Dream and Imagination in Oblomov مقاله

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While Goncharov's distrust of unleashed imaginations can easily be observed in the intense contrast between his half-asleep, half-awake hero [ Oblomov ] and the man of action in his story, namely Stolz, it is not very evident that his story does not perform a contrast or comparison between the visionary character and the realistic character, but rather, on the contrary, expresses a conflict regarding the nature and role of dreams and illusion in life. Oblomov, whether in sleep or wakefulness, is unable to resist the temptation to escape to a nostalgic past or take refuge in an imaginary future, and he returns only once to a dream of achievable positive action, which is when he sees that his poetic love for Olga must become a love mixed with a sense of duty and obligation, accompanied by the daily flow of work at home and on the estate, attending to mortgage matters, landlording, bills, and practical negotiations with guests... If Olga opens the door to daydreaming and fantasies in love and severs her connection with tangible and practical things, on the other hand, the poised, dignified, and sensible Andrei Stolz does not do so—not in the sense that he avoids all forms of daydreaming: Andrei did not restrain his emotions in a sanctimonious manner and even gave wings to his dreams and imaginations, merely attempting not to "lose the rhyme," although due to his German origin or perhaps for other reasons, when he turned to serious reality, he could not resist the consequences that had practical effects on life.