You are too late, I can't save you.”

Giles 2022-11-02 14:20:51

Onegin left the city again, drifting around, just as he did six years ago. He is the "superfluous person" in this world, and he would rather live on the tip of his own iceberg and watch the world with a cold eye, rather than learn to have his own real life and love. He regards himself as arrogant but curses himself, he is too lazy to love, even too lazy to live. This morbid harmony made Russia of that period seem peaceful, but inside it was nothing.
Tatyana was unfortunate, she finally obeyed her fate, married a general, and lost her ideal of love; she was lucky again, and her inner temperance brought her a peaceful real life. Compared with Tatyana, Onegin's lazy heart doesn't know when he will be able to park in one place in the world and find the meaning of life.

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Onegin quotes

  • Tatyana Larina: Am I noble enough for you now?

  • Tatyana Larina: Oh God. It hurts.

    Evgeny Onegin: Why does it hurt?

    Tatyana Larina: Because you are too late. Yes, you are too late Evgeny.