At this point in time, Russia was under the rule of Nicholas I- a czar who censored subversive ideas. ... This is Gogol's only work of a continued narrative told in the first person, and is a prime example of Gogol's dualistic narrative-the reader is at once torn between laughing at Poprischin' and crying for the pain he is meant to endure: "What have I done to them? ... As aforementioned, Gogol writes in a first person narrative and this helps to draw the reader into believing the realism of the story. The story is written in the form of diary entries, which are highly pers...

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We read fiction not to gain new information so much as to experience the ideas and feelings a story inspires within us. ... Fiction evokes ideas and feelings indirectly by triggering emotional responses and mental pictures. ... The meaning of fictional works is personal. ... Characters are the invented, imaginary persons in a dramatic or narrative work, which are given human qualities and behavior. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When the audience is able to draw it's own story around an author's narrative, the experience is more satisfying than when every detail is presented through the cinematic medium - an active audience is happier than a passive one. ... The novel installs all these ideas, but it also allows the reader to use their creativity. ... Portrayed in both the novel and movie is Mary Anne's change in personal hygiene. ...

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• Grade Level: High School