Summary of Gogol "The Nose" - the story of the great mystifier

The work "Nose" Gogol wrote unusually. The story, unfortunately, still remains misunderstood by the majority of fans of his work. Even experts mistakenly defined the genre as an absurdist story. In reality, it is a story-epigram, a story-cipher. In any case, it was not created for the school curriculum.

As the encryption table, the author used the super-popular (repeatedly mentioned by Pushkin) "Dream Book" by Martyn Zadeki. Without the substitution of fact made by it, the story would never have been published. After all, Nikolai Vasilyevich rather acutely ridiculed the vulgarity of a particular secular personality, a high official known in Petersburg. The scoundrel allowed himself to do obscene things and at the same time harbored hopes for a brilliant marriage. The anecdotal disorder of these plans is evidenced by the short summary of Gogol's "The Nose" presented by us. Indeed, many things from Fate, one must remain a Man.

The text hidden by Gogol was transparent to thinking contemporaries so much that his friends, the publishers Shevyrev and Pogodin, easily opened it and even returned the manuscript back, considering it "dirty linen." However, Pushkin liked the "fantastic", "original" "joke", he was delighted and personally published the work himself.

Let's start with presenting the deciphered short content to readers. Gogol Nos initially "attached" to the protagonist - Platon Kovalev, a provincial, unembarrassed intelligence, with a career grasp. He arrived in St. Petersburg after serving in the Caucasus. The reputation of the defender of the Fatherland compensates for education, knowledge, experience. All this we are learning from the words of the author. Well, even more we learn using the above-mentioned dream book. Kovalev has high patrons, this characterizes the starched collar (prestige, as well as social security), he receives a fair salary - whiskers (profit). Service goes on as usual, the official "lives to the fullest", in his understanding, does not limit himself even with moral conventions. But suddenly, the unexpectedly brief content of Gogol's "Nose" finds the greatest intrigue when, after waking up in the morning, our hero peers for a long time in the mirror (the opinion of others around him) and discovers the absence of a nose (for divorce, loss). Those. The dream book testifies that the desired marriage, as a variant of prudent enrichment, is upset.

Let's return to the formal text. The culprit of the disappearance of the nose - a very specific personality - the hairdresser Ivan Yakovlevich. This character, on the one hand, carries out certain actions, and on the other - with the help of hints Gogol helps to understand what kind of obscene things the official does. He is a drunkard (accusations, shame). A dream interpreter interprets the process of haircut as betrayal, shame, dishonor. Gogol repeatedly mentions his "smelly hands". Indeed, deception and blackmail - the trade of "barber". But once this low man just got a profit. He in bread (income) found the nose of the protagonist (good name and reputation). The barber decides to blackmail the official.

Is the "defender of the Fatherland" fighting in the Caucasus so perfect? "It is important to remember the essential content of Gogol's" Nose "- the abundance on the hands of Kovalev's rings (connections and relations). Precious signs, by the names of the days of the week, denote his one-time meetings with "bad girls". In support of the above, the police officer drops the phrase that the decent people have a nose in place, referring the protagonist to people "dragging along obscene places." In addition, from the letter of Mrs. Podtochina's mother, we are aware of Kovalev's dishonorable act in relation to one young girl. Here's to you and the hero of the Caucasian war, dreaming to marry is profitable!

Gogol's brief "Nose" gets a dynamic development when the Barber tries to throw the found nose into the river (the river - speech, talk), but the policeman detains him. Obviously, the blackmailer was detained while spreading rumors. Unpleasant adventures are made public. (The crowd, squares, wide streets mean scandals, proceedings, negative public opinion). An allegory is significant when in the temple Nos (good name and reputation), who became an independent person, humbly prays. At the same time, the view of the official Kovalev in the church focuses on young women. This division testifies that the Good Name has been completely lost by the official.

But still fate is favorable to him. The police chief returns his nose to him, the barber is recognized as a villain and caught. In the plot appears Ivan with a candle (candle - to unexpected luck). A bright light flows through the closed doors (to the fart, overcoming the resistance of other people). Why is Platon Kovalyov so lucky? Is it because the story, fortunately for him, is happening on March 25, the day of the Annunciation?