(219 words) In Karamzin’s novel “Poor Lisa”, an important role is played by a description of the states of nature. The world around us echoes the feelings of the main character. By the time of the year and the weather, you can understand what emotions overcome the girl and the author himself, and even predict where the plot will turn.
The writer from the first pages distinguishes between city and countryside. He does not like the hustle and bustle of crowded houses, where there is no place for the beauties of Russian land. But with love and adoration, he describes the valleys near the Moscow River. A hardworking and kind-hearted girl Lisa lives there, who is in harmony with the outside world. According to the author, only in such a beautiful and unpretentious atmosphere can a beautiful and spontaneous nature be born. Describing the dawn in the wilderness, he hints that the heroine is one of those flowers that open towards the sun. So Lisa gives all herself to the light of the first and only love.
When the relationship between the characters was still blameless and honest, nature itself was just as chaste and sweet. The author calls the pond “clean,” the sun “bright,” and the morning “beautiful.” But after the fall and separation, Lisa sees thunder and lightning. The sunrise is no longer beautiful, but painted in the color of blood. Even the oak tree, under which her grave is located, is no longer a century-old and hard giant, but a “gloomy” tree. Thus, the shades of nature change along with the emotions that readers experience from the passage read. The landscape in the story “Poor Lisa” reflects human feelings and sets the audience in the right way.