The meaning and origin of the popular expressions ugly duckling. Phraseologisms starting with the letter G
The main meaning of Andersen's fairy tale is that one must endure difficulties and adversity steadfastly and patiently. The unfortunate duckling (who was actually a swan) had to endure a number of cruel experiences early in his life. He was teased and bullied by rude relatives. His own mother duck turned away from him, afraid of public opinion. Then, when he escaped from the poultry yard and made friends with wild geese, these hunters, and the duckling himself, was saved only by a miracle. After this, the unfortunate duckling was picked up by an old woman and brought into her house. But its inhabitants - a cat and a chicken - laughed at the new tenant and unceremoniously taught him to be smart. The duckling had to leave the old woman's house; he spent the winter in the reeds near the lake, where the following spring he met beautiful swans. And the fairy tale ended with a happy outcome.
The moral of this tale is that life can present many difficult challenges, but we must not lose heart and not give up. After all, it was very difficult for the swan duckling, but he endured everything and eventually became happy.
In the same way, a person who does not bow to fate can ultimately triumph.
What started the duckling's troubles in the first place?
The moral of the story is that you shouldn’t be afraid to be different from others. The duckling looked different from the other ducklings. That is, he was not like everyone else. And so the ducks began to tease him and poison him. Why was he scolded and unceremoniously lectured by the cat and the chicken? Because he didn't behave the right way. That is, again he was not like everyone else! The duckling had a choice: either come to terms with the fact that you cannot be different from others in appearance, behavior, or habits, or behave in accordance with the principle: “Yes, I am different, but I have the right to it!” And he made this choice without fear of incurring misunderstanding, scolding, and even bullying.
A person should also defend the right to be himself, even if this means going against public opinion.
Some experts in Andersen's work believe that the author of the fairy tale portrayed himself in the image of the ugly duckling. After all, Andersen also had to endure a lot of ridicule, misunderstanding and unceremonious teachings from the people around him before he became a famous writer, and his appearance was very different from the appearance of the “average” Dane. Never give up, fight for your happiness, despite all obstacles.
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Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST. A. I. Fedorov. 2008.
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Ugly duck- 1. Unlock About a person who is unfairly judged below his merits, which are revealed unexpectedly to others. BMS 1998, 589; BTS, 191, 1405. 2. Jarg. they say Joking. Male genital organ. GESTH 1, 141. /i> Title of the fairy tale by H. H. Andersen (1805 1875) ... Large dictionary of Russian sayings
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Books
- The Ugly Duckling, Hans Christian Andersen. We bring to your attention one of the most famous and beloved fairy tales by children by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. In the burdock thickets near an old estate, a mother duck raised ducklings, but...
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The title of a fairy tale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). It says that one day among the hatched ducklings there was one ugly one - the “ugly duckling”, unlike his brothers. They laughed at him, bullied him, but the time came, the duckling grew up and turned out to be... a beautiful swan.
The fairy tale ends with a moral aphorism: “It doesn’t matter to be born in a duck’s nest if you hatched from a swan’s egg!”
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Meanings in other dictionaries
Ugly duck
1. Unlock About a person who is unfairly judged below his merits, which are revealed unexpectedly to others. BMS 1998, 589; BTS, 191, 1405. 2. Jarg. they say Joking. Male genital organ. ZHEST-1, 141. /i> The title of the fairy tale by G.-H. Andersen (1805-1875). ...
Ugly duck
Who. Razg. Joking. About a child, a teenager, whose virtues unexpectedly appear. The ugly duckling... The wisdom of this fairy tale is the wisdom of life itself, which turns an awkward teenage girl into a lovely girl (P. Nightingale. Two voices). - From the title of the fairy tale by H. H. Andersen “The Ugly Duckling.” Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST A. I. Fedorov 2008 ...
Ugly duck
THE UGLY DUCKLING (Danish: Den Grimme filing) is the hero of H. C. Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” (1843). The ordeal of the ugly “duckling,” who is actually a swan, is usually interpreted as a metaphor for the artist’s fate. Meanwhile, the innermost meaning of this philosophical fairy tale by Andersen, close to a parable, is in the eternal clash of two forces: good and evil. Transformation of a once ugly chick into a beautiful swan...
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Plot
Illustration from the 1893 Dutch edition of the tale
In the burdock thickets near an old estate, a mother duck raised her ducklings, but her last chick looked terrible and was not like the others. The inhabitants of the poultry yard immediately disliked the ugly duckling, which is why they constantly attacked the chick. The mother, who initially defended her son, soon also lost interest in him. Unable to withstand the humiliation, the duckling ran away from the yard to the swamp, where, despite its appearance, it was able to make friends with wild geese. But they were soon killed by hunters.
After this, the duckling ran away from the swamp and after a whole day of wandering, he noticed a hut where an old woman, a cat and a chicken lived. The old woman kept the chick with her, in the hope that it would lay eggs. The cat and chicken who lived in the house began to mock the duckling, and when he suddenly wanted to swim, he did not find understanding with them and went to live on the lake. One day on the lake the ugly duckling saw swans and fell in love with them as he had never loved anyone before. But he did not dare to approach them, fearing that he would be rejected just as before.
With the arrival of winter, the duckling froze in the ice, but soon a peasant passing by picked it up and took it home. The duckling did not stay in his new home for long: he got scared of the children who wanted to play with him, and ran away into the street. He spent the winter in the bushes near the lake. When spring came, the duckling learned to fly. One day, flying over the lake, he saw swans swimming in it. This time he decided to approach them, even if they decided to peck at him. But having landed on the water, the duckling accidentally looked at his reflection and saw there the same beautiful young swan. The other swans happily accepted him into their flock. Just recently, the ugly duckling could not even dream of such happiness...
Autobiography
It is often suggested that the fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” is a veiled autobiography of Hans Christian Andersen.
Contemporaries about Andersen's appearance:
He was tall, thin and extremely peculiar in his posture and movements. His arms and legs were disproportionately long and thin, his hands were wide and flat, and his feet were of such enormous size that he probably never had to worry about anyone replacing his galoshes. His nose was of the so-called Roman shape, but it was also disproportionately large and somehow protruded forward.
The very locations of the tale can also draw parallels with the life of the author:
- a wasteland overgrown with burdocks, where there was a duck’s nest - this is Odense, the writer’s hometown;
- a poultry yard where the ugly duckling was pecked and poisoned - the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen;
- the house where an old woman lived with a chicken and a cat - one family familiar to Andersen, in which, although they welcomed the young writer, they in every possible way instructed him and taught him how to live.
Cultural aspect
- In 1914, Sergei Prokofiev wrote the musical fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" for voice and piano.
- “The Ugly Duckling” - an opera-parable for soprano, three-voice children's choir and piano: free operatic transcription by Lev Konov (composed in 1996) to the music of Sergei Prokofiev.
- Walt Disney released two animated films based on The Ugly Duckling. The first of them was released in 1931 and was in black and white, the second cartoon was in color and was released in 1939.
- “The Ugly Duckling” is an animated film filmed in the USSR by director Vladimir Degtyarev in 1956 at the Soyuzmultfilm film studio.
- An amazing story, similar to a fairy tale - a film shot in the USSR in 1966 at the Mosnauchfilm studio. The film is based on the plot of The Ugly Duckling.
