TAMARA U DEMONSKOJ KONCEPCIJI SVIJETA ‒ SIMBOL ŽRTVE I ZAVJEŠTANE DJEVOJKE
TAMARA IN THE DEMONIC CONCEPT OF THE WORLD - THE SYMBOL OF A VICTIM AND A LEGATED GIRL

Summary/Abstract: The "spirit of rebellion" is tightly tied to the space of Hades and is opposed to the divine principle of order and harmony, which points to the revolution as a system of order and rules, as well as to the understanding that any deafness to the rules is accompanied by the penalty of ex-communication. Thus, the "spirit of rebellion" is at the same time the "spirit of exile", thus deeply related to the demonic conception of the world, characterized by a critical way of thinking and doubt in dogma. Doubt and disobedience in ideology as a system of strict rules entails punishments executed in the name of the "common", and, in fact, the individual well-being. Lalic's heroine is similar to the one of Lermontov legated (to the revolutionary ideals), but because of her exceptionality, as well as the real faith in the idea of justice and infallibility, she, in advance, becomes the victim to the superior members of the Committee, who, as representatives of revolutionary ideas, decided to punish her separation from the masses. This means that the revolutionary model of the world was built on the principles of injustice and inequality, which resulted in evil as the only category that decided who should be punished for treason and who should be rewarded for contribution. In such an inverted image of the revolution, Tamara was doomed in advance.

• Details
• Contents