3 (i) : When Raina speaks about "our ideas" she is referring to the romantic notions (ideals) that she and her mother, Catherine Petkoff, the ideal person she should get married to - Sergius Saranoff - and how that person should behave in love and war. She specifies that 'patriotism" - love for one's country and "heroic ideals" - bravery, daring, chivalry - are some of those ideas.
Raina has those ideas about Sergius Saranoff - the man she is betrothed to be married to. She believes, probably on the suggestion of her mother, that any man who would consider to be married to her should match those ideas.
(ii) : Rains refers to the romantic ideas she and her mother had for any man who would be considered an eligible match for her in marriage - at this time these ideas refer specifically to Sergius Saranoff - the person she is betrothed to.
Raina has doubts about them because something within her tells her that such ideas are too perfect - like "dreams" - that in reality people fall short of those ideals and fail to meet those expectations. She tells her mother that she wondered whether their (her mother's and her) minds were so full of those romantic ideas because they were continually reading the works of the romantic poets Byron and Pushkin and because they were watching patriotic Bulgarian operas at Bucharest.
(iii) : Raina says that girls are "faithless little creatures" because like her, at this age they doubt whether the persons who seem so perfect, whom they have fallen in love with and to whom they wish to be married to, will really be the ideal persons they seem to be and wther they will be let down after they have committed themselves.
Yes, she is referring to herself and all other girls of marriageable age like her.
This reveals that while she seems to be a romantic and idealistic person, there is an inner voice which tells her that in true life people are fallible and do not live up to romantic ideals - thus she is a very practical person at heart.
(iv) : Sergius appears so noble to Raina when he poses for a portrait or is dressed in all his military regalia (uniform and decorations). Thus she "buckled on Sergius sword" - she got weak-knead and swooned when Sergius had dressed up formally as a military officer. He also seems so noble when he is holding her in his arms, in love.
Sergius appears so noble at such a time as the military uniform is meant to make the soldier look brilliant and heroic. In addition, when a girl is held lovingly by the man she loves, he also seems so noble.
(v) : Raina considers it treasonous (treachery - disloyalty - betrayal) for her to have doubted the heroic nature of Sergius, to doubt that he would not live up to ideals his outward appearance portrayed him.
After hearing how he led his country to victory and how he became the "Hero of the horu and the idol of the regiment" she felt ashamed that she had doubted him.
Raina has those ideas about Sergius Saranoff - the man she is betrothed to be married to. She believes, probably on the suggestion of her mother, that any man who would consider to be married to her should match those ideas.
(ii) : Rains refers to the romantic ideas she and her mother had for any man who would be considered an eligible match for her in marriage - at this time these ideas refer specifically to Sergius Saranoff - the person she is betrothed to.
Raina has doubts about them because something within her tells her that such ideas are too perfect - like "dreams" - that in reality people fall short of those ideals and fail to meet those expectations. She tells her mother that she wondered whether their (her mother's and her) minds were so full of those romantic ideas because they were continually reading the works of the romantic poets Byron and Pushkin and because they were watching patriotic Bulgarian operas at Bucharest.
(iii) : Raina says that girls are "faithless little creatures" because like her, at this age they doubt whether the persons who seem so perfect, whom they have fallen in love with and to whom they wish to be married to, will really be the ideal persons they seem to be and wther they will be let down after they have committed themselves.
Yes, she is referring to herself and all other girls of marriageable age like her.
This reveals that while she seems to be a romantic and idealistic person, there is an inner voice which tells her that in true life people are fallible and do not live up to romantic ideals - thus she is a very practical person at heart.
(iv) : Sergius appears so noble to Raina when he poses for a portrait or is dressed in all his military regalia (uniform and decorations). Thus she "buckled on Sergius sword" - she got weak-knead and swooned when Sergius had dressed up formally as a military officer. He also seems so noble when he is holding her in his arms, in love.
Sergius appears so noble at such a time as the military uniform is meant to make the soldier look brilliant and heroic. In addition, when a girl is held lovingly by the man she loves, he also seems so noble.
(v) : Raina considers it treasonous (treachery - disloyalty - betrayal) for her to have doubted the heroic nature of Sergius, to doubt that he would not live up to ideals his outward appearance portrayed him.
After hearing how he led his country to victory and how he became the "Hero of the horu and the idol of the regiment" she felt ashamed that she had doubted him.
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