The Twelve (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aleksandr Blok
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Ballad
- Time of Work: 1917
- Setting: Petrograd, Russia
- Genres: Poetry, Ballad
- Subjects: Blizzards, Prisoners, Authors or writers, Leadership, Revolutions, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1910’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Patriotism, Jesus Christ, Russia or Russian people, Russian Revolution, Snow, Night
- Locales: Petrograd, Russia
Characters Discussed
The Poem
Vanka, one of the revolutionaries marching through the streets of Petrograd. At the time the marchers are depicted in the poem, he is seen only in the distance, prancing with Katka, the girlfriend of another revolutionary, Petrukha. By eloping with Katka, he betrays not only his friend but also the revolutionary cause. His former comrades accuse him of defecting to the enemy and becoming a bourgeois, a soldier in the enemy camp, and an enemy to the Red revolutionaries. He clearly possesses, in his speech, qualities of a seducer that others...
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Aleksandr Blok (Drama)Aleksandr Blok (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Aleksandr Blok (Poetry)Aleksandr Blok (Dictionary of World Biography)
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