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Test. Which hero(ine) from the book would you consider your ideal?

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Lermontov, M.Yu. Demon
DEMON is a hero from M.Yu. Lermontov's "Eastern Tale" entitled "Demon" (1829-1841). The image originates from the biblical myth about being banished from paradise, the content of which is freely and poetically reworked by Lermontov. In the tale, the Demon is a personified human spirit, endowed with divine immortality. In the characterization of the Demon, the initial symbolic meaning is acquired by his position as an "exile from paradise." God's punishment consists of the Demon being doomed to wander and eternal loneliness. The Demon, as a "spirit of negation," a "spirit of doubt," is endowed with exceptional keenness in relation to the imperfections of the world. His position is tragic: by his nature, he cannot accept anything on faith (before experience), and as a result of experience (knowledge), the integrity of the knowable phenomena is destroyed. As a kind of world substance, the Demon acts as a source of evil, but remains in constant interaction with the opposite principle. A transformed angel, he remembers the times of paradisiacal bliss. In essence, the evil represented by the Demon is revenge on the world for its non-identity with the ideal of beauty and perfection. It should be added that Lermontov's Demon does not coincide with Christian-biblical sources and is not equal to Lucifer or Satan. He is an individual myth of a Russian poet.
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I didn't expect that. However, my favorite painting is Vrubel's "Demon Sitting," so it's definitely a plus
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Если кто-то тебе противоречит, подумай: может, он не прав? (с)

Говорят, что рыжие не плачут,
Говорят, душа у них - огонь.
Если влюблены, то любят значит,
Если ненавидят - их не тронь!

"Не заблуждайтесь. Рыжие - это зло! Знаете кто был рыжим? Иуда... Что сделал Иуда? Иисуса предал - вот что! Я говорю вслух то, о чем другие только думают. Рыжие опасны. И однажды ночью, когда вы будете спать в своих кроватках, рыжие придут за вами... Они придут за вами!!!"
(с) Эрик Картман