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Beam of light in the dark realm

Ostrovsky A.N.

Phraseologism: A beam of light in a dark realm.

Meaning: A gratifying, bright phenomenon (a kind, pleasant person) in some difficult, depressing environment (jokingly ironic).

Origin: The title of an article (1860) by the publicist-democrat Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836-1861), dedicated to N. A. Ostrovsky's drama "Thunderstorm". The suicide of the heroine of this play - Katerina - was considered by Dobrolyubov as a kind of protest against the arbitrariness and ignorance of the "dark kingdom", that is, the world of ignorant tyrant merchants. The author of the article called this protest "a ray of light in a dark kingdom."

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If only you knew from what rubbish ...

Meaning:

On the complex, contradictory ways of the birth of a work of art.

Origin:

From the poem "I don't need odic rati ..." (1940) by Anna Andreevna Akhmatova (1889-1966): "If only you knew from what rubbish // Poems grow without shame. // Like a yellow dandelion near a fence , // Like burdocks and quinoa. // An angry shout, a fresh smell of tar, // Mysterious mold on the wall... // And the verse already sounds, fervent, gentle, // To the joy of everyone and me"

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