Seven I of soul. 7 roles of the team. 7 faces of the soul. 7 types of character (english edition)

SALTYCHIKHA

To understand how in one Villain’s role are combined tediousness, cruelty and hardness, it is possible to turn to the example of Saltychikha (Dariia Nikolaevna Saltykova), who has tormented at least 138 of her serfs.

Saltychikha was a young, rich, beautiful woman. Saltychikha in 26 years has become a widow and have got in full possession about six hundred peasants in the estates located in the Moscow, Vologda and Kostroma provinces.

Before the death of her husband, Saltychikha was not noticed a special tendency for cruelty and violence. But approximately in half a year after widowing, she has begun regular beating of servants. The main reason for punishment was dishonesty in washing floors or laundering. Saltychikha loved cleanliness and order. She did not tolerate sloppy work and dishonesty. (Recognize features of Villain-Pedant). Saltychikha tried to reduce the order with a strong hand, but her rigidity began to turn into cruelty. She began to break into anger and hatred. The feeling of rage goes along the feeling of hardness – they are connected with one Villain’s role.

Punishment began with the fact that she struck to the guilty peasant woman blows with the subject which has come to hand (most often it was a log). Then guilty was flogged, sometimes to death. Saltychikha could pour the victim with boiling water or sing her hair on her head. She also used hot tacks for curling the hair, which grabbed the victim by ears. She often dragged people by the hair and at the same time beat their head against the wall for a long time. Many killed by her, according to witnesses’ words, did not have hair on her head; Saltychikha tore the hair with her fingers, which evidences of her considerable physical strength. Victims were starved and tied naked in the cold. (Recognize rage and cruelty, peculiar to, whose character is dominated with Villain’s role).

After the exposure and trial, Saltychikha spent 33 years in prison, 11 of them in the crypt. She had not regretted. (Recognize firmness, perseverance and assurance in own righteousness, peculiar to people, whose character is dominated with Villain-Pedant’s role).

Saltychikha is a bright example of how the role turns into a dominant of character. Before the widowing, Saltychikha was not showing any special tendency for cruelty and violence. But after her husband’s death, she had to take his role. After that, the transformation of Villain’s role occupied by Saltychikha into the dominant of her character has begun.

Morality

No need to underestimate gloomy, grouchy bores. In addition to boring meticulousness in their souls, there is enough hardness and malignity. When the next message appears in the news, that a certain inconspicuous person burst into a cafe, restaurant or school and starts to kill everyone there, you can no doubt – this is Nuisance-Pedant broke away. Hatred, was long boiling in his soul, burst out.

So, it is possible to call the same role the Villain’s role, the Firm’s role, the role of Strong Spirit, the Pedant’s role, the role of Serious, the role of Gloomy, the role of the Bore.

Each person knows the feelings connected with this role. Another thing is that some people have many qualities of this role, but others – not enough. A person whose character lacks the qualities of the Villain’s role is a spineless spin. They say that he does not have an inner core. Such a person is called weak-willed, flabby, weakling, “manna porridge”. He lacks rigidity, firmness, confidence, perseverance. Such a person is not capable to contend for truth, defend his views and convictions, he is not able to protect his relatives and friends. A man who does not have the male feature of the character (i.e., the character which lacks the Villain-Pedant’s role), they say: “Not a man, but a rag …, weak-willed and spineless”. And anyway, when asked: “Does this person have a character” – then they mean whether the character has features of Villain-Pedant role? The word “character” usually means hardness.

§6. IDOL

GOOD-NATURED FAT MAN

It has long been noted that kindness, good nature (the quality of the soul) is associated with the fullness of the person (a feature of the body). It is not by accident that a cheerful and good-natured cheerful person is always portrayed as fat, but about a fattened, stout man they say: “grown fat”. Ship cook, chef are always portrayed as fat, cheerful, good-natured.

Good-natured people not only like plentifully and eat well. They still love to sing and perform. Some of them have a pipy, deep voice. Such people like to play with their own voice. The connection of the voices with completeness can be seen in the example of opera singers. Most of them are thick, well-fed. How not to remember about Lyudmila Zykina, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Monserat Kabalye. You can recall the tenor L. Pavarotti – fat man, who could spend hours telling journalists about his love for spaghetti.

Good nature – not the only feature of the character of people of this type. Idleness and self-love are peculiar to them. Idols really like to bathe in the rays of glory.

Three feeling connected with Idol’s role: joy, pride and complacency (good nature).

PRIDE

Experiencing the feeling of pride, dignity, superiority, a person strives to straighten his back, stand up to his full height, straight his shoulders, thrust his chest, raise his head and lift his nose.

Under the influence of self-respect a person begins to realize his personality, begins to understand his value, his importance, his greatness. He becomes arrogant and haughty, majestic and assumptive, proud as a peacock and self-involved, conceit and ambitious, aspirant and vain.

A sense of self-worth is also called the sense of “I”. This feeling generates self-love, selfishness, egocentrism, individualism, snobbery.

Such people are convinced that “the person – it sounds proud”.

People, whose character has the Idol’s role as dominating one, constantly stick out their “I”. They say all the time “I”. Whatever they say, they always start with the word “I” and speak only about themselves.

The sense of “I”, the feeling of pride and self-worth is called an ambition. When the person sticks out his “I”, they say that he “shows his ambitious”.

A sense of self-worth generates a great conceit in a person. Such people “…consider the others as zeros, but themselves as number one”. They, “as flags, bear their faces”, look down on the others, inflate cheeks, talk “through a lip”.

Such people are similar to the Cat and the Hen from the fairy tale of G.H. Andersen “The Ugly Duckling” who “considered themselves a half of the world, and moreover, the better half”.

When women are facing each other, raising their heads and straightening their back, demonstrate their dignity and arrogance, they are called geese.

The feeling of superiority generates permissiveness and unceremoniousness. Such a person is absolutely convinced that everything in this world is for him. He’s an impudent person. The interests and rights of others do not exist for them. He is the “hub of the universe”. He is the centre of the universe.

He holds his fingers “grandstanding”, so that “the hand does not get into his pocket”. They say about him: “He sits on his fingers”.

To express themselves, express their “I”, emphasize their individuality, their exclusiveness, they are wearing bright, lush, catchy clothes. The pretentiousness and tastelessness, vulgarity and kitsch are peculiar to such people. They love bright, “atomic” colours. It is to the point of recall here the crimson jackets of “new Russians”, “suits with the low tide”.

They like to accept solemn poses. “Spreading their feathers”, like a peacock, a cock, a pheasant, a turkey. They say about such: “The pompous turkey”.

 
And she is herself majestic,
Acts, like a peahen…
(Fairy tale about Sultan)
 

“Peahen” is a bird a peacock that goes stately and, flaunting with herself, stretches the feathers.

Such people like to flaunt, glamour, forsake, flaunt, “throw dust into the eyes”. They like to make broad gestures, “throw off the Lord’s shoulder”. They are generous spender – they pay without bargaining.

They adore luxury. It is for them there were invented vulgar-luxurious styles of Baroque, Rococo, etc.

They love any tinsel. They like, when everything shines, sparkles and shimmers. They constantly decorate themselves with rings, finger rings, chains, bracelets. They have everywhere “tsatsk”, “frills”.

Attitude, the tall talk was called priggishness. For the sake of a swagger, gangster criminals did themselves headdresses because of which came across. But there was the desire to swagger, and it was larger than a necessity to be careful. Now tattoos have become fashionable and tattoos are made by all who wish to show off. The feeling of “I” generates the desire to stand out. No matter how.

People whose character has dominating Idol’s role have nothing for themselves, for internal use. They have all for the show. Nothing more but this.

Bragging, ostentatious bravado is peculiar to them. They say lush, beautiful, colourful, but empty phrases. They speak with meaning in their voices, make meaningful pauses. All, what they say —this is “monopoly on the truth”, cause they consider themselves this highest, the last instance.

They want to be always in the centre of everyone’s attention. They want all around them to fuss, to “bend down” for them, pander to them.

They like to preside over everything and lead all. They always want to be at the top, in power. They like to preside, sit at the head of the presidiums, speak from the stands. They do not tolerate when something occurres without their permission. They like to allow or forbid. They strive to have a finger in every pie.

They are vain and ambitious. Adore flattery, magnificent titles, ranks and awards. The desire to become famous at any cost (“the show off is more expensive than money”) pushes them on “Herostratus’s feats”.

These people are chronically suffered from “star fever” and “megalomania”. They crave fame, ecstasy, laurels and worship. They want to get a clap, hear the storm of applause, shouts “Bravo!”, “Encore!” They dream to bathe in the beams of searchlights, to take a parade under the “copper pipes” of the orchestra. Dream under the thrill of the crowd to drive along the wide avenues in a luxury car.

Such people like to appear surrounded by a trail of admirers and worshipers. They go hiking with a crowd, with a trail and they turn the campaign into a series of halts and picnics with a drink and a snack. So kings went to war with the whole “court of His Majesty”, with mistresses, admirers, cooks, servants, sycophants, fools. Went in feathers and plumes, ribbons and bows, sparkling with gilt and precious stones.

When in collective or in society the Idol’s role is assigned to someone, they say that “cult of personality” of this person reigns, that he is in the exclusive situation, on an exclusive role. In the family – this can be a cult of one of the family members (husband, wife or child). In the state – it can be a cult of personality of the governor, in the firm – a cult of the boss.

Pride, dignity, superiority is an exalting feeling. It gives rise to arrogance, the desire to keep oneself above the others, to look down at everyone. All rhetorical twists connected with a prominence: “rise above the low”, “look down”, “walk all over”, to above it”, “let thing rip”, – all this indicates on superiority. Experiencing a sense of superiority the Idol “puts himself above” surrounding people.

Haughtiness and arrogance, self-conceit and superiority – these qualities are called “lordly manners”, “bossy manners”, cause these traits are peculiar to the nobility, the elite, upper classes, “the big time”. Elite, nobility call “great”, “high”, “high-born” people, and refer to them respectively: “Your Majesty”, “Your Highness”, “Your Excellency”, “Your High Ancestry”. In order to understand the character of the elite, it is enough to look at portraits of kings and nobles. Their faces are arrogant, each finger has the ring, luxurious clothes, everything sparkles with gold and precious stones.

The Idol’s role – is a role of the head, lord, boss, chief, governor, authority. Among chiefs can often be met people with such type of character.

The role of the idol is the role of a respected person, who has achieved success and prosperity, well-being and position in society. They say about such a person: “He is a big person now, a big chief, a big boss”. This is not about the high physical growth of a person, but about his “high” position.

They say about the office of a high-ranking chief “high office”. This is not about the height of the cabinet and not about the height of the ceiling in the office; this is about the high position of its owner.

The Idol’s role is a role of the person who has achieved everything that he wanted. He has already no place to strive for. He is proud of himself and his position. In fact, the Idol’s role is the role of the philistine. All philistines and inhabitants are obsessed with self-respect. They have all connected with the feeling of dignity. If reply – so answer the bell, if meet – so to meet worthy meet, to look – so to look worthy… The main demand of philistines – to provide them worthy life, worthy existence, worthy old age. So that they could carry their dignity, superiority. In order for them to look haughtily at all, from top downward.

They do not want to lose their self-respect even for a short time. They are afraid of “losing face” very much – i.e. to descend from the Idol’s role, to pass from the feeling of superiority over surrounding people to another state of mind.

Among children as well as adults, are met portentous, haughty fat people with an ambitious. They love to speak with adults “on equal terms”, with dignity, and look down at peers. They go for a walk in fashionable pants with catchy stickers on the back. They do not make a rumpus, do not play in the war, do not drive the ball with vehemence, do not climb buildings and cellars. Not worthy!

Women do not kiss up to men in their ambitions and vanity, in arrogance and conceit. Because all souls are identical. All souls consist of the same feelings. In Pushkin’s “Tale of the fisherman and a small fish” is described how to increase the requests for power, when told by the ambitious old woman who wished to become “the sea empress”, to dominate and rule over everyone and everything.

It is noticed long ago: as soon as the person becomes the chief as soon as he receives the Idol’s role – he begins to get fat promptly. Here is how Yaroslav Hashek wrote about this in his book “The Adventures of the brave Soldier Sveik” during the World War:

…the corporal, during the journey, gave the impression of a furious man. He tried to look so puffed up as if the next day he should receive at least the title of commander of the corps.

When they sat on the train on the Peremyshl-Hyrov line, Shveik, addressing the corporal, has told:

– Mr. corporal, I look at you and recall the corporal Bozbu, who was serving in Trento. When he was assigned to the corporal, he began to increase in volume from the first day. His cheeks began to swell, and belly puffed up that the next day even his state trousers were not buttoned… They sent him to the infirmary, and the regimental doctor said that this was the case with all corporals…

TO BE OR TO SEEM

It is impossible to confuse the Idol’s role with the Hero’s role. The hero needs storms, battles, shocks and risk. The hero – he is in passion, and ecstasy rushes to a storm, merges with it, bathes in it. The hero – he is keen on the action. For a Hero “the aim – nothing, moving – all!”.

An Idol is a respected person, an authority. The hero is not an authority. The Hero is an instigator

The Idol’s goal – to show oneself, to attract attention. Everything that the Idol does – it is grandstanding, peacockery and a flashiness. There is no fire, no ardour in an Idol’s soul. There is an arrogance and ambition, self-love and narcissism.

The idol is “the outworked steam” of the Hero. The idol is a triumphant winner, who proudly puts his leg on the chest of the defeated enemy and fades in a solemn pose: “See all who I am”.

If the Hero rushes into battle, rushes to the boarding, climbs on the wall of the stormed fortress, then the Idol will not go into battle. He will lead a battle in a proud-worthy attitude. He can snatch out a sword too, covered with precious stones and designate the aspiration forward. But he, most likely, will not reach the place of a fight and battle.

Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” has a character called Farlaph:

 
Another one – Farlaph, the haughty screamer,
Invincible in feasts,
But the warrior is much smaller than his swords.
 

The idol – is a “haughty screamer”, who is a very modest warrior when he takes a sword. He is not very timid or coward, but excessively appreciates himself. There is nothing in the Idol more valuable than his “I”. If he, the one and sole will die, so the one and sole world will die with him. However, the thirst of glory can also push the Idol to death: “Company in distress makes trouble less!”. But his death will be obligatory ostentatious. The Idol does not need disgraceful death.

The Hero needs a risk for the sake a risk and the Idol needs a risk for the sake a swagger, for the sake a show-off.

Manifesting yourself and presenting yourself of (own I) – are different things. The manifestation of self – is a heroic beginning (a feeling of inspiration, passion, excitement), which is realized in an emergency situation. In ordinary life, the Hero is bored. He does not know where to put himself, what to invest his energy in. The hero comes to life only in an extreme situation. Only in an extreme situation, the Hero’s eyes are light up.

The Idol’s principle is connected not with the manifestation of self but with the presentation of self, own I, own ego. Frills and arrogance, dignity and ostentation – these qualities of the Idol can be manifested only in ordinary life. In an emergency situation, there is no to frill, no arrogance. Therefore, philistine does not like extreme things. He wants that everything could be quiet and worthy.

It is needed always to remember that the character of a person is not reduced only to the dominant of the character – to their most preferred role. Every person knows all the roles and feelings. It often happens that the character of a person has an overabundance of the Hero’s and Idol’s roles simultaneously. In this case, the energy rushes from him, and his “I” sticks out.

JOY

Another feeling connected with the Idol’s role is a feeling of joy, laughter, and fun.

The Idol’s role is the role of the person who has achieved success. And laughter and joy are the same companions of success as a pride. Having achieved success, a person is proud not only of success, but also glad to success. He stands, proudly raising his head, straightening his back and straightening his shoulders. And he is smiling and laughing yet. He is shining from the joy.

The excitement and burning eyes of the creator – are heroic, and the sparkling smile of the winner – is a part of the Idol.

Joy and pride – are compatible feelings, because they are connected with the same of Idol’s role. Pride (superiority) often goes with laughter (joy). It happens that the person haughtily laughs, haughty grins or impudently (i.e. with a sense of superiority) grins. A smile can be arrogant, a smile of excellence.

Joy is called a bright feeling. “From the smile, it will be much brighter” – is sung in a famous song. They say about a joyful person that he has “clarified face”. When a person receives joyful news, they say that his face has brightened up.

The Idol’s role – is the social role of the nobility. All kinds of addressing to the nobility are indications of their Idol’s status in society. The representative of the nobility – he is majestic (hence “Your Majesty”), he keeps himself high, with excellence (hence “Your Highness”), he shines with joy (hence “Your Excellency”), he is radiant with joy (hence “Your Grace”).

Joy and success are celebrated. Therefore, the feeling of joy is called a holiday mood or an idle mood. People with an Idol character like idle mood and idle life. Therefore they are called “idle people”. Life for them is a “holiday, which is always with you”.

They adore any holidays, festivals, carnivals – any bright and noisy social events, on which “all people have fun and exult”. Especially they love such holidays, on which you can combine fun with good food, – weddings, anniversaries, feasts.

The Idol’s role is intended for holidays and celebrations. This is the role of the “wedding general”, this is the role of the toastmaster. It is a role of respected elder, the patriarch, the aksakal who is constantly invited to holidays and celebrations: on weddings, the births and a commemoration. So he goes, from house to house, from table to table. He sits everywhere with dignity at an honourable place, speaks beautiful speeches. Speaks a lot of, in a beautiful way. Speaks with self-respect and a broad smile.

The idleness is a constant state of mind of the highest ranks of society. They have constant “a life holiday” – balls, amusements, entertainments and funs. They shine with dresses and jewellery, boast of connections and acquaintances, boast of luxury and wealth. There “the big time” feast and rejoice, have funs and gourmet. It’s not for nothing that all this social circuit tends towards a good cuisine and delicious dishes – they are gourmets and devourers. They are judges of good dishes.

The idle life which is conducted by the elite is called “social life”. To take part in it – means to “see the light of day”. For idle pastime, restaurants and nightclubs have been invented, in which is constantly the club and restaurant bohemia – regulars of these clubs and restaurants. Bohemia there shows off and has fun – “lives fast”.

If you have to look for Heroes on the playground, then you should go on a holiday to admire the Idols, it’s better to see a secular-boss party. There, at the “vanity fair” – there are worthy people, straight backs, proudly raised heads. There are expensive suits and luxurious outfits; there are show-offs and flashiness, shining smiles and trivial jokes.

The theatre is considered a cultural institution. It is considered that going to the theatre is acquaintance with culture. Looking closer to the theatre, you can understand what is the meaning of the word “culture”. The main action in the theatre is not on the stage, but in the hall and in the foyer. People go to the theatre not to see the play, but to show themselves. A visit to the theatre for them is the debut. They put on the best clothes. Women put on jewellery and walk about halls of the foyer with self-respect. In other words, people go to the theatre to pacify, show off. They mean under the word “culture” and “cultural people” to be like an Idol. Such people are called “theatre-goers”, but more often “party-goers”. The main for them – not an action on the stage, but hangout – an opportunity to hook up with the same empty party-goers. The theatrical and artistic party tends to bohemian life – idle lazy inaction and empty chatter.

There is a separate talk about artists. They become artists to carry themselves into the world from the stage to “give people themselves”. If the girl says that she dreams to become an actress, it is possible not to doubt that in her life an impression of grandstanding, peacockery and a fleshiness comes from. They say about actors in life: “empties with grandstanding”.

The idol is a person-holiday; this is the permanent animator inventor. Bright, noisy, sparkling with his smile, releasing “flat” jokes, he bears all his I, bears the feast of his soul, regardless of whether this holiday is needed or not. But not everyone and not always needs a holiday. Therefore, when a person “blooms” and begins, like a fountain, to burst out of joy, laughter, merriment, they say: “If you have a fountain, shut it up” (Kozma Prutkov). Sometimes they say: “Wither!”

The feeling of joy is called a dizziness of success, a hung-go mood. A person becomes boastful and talkative from the joy. It is not for nothing they boast their success on holidays and celebrations. The Joyful Idol likes to lie about his exploits, like Khlestakov or Baron Munchausen. He likes to boast of victories over women, they say, “I changed women like gloves”. He likes to tell trivial, “greasy”, scabrous jokes. He likes to scoff. In Griboedov’s “Woe from Wit” there is such character – General Skalozub.

To induce the philistians to pay attention to something, to induce to acquire though some representations, he needs to be cheered up, amused with a joke. Even very serious works need to be diluted with jokes. The inhabitant must fictitize the text, to turn it into pulp fiction.

The idol – he is a glib talker, loudmouth and gas-bag. However, the Idol’s eloquence is often connected with an empty stomach (dogs tell lies when they not feed). A full idol – he is lazy, complacent, pacified and indifferent to everything.