quills for His Excellency (Gogol 183). Aside from that‚ the man in the story mentioned that people during his time wore capes with long collars‚ but he wore capes with the short collars. As the days went by‚ the clerk realized how meaningless his job was. Aside from sharpening his employer’s quills‚ he was also tasked with copying the information of the different departments. His simple work made him realized how people treated him without kindness and courtesy (Gogol). People never listened to him
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"Namesake" is curious because as Gogol grows up and mature he was able to understand the teaching of his parents about life. In this novel‚ the relationship between parents and children is the main idea that determines the destiny of different stories. The Ashoke and Ashima relationship with their parents was attached to Indian culture. Parents are who decide the by choosing who they marry this was a decision it determined their fate and character as parents. When Gogol is a small child the relationship
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In the late 19th century Russia was in a industrial standstill and its zeitgeist completely skewed compared to the evolution of the rest of the western world. This was mainly due to Russia being so big as well as having a much larger population than the rest of europe and having no government to match the sheer size of the masses. During the end of the 19th century into the 20th‚ the population of Russia was the fastest growing western nation‚ other than the U.S.‚ with their population more than
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Robert. Elizabeth and Catherine: Empresses of All the Russias. London: Macdonald and Jane ’s‚ 1975. Print. Gogolʹ‚ Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich‚ Constance Garnett‚ and Clifford Odets. Dead Souls. New York: Modern Library‚ 1936. Print. Griboyedov‚ Aleksandr Sergeyevich. Aleksandr Griboedov ’s Woe from Wit: A Commentary and Translation. Lewiston‚ NY: Edwin Mellen‚ 2005. Print. Karamzin‚ Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich‚ and Henry M. Nebel. Selected Prose of N.M. Karamzin. Evanston: Northwestern UP‚ 1969. Print. Krymow‚
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After reading Gogol ’s 1831–2 volume of short stories Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka‚ Pushkin would support him critically and later in 1836 after starting his magazine‚ The Contemporary‚ would feature some of Gogol ’s most famous short stories. Later‚ Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova‚ whom he married in 1831‚ became regulars of court society. When the Tsar
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Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
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history and culture. The books and works that most exemplified Solzhenitsyn’s ideals of exploiting a corrupt government were “Babi Yar” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko‚ In Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez‚ and “The Inspector General” by Nicolay Gogol. All of these works have something in common: they all bring the readers attention to an unknown event or situation. Before “Babi Yar”‚ this execution of Jews in Kiev was never recognized. However‚ Yevtushenko revealed this tragedy and brought the
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Recently‚ I had the pleasure of seeing Nikolai Gogol’s 19th century comedic farce‚ The Government Inspector. The thrilling play I attended on Thursday November 5‚ 2015 was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher‚ directed by Matt Foyer‚ and produced by Jeanette D.Farr at the Glendale College Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. This funny contemporary production illuminated the absurdity and vanity of human behavior. The 90-minute comedic face‚ performed in the grand Proscenium theatre‚ had a clever and unexpected series
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Ana Lilia Aguirre Mr. Ochoa English IV January 13‚ 2015 Alexander Pushkin: Russia ’s Greatest Poet “It ’s a lucky man‚ a very lucky man‚ who is committed to what he believes‚ who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his emotions - like a tipsy traveler resting for the night at wayside inn.” (Pushkin XLIX). Alexander Pushkin is consider one of the best Russian authors of the Romantic era. Pushkin was committed to social reform becoming a spokesman of literary radicals
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migrated from territories of the republic of Jndia. The situation today is largely the "success story" of the Indian diasporas in the Silicon Valley and the other professionals mainly settled in the U.K.‚ North America and Europe. In the Namesake‚ Gogol ’s parents Ashoke and Ashima belong to this wave of immigration to the United States
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