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The tale of Tsar Saltan: what it teaches, meaning for children
When writing some of his works, Pushkin used the stories of his nanny Arina Rodionovna. The poet listened to her fairy tales and folk songs, as an adult, during his exile in the village of Mikhailovskoye, and wrote it down. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, created by him 5 years later, teaches what, no matter how the victory of good over evil, like most folk tales.
The sisters were spinning at the window and dreamed of marrying the tsar. One, if she becomes a queen, wanted to have a big feast, another to weave canvases, and the third to give birth to a son of a prince. They did not know that the king was listening to them under the window. He chose as his wife the one who wanted to give birth to a son. The sisters appointed at the court to the position of cooks and weavers harbored a grudge and decided to destroy the queen. When she gave birth to a beautiful boy, the evil sisters sent a letter with false accusations to Saltan. The king returned from the war and did not find his wife. The boyars have already imprisoned the queen and her son in a barrel, and thrown them into the waves of the sea.
“The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, which teaches children – faith in miracles, a city appeared on an empty island
The barrel washed up on the shore of the island. An adult prince and his mother came out of it. On the hunt, the young man protected the swan from the kite. The swan turned out to be a sorceress girl, she thanked the prince Guidon by creating a city for him, in which he became king.
From the merchants who sailed past the island, Guidon learned that they were heading to his father’s kingdom. He asked to convey to Tsar Saltan an invitation to visit. Three times Guidon passed the invitation, but the king refused. Finally, hearing from the merchants that a beautiful princess lives on the island where he is invited, Saltan sets out on a journey, and happily reunites with his family.
There are many wonderful things in the fairy tale – the sorceress Swan, she is also a beautiful princess, a squirrel gnawing golden nuts, 33 heroes emerging from the sea, the transformation of Guidon into a mosquito, a fly and a bumblebee.
But more surprising is the hatred and envy of the sisters’ sisters for the success of one of them, the loyalty of the king, who after the loss of his beloved wife did not marry again, the desire of the young Guidon to meet his father. All these feelings are quite human, and even a child can understand.
The end of the fairy tale is happy. The author draws before the reader’s eyes a fabulous island of abundance, where Guidon rules. Here, after many years of separation, the entire royal family meets, and the evil sisters are driven out of sight.
This tale teaches children patience, forgiveness, faith in miracles and in a happy salvation from troubles for the innocent. Its plot formed the basis for the cartoon and children’s feature film.