The Characters of Hermann, Akaky Akakyevich, and the Underground Man and Their Conflict with the World Around Them
The Characters of Hermann, Akaky Akakyevich, and the Underground Man and their conflict with the world around them
In the present paper I plan to analyze the characters of Hermann from Alexander Pushkin's "Queen of Spades", Akaky Akakyevich from Nocolai Gogol's "The Overcoat", and the Underground Man from Dostoevsky's "Notes From the Underground". The characters will be looked at from the perspective of a conflict each of them has with their surrounding reality. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is considered to be the greatest Russian poet of all time and very much respected literary figure in the rest of the world. The period of Russian literature which Pushkin was an essential part of is referred to as The Golden Age. His fascinating life and tragic death at the age of thirty-seven is a subject of many books written by literary historians. The magnitude of Pushkin's poetic work is quite impressive, considering his early death, however; he is also known for his prose fiction that was written from 1827 and 1836 (Jahn). Some of his most notable historic novels include "The Negro Of Peter the Great" and "The Captain's Daughter". In terms of short stories, "Tales of Belkin", which was a collection of five stories, and "The Queen of Spade" really stand out among of Pushkin's fiction stories. "The Queen of Spades" was published in 1834 , and in our time, it is considered to be Pushkin's most successful prose work. Hermann, the main character of the story, is stereotypical example of a German in Russian literature. He is very pragmatic, especially when it comes to money. This is evident from the first page that describes a late night card game at Narumov's house, who is Herman's friend. The main character is very interested in the card game and night after night he joins his friends and watches them gamble, though he does not bet any of his own money. As one of the gusts at the table notes: "And what about Hermann? He's never in his life had a card in his hand,
In the present paper I plan to analyze the characters of Hermann from Alexander Pushkin's "Queen of Spades", Akaky Akakyevich from Nocolai Gogol's "The Overcoat", and the Underground Man from Dostoevsky's "Notes From the Underground". The characters will be looked at from the perspective of a conflict each of them has with their surrounding reality. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is considered to be the greatest Russian poet of all time and very much respected literary figure in the rest of the world. The period of Russian literature which Pushkin was an essential part of is referred to as The Golden Age. His fascinating life and tragic death at the age of thirty-seven is a subject of many books written by literary historians. The magnitude of Pushkin's poetic work is quite impressive, considering his early death, however; he is also known for his prose fiction that was written from 1827 and 1836 (Jahn). Some of his most notable historic novels include "The Negro Of Peter the Great" and "The Captain's Daughter". In terms of short stories, "Tales of Belkin", which was a collection of five stories, and "The Queen of Spade" really stand out among of Pushkin's fiction stories. "The Queen of Spades" was published in 1834 , and in our time, it is considered to be Pushkin's most successful prose work. Hermann, the main character of the story, is stereotypical example of a German in Russian literature. He is very pragmatic, especially when it comes to money. This is evident from the first page that describes a late night card game at Narumov's house, who is Herman's friend. The main character is very interested in the card game and night after night he joins his friends and watches them gamble, though he does not bet any of his own money. As one of the gusts at the table notes: "And what about Hermann? He's never in his life had a card in his hand,