The Symbolic Significance of Gorky's Haiyan

"Haiyan" symbolizes the heroic and fearless proletarian revolutionary pioneer; "Storm" symbolizes1the explosive revolutionary situation on the eve of the Russian revolution in 905, a proletarian revolution brewing to overthrow the czar's dictatorship; "Sea" symbolizes the strength of the broad masses of the people.

Image group, a flock of seagulls, sea ducks and penguins, symbolizes all kinds of fake revolutionaries and non-revolutionaries who are afraid that the revolution will destroy their comfort zones. Write about the horror and ugliness of seagulls moaning, flying, fear, hiding, sea ducks moaning, panic, penguins timidity and hiding.

It is precisely to stand in sharp contrast with Haiyan's "arrogant flying" and "joyful shouting" to highlight Haiyan's heroic, strong, optimistic and confident image. The author mercilessly attacked them. Image group, a group of "dark clouds", "lightning", "thunder" and "gale", symbolizes the dark forces of counter-revolution, and their rampancy is written to point out the sinister environment in which Haiyan lives.

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The influence of the work

Haiyan used symbolic means to call on the people to carry out revolutionary struggle and meet the coming revolutionary storm. Once this work was published, it had a great response on Russian soil. It was widely spread by revolutionaries in the form of offset printing and manuscripts, and became the most popular, propaganda and appealing "leaflet" for a time.

This poem has had an impact on the revolutionary struggle of workers and the development of the peasant movement, and the student anti-government movement has become more intense. Lenin wrote in the article 190 12 "The Demonstrations Began": "Now we see that for various reasons, demonstrations have sprung up in subways, Moscow and Harkov.

People's anger is growing everywhere, and it is increasingly necessary to merge this anger into a torrent, which will impact the tyrannical system that is rampant and rampant everywhere. ..... When people's resentment and open struggle start everywhere on the developing Mars, the first and most important thing is to supply a lot of fresh air and let these sparks burn into a raging fire! "

It is also deeply appreciated by Lenin and Stalin, and is known as the "revolutionary poem of fighting". In Russia at that time, Haiyan was "the horn that inspired the people's revolution".

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