Characteristics of Amalia the robbers. A gang of Karl von Moor is robbing the Bohemian forests

Act one

The plot is based on family tragedy. The father lives in the ancestral castle of the barons von Moor, younger son- Franz and the count’s pupil, the bride of his eldest son, Amalia von Edelreich. The beginning is a letter allegedly received by Franz from a “Leipzig correspondent”, which tells about the dissolute life of Karl von Moor, the eldest son of the count, taking a course in science at the university in Leipzig. Saddened by the bad news, the old man von Moor, under pressure, allows Franz to write a letter to Karl and inform him that, angry with the behavior of his eldest son, he, the Count, is depriving him of his inheritance and his parental blessing.

Karla calls for the implementation of “gigantic plans.” Shiigelberg is obsessed with the idea of his own omnipotence. he desperately wants to achieve power over people who are destined to “creep in the dirt.” Karl advises him to climb “the pillory to the pinnacle of glory.” He himself strives for other joys in “the shadow of his grandfather’s groves, in the arms of Amalia.” Karl receives a letter from Franz. In the letter, Franz “transfers” his father’s curse to his brother and says goodbye to him forever. Karl is desperate. Spiegelberg takes advantage of the confusion of Karl and his comrades and calls for the creation of a gang of robbers (implying that he will become their chieftain). Since young people do not have any real plans in their heads for future life, they want money, but don’t want to earn it, they decide to support Spiegelberg’s proposal. Karl is elected Ataman. Karl, betrayed by his father’s “blood love,” has no choice but to “violate the law.” “His spirit thirsts for exploits, his breath for freedom.” Spiegelberg decides to take revenge on Karl, poison him when the right opportunity presents itself, and become a chieftain himself.

Franz is trying in every way to persuade Amalia to betray Karl. He slanderes his brother, declaring that he spends time in the company of harlots, and tries to arouse disgust towards him by describing Karl, rotting alive from syphilis. Amalia repeats that she loves Karl too much and does not believe what Franz says. Trying to present himself in a more favorable light, Franz begins to extol his brother, looks for similarities between Karl and himself, pretends that Karl, when leaving, “bequeathed him to take care of his bride,” finally talks about how his father deprived Karl of his inheritance, and he, Franz, could provide for Amalia well. Not a single argument resonates with Amalia. She indignantly drives Franz, who is disgusting to her, away. Amalia is not afraid of poverty, she tears off an expensive necklace from her neck and says that she is now worthy of her beloved.

Act two

Franz is extremely dissatisfied with his father’s “survivability”. He doesn’t want to kill him, but he makes plans to better kill the old man from the world. Franz read the works of philosophers and doctors, where it was argued that a person’s state of mind and his health are in close interaction. Therefore, he decides to greatly scare his father, hoping that this will finish off the old man and he will finally die. Franz calls Herman to him, reminds him how much the old man Moop (he humiliated Herman, reminding him of his illegal origin) and Karl (he took Amalia from Herman and lowered him down the stairs) offended him. Subtly flattering the decisive and courageous Herman, Franz gives him money and hints that if he, Franz, became a sovereign count, he would be much more generous towards Herman. Herman admits that he would like to see the old man Moopa and his son Karl in a coffin. Franz persuades Herman to play the role of an eyewitness to the death of Charles in the battle of Prague, as he hopes that the news of the death of his son will bring the old man Mcopa to the grave. As a reward, Franz promises to give Hermann Amalia. Herman, having changed clothes and made up, copes brilliantly with the role. He colorfully describes the heroic “death” of Karl. At the end, Herman adds that Karl blamed his “death” on his father, who had abandoned him. The last word, supposedly spoken by Karl, was "Amalia". Herman gives Amalia a sword, on which is written in blood that Karl asks Franz to marry Amalia. Amalia doesn’t believe it, cries, and consoles old man Moore. The old man asks to read the Bible to him (the story of Jacob and Joseph). Amalia reads how Jacob's beloved son was betrayed by his brothers (they stole his clothes and, staining them with the blood of a goat, brought them to Jacob). The treacherous brothers tried to prove to Jacob that Joseph was dead. The father wanted to follow his son into the grave. Franz at this moment leaves his father’s chambers. Old man Moopy becomes ill and dies in the arms of Amalia, not his son.

A gang of robbers gathers in the Bohemian forests. Through the efforts of Spiegelberg, everything flocks here more people. Spiegelberg knows a lot of recruiting methods: to rob a person so that he is left penniless and has nowhere to go; tempt the poor with money; drive away honest man from their homes, deprived of shelter, etc. Spiegelberg himself is very proud of his robber exploits, such as when he and his comrades secretly stole the clothes of nuns in the monastery at night, and then noisily chased naked women through the corridors of the monastery. At the same time, his comrades deprived many of the nuns of their virginity. Ratzman, listening to Spiegelberg's stories, wonders why their chieftain Karl Moop is so indifferent to money. He does not kill for robbery, he distributes money to orphans or donates money for the education of poor youths. However, the demon takes possession of Moor if on his way he comes across “a landowner who skins his peasants, or a slacker in gold braid who crookedly interprets the laws and averts the eyes of justice with silver.” Schwartz brings sad news: one of the robbers, Roller, has been captured and executed. The chieftain rushed to the city to avenge Roller: to burn the city to the ground. Roller himself suddenly appears. Karl literally pulled him out of the loop: the city was set on fire by robbers from all sides at once, and the residents fled from the square where the execution took place. Roller took advantage of the confusion to jump on a horse led to the scaffold by Moo-rum. At the same time, children, pregnant women and old people died in the fire, that is, all those who were not present at the execution. Schufterle even personally threw one baby into the fire. Karl angrily expels Schufterle from the gang and calls him a scoundrel. Such atrocities oppress him. A messenger appears and announces that the gang is surrounded. The priest comes to the robbers and offers to surrender. His words have no effect on Moore. Then the priest begins to convince his comrades to betray the chieftain. None of the robbers succumbs to provocation, even when Karl himself begins to convince people of obvious benefit such a betrayal for them. Only Spiegelberg is frightened by the large army advanced against the robbers. The robbers tear up the amnesty given to them by their father and surround their chieftain, ready to protect him from an entire army of government horsemen. In front of the whole gang, Karl swears never to abandon his people, to take full responsibility for their atrocities, since everything that the robbers did, they did on his orders.

Act three

Franz does not leave Amalia with his harassment. German, seizing the moment, is left alone with Amalia. He realized that Franz had deceived him by promising him Amalia after his father’s death. Herman admits to Amalia that the news of Karl's death was untrue. In addition, Herman tells Amalia that old man Moor is also alive.

Kosinsky comes to the gang of robbers and asks the chieftain to accept him as one of his devotees. Karl encourages him to think many times whether his decision to become a robber is correct, and whether Kosinsky will later regret it. Kosinski tells his story. He is a Bohemian nobleman, was in love with a girl named Amalia and enjoyed her reciprocity. On the eve of their wedding, Kosinsky was slandered, accused of treason and imprisoned. A month later he was acquitted and released, but Amalia was taken to the prince’s palace. There, the prince gave the girl a choice: allow Kosinsky’s death or become the prince’s mistress. To save the life of the groom, Amalia chose the second. After listening to the story, Karl decides to immediately rush to his Amalia.

Act Four

Karl, in disguise, accompanied by Kosinski, enters Moor Castle under the name of Count von Brand. Together with Amalia, he walks through the gallery where portraits of the Moors’ ancestors hang. Stopping in front of the portrait of his father, Karl calls the old man Moopa the most wonderful person. Tears flow from Amalia's eyes as they pass by Karl's portrait. Karl realizes that his bride still loves him. Franz Moop is extremely dissatisfied with the way the strange guest behaves. He suspects that Brand is his brother in disguise. Franz tries to extract something from the servant Daniel, but he pretends that he knows nothing. Then, without explanation, Franz orders Daniel to kill Brand. Daniel goes to the guest, takes his hand and recognizes his young master by the scar on it. Daniel is very happy. Amalia also suspects that Brand is not who he says he is. The girl feels that she is irresistibly drawn to the guest, as she once was drawn to Karl. But she does not allow her feelings to reveal herself; she is faithful to her missing groom. Karl is trying to find out from Amalia with hints how she would behave if her fiancé turned out to be a murderer. Amalia declares that such wonderful person, like her Karl, simply could not raise his hand against another person.

Spiegelberg is trying to plot against Karl in order to become an ataman himself. Ratzman exposes him. Schweitzer, reminding Spiegelberg that he was only brave in front of naked nuns, stabs the traitor to death. Karl returns and says that he “lost himself” after being in native castle. He plays the lute (as he and Amalia did) and sings a song about Caesar and Brutus:

Only Caesar had the power to destroy Rome,
Only Brutus could push Caesar;
Where Brutus lives, Caesar cannot live there.

Karl ponders, looking around him, why " divine harmony reigns in soulless nature, - and where does this discord in a rational being come from?.. I am my own heaven, my own hell.” Karl wants to commit suicide because he is torn between the atrocities he has already committed and his unwillingness to commit such a thing in the future, but then decides that he is strong enough to overcome the fear of “a painful life.” Thinking like this, Karl comes across a tower in the forest. On the other side, Herman approaches the tower. It turns out that old man Moore has been imprisoned inside for many months. When Amalia read the story of Jacob to the old man, Moop did not die, but only lost consciousness. Having learned the truth, Franz became embittered to such an extent that he buried a dog in the family crypt, and ordered his father to be imprisoned in a tower so that he would die of starvation. So Franz wanted to argue with nature, because of which (his father’s good health) he was deprived for so long of the opportunity to individually rule the Moor castle. In the presence of his comrades, Karl swears revenge on his brother for the abuse of his father. He declares Schweitzer and his henchmen “the punishing right hand of God” and orders Franz to be brought to him alive. Karl is ready to tear to pieces anyone who dares to raise his hand against Franz. Brother must die by brother's hand. Schweitzer goes to the castle.

Act five

Franz imagines scenes of the Last Judgment over him. He is slowly going crazy and doesn't sleep at night. It seems to him that “spirits are rising from the graves.” Franz has a dream about how his father comes to God and throws a lock of his gray hair onto the cup of Franz's sins - and the cup overflows. Franz, a convinced atheist who explains everything materialistically, summons a priest, Pastor Moser. He tries to convince Franz that the path he has chosen is wrong, he says that there is an afterlife - and the proof of this is his, Franz’s, fear of death (that is, he subconsciously understands that a terrible punishment awaits him for his sins). However, the pastor “comforts” Franz, claiming that he did not commit the most terrible sins- parricide and fratricide. Franz drives the priest away.

The servants report that Count Brand and Amalia have disappeared from the castle, and robbers are running along the corridors. Franz tries to pray himself, but he fails. Then he makes Daniel pray for him. As Schweitzer approaches the room, Franz tries to force Daniel to stab him (Franz) with a sword, but he refuses. Then Franz hangs himself with a golden cord. Schweitzer bursts in. Seeing that Franz is dead (that is, he was unable to complete the task of his chieftain), Schweitzer shoots himself in the temple.

Old Man Moop persuades his savior (he does not yet know that the robber who freed him from the tower is Karl) to spare Franz: “Let forgiveness be his punishment; double love is my revenge.” He cries for his sons, appeals to the angelic image of Karl, asks for his forgiveness (the old man still believes that he was responsible for the death of his eldest son). The robber Moop decides that he cannot return to his father (since he is a sinner and a murderer) and says that Karl will never return. At the same time, the robber kneels before his father, asking for his blessing for freeing him and saving him from starvation. Old Man Moop kisses him “as he would kiss his son.” Schwartz informs Karl about everything that happened in the castle. Karl is glad that he did not have to kill his brother. “Charity is now our slogan,” he announces. The robbers bring Amalia. She recognizes the old man and Karl, tells him about her love, and begs him not to leave her. Karl admits that he is the leader of the robbers. Old man Moop dies of grief. Amalia declares that she forgives Karl everything, as long as he is with her. Karl kisses her. But his comrades remind him of the terrible oath given by Charles in the Bohemian forests. Karl announces to Amalia that he has no right to leave the gang and will continue to rob and kill. Amalia refuses to live without him and asks her lover to kill her. Karl stabs Amalia. He disbands the gang: he is pure before his comrades, he did not betray his oath, he did not exchange them for a woman. Karl decides to surrender to the hands of justice in order to accept death. He remembers that he saw a poor man on the road, the father of eleven children. Promised for the head of the robber Moopa large sum. Karl goes to this poor man: he will need a thousand louis...

Schiller's robber Karl is the hero of Schiller's drama called The Robbers. The writer F. Schiller wrote his work The Robbers in 1782. Getting acquainted with the work, we learn about the life of one of the heroes, about Karl Moore.

Schiller Robbers

Karl Moor is an ardent young man who was the son of Count von Moor. Since childhood, the guy was interested in heroes and their great deeds. By coincidence, to which Karl's younger brother had a hand, by forging letters, he learns that his father cursed him, and Karl takes the path of robbery. At this time, while Karl is robbing the roads, his brother Franz is trying to woo Karl's bride, and throws his father into prison. Having learned about this, the robbers attack the castle and Karl manages to save his father. However, he, having learned what his son does, cannot stand it and dies. The bride Amalia agrees to follow her beloved, but the other robbers do not want to accept her, considering this act a betrayal of their cause.

To prove his loyalty to the cause, Karl kills the bride. And here the hero realizes that his actions are terrible. He understands that the path he has chosen is not for him and leaves the gang of robbers, where he was the chieftain and their leader. By leaving, he places himself in the hands of justice. The hero refused to fight against society, he refused to restore justice, condemning lawlessness. He fought against this, but realized that he was a fool, because he wanted to correct the world with the help of atrocities, and wanted to force others to obey the laws with lawlessness. He is given into the hands of justice and this is where the drama ends, while the author himself shows how futile an individualistic rebellion can be using the example of the hero Karl Moor.

Characteristics of the heroes based on Schiller's work "The Robbers". Karl Moor

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Act one

The plot is based on a family tragedy. In the family castle of the barons von Moor live the father, the youngest son, Franz, and the count's pupil, the eldest son's fiancée, Amalia von Edelreich. The beginning is a letter allegedly received by Franz from a “Leipzig correspondent”, which tells about the dissolute life of Karl von Moor, the eldest son of the count, taking a course in science at the university in Leipzig. Saddened by the bad news, the old man von Moor, under pressure, allows Franz to write a letter to Karl and inform him that, angry with the behavior of his eldest son, he, the Count, is depriving him of his inheritance and his parental blessing.

Karla calls for the implementation of “gigantic plans.” Shiigelberg is obsessed with the idea of his own omnipotence. he desperately wants to achieve power over people who are destined to “creep in the dirt.” Karl advises him to climb “the pillory to the pinnacle of glory.” He himself strives for other joys in “the shadow of his grandfather’s groves, in the arms of Amalia.” Karl receives a letter from Franz. In the letter, Franz “transfers” his father’s curse to his brother and says goodbye to him forever. Karl is desperate. Spiegelberg takes advantage of the confusion of Karl and his comrades and calls for the creation of a gang of robbers (implying that he will become their chieftain). Since young people do not have any real plans for their future life in their heads, they want money, but are reluctant to earn it, they decide to support Spiegelberg’s proposal. Karl is elected Ataman. Karl, betrayed by his father’s “blood love,” has no choice but to “violate the law.” “His spirit thirsts for exploits, his breath for freedom.” Spiegelberg decides to take revenge on Karl, poison him when the right opportunity presents itself, and become a chieftain himself.

Act two

Franz is extremely dissatisfied with his father’s “survivability”. He doesn’t want to kill him, but he makes plans to better kill the old man from the world. Franz read the works of philosophers and doctors, where it was argued that a person’s state of mind and his health are in close interaction. Therefore, he decides to greatly scare his father, hoping that this will finish off the old man and he will finally die. Franz calls Herman to him, reminds him how much the old man Moop (he humiliated Herman, reminding him of his illegal origin) and Karl (he took Amalia from Herman and lowered him down the stairs) offended him. Subtly flattering the decisive and courageous Herman, Franz gives him money and hints that if he, Franz, became a sovereign count, he would be much more generous towards Herman. Herman admits that he would like to see the old man Moopa and his son Karl in a coffin. Franz persuades Herman to play the role of an eyewitness to the death of Charles in the battle of Prague, as he hopes that the news of the death of his son will bring the old man Mcopa to the grave. As a reward, Franz promises to give Hermann Amalia. Herman, having changed clothes and made up, copes brilliantly with the role. He colorfully describes the heroic “death” of Karl. At the end, Herman adds that Karl blamed his “death” on his father, who had abandoned him. The last word Karl supposedly uttered was “Amalia.” Herman gives Amalia a sword, on which is written in blood that Karl asks Franz to marry Amalia. Amalia doesn’t believe it, cries, and consoles old man Moore. The old man asks to read the Bible to him (the story of Jacob and Joseph). Amalia reads how Jacob's beloved son was betrayed by his brothers (they stole his clothes and, staining them with the blood of a goat, brought them to Jacob). The treacherous brothers tried to prove to Jacob that Joseph was dead. The father wanted to follow his son into the grave. Franz at this moment leaves his father’s chambers. Old man Moopy becomes ill and dies in the arms of Amalia, not his son.

A gang of robbers gathers in the Bohemian forests. Thanks to Spiegelberg's efforts, more and more people are flocking here. Spiegelberg knows a lot of recruiting methods: to rob a person so that he is left penniless and has nowhere to go; tempt the poor with money; drive an honest person out of his home, deprive him of shelter, etc. Spiegelberg himself is very proud of his robber exploits, such as when he and his comrades secretly stole the clothes of nuns in the monastery at night, and then noisily chased naked women through the corridors of the monastery. At the same time, his comrades deprived many of the nuns of their virginity. Ratzman, listening to Spiegelberg's stories, wonders why their chieftain Karl Moop is so indifferent to money. He does not kill for robbery, he distributes money to orphans or donates money for the education of poor youths. However, the demon takes possession of Moor if on his way he comes across “a landowner who skins his peasants, or a slacker in gold braid who crookedly interprets the laws and averts the eyes of justice with silver.” Schwartz brings sad news: one of the robbers, Roller, has been captured and executed. The chieftain rushed to the city to avenge Roller: to burn the city to the ground. Roller himself suddenly appears. Karl literally pulled him out of the loop: the city was set on fire by robbers from all sides at once, and the residents fled from the square where the execution took place. Roller took advantage of the confusion to jump on a horse led to the scaffold by Moo-rum. At the same time, children, pregnant women and old people died in the fire, that is, all those who were not present at the execution. Schufterle even personally threw one baby into the fire. Karl angrily expels Schufterle from the gang and calls him a scoundrel. Such atrocities oppress him. A messenger appears and announces that the gang is surrounded. The priest comes to the robbers and offers to surrender. His words have no effect on Moore. Then the priest begins to convince his comrades to betray the chieftain. None of the robbers succumbs to provocation, even when Karl himself begins to convince people of the obvious benefits of such betrayal for them. Only Spiegelberg is frightened by the large army advanced against the robbers. The robbers tear up the amnesty given to them by their father and surround their chieftain, ready to protect him from an entire army of government horsemen. In front of the whole gang, Karl swears never to abandon his people, to take full responsibility for their atrocities, since everything that the robbers did, they did on his orders.

Act three

Act Four

Karl, in disguise, accompanied by Kosinski, enters Moor Castle under the name of Count von Brand. Together with Amalia, he walks through the gallery where portraits of the Moors’ ancestors hang. Stopping in front of the portrait of his father, Karl calls the old man Moopa the most wonderful person. Tears flow from Amalia's eyes as they pass by Karl's portrait. Karl realizes that his bride still loves him. Franz Moop is extremely dissatisfied with the way the strange guest behaves. He suspects that Brand is his brother in disguise. Franz tries to extract something from the servant Daniel, but he pretends that he knows nothing. Then, without explanation, Franz orders Daniel to kill Brand. Daniel goes to the guest, takes his hand and recognizes his young master by the scar on it. Daniel is very happy. Amalia also suspects that Brand is not who he says he is. The girl feels that she is irresistibly drawn to the guest, as she once was drawn to Karl. But she does not allow her feelings to reveal herself; she is faithful to her missing groom. Karl is trying to find out from Amalia with hints how she would behave if her fiancé turned out to be a murderer. Amalia declares that such a wonderful person as her Karl simply could not raise his hand against another person.

Spiegelberg is trying to plot against Karl in order to become an ataman himself. Ratzman exposes him. Schweitzer, reminding Spiegelberg that he was only brave in front of naked nuns, stabs the traitor to death. Karl returns and says that he “lost himself” after visiting his native castle. He plays the lute (as he and Amalia did) and sings a song about Caesar and Brutus:

Only Caesar had the power to destroy Rome,
Only Brutus could push Caesar;
Where Brutus lives, Caesar cannot live there.

Karl ponders, looking around himself, why “divine harmony reigns in soulless nature, - and where does this discord in a rational being come from?.. I am my own heaven, my own hell.” Karl wants to commit suicide because he is torn between the atrocities he has already committed and his unwillingness to commit such a thing in the future, but then decides that he is strong enough to overcome the fear of “a painful life.” Thinking like this, Karl comes across a tower in the forest. On the other side, Herman approaches the tower. It turns out that old man Moore has been imprisoned inside for many months. When Amalia read the story of Jacob to the old man, Moop did not die, but only lost consciousness. Having learned the truth, Franz became embittered to such an extent that he buried a dog in the family crypt, and ordered his father to be imprisoned in a tower so that he would die of starvation. So Franz wanted to argue with nature, because of which (his father’s good health) he was deprived for so long of the opportunity to individually rule the Moor castle. In the presence of his comrades, Karl swears revenge on his brother for the abuse of his father. He declares Schweitzer and his henchmen “the punishing right hand of God” and orders Franz to be brought to him alive. Karl is ready to tear to pieces anyone who dares to raise his hand against Franz. Brother must die by brother's hand. Schweitzer goes to the castle.

Act five

Franz imagines scenes of the Last Judgment over him. He is slowly going crazy and doesn't sleep at night. It seems to him that “spirits are rising from the graves.” Franz has a dream about how his father comes to God and throws a strand of his gray hair onto the cup of Franz's sins - and the cup overflows. Franz, a convinced atheist who explains everything materialistically, summons a priest, Pastor Moser. He tries to convince Franz that the path he has chosen is wrong, he says that there is an afterlife - and the proof of this is his, Franz’s, fear of death (that is, he subconsciously understands that a terrible punishment awaits him for his sins). However, the pastor “comforts” Franz, claiming that he did not commit the most terrible sins - parricide and fratricide. Franz drives the priest away.

Old Man Moop persuades his savior (he does not yet know that the robber who freed him from the tower is Karl) to spare Franz: “Let forgiveness be his punishment; double love is my revenge.” He cries for his sons, appeals to the angelic image of Karl, asks for his forgiveness (the old man still believes that he was responsible for the death of his eldest son). The robber Moop decides that he cannot return to his father (since he is a sinner and a murderer) and says that Karl will never return. At the same time, the robber kneels before his father, asking for his blessing for freeing him and saving him from starvation. Old Man Moop kisses him “as he would kiss his son.” Schwartz informs Karl about everything that happened in the castle. Karl is glad that he did not have to kill his brother. “Charity is now our slogan,” he announces. The robbers bring Amalia. She recognizes the old man and Karl, tells him about her love, and begs him not to leave her. Karl admits that he is the leader of the robbers. Old man Moop dies of grief. Amalia declares that she forgives Karl everything, as long as he is with her. Karl kisses her. But his comrades remind him of the terrible oath given by Charles in the Bohemian forests. Karl announces to Amalia that he has no right to leave the gang and will continue to rob and kill. Amalia refuses to live without him and asks her lover to kill her. Karl stabs Amalia. He disbands the gang: he is pure before his comrades, he did not betray his oath, he did not exchange them for a woman. Karl decides to surrender to the hands of justice in order to accept death. He remembers that he saw a poor man on the road, the father of eleven children. A large sum has been promised for the head of the robber Moopa. Karl goes to this poor man: he will need a thousand louis...

This drama was created by Schiller in 1871. "Robbers" summary which are brought to your attention, steel Starting point in the development of the German robber novel. The action of the work takes place in Germany during the time when Schiller himself lived. “The Robbers,” a brief summary of which we will consider, is a drama based on which D. Verdi wrote an opera of the same name.

The news about Karl's dissolute life

The action of the work begins in the family castle, where the barons von Moor live: the father, Franz (the youngest son), and Amalie von Edelreich (the bride of the eldest son and the count's pupil). The author talks about how Franz received a letter from a solicitor from Leipzig. The lawyer asks him for advice about the dissolute life of Count Karl von Moor's eldest son. This young man is a student. The old man, saddened by the letter, allows his son to write to Charles and report that the count is angry and is depriving him of his inheritance and parental blessing.

Karl decides to become a robber

Meanwhile, students gather in a tavern located on the border with Saxony. This is their usual meeting place. Karl is awaiting an answer to a letter to his father, in which he repents of his dissolute life and promises to get busy. Spiegelberg, his friend, is killing time with Karl. He says that robbery is better than living in poverty. Karl receives a letter from von Moor. After reading it, the young man becomes desperate. Spiegelberg, meanwhile, talks about how great it would be to live in Bohemian forests. You can take money from rich travelers and spend it. This thought occupies poor students. However, they need an ataman. Despite the fact that Spiegelberg is counting on this position, everyone unanimously decides to elect Karl as chieftain. Hoping that thanks to such a life he will forget his daughter-in-law, father and his past, the young man takes an oath of allegiance to the robbers who swear allegiance to him.

Franz's machinations

Further, Schiller describes Franz's machinations ("The Robbers"). Their summary is as follows. After Franz expels his eldest son from the heart of his father, he wants to denigrate Karl in the eyes of Amalia, his bride. He informs the girl that the diamond ring she gave to her lover before leaving was given to a libertine who had nothing to pay for the services. Franz draws a portrait of a sick beggar dressed in rags in front of the girl. “Deadly sickness” reeks from his mouth. This is exactly what her beloved Karl is now. However loving heart convincing is not so easy. Amalia does not believe Franz and drives him away.

Then it ripens in Franz's head new plan fulfillment of a dream (to become the owner of the von Moor inheritance). The young man persuades Herman, the bastard son of a local nobleman, to do this. He must change clothes and go to the old man, saying that he saw Karl die. His son allegedly took part in the battle of Prague. It is unlikely that the heart of the sick count will be able to withstand such sad news. For this, Franz promises Hermann to give him Amalia, whom Karl von Moor once took from him.

"Death" of the Count

Everything happens according to the plan that Franz planned to implement from the drama, authored by Friedrich Schiller ("The Robbers"). We have already briefly described the contents of this plan. The photo above is a portrait of Schiller.

The Count talks with Amalia, remembers his eldest son. Here Herman appears in disguise. The young man reports that Karl was left without a livelihood, so he had to participate in the Prussian-Austrian campaign. He died heroically in Bohemia, where the war had thrown him. Dying, Charles allegedly asked to give his sword to his father, as well as to return the portrait of Amalia and her oath of allegiance. The old man blames himself for the death of his son. However, he notices the joy on Franz’s face and begins to understand that he is to blame for all of Karl’s misfortunes. The Count loses consciousness, leaning back on the pillows. Franz thinks that he is dead, and this makes him happy.

Life of Ataman Karl

Meanwhile, in the Bohemian forests, the eldest son of the Count, Karl, the hero of the drama created by F. Schiller ("The Robbers"), is robbing. A summary should be made by saying a few words about his life in the forest. This young man is brave. He loves to play with death, because he has completely lost interest in life. The chieftain gives his spoils to the orphans. He punishes the rich who steal ordinary people. Karl says that his trade is revenge, and his craft is retribution.

Franz rules the castle

Karl decides to visit his castle

Together with the gang, the eldest son of the count finds himself surrounded by Bohemian dragoons. However, Charles’s men manage to escape, paying for it with the life of only one fighter (the dragoons lost about 300 people). A Czech nobleman asks to join Charles’s squad. He lost his fortune and his beloved, whose name is Amalia. In Karl's soul, this man's story evokes some memories. He is going to go to Franconia with his gang.

The young man, introducing himself as Count von Brand, enters his own family castle. Here he meets Amalia and sees that she is faithful to the “dead Karl.” Among the portraits of his ancestors presented in the gallery, he notices a portrait of his father. Karl stops next to him and stealthily wipes away a tear. No one will recognize the count's eldest son. Only Franz, who sees everything and constantly suspects everyone, guesses that Karl is a guest. However, he does not tell anyone about his guesses. Franz forces Daniel, the old butler, to swear an oath that he will kill the arriving count. However, Daniel recognizes him as Karl from the scar on his hand. He cannot lie to the old servant who raised him. But now Charles must leave the castle forever. Before leaving, he decides to see Amalia. The girl experiences feelings for him, such as she previously had only with Karl von Moor. However, Amalia does not recognize him, and the guest says goodbye to his beloved.

Karl finds his father

He returns to the robbers. They must leave these places in the morning. In the meantime, Karl is walking through the forest. He stumbles upon a tower in the dark and hears a voice. It was Herman who arrived to feed the locked prisoner. Karl tears the locks off the tower and frees his father, withered like a skeleton. It turns out that the count, unfortunately, did not die from the news that Herman brought. In the coffin he came to his senses. Then Franz, secretly from everyone, imprisoned his father in a tower, dooming him to loneliness, hunger and cold. After listening to his father's story, Karl decided to take revenge. Despite the family ties that connected him with Franz, he ordered the robbers to seize him younger brother and deliver him alive.

Franz's conversation with the pastor, Franz's death

Are you interested in knowing how the summary will continue? "The Robbers" (Schiller) are described chapter by chapter only in general outline, however, we will now outline further main events.

Daniel, the old valet, says goodbye to the castle at night. He lived here all his life. Franz enters with a candle in his hand. He's worried. Franz saw the Last Judgment in a dream. For his sins he was sent to the underworld. Franz begs Daniel to call the pastor. He considered himself an atheist all his life, and even now he is arguing with the arriving priest at religious themes. However, this time he does not manage to laugh at the argument about the immortality of the soul with the same ease. Franz, having received confirmation from the priest that parricide and fratricide are the most serious sins, is frightened. He suddenly realizes that his soul cannot escape hell.

The robbers sent by Charles attack the castle. They set it on fire, but Franz cannot be captured. He strangles himself using a hat lace.

Death of Amalia

Schiller's drama "The Robbers" is already approaching its finale. The gang members, having carried out the order, return to the forest, where Karl is waiting for them, still not recognized by his father. Amalia comes with them. She rushes to Moor, hugs him and calls him groom. The Count learns who the leader of the bandits, murderers and thieves is. Having learned about this, he dies. However, Amalia forgives her lover. She's ready to start new life with him. But love is hampered by the fact that Moore swore an oath of allegiance to the robbers. Realizing that she cannot be happy without Karl, the girl asks for death. And Moore stabs her to death.

Karl surrenders to the authorities

"Robbers" has prepared a spectacular finale for us. Summary later life Carla next. He drank his cup to the bottom and realized that the world cannot be corrected by atrocities, and his life is over. And he surrenders to the hands of justice. Karl, on the way to his castle, talked with a poor man with a large family. Now he is going to him so that he will hand over the “famous robber” to the authorities and receive a thousand louis for his head.

This is where Schiller ends his drama. "Robbers", a brief summary of which we have described, is one of the most interesting works in his work.

Robbers. Schiller Friedrich

THE RIGGERS Drama (1781) The action takes place in Germany, contemporary to the author of the play. Events unfold over two years. The drama is preceded by an epigraph - the words of Hippocrates: “What medicine does not heal, iron heals; what iron does not heal, fire heals.”

At this time, in Leipzig, in the tavern where students of the University of Leipzig usually gather, Karl von Moor is waiting for an answer to his letter to his father, in which he sincerely repents of his dissolute life and promises to continue to do business.

A letter arrives from Franz - Karl is in despair. His friends are discussing in the tavern Spiegelberg's proposal to gather a gang of robbers, settle in the Bohemian forests and take money from rich travelers, and then put it into circulation.

This idea seems tempting to poor students, but they need an ataman, and although Spiegelberg himself was counting on this position, everyone unanimously chooses Karl von Moor. Hoping that “blood and death” will make him forget his former life, father, bride, Karl takes an oath of allegiance to his robbers, and they, in turn, swear allegiance to him.

Now that Franz von Moor has managed to expel his older brother from his father’s loving heart, he is trying to denigrate him in the eyes of his fiancée, Amalia. In particular, he tells her that the diamond ring she gave to Karl before separation as a pledge of fidelity, he gave to the libertine when he had nothing to pay for love pleasures. He draws in front of Amalia a portrait of a sick beggar in rags, from whose mouth he smells of “deadly sickness” - this is her beloved Karl now.

But it’s not so easy to convince a loving heart; Amalia refuses to believe Franz and drives him away.

A plan has matured in Franz von Moor's head that will finally help him realize his dream of becoming the sole owner of the inheritance of the Counts von Moor. To do this, he persuades the illegitimate son of one local nobleman, Herman, to change clothes and, coming to the old man Moor, report that he witnessed the death of Charles, who took part in the battle of Prague. The sick count's heart is unlikely to withstand this terrible news. For this, Franz promises Hermann to return to him Amalia von Edelreich, who was once taken from him by Karl von Moor.

This is how it all happens. Herman, in disguise, appears to old man Moor and Amalia. He talks about Karl, left without any means of subsistence, and therefore decided to take part in the Prussian-Austrian campaign. The war, they say, threw him into Bohemia, where he died heroically. Dying, he asked to give the sword to his father, and to return the portrait of Amalia to her along with the oath of allegiance. Count von Moor blames himself for the death of his eldest son, he leans back on his pillows and his heart seems to stop. Franz rejoices at the long-awaited death of his father.

Meanwhile, Karl von Moor is robbing the Bohemian forests. He is brave and often plays with death, as he has lost interest in life. He gives his share of the spoils to the orphans. He punishes the rich who rob ordinary people, following the principle: “My craft is retribution, revenge is my trade.”

And in the family castle of von Moor, Franz rules. He achieved his goal, but does not feel satisfied: Amalia still refuses to become his wife. Hermann, realizing that Franz had deceived him, reveals to the maid of honor von Edelreich " terrible secret"Karl Moor is alive and so is old von Moor.

Karl and his gang are surrounded by Bohemian dragoons, but they manage to escape from it at the cost of losing just one robber, while the Bohemian soldiers lost about three hundred people.

A Czech nobleman who has lost all his fortune, as well as his beloved, whose name is Amalia, asks to join von Moor’s detachment. Story young man stirred up old memories in Karl's soul, and he decides to lead his gang to Franconia with the words: “I must see her!” Under the name of Count von Brand from Mecklenburg, Karl enters his ancestral castle. He meets his Amalia and is convinced that she is faithful to the “deceased Karl.” In the gallery, among the portraits of his ancestors, he stops at the portrait of his father and furtively wipes away a tear.

No one recognizes the count's eldest son, only Franz guesses his elder brother is visiting, but does not tell anyone about his guesses. The younger von Moor forces his old butler Daniel to swear an oath that he will kill the visiting count. By the scar on his hand, the butler recognizes Count von Br'ande as Karl, he is unable to lie to his old servant who raised him, but now he must hurry to leave the castle forever. Before disappearing, he still decides to see Amalia and say goodbye to her.

Karl returns to his robbers, in the morning they will leave these places, but for now he wanders through the forest and in the darkness suddenly hears a voice and sees a tower. It was Herman who came stealthily to feed the prisoner locked here. Karl tears the locks off the tower and frees the old man, withered like a skeleton. This prisoner turns out to be the old man von Moor, who, unfortunately, did not die then from the news brought by Hermann, but when he came to his senses in a coffin, his son Franz, secretly from the people, imprisoned him in this tower, dooming him to cold, hunger and loneliness. Karl, having listened to the story of his father, is unable to endure any longer and, despite the family ties that connect him with Franz, orders his robbers to break into the castle, seize his brother and deliver him alive.

Night. The old valet Daniel says goodbye to the castle where he spent his whole life. Franz von Moor runs in in a dressing gown with a candle in his hand. He cannot calm down; he had a dream about the Last Judgment, in which he is sent to hell for his sins. He begs Daniel to send for the pastor. All his life Franz has been an atheist, but this time he is unable to laugh at the immortality of the soul with his usual ease.

Having received confirmation from the pastor that the most serious sins of a person are fratricide and parricide, Franz is frightened and realizes that his soul cannot escape hell.

The castle is attacked by robbers led by Schweitzer, sent by Karl, they set the castle on fire, but they fail to capture Franz. In fear, he strangled himself with his hat cord.

The gang members who carried out the order return to the forest near the castle, where Karl is waiting for them, never recognized by his own father. Amalia comes with them, rushes to the robber Moor, hugs him and calls him her fiancé. Then, in horror, old Moor recognizes his beloved eldest son Karl in the leader of these bandits, thieves and murderers - and dies. But Amalia is ready to forgive her lover and start life with him over again. But their love is hampered by the oath of allegiance given by Moor to his robbers. Realizing that happiness is impossible, Amalia prays for only one thing - death. Karl stabs her to death.

The robber Moor drank his cup to the bottom, he realized that morals cannot be corrected with the help of atrocities, that his life is over, he decides to surrender to the hands of justice. While on the way to Moor Castle, he talked with a poor man who had big family, now Karl goes to him so that he, having handed over the “famous robber” to the authorities, will receive a thousand louis for his head.

Moor, Karl and Franz are the sons of Count Maximilian von Moor. Consumed by envy of his brother, beloved by his father and the beautiful Amalia von Edelreich, F. “outlined” his father with a “magic circle of curses” that K. will not be able to cross: with the help of forged letters, F. brings his brother to the desperate decision to become an ataman of robbers and never again don't go back to native home. “We order our conscience to be sewn in a new style, so that we can stretch it wider when we get better!” - this is how F. justifies to himself the entire chain of terrible actions that begins simultaneously with the action of Schiller’s drama: the betrayal of his brother, the attempt to persuade the faithful Amalia to marry, the tyranny in the castle of Count von Moor after his imaginary death, when F. announces the death of his father , and he himself secretly hides it to certain death in a tower in the middle of the forest. Meanwhile, K., cursing not only his fate, but also the “frail age of castrati” that has fallen to his lot, capable only of chewing on the exploits of bygone times, vilifying heroes of antiquity in comments or mutilating them in tragedies, with his comrades, dissolute young people, tramples unrighteous laws, terrifying the whole country: a gang of robbers, for whom nothing is sacred, seems elusive to the residents. The justification for murders and fires becomes for K. the motto he himself suffered through: “The law makes someone who could fly like an eagle crawl like a snail! The law has not created a single great man, only freedom gives rise to giants and high impulses.” The brothers form a contrasting unity in “The Robbers”: K. is the embodiment of nobility, outbursts of passion, just revenge on a hypocritical age and society. F. is the personification of envy, tyrannical thoughts, intrigue, and cruel games. Nevertheless, there is a trait that brings the brothers together - contempt for others. The brothers are also united by their fight against God, although it is expressed differently in each of them. K., the romantic rebel, declares himself the last judgment over high-born villains. F., a vulgar atheist, is armed with the ideas of mechanical materialism of the 18th century.

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