U radu se proučava odnos između boli i Boga u lirici M. Ju. Lermontova kroz prizmu zemaljskog i nebeskog principa koji se manifestiraju preko lirskoga subjekta. Zaključuje se da je zemaljski princip povezan s njegovim strastvenim karakterom, dok je nebeski princip povezan s njegovom vjerom u Boga te osjećajem za ljepotu i za božansko. Ljubav i inspiracija mogu pripadati obama principima jer one objedinjuju strasti i osjećaj za ljepotu. Kulminacija je zemaljskoga principa demonski princip, zao, hladan ponos. Zemaljski princip uzrokuje patnju jer lirski subjekt kroz strasti ne postiže blaženstvo, što dovodi do umora od života i želje za smrću. Stoga se u nekim pjesmama strasti kao takve i odbacuju. Osim što je zemaljski princip u tenziji s vlastitim posljedicama, u tenziji je i s nebeskim principom. S time se u radu povezuje i tematski fokus, kada je riječ o monasima, na nesklad između ljudske prirode i visokih monaških ciljeva. Analiziraju se i pjesme u kojima Bog određuje ljudsku sudbinu te se zaključuje da se on krivi za loše događaje, no da se često smatra i odgovornim za dobre, što se može smatrati manifestacijom ravnoteže između zemaljskoga i nebeskoga principa.

The thesis investigates the relationship between hurt and God in the lyric poetry of Mikhail Lermontov through the prism of the earthly and the divine principles, which manifest themselves through the lyrical subject. It is concluded that the earthly principle is connected with his passionate character, while the divine principle relates to his faith in God and his sense of beauty and of the godly. Love and inspiration can belong to either principle as they reflect both passions and the sense of beauty. The culmination of the earthly principle is the demonic principle, an evil, cold pride. The earthly principle causes suffering as the lyrical subject is unable to achieve bliss by way of passions, which leads to exhaustion from life and a desire for death. This is why, in some poems, passions as such are dismissed. Other than being in tension with its own consequences, the earthly principle is in tension with the divine principle. We also relate this to the fact that, when monks come up in poems, the thematic focus is on the discord between human nature and the lofty goals of monasticism. Poems in which God is the determiner of human fate are also analysed, and we conclude that while God is blamed for negative events, he is also often considered to be responsible for positive events, which may be considered a manifestation of a balance between the earthly and the divine principles.