacajica), h pa30-HapoBaHHe (M Bce Ha cBeTe npe3Hpaa, / Oh acHJi, He Bepa HHneMy, / H HHnero He npHHHMaa..h, KaK 3apoflbim, HaMeK — cTpaflaHHe, nenajib (Æywofi n3My-neHHOK) 6oJieH, / Hhhcm He Mor oh 6biTb aoBOJieH, I Bce zopbKO caejiajiocb eMy).
    Mothb 3apoa<zieHHH jik>6bh HaMenaeTca yace b stom nepBOM BapnaHTe (.. .h BHOBb / norHÔUlHH BeflaeT JIlOÒOBb). Ho OCOÖeHHO UIHpOKO OH pa3BepHyT BO BTopofl pe^aKUHH no3Mbi, c03flaHH0H b naHCHOHe b Hanajie 1830 ro^a.
    Pa3BopaHHBaa HaMeHeHHbifi paHee cioaceT h xapaKTep, JlepMOHTOB nocjieao-BaieJibHO pacKpbiBaeT sranbi ayineBHbix nepeacHBaHHfi ¿eMOHa. BHawajie repoñ npeacTaeT nepea HâMH KaK HecnocoÔHbift k nyBCTBy jho6bh (YaceJib y3HaeT oh jnoôoBb? / ToMy He GbiTb... ; JlioÔHTb — HeflocTaBajio nyBCTBa), 3aTeM —KaK npoTHBamHHca STOMy wyBCTBy:
                                              . . . EMy JlIOÔHTb He AOJI5KHO cepaue aonycTHTb.
                             Oh CBsnaH kjihtboS pokoboio,
                               H 3Ty KJIHTBy MOJIBHJI oh,
                              Koraa ÔJiHCTaïoiuMiî Choh OcTaBHJi c ropflbiM caTaHoio.
Ho b to ace Bpewa ÆeMOH CTpacTHo acaac^eT jiioôbh:
                               XoTU OH fl/lü JIK1ÖBH rOTOB OcTaBHTb nOJIK CBOHX nyxoB H 623 MorymecTBa, 6e3 chjih CKHTaTbc» nocpeüH mhpob,
                             KaK Tpyn BaMniipa...
     1	M. K). JlepMOHTOB, Coôp. cou. e 6 moMax, T. III, CTp. 223.
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