«Orpheus n't to descend after Eurydice»: the dichotomy of life and death in the interpretation of the antique myth by M. Tsvetaeva

The article is devoted to examine the compound understanding of the poet's destiny and his mission on the material of Tsvetaeva's poetry that mentioned the antique characters Orpheus and Eurydice. M. Tsveteva involves these two legendary characters to find the sense that lies beyond the real world, and appears that to have discovered it one has to sacrifice another's life.

myth and literature, myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, orphism (religion), the Russian literature of so called silver period, M. Voloshin, M. Tsvetaeva, poet and poetry, the interpretation of life and death