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In The Golden Cockerel we saw an Alexander Pushkin self-consciously aware of his gifts as a poet, viewing himself as a golden cockerel who shall by his crowing warn the world of dangers to its liberty. Then, by the weaknesses of the flesh-namely, mad jealousy of his beautiful wife-he dies after a duel in the knowledge that he has been reduced to a vulgar gamecock. Both here and in Balzac was exemplified the man of genius, divine ambition and heroic ideals, in conflict with his own material nature, which brought him down - but only after resistance. (...more)See full AustLit entry
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