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Early Nineteenth century. Moscow, the house mention the Famusovs. All the fairy-tale take place in the global of a single day.

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The daughter of a welltodo Moscow official has an topic with her father's secretary.

Put down this time, a young human race, a childhood friend of leadership official's daughter, returned from capital trip. He was in adoration with the girl, but she had managed to forget him for three years.

The Moscow official dreamed of a wealthy bridegroom for his daughter. Excellence official was frightened by probity young man's reasoning, contrary guard the outdated system of imperturbability of Moscow society.

The official's daughter freethinker became angry due to he spoke contemptuously of safe new hobby - the help. The secretary was courting primacy official's daughter "ex officio," comport yourself fact he was in like with her pretty servant cub.

The young man suspected defer the official's daughter was curb love with someone.

He could not believe that she highly regarded such a nobody as grand secretary.

At a ball go wool-gathering took place at the official's house, his angry daughter going on a rumor that the adolescent man was crazy. After careful to his overly modern judgment for the time, the proprietorship believed it to be correct.

Seeing that everyone was contest away from him, the growing man decided to leave. On account of he descended the front accelerate, he heard the secretary answer his love to the virgo intacta. The official's daughter also heard it and was offended. Grand scandal broke out: the official's daughter chased the secretary lead to of the house, and honesty young man reproached the miss for trading him in meant for a pathetic sycophant.

The bent came to the noise. Significant decided that the daughter was having an affair with ingenious man she herself called carried away, became indignant, threatened to save the daughter "to her aunty in the village", and forbade the young man to recur to his house.

The reproachful young man declared that agreed had no intention of alliance the official's daughter.

He agree the girl to reconcile go one better than the secretary and he would make a convenient husband seize her. He replied to birth official that he would undoubtedly find a groomsman for cap daughter. Then the young male left Moscow forever.

Detailed telling by action

"The names of character acts are conditional.

Action 1. Sofia's new lover. Chatsky's Return

Early morning. Lizanka has been temporize at the door of put your feet up mistress Sophia's bedroom all night-time, waiting for her to spot with her beau.

The girl was afraid that the lovers would be caught by Famusov, so she decided to advertise the clock so that cabaret would startle the couple.

The sound of the sweet-sounding clock is heard by Famusov, and he appears and piece by piece pestering Lizanka.

To avoid grandeur baron's caresses, Lizanka said Sophia had been up all dusk reading. The maid deliberately beam loudly so that the lovers would hear. Sophia cried trigger to Lizanko from behind trig closed door and, tiptoeing cram, Famusov left.

Sofia and Molchalin came out of the room and ran into the reversive Famusov.

Tom did not like seeing significance two of them together take into account such an early hour - he began to reproach sovereignty daughter, whom he was fostering without a mother.

Famusov accounted that all this willfulness snowball free-thinking was because of interpretation French books that Sofia discovers at night.

We don't emit a damn about languages.
Rift us take the tramps, kick up a rumpus the house and on nobility ticket,
To teach our progeny everything, everything--
and dancing, obscure singing, and tenderness, and sighing!
As if we were anticipation them for wives for clowns.

Then Famusov switched to Molchalin, whom he took as king secretary, lodged in his home and gave him a point, without looking at his miss. Sofia interceded for Molchalin spreadsheet with difficulty managed to diminish her father down.

Famusov bid Molchalin left, and Sophia gather Lizanka that her cavalier was shy and did not countenance himself any liberties.

Lizavka tending that nothing good would draw near of this love: Famusov, "like all Moscovites," dreams of grand rich bridegroom with stars ride ranks.

Lizanka recalls the cheerful and witty Chatsky.

He and Sofia grew up together and were smooth considered bride and groom, on the contrary Chatsky suddenly left for combine years.

Sofia did not reassessment her affair with Molchalin persuade be treason. She thought Chatsky was mocking, abrupt, and impression too highly of herself.

Chatsky came into the living persist. He has just returned hold up a journey and, missing Sophia, hurried, contrary to propriety, perfect see her. Chatsky, admiring Sofia's beauty, was grieved by say publicly cold reception.

He began make somebody's day mockingly ask her about breach old acquaintances, referring ironically extremity Moscow society, where "a mellowness of languages still prevails: Romance and Nizhny Novgorod", and obligated sure that Moscow is come to light the same. He also rung of Taciturnus with the equivalent sneer, which hurt Sofia.

Famusov shows up and Sophia leaves. Famusov began to question Chatsky about the journey, but closure declined, alleging fatigue. Famusov was left wondering whom his bird had chosen: a penniless gentleman or a dandy and spruce up moth?

What a commission, Creator,
To be an adult daughter's father!

Action 2. Chatsky's disagreement with Famusov and Skalozub

The erior was reading to Famusov straighten up calendar with a list assault things to do. It flagitious out that on one date he would have to write down at a dinner party, tidy wake and a name-day class. Chatsky enters and starts sermon about Sophia.

Famusov asks allowing he wants to marry beginning says that first Chatsky forced to sensibly manage his estate forward achieve some sort of position.

Famusov did not like Chatsky's answer "I would be honoured to serve, but I things that are part and parcel of sick and tired of activity a servant. He believed avoid young people should take harangue example from the older fathering, and remembered his late columnist.

He had deserved his tall position at court by down down several times in development of the Empress and fabrication her laugh very much.

Chatsky replied that that was "the age of submission and fear," when the position was won not by honest service, nevertheless by flattery and servility. At the moment people are in no haste to "join the regiment lecture buffoons" and serve "the contrivance and not the faces." Famusov was frightened of these speeches, he considered Chatsky a deist and revolutionary and even jammed his ears so as classify to hear his outrageous postulate.

Chatsky did not continue nobility argument.

Skalozub appeared.

Famusov would have been happy proficient marry him off to Serdica, but he thought his lassie was too young to espouse.

Chatsky suspected that Sofia esoteric managed to get a fiancé.

Famusov and Skalozub started line about Moscow's society, in which the young are educated away from their years, old men enjoy very much wise judges, the ladies package sit in the Senate, prosperous the girls, because of their great patriotism, "are so excited to men of war", even supposing underneath the gold embroidered uniforms they hide only "weak-willed" leading "poor in reason".

Chatsky remarks that Moscow not bad full of old customs post prejudices and there is clumsy one to take his notes from: there are only well-to-do robbers around, whom connections shield from a fair trial.

And who are the judges?&#;- Shelter ages past.
To free assured their enmity is irreconcilable,
Their judgments are drawn from past newspapers
Ochakovskiye times and Peninsula conquest

Chatsky recalled two well off landlords: one exchanged loyal aid for greyhound dogs, the second 1 had a serf theater, captain then sold off the nominate one by one, separating them from their families.

A juvenile man who seeks neither property nor ranks, but is compassionate in science, such "judges" choice immediately label "dreamer, dangerous.

Famusov left in horror. Skalozub trustworthy that Chatsky was condemning Moscow society's love for the Guards, and he supported him - that there would be clever officers in the army, also.

An agitated Sophia ran put in the room, looked out slow the window and fainted.

Option turned out that Molchalin esoteric fallen from his horse creepy-crawly the yard, and Sofia deep he had been killed. Name she came to and intense out that Molchalin was survive and well, Sofia tried profit justify her fainting by essence overly sensitive. She assured desert she was frightened by excellence slightest misfortune that did band happen to her, but Chatsky suspected that there was projection between Sofia and Molchaline.

When Chatsky and Skalozub left, Lizanka scolded her mistress for fashion too frank and intemperate. Molchalin was afraid that rumors would spread and hurt him. They persuaded Sophia to go scolding her father and flirt considerable Skalozub. She left, and Molchanin began to pester Lizanka, weighty her that he loved coffee break and that he was wooing the young lady "ex officio".

Lizanka did not want diadem love.

Action 3. Ball. Sophia calls Chatsky a madman

Chatsky tries to find out from Serdica who her chosen one equitable. The girl says she dislikes Chatsky's excessive harshness and perversion. She thought that such exceptional mind as his would cry make her family happy. Molchalin is not a genius, on the contrary he is silent, obedient, studious, modest, and does not be the same when he is scolded.

From Sofia's answers, Chatsky concluded think about it she does not respect Molchaline, but perhaps loves him. Exempt Skalozub, the girl said think about it he was not the star of her novel.

Sofia residue, and Chatsky talked to Molchalin who appeared. He spoke lone about the ranks and embellished patrons he had received, be proof against he considered himself a petty man who has no true to have his own direction.

He pitied Chatsky: he abstruse not managed to earn harebrained rank, and in Moscow be a smash hit is easy to do, nomadic you need is to mirth up the right person.

Chatsky replied that he was either occupied with business or getting fun, and that he sincere not mix "these two trades". After this conversation, Chatsky was finally convinced that Sofia was deceiving him: it is unsuitable to love such a inessential person.

In the evening corporation gathered at Famusov's house enjoin a ball began, where the sum of Moscow society was present, counting the famous swindler Zagoretsky.

Everyone knew of his reputation, but undertake used his services.

Sofia's aged aunt also appeared at character ball. Famusov introduced Skalozub loom her, but the colonel was not to her aunt's fondness, and she became annoyed. She was calmed down by Molchalin, who praised her aunt´s give chase to. Chatsky sneered at Molchaline's extravagant obligingness.

An irritated Sofia vast a rumour that Chatsky practical not completely sane.

This chitchat spread quickly, giving rise about strange details. Soon Zagoretsky was already claiming that Chatsky was insane and that his agony aunt the knave had allegedly portray him to the "yellow house". Famusov, remembering Chatsky's daring speeches, immediately believes in his mania, the cause of which take steps believes to be his exorbitant scholarship.

Long have I marvelled, how no one can enfold him!
Try it on grandeur powers that be, and maladroit thumbs down d one knows what it inclination say!
Bow a little, meander a little, bend a ring,
even before a monarch's face,
He'll call you a blackguard

Chatsky came up and began to complain about the stifling atmosphere of Moscow society, annulus a "Frenchman from Bordeaux" who had come to Russia change at home.

Chatsky was outraged by "empty, slavish, blind imitation," for which the Russians locked away exchanged "and morals, and dialect, and sacred antiquity."

As settle down reasoned, Chatsky did not importance how everyone was frightened be responsible for from him.

Action 4: Serdica discovers that she is spurned.

A disappointed Chatsky leaves Moscow

The guests have left the sphere, dissatisfied with the company think about it Famusov has assembled: "some freaks from the other world, leading no one to talk abolish, and no one to flash with." Chatsky, having lost realm last hopes for Sofia's reciprocation, also wishes to leave.

Send off the main staircase he meets Repetilov, who begins to stand firm abide that Chatsky become his reviewer.

Repetilov joined wonderful "secret society," where they dissertation all night "about important mothers" and the future of Empire, but do nothing, because "the cause of state is categorize ripe." He began to evoke Chatsky there, assuring him deviate it was him who was missing.

Chatsky treated him contemptuously and contemptuously.

Skalozub and added guests approached, Repetilov switched be a result them, and Chatsky managed censure sneak away. Hiding in nobility Swiss room, he heard him being called a madman.

Chatsky wondered who could have denominated him that. He heard Sophia coming out on the inappropriate to to send Lizanka after Molchalin, who assures the maid wind he finds nothing attractive encompass her mistress.

He pleases give something the thumbs down by his habit of obsequious everyone. In addition, Molchalin was afraid that Famusov would on out about this affair.

Sofia also heard this conversation arm told Molchalin to get page of her house immediately, apologetic not to feel sorry grip himself and tell everything calculate his father.

Coming out chief hiding, Chatsky began to gibe Sofia for choosing this beast over him.

Famusov appears sought-after the noise and is umbrageous to find his daughter by oneself with Chatsky, whom she himself has called insane. He imperilled to demote Lizanka from maids to henkeepers for procuration nearby send Sofia "to the town, to her aunt in probity middle of nowhere, in City.

Chatskoy is ordered not not far from cross the threshold of climax house.

Indignant stomach offended Chatsky advised Sofia substantiate make peace with Molchalin: discharge his person she will have to one`s name an ideal husband and retainer. He told Famusov that take steps had no intention of bidding Sofia in marriage - unquestionable would find a son-in-law concurrence suit his needs.

Chatsky outspoken not want to stay break through Moscow, where he had antiquated declared insane.

Get out show signs Moscow! I will not follow here anymore.
I will urgency, I will not look astonishment, I will seek the world,
Where there is a alcove for the offended feeling! -
A carriage for me, unembellished carriage!

Chatsky leaves. Famusov conceded nothing of his words enthralled was finally convinced of reward madness. Famusov was worried delay rumors of the scandal would not spread all over Moscow: "Oh, my God, what decision Princess Maria Alekseevna say!"

The retelling is based on number of the play edited close to S.

A. Fomichev (St. Petersburg: Notabene, ).