Иуда Искариот

Iuda iz Kariota – simvol predatelʹstva, velikiĭ greshnik, obrekshiĭ Iisusa Khrista na smertʹ. Pri ėtom Iuda, pozhaluĭ, samyĭ zagadochnyĭ evangelʹskiĭ personazh – tem on i pritiagatelen dlia Leonida Andreeva s ego interesom k protivorechiiam v chelovecheskoĭ dushe.Povestʹ 'Iuda Iskariot', po slovam samogo avtora, – 'fantaziia na temu o predatelʹstve, dobre i zle'. Andreev pytaetsia poniatʹ, chto rukovodilo postupkami Iudy i pochemu on ubivaet sebia. Pisatelʹ napolniaet evangelʹskiĭ siuzhet predatelʹstva psikhologicheskim soderzhaniem, razmyshliaia o liubvi i nenavisti, stradanii i zhertvennosti, sluchaĭnom i neizbezhnom.V sbornik takzhe voshli roman 'Dnevnik Satany', povesti 'Zhiznʹ Vasiliia Fiveĭskogo', 'Rasskaz o semi poveshennykh' i drugie proizvedeniia raznykh periodov tvorchestva Andreeva.

Judas of Cariote is a symbol of betrayal, a great sinner who condemned Jesus Christ to death. At the same time, Judas is perhaps the most mysterious evangelical character, which is why he is attractive to Leonid Andreev with his interest in contradictions in the human soul.The novel Judas Iscariot, according to the author himself, is "a fantasy on the theme of betrayal, good and evil." Andreev is trying to understand what guided Judas' actions and why he kills himself. The writer fills the evangelical plot of betrayal with psychological content, reflecting on love and hate, suffering and sacrifice, accidental and inevitable.The collection also includes the novel "The Diary of Satan", the novella "The Life of Vasily Fiveysky", "The Story of the Seven Hanged Men" and other works from different periods of Andreev's work.