Analysis of the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” allows us to emphasize the negative perception of rulers and leaders in society. A work written more than 200 years ago, in certain cases, can serve as an example for some today.

From Aesop to Krylov

Since ancient literature, the fable has occupied a special place. She was able to notice such traits of human character that were always considered vicious and caused negative feelings. The first person to speak about human shortcomings in the language of fables was the wisest ancient Greek poet-philosopher Aesop. The ability not to name a specific person, resorting to allegory, indicated shortcomings that needed to be combated.

Lafontaine became his follower. “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” is a fable from his pen. Allegory allows the authors to make representatives of the animal world the main characters. To understand how this technique works, you need to analyze the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar.”

So, what is this piece about? A long time ago, the inhabitants of the swamps wanted a king to lead them. Jupiter heeded their request and sent a huge aspen log to their kingdom. The frogs were afraid of him, but then, having gained courage, they began to act outrageously, despite the high title of their new ruler.

The blockhead did not interfere with anything, did not reproach his subjects for anything. But he never did anything useful for them. This caused discontent throughout the king’s entourage. The frogs wanted an efficient sovereign, and they again turned to Jupiter with such a request.

A snake ascended the throne. Agile and beautiful, she severely punished disobedience. Even innocent frogs became her dinner. The survivors complained to the heavenly lord. Jupiter was surprised, but refused another request from the frogs, promising them to send them a ruler even worse than the previous ones as king.

Zeus's Warning

Not only Lafontaine wrote about dissatisfaction with those in power, Krylov also addresses this topic, “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” - a fable that is also in his collection. By frogs we mean people. For Krylov, the first dumb ruler is still the aspen log, which was replaced by the Crane.

In order to add contrast to the process of government and to more clearly depict the position of the frogs, the authors of the fables choose a snake and a crane as second kings, because both of them love to feast on frogs. A quiet and calm king was given, he was underestimated, he did not want a quiet and calm life, it seemed too boring and uninteresting to the frogs. And the other one turned out to be even worse. It is not without reason that they say: “They do not seek good from good.” “Live with him so that it doesn’t get worse for you!” - Zeus warns the frogs.

The analysis of the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” will help determine what the moral is in this fable. And it’s simple: you can’t change everything at once. It is necessary to take into account that in nature everything has its own development, but it happens gradually. If the frogs were patient, they would adapt to the block of wood and even learn to derive great benefit from communicating with it. The essence of the fable's morality has not lost its relevance.

About rhyme, characters

A fable written by Ivan Andreevich Krylov (“Frogs asking for the Tsar”), in verse. The author has a very clear rhyme: sideways - prone, nearby - backwards, power - glory.

The main drawback that reigns in society and noted by the author is a painful passion for change, an unwillingness to accept the existing situation as it is, a desire to change one’s previous way of life without relying on the past and one’s experience. The frogs “didn’t like popular rule” and “didn’t like living freely and freely.”

The author’s most striking and memorable phrases are: “cracked for the kingdom”, “seemed completely ignoble.”

The main characters of the fable are frogs; they are in constant contact with Zeus and the changing kings. Due to their characteristic character traits, they can be called:

• cowardly;
• obsequious to those who are much higher in status than them.

But as soon as they feel impunity, they immediately demonstrate their disdain for the king by turning their backs on him. Zeus is very attentive to all requests addressed to him.

• The king of the block is sedate, silent, of enormous stature.
• The crane has a different disposition; it does not like to pamper anyone or make concessions to anyone. He has two images. This is a bird that eats frogs. A terrible king who punishes his subjects indiscriminately.

Nationality of the work

In the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar,” the moral can be replaced with well-known proverbs: “a bird in the hand is better than a pie in the sky,” “horses don’t hunt for food,” “they don’t seek good from good.”

Krylov always likes to show through laughter and gentle banter what moments are worth thinking about. And there are a great many of them in the fable.

As you know, people take vivid expressions from famous works that they actively use in their everyday speech, thereby making these expressions winged and aphoristic. These phrases decorate the speaker's vocabulary. In addition, colloquial speech brings the work closer to the people. Here are some examples: “to help the grief”, “swallows like flies”, “don’t stick your nose out”, “why - why”.

Krylov's views and their expression in fables

In any case, the phrase spoken by Zeus at the very end of the work makes an indelible impression. It sounds like this: “Live with him so that it doesn’t get worse for you!” Thus, an analysis of the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” allows us to say that this is a very sharp and acute topic in which the author tried to maximally express his negative attitude towards the ruling imperial elite. The fabulist believed that there are no good kings and each subsequent ruler will only get worse. During his creative life, the demon Ivan Andreevich Krylov wrote a lot: “The Frog Asking for the Tsar”, “Wagon Train” and others, in which he, without fear of punishment, boldly shows his attitude towards the Russian tsars.

Thus, the moral of the fable can still be applied today. No matter how good a leader or ruler is, a person always expresses his dissatisfaction with his work and wants something new. And he may turn out to be a fake log or a crane.

This article contains summaries of 47 of the most famous fables by Ivan Andreevich Krylov

Krylov, fable “The Wolf and the Lamb” - summary

Moral of the story: “The powerful are always to blame for the powerless.”

On a hot day, a lamb went to a stream to drink. A hungry Wolf ran past, who decided to kill and eat the Lamb, but “to give the matter a legitimate look and feel.” Running up to the Lamb, he first began to say that he was muddying his clean drink with his unclean snout. The Lamb made an excuse that he was drinking a hundred steps below the Wolf’s watering hole. The Wolf, not embarrassed, immediately accused the Lamb of being rude to him “last summer.” But it turned out that the Lamb was not even a year old. Then, without listening to further excuses, the Wolf growled: “It’s your fault that I want to eat” - and dragged the Lamb into the dark forest.

Krylov "Wolf and Lamb". Artist E. Rachev

Krylov, fable “The Wolf in the Kennel” - summary

The wolf, thinking at night to get into the sheepfold with the sheep, ended up in the kennel, among the hunting dogs. The dogs began to bark and the hounds came running. Driven into a corner, the Wolf, out of cunning, started negotiations: he offered his friendship, promised not to touch the local herds anymore. “You are gray, and I, my friend, am gray,” the hunter interrupted him. “And I’ve known your wolfish nature for a long time.” I make peace with wolves only by skinning them.” And then he released a pack of hounds at the Wolf.

Krylov "Larchik". Illustration for the fable

Krylov, fable “Swan, Pike and Cancer” - summary

“When there is no agreement among the comrades, their business will not go well.” One day Swan, Cancer and Pike began to carry a cart with luggage and harnessed themselves to it. But “The Swan rushes into the clouds, the Cancer moves back, and the Pike pulls into the water.” Even though they are all trying their best, “the cart is still there.” (See the full text of the fable.)

Krylov "Swan, Pike and Cancer"

Krylov, fable “Lion on the hunt” - summary

The Dog, Lion, Wolf and Fox agreed to divide among themselves equally all the prey that each of them caught. The Fox was the first to catch the deer. Three of her comrades agreed on a division. The lion tore the deer into four, took the first part for himself “according to the agreement”, the second - also for himself, “like a lion”, the third - because he is the strongest of the four, and about the fourth he warned: “whoever of you stretches out his paw to it will he won’t get up from his spot alive.”

Krylov, fable “Liar” - summary

A lover of lies, “returning from distant travels,” told an acquaintance about the wonders of overseas countries. He insisted that there was no night abroad, but in Rome there was a cucumber the size of a mountain. The liar's interlocutor noted that there are many miracles in Russia. For example, the bridge they are now approaching is special: not a single liar can cross the river on it - he will definitely fall into the water. The deceiver who arrived from abroad immediately began to say that the Roman cucumber is perhaps not the size of a mountain, but the size of a house, and that houses in Italy are very small. Approaching even closer to the river, the liar suggested to his friend not to go to the bridge, but rather to look for a ford.

Krylov, fable “The Fox and the Grapes” - summary

The hungry Fox climbed into the grape garden, but could not get a single juicy brush: they all hung too high. Having spent an hour in vain, the Fox walked away, saying that the grapes were sour and unripe - they could only set one’s teeth on edge.

Krylov, fable “The Fox and the Marmot” - summary

The Woodchuck met the Fox, who complained to him that she had been unfairly deprived of her position in the chicken coop for bribes. Lamenting, the Fox told how, among the chickens, she didn’t get enough sleep at night and didn’t have enough to eat, but still became a victim of slander. “No, gossip, I have often seen that your snout is covered in fluff,” replied the Marmot.

So, says Krylov, even among officials many swear that they are honest, do not steal and live out their last ruble, “but you look, little by little, he will build a house, then he will buy a village.”

Krylov, fable “Leaves and Roots” - summary

On a beautiful summer day, the lush leaves of one tree were boasted of their beauty and density, the fact that they provide shade for shepherds to rest and attract dancers and singers under their canopy. “We might as well say thank you here,” a voice suddenly rang out from underground. The sheets asked who dared to object so arrogantly. “We are the roots of the tree that nourish you,” was the answer. “Show off, but remember that you are renewed every spring, and if the root dries up, then neither the tree nor you will exist.”

Krylov, fable “The Curious” - summary

One Curious One visited the Kunstkamera (exhibition of curiosities) and told a friend that he saw there tiny bugs and boogers smaller than the head of a pin. “What is an elephant like? - asked a friend. “After all, he’s there too.” “I didn’t even notice the elephant,” Curious threw up his hands.

Krylov, fable “The Frog and the Ox” - summary

The frog, seeing a huge Ox in the meadow, wanted to match his size. She began to puff and swell with all her might - until she burst.

Moral of the story: among ordinary people, many want to be like noble nobles and live like them - but they try in vain.

Krylov, fable “Frogs asking for the Tsar” - summary

The frogs in the swamp were tired of democracy, and they began to ask Zeus for a king. The Supreme God responded: the Monarch, a large aspen block, fell from the sky into the swamp. Since the log was large, the frogs initially hid in fear, but then, becoming bolder, they began to crawl towards it. Those who were far away began to jump very close to the “king”, some even sat astride him, but he just remained silent. Having quickly become bored with such a king, the frogs began to ask Zeus for another. He sent the Crane to the swamp. This sovereign did not spoil his subjects. His right-wingers were not present at the trial. Declaring everyone guilty, the Crane immediately ate everyone. Such a king turned out to be much worse for the frogs than the first. They again began to ask for something new. But Zeus said that since neither his first nor second choice pleased him with frogs, let them live with the king who is.

Krylov, fable “The Monkey and the Glasses” - summary

The monkey began to see poorly as he grew older. Having heard from people that Glasses could help with this, she got herself half a dozen of them. But the Monkey did not know how to use the Glasses: she either pressed them to the crown of the head, then hung them on her tail, then sniffed them, then licked them - and without achieving any sense, spitting on people’s lies, she broke the Glasses on a stone.

So, the ignorant, says Krylov, not knowing the value of a useful thing, degrade it, and the ignorant, more knowledgeable, drive away this thing.

Krylov “The Monkey and the Glasses”

Krylov, fable “Sea of ​​Animals” - summary

The kingdom of animals was subjected to a terrible pestilence. Leo, having called all the forest and steppe inhabitants, proposed to try to stop the pestilence by making a sacrifice to the gods. This victim was to be the most sinful of animals. Leo himself immediately confessed his sins: he often innocently tore sheep, and sometimes even shepherds. The Fox who ran out said that this is not a big sin at all: the sheep are even honored that they are eaten by the king of beasts himself, and the shepherds are the common enemies of all predators. Other strong animals - Bear, Tiger and Wolf - also repented of grave sins, but looking at their claws and teeth, those gathered admitted that they had no serious offenses. But when the peaceful herbivore Ox admitted that once during a famine he had stolen a piece of hay from the priest, the meeting of animals began to roar with indignation. The ox was doomed to be sacrificed and thrown onto the fire.

Krylov, fable “Musicians” - summary

One neighbor, who highly praised his singers, invited another to come over and listen to them. The musicians started bawling loudly, but without any harmony or order - “some are going to the forest, some are looking for firewood.” A neighbor-listener noticed that “the choir is bawling nonsense.” “You’re right,” the person who invited him answered. “But all my musicians don’t take anything drunk.”

“For me, it’s better to drink, but understand the matter,” Krylov draws the moral.

Krylov, fable “Oboz” - summary

A convoy with pots was descending a steep mountain. Harnessed to the first cart, the good horse began to slowly lower the load of pots down the steep slope. The young horse walking behind began to scold the good horse: he, they say, walks too carefully, and at the same time sometimes catches the cart on the stones. But when it was the horse’s turn to go down with his cart, he could not withstand the pressure of the load, began to throw himself sideways, fell into a ditch and broke all the pots.

And in people, says Krylov, there is often a noticeable weakness in exposing other people’s mistakes. And as soon as you get down to business, you will “punish twice as bad.”

Krylov, fable “The Donkey and the Nightingale” - summary

Having heard that the nightingale is a great master of singing, the donkey asked him to show him his art. The nightingale burst into a wonderful trill, which people and nature listened to. The donkey restrainedly praised the nightingale and advised him, in order to “get more sharp” in singing, to learn from the yard rooster.

“God, deliver us from such judges,” is Krylov’s moral.

Krylov, fable “Parnassus” - summary

When the pagan gods were driven out of Greece, donkeys began to graze on Mount Parnassus, where the muses (nine goddesses of the arts) had previously lived. Having learned that the muses used to sing beautiful songs on Parnassus, the donkeys decided to imitate them. The herd of donkeys began to roar at the top of their lungs, “as if a wagon train with thousands of unoiled wheels had started moving.” The owner came running and hurried to drive the donkeys back into the barn.

Krylov’s moral: “if the head is empty, then the head of the mind will not be given space.”

Krylov, fable “The Hermit and the Bear” - summary

Moral of the story: it’s good when one tries to serve the other. But if a fool gets down to business, then his services are often more dangerous than the enemy’s machinations.

A hermit living in the desert suffered from loneliness. To make a friend, he went into the forest and met the Bear there. The Hermit and the Bear became inseparable. One day they wandered together all day. The hermit was tired and went to bed. The kind, but simple-minded Bear, watching over his comrade's sleep, began to drive away with his paw a fly that had landed on him. She was so persistent that the Bear decided to kill her. Taking a huge cobblestone, he hit the fly that landed on the Hermit’s forehead - and cracked his friend’s skull.

Krylov, fable “The Rooster and the Grain of Pearls” - summary

The rooster, who found a pearl grain in a dung heap, decided that this was a completely empty thing, much more useless than a nourishing barley grain.

Moral of the fable: “The ignorant judge exactly this way: whatever they don’t understand is of no use to them.”

Krylov, fable “The Picky Bride” - summary

The girl-bride was looking for a groom, but was too picky. At first, noble and eminent people wooed her, but she found shortcomings in everyone: one without ranks, another without orders, the third had a wide nose... After two years, there were fewer suitors - and people of “middle class” began to woo. The picky bride was in no hurry to reciprocate their feelings. As time went. The bride has already become a “mature maiden.” Her beauty has faded. The grooms almost stopped wooing - and the bride “was already glad that she married a cripple.”

Krylov, fable “Pig” - summary

The pig, having climbed into the manor's yard, according to its custom, rolled there in the slops and returned home up to its ears dirty. The shepherd asked what wonders she had seen among the rich, where, they say, everything was full of beads and pearls. The pig replied that she did not notice the wealth, saw only manure and rubbish, and dug up the entire back yard with her snout.

Krylov compares with this pig a mediocre literary critic, who “no matter what he examines, has the gift of seeing only bad things.”

Krylov, fable “The Pig under the Oak” - summary

The pig ate acorns under the Oak, slept and began to undermine the roots of the tree with its snout. “This could cause the tree to wither,” a raven sitting on a branch told her. “Let it be,” answered the Pig. “It’s of no use to me, if only it were acorns.” “If you lifted your snout up, you would see that acorns are growing on me,” said Oak.

So the ignoramus, notes Krylov, scolds science and learning, without feeling that he is tasting their fruits.

Krylov "Dragonfly and Ant". Artist O. Voronova

Krylov, fable “Trishkin caftan” - summary

Trishka’s caftan was torn at the elbows. Without thinking twice, he cut off the sleeves and sewed up the hole. However, now everyone was laughing at the short sleeves of Trishkin’s caftan. “Well, I’m not a fool and I’ll fix that problem,” said Trishka. He cut off the tails and skirts, adjusted the sleeves, but his caftan was now shorter than his camisole.

So some gentlemen, having confused matters, correct them in the manner of Trishkin’s caftan, writes Krylov.

Krylov, fable “Cloud” - summary

A large cloud swept over the region exhausted from the heat, but then it rained heavily over the sea - and boasted of this generosity before the Mountain. “There is enough water in the sea without you,” answered the Mountain. “And then you could save the whole region from hunger.”

Krylov, fable “Fortune and the Beggar” - summary

The poor beggar, looking at the rich, was surprised at their greed. Many made huge fortunes, but in order to double them further, they embarked on risky transactions - and in the end lost everything. The goddess of fortune Fortuna, taking pity on the Beggar, appeared to him and offered help. Fortune promised that she would pour as much gold into the Beggar’s old bag as it could bear, but with a condition: if the Beggar himself did not stop this flow in time, and the gold with its weight broke through the bottom, then, having poured out onto the ground, it would turn to dust. Fortune began to pour gold into the bag. Due to its dilapidation, it soon began to crack, but the Beggar, who had previously condemned the rich, now, out of greed, did not stop the golden rain until the bottom of the bag broke through and the spilled gold turned to dust.

Krylov, fable “Siskin and Dove” - summary

Chizh fell into a trap. Young Dove began to laugh at him, saying that he wouldn’t have been tricked like that, but then he himself got caught in the snare. “Don’t laugh at someone else’s misfortune, Dove,” concludes Krylov.

Krylov, fable “Pike and Cat” - summary

“It’s a disaster if a shoemaker starts baking pies, and a cake maker starts making boots.” No one should take on someone else's craft. One day, Pike, who was good at catching ruffes, began to ask the Cat to take her with him on a mouse hunt. The cat tried to dissuade her, but Pike was stubborn, and the two of them went to the barn. The cat caught a lot of mice there, but the pike lay without water, its tail, barely alive, was eaten off by rats. The cat with difficulty dragged the half-dead Pike back into the pond.

Krylov is a fabulist of the spirit of classicism. In his works he uses allegory and very often takes a historical basis for them. For example, as in the fable Frogs asking for the king. The fable takes its history from 1809. It was in that year that Krylov wrote one of his works. The plot is borrowed from La Fontaine, who at one time, referring to the works of Aesop, wrote his creation of the same name. Now we have to explore Krylov’s fable and make it.

Analysis of the fable Frogs asking for the king

In Krylov's work Frogs Asking the Tsar, we are talking about frogs. At the very beginning, we see how tired they are of their free life, they don’t like popular rule, so they ask the gods to send a king, thereby depriving themselves of freedom in advance. And the gods heard the frogs, and sent them a calm, silent, sedate ruler, who was like a log of aspen. At first the frogs were afraid of him, but then they realized that they could climb on his head. True, it seemed to them that they could get an even better king, who would bring glory to their swamp.

And now, a new hero appears in the person of the Crane. Now the frogs have a king who, indiscriminately who is right and who is wrong, accuses and immediately puts the guilty in his mouth. Everyone was now afraid of such a king and it was scary to show himself to him, because he could immediately swallow him. They began to ask the gods again for a new ruler, but they had already refused their annoying request. And then we see the moral of the fable. At the request of the frogs, they were given a king, but he turned out to be too quiet. They gave another king to the petitioners, but he was very dashing. And Krylov, as a conclusion, writes that the frogs should live with the second, otherwise the third king may turn out to be even worse than the previous two.

It follows from the fable that we must appreciate what we have, although by nature we always want more and better. Indeed, in reality, as in the fable, the result often turns out to be exactly the opposite of our desires.

When analyzing the fable, you can see ordinary people in the depicted frogs, but Krylov, most likely, did not depict any specific king as the rulers. Perhaps in the first case this refers to Tsar Mikhail, who had to rule the state at a young age without life experience, and in the second version life under Pyotr Alekseevich is depicted. Although, no matter what period you take, there has always been and will be a conflict between the authorities and the people. This is shown to us in Krylov’s fable.

The fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” should be read as an allegory, like other works by Krylov. In her text it is easy to see an analogy between the images of frogs and ordinary people, always dissatisfied with the way they are ruled. At the same time, the form gave the fabulist the opportunity to express his views on free thought and government. Studying it in a literature lesson provides an opportunity to understand that the poet saw the shortcomings of the monarchical system, but did not see a way out of this situation. After all, in his opinion, the people are completely lacking initiative: they are not capable of not having a ruler, that is, with the possibility of a free life, which is clearly stated in the verse.

Thus, it turns out that an imperfect ruler, who is easy to see in the characters of Krylov’s fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar,” is still better than his absence. If the work is downloaded for free, read online or in a book, then it is easy to see that its author saw the solution to the problem of reorganizing society in the fact that it developed and reformed gradually. It is enough to read the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar” in full to see that the poet advocates not cutting from the shoulder, but relying on the natural path of movement of society.

The frogs didn't like it anymore
Government is people's
And it seemed to them not at all noble
Without service and in freedom to live.
To help me in grief,
Then they began to ask the gods for the King.
Although the gods would not like to listen to any nonsense,
This time, however, Zeus listened to them:
Gave them a King. The King flies towards them from heaven with noise,
And so tightly it cracked into the kingdom,
That along the way the state became a quagmire:
From all Frog legs
They rushed about in fright,
Who had time, where who could,
And in whispers they marveled at the Tsar in their cells.
And it is true that the Tsar was miraculously given to them:
Not fussy, not fussy,
Sedate, silent and important;
Portliness, giant stature,
Well, look, it’s a miracle!
There was only one thing bad about the Tsar:
This king was a block of aspen.
First, honoring his person highly,
None of the subjects dares to approach:
They look at him with fear, and then
Stealthily, from afar, through calamus and sedge;
But since there is no miracle in the light,
To which the light would not look closely,
Then they, too, first rested from fear,
Then crawl to the King with devotion
dared:
First, face down before the Tsar;
And then, whoever is braver, let him sit sideways to him:
Let me try to sit next to him;
And there, who are still further away,
They sit with their backs towards the Tsar.
The king endures everything out of his mercy.
A little later, you'll see who wants it,
He will jump on him.
In three days I became bored with living with such a Tsar.
Frogs new petition,
Let them have Jupiter in their swamp kingdom
He truly gave the Tsar for glory!
I listen to their warm prayers,
Jupiter sent the Crane to their kingdom.
This king is not a blockhead, he is of a completely different character:
He does not like to pamper his people;
He eats the guilty: and at his trial
No one is right;
But he already has
Whether it's breakfast, lunch or dinner, there's punishment.
To the inhabitants of the swamps
The black year is coming.
Every day there is a great flaw in the Frogs.
From morning to evening their King walks around the kingdom
And everyone he meets,
He will immediately judge and swallow it.
There’s more croaking and groaning than ever,
May they have Jupiter again
He granted the Tsar a new name;
That their current King swallows them like flies;
That even they can’t (as terrible as it is!)
It is safe to neither stick out your nose nor croak;
That, finally, their King is more sickening to them than droughts.
“Why didn’t you know how to live happily before?
Isn’t it for me, crazy people,” a voice told them from the sky, “
Was there no peace for you?
Was it not you who made my ears ring about the Tsar?
Was a King given to you? - so he was too quiet:
You rebelled in your puddle,
Another one was given to you - so this one is very dashing;
Live with him so that it doesn’t get any worse for you!”

Topic: I. A. KRYLOV’S FABLE “FROGS ASKING FOR THE TSAR”

During the classes:

I. Organizational moment.

II. Checking homework.

1. Expressive readingfables "Oboz" by roles.

2. Reading and discussionstory ending with the moral of the fable “Oboz”.

III. Studying a new topic.

1. State the topic and purpose of the lesson.

2. Teacher's opening speech.

Krylov's work, connected by many threads with the world fable tradition, remained uniquely original. This is especially evident if we turn to La Fontaine, to whom Krylov, like his Russian predecessors, was indebted for some plots (it is known that the fable that we will study in 8th grade, “Frogs Beggingtsarya", is a reworking of the fable of this French fabulist [Lafontaine]), and the external architectonics (combination of parts in one harmonious whole, composition) of the fable, and the development of individual details, etc.

But Krylov, unlike Lafontaine, gives each character the maximum opportunity to speak in their own way. He's not so muchindicates for this or that vice, how muchshows his. If La Fontaine’s fable gravitates towards a lyrical poem, then Krylov’s fable developed into a dramatic scene, became “a drama with faces and characters, poetically outlined” (Belinsky).

Let's watch and listen to Krylov's fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar.”

3. Dramatization of the fableprepared students.

4. Conversation on issues.

– What happens in Krylov's fable? What thoughts of the Russian fabulist are reflected in it?(“They don’t seek good from good,” says the Russian proverb. Not accepting the existing order, Krylov stood for the gradual non-violent development of society. The fabulist rejected the opinion of those who did not take into account the people’s life experience, who proceeded only from the ideas of their mind.)

– What story does the fable begin with?(“... undesirable // Government of the people, ... completely ignoble // Without service and in freedom to live.”)

– What was the management of the Kings who were sent to the Frogs?

(I. “Not fussy, not hesitant,

Sedate, silent and important...

There was only one thing bad about the king:

The king was aspen log .)

– What does it mean? How do you explain this expression? Re-read the “activities” of this king again.

(II. The crane is not a block of wood:

“He does not like to spoil his people;

He eats the guilty: and at his trial

No one is right...")

And he came to the inhabitants"black year" .

– What does this expression mean? Confirm synonymous definitions.(Terrible, heavy.)

– What words contain the moral of the fable? Who pronounces it?(“Why didn’t you know how to live happily before?.. / ... that one is too quiet, / ... this one is very dashing; / Live with him so that it doesn’t get any worse for you!” a voice told them from the sky.)

– In what cases in everyday life can the words of this moral conclusion be used?

5. Teacher's wordabout the language of Krylov's fables.

Krylov's realism is manifested most clearly in the language of fables. The element of colloquial expressions triumphed in the language of classicism. Sentimentalists, having “ennobled” the crude language of the classic fable, did not cancel the very requirement to observe “unity of syllable” (orienting the reader towards “pleasant gaiety”). Krylov, in his fables, became above all these norms. No, he did not reject them at all: both vernacular and “ennobled” language are present in his work. The way of thinking of an entire people cannot be exhausted by the sayings of only the refined circle or only “the men on the Haymarket and in the taverns.” Krylov’s fables, according to Belinsky, captivated readers with “some kind of peasant originality.” For the first time in Russian fables, he convincingly carried out the moral and psychological differentiation of the speech of the heroes. This or that sphere of human life gains access to Krylov’s fables in its verbal “clothing”. Only with such an attitude towards language was it possible to create a “book of the wisdom of the people themselves.” And the most convincing confirmation of the realistic nationality of the language of Krylov’s fables is not that proverbs and sayings are often found in them, but that the lines composed by the fabulist himself became proverbs and sayings.

6. A game“Finish the line from Krylov’s fable.”

“And Vaska is listening...”

“To be a musician, / It’s necessary...”

"At least an eye can see, and a tooth..."

“Oh, Moska, you know, she’s strong...”

“When there is no agreement among comrades, / Their business will go well...”

IV. Summing up the lesson.

Quiz.

1. Which Krylov fables are these lines taken from?

How many times have they told the world,

That flattery is vile and harmful; but everything is not for the future,

And a flatterer will always find a corner in the heart.

("A Crow and a fox")

When there is no agreement among comrades,

Things won't go well for them

And nothing will come out of it, only torment.

("Swan, Pike and Cancer")

The powerful always have the powerless to blame.

("Wolf and Lamb")

Why, without fear of sin,

Does the Cuckoo praise the Rooster?

Because he praises the Cuckoo.

("The Cuckoo and the Rooster")

How many people find happiness

Only because they walk well on their hind legs!

("Two dogs")

And you, friends, no matter how you sit down,

Everyone is not fit to be musicians.

("Quartet")

As in people, many have the same weakness:

Everything in another seems like a mistake to us;

And you will get down to business yourself,

You'll do something twice as bad.

(“Oboz”)

The ignoramus is also blinded

Scolds science and learning

And all the scientific works,

Without feeling that he is tasting their fruits.

("Pig under d slaughter")

Unfortunately, this is what happens to people:

No matter how useful a thing is, without knowing its price,

The ignorant person makes everything worse about her,

And if the ignorant is more knowledgeable,

So he still drives her.

(“Monkey and O glasses")

Was a King given to you? - so he was too quiet:

You rebelled in your puddle,

Another one was given to you - so this one is very dashing;

Live with him so that it doesn’t get worse for you!

(“Frogs asking ts arya")

It often happens to us

And work and wisdom to see there,

Where to guess

Just get down to business.

(“Casket”)

2. “... Once you guess, // Just get down to business,” and then any “casket” will open for you and you will be able to answer:

1st option: What is a fable?(A fable is a short allegorical story with a moral lesson.)

2nd option: What are the names of the quoted parts of Krylov's fables? What is their role in the work?(The quoted parts of the fables are morals and contain a moralizing meaning.)

Homework:

1) try, using a folk proverb as a moral, to come up with a fable yourself (in prose or poetry): 1stoption- “To eat a fish, you have to get into the water”; 2ndoption– “There is honey on the tongue, and ice on the heart”; 2) prepare a staged reading of the fable “Frogs Asking for the Tsar,” highlighting the characteristic features of the characters.