In national and foreign works there are many examples of positive literary heroes who, thanks to the purity of their souls and benevolent intentions, are the pearl of the narrative. I would like to tell about one such literary hero in my essay. This is the hero of the works of Jules Verne "The Mysterious Island" and "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea" Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo has experienced many hardships of life, and therefore has become a very multifaceted and ambiguous character. Nemo is a talented scientist, engineer and ocean explorer, as well as versed in art. He is an artist, a connoisseur of music, who created the Nautilus — a fantastic underwater ship. His Nautilus contains real masterpieces of literature, poetry, authentic paintings and sculptures of great masters. Nemo speaks many languages of the world: he knows at least French, English, German and Latin perfectly. Nemo is a mystery man. The hero's name is also symbolic - meaning "Nobody" in Latin. His past is shrouded in mystery, his conflict with society, which led to the final escape from the world, is the cause of spiritual loneliness and the bond with the mighty nature — all this gives the appearance of the captain the features of a romantic hero. Pride, determination, iron will, detachment — and mercy, the ability to express feelings violently, a lively interest in everything get along in him. Despite the plot completeness of the novels of Jules Verne, the complex personality and fate of Captain Nemo can’t be described to the end, so his image is often used by many interpreters to this day. Although sometimes Nemo appears in the works of Jules Verne as a tough, harsh and even cruel character, life, people and his difficult fate have made him such. Only in the last chapters of the novel "The Mysterious Island" does the author shed light on the mystery of Nemo, who turns out to be the omnipresent patron of the island on which the events described unfold. Nemo saved the lives of the inhabitants of the island, who, not knowing to whom they owed their lives, relied on him as providence. Nemo is an outstanding personality, thirsting for justice, despite the persecution and human malice in the world around him, he boldly led an uprising against the British in his homeland and after many years, he finds in himself the moral forces that move him to mercy and compassion.

We can definitely say that Captain Nemo is one of the most multifaceted and interesting literary characters. For me, as for many other readers and for Jules Verne himself, Nemo is the embodiment of a true hero, noble, courageous, resolute and just.

Музычина Ева,

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