The article presents the psychological and psychoanalytic study of the domain of psyche of the main character of the novelet "Pavlo Chornokryl" by Marko Vovchok according to the own method of psychoanalytic interpretation of the character. Preconditions for formation, reasons and motives of behavior and experiences of the character are determined; peculiarities of malefactor's personality organization in the literary work: description of passionate nature, with special needs conditioned by the social status of the orphan, peculiarities of thinking, immaturity of self-image components, psycho-emotional state instability, etc. are figured out.