Vladimir Petrovich:
A 16 year-old boy, who falls in love with Zinaida, a 21-year old girl from a downfall noble family. Since he is so young, he actually knows nothing about love and he could not control his feeling to this beautiful and attractive girl Zinaida. He will be happy when Zinaida gives him a smile; he will be despondent when Zinaida flirts with other suitor. The pure and native Vladimir has his whole feeling of love totally controlled by Zinaida, and that is one of the reasons I consider that he does not get the real love from Zinaida.
Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina:
She is another protagonist of the story, the object of Vladimir’s affections. She is capricious and inconsistent in her affections towards her suitors. However, she shows the most affection to Vladimir, but that is the affection of sister to brother rather than between lovers. At the end of the story, Zinaida finds out her true love, Vladimir’s father Pytor Petrovich. But this true love does not give the happiness and warmth she really wants, instead, it brings her with pain and crush her heart.
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