(329 words) In the novel "Eugene Onegin" open finale. Tatyana refuses relations with Onegin. He remains desperate. It is approximately clear to the reader how the life of the heroine will turn out, but it is completely unclear what will happen next with Eugene. There are different points of view on the meaning of the open finale.
Firstly, in criticism, opinions were expressed that censorship obstacles prevented the author from completing the main character's line. Pushkin, as you know, wrote the 9th and 10th chapters of the novel, they talked about Onegin's journey and that he joined the circle of the Decembrists. These chapters expressed too freethinking ideas that censorship could not miss. Secondly, many reviewers agree that the author intentionally did not continue the story of Onegin. There may be various reasons for this. Perhaps the poet wanted to show in an open finale that everything was over for the hero. Love for the heroine was the only opportunity for him to be reborn and live for real, and Tatyana’s refusal means the spiritual death of Eugene, so it does not matter what events happen to him next, because they still will not change anything.
It is also possible that Tatyana’s refusal is not the end of Onegin’s life, but the beginning of her new stage. Pushkin was a supporter of the idea of variability of fate. For example, at the end of the chapter, he wrote that Lensky’s life could have developed in different ways, but then the same principle applies to Onegin. He can really enter the circle of the Decembrists, because he contemplated the empty and meaningless life of light. He was able to go against public opinion when he carried out a reform in his village. Such a path is possible, but not necessary, because Onegin is still too selfish to fight for social ideals. A hero can, for example, leave for the Caucasus, as many of his contemporaries acted, disappointed in life. It is also possible that Onegin will again shut himself in and live his life, just like his uncle, who "looked out the window and crushed the flies." Other ways are possible, since the character of the hero has various inclinations.
Thus, the open finale presents us, readers, with an opportunity for independent creativity: each of us will present and figure out what happened to Yevgeny Onegin, as Pushkin's contemporaries did.
