The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish

Alexander Pushkin in life 1799-1837 - Russian poet, playwright and novelist

The first posthumous edition of Pushkin's works (1838) in eight volumes, issued in favor of the heirs, included only those works, which were published during his lifetime.

Characters: old fisherman, his wife, goldfish

The old man and his wife live near the sea. The old man produces subsistence fishing, and once in his network comes across an unusual goldfish that can speak human language. It promises to any redemption requests and release it into the sea, but the old man lets go of the fish without asking for a reward. Returning home, he tells his wife about the incident. Cursed her husband, she forces him to return to the sea, call the fish and ask at least a new trough, instead of broken. By the sea the old man calls the fish

The system image "Fairy Tales" occupies a special place the image of the sea. Sea - the seat of the fish. Empress fish associated with it a powerful but invisible bond.

The sea in the "Tale" - a way of symbol, which absorbed the experience of literary romanticism and poetry of Pushkin's personal experience. The image of the sea from the south links will pass through all the work of the poet. And the richness of the sea image will be determined in the southern poems romantic poet.