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What do Khlestakov and the mayor have in common in N.V.’s comedy? Gogol "The Inspector General"
In the comedy “The Inspector General” N.V. Gogol presented a whole gallery of officials - swindlers, thieves in uniform, but Khlestakov and the mayor deserve special attention, written very vividly and convincingly.
What does Khlestakov and the mayor have in common - these seemingly completely different people - different in age, social status and mental development? What do the tall, well-fed, important Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky and the small, frail Khlestakov have in common? From the “very intelligent in his own way” mayor and the “stupid” Khlestakov?What they have in common is that both of them, and this is the main thing, are representatives of the bureaucratic world, endowed with all the negative qualities characteristic of this world. They are vain and ambitious, selfish and unscrupulous, notorious liars, swindlers and bribe-takers, unwilling to work conscientiously, accustomed to living by deception. Both lackeys by nature,
They know how to adapt to the situation and please if necessary. So, Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky , and Khlestakov -unscrupulous people
scammers, bribe takers.
The mayor in the city entrusted to him behaves like a district king. He not only shamelessly robs merchants and townspeople, but also calmly pockets the money allocated by the state for the construction of the church. He is a swindler, a deceiver, “who has deceived three governors in his time.” By embezzling government money, he cares not about performing his service, but about concealing his crimes.
We learn that the mayor takes bribes from city residents and his subordinates at the very beginning of the comedy from a letter from his godfather: “... you, like everyone else, have sins, because you are a smart person and don’t like to miss what floats into your hands..."Khlestakov, as soon as he felt the favorable attention of officials towards him, also behaved like a king. Just like the mayor, he began to shamelessly take money, allegedly borrowing money, becoming more and more impudent, asked for a large sum of money, knowing that he would not return it.
He takes money from the mayor, and even after promising to marry his daughter.
Another common trait is arrogance.With both of them he is often rude and unfair: “Shh! such club-footed bears - their boots are knocking! It just falls down, as if someone were throwing forty pounds off a cart! Where the hell is taking you? Feeling his power and impunity, he engages in arbitrariness and spares no one.
And Khlestakov disdainfully treats people of the lower class.He talks rudely to the tavern servant: “Well, master, master... I don’t care about your master! What is there?",with the townspeople who came to complain about the mayor, unceremoniously sending them out: “Who else is there?.. Tired of it, damn it! Don’t let me in, Osip!” In the role of director of the department, he despises the petty official for writing - “a kind of rat.”
With higher officials, both of them are very polite and attentive. Khlestakov is polite to the mayor: “On the contrary, if you please, it’s my pleasure. I feel much more comfortable in a private house..."
And the mayor, mistaking Khlestakov for the expected auditor,very polite to him, obsequious. He tries to predict his slightest desire, just so that he is satisfied. So, when the opportunity arises, skillfully“screws” him four hundred rubles instead of two hundred.
Both are deceitful.
We see the most colorful manifestation of lies in Khlestakov in the scene of justification before the mayor, when he tries to shift all the blame onto the innkeeper and the owner of the establishment, accusing them of various crimes: “He is more to blame: they serve me beef as hard as a log... He starved me all day long..."
And the mayor is not inferior to Khlestakov, telling how he cares about the affairs in the city: “When everything is in order in the city, the streets are swept, the prisoners are well maintained, there are few drunkards... what more do I need? ... and I don’t want any honors.”
Both are vain and ambitious.Therefore, they have secret dreams associated with a high position in society, their own greatness and power.
Khlestakov dreams of being a “high-flying bird,” a very significant person who deserves universal respect, veneration and reverence.: “They even write to me on the packages: “Your Excellency”... And it’s curious to look at me in the hallway when I haven’t woken up yet: counts and princes are milling around and buzzing there like bumblebees...”
We learn about the mayor's dreams when Khlestakov asks for his daughter's hand in marriage. He immediately begins to make plans about how he will live in St. Petersburg, how over time, having such a son-in-law, he will be able to “get into” the generals, hin order to have all the privileges of a general, to enjoy respect and glory: “Why do you want to be a general? Because if you go somewhere, couriers and adjutants will gallop ahead everywhere: “Horses!” And there, at the stations, they won’t give it to anyone, everyone is waiting: all these titular officers, captains, mayors, but you don’t even give a damn...”
Everything that Khlestakov tells about high St. Petersburg society, all the pictures of a brilliant life that he unfolds, correspond to the most cherished dreams and aspirations of the mayor, since their ideas about a luxurious life coincide.
And they dream because they are not satisfied with their own role in life, because in society the position is cultivated that it is not a person who paints a place, but a person’s place. “You’re having lunch somewhere with the governor, and then: stop, mayor! Heh, heh, heh, that’s what, the channel is tempting!” we hear from the mayor.
And, of course, they are united by fear ofpunishment for dishonest acts. Both of them are bold in happiness and cowards in trouble.
Let's remember how the heroes behave when they first meet: they tremble with fear of each other. What causes Khlestakov’s fear? As you know, on the way home he lost completely at cards and by the time he met the mayor, he had been living in a hotel on credit for the second week. Naturally, he was afraid of the arrival of an important person, because he decided that he would be arrested and sent to prison.
And what causes the mayor’s fear? The mayor’s reason for fear is much more serious. Already from the first act of the comedy it is clear that a high position for Anton Antonovich is a means of enrichment, so he is veryafraid of losing this sweet spot.
Thus, both of these heroes - Khlestakov and Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky - are close in spirit: vain and ambitious people, liars and bribe-takers, selfish and unscrupulous. They are both representatives of Nikolaev Russia, thatimmoral, anti-spiritualsystem that has crippledpeople, turned them into nonentities, capable of any baseness. This system killed the soul in people, making them lackeys by nature.
I would like to add that in our time, unfortunately, there are many deceitful, arrogant and vain people. This typical character convinces us that the Khlestakovs and mayors are still alive and that the work of N.V. Gogol's "The Inspector General" is rightfully considered immortal.
It would seem difficult to imagine more different heroes than
Khlestakov and the mayor in N.V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General.” A bunch of
their differences from each other are immediately striking. In my own way
social status, the heroes are far removed from each other and
in the normal course of events they should not occur at all. Mayor
- a man “aged in service”, he began his career
from the lower ranks and all his life, hard but steadily rose through
career ladder until he took the main position in the district
city. Anton Antonovich firmly established himself in this post, tidied up
the whole town is in control and no one is going to do it anytime soon
give up power. Khlestakov, on the contrary, has a small rank, “elis-
a simple waste,” in the words of his servant Osip, and even then he failed
stay in one of the St. Petersburg offices and, after walking
with his father's money, he is forced to return to the village.
The characters' characters are quite consistent with their position. Mayor
behaves respectably, his speech is leisurely and serious, his words
significant. He is an experienced man, he knows how to portray an honest and simple-minded man
campaigner, so you won’t immediately guess that it’s big
rogue The mayor is cunning and calculating; he does not deal with ordinary people.
stands on ceremony, but can, if necessary, look polite. Khlestakov
but he is an “empty” person, “without a king in his head,” he is absolutely
does not think about the consequences of his words and thoughts. Khlestakov is driven by
primitive thirst for pleasure, which he reports completely
openly: “After all, you live to pick flowers of pleasure.”
Gogol emphasized that his hero is not at all a clever swindler,
but just an extremely frivolous young man.
The appearance of the characters is also quite consistent with their personalities.
The respectable mayor has a short haircut and is dressed in a uniform, and Khlestakov
spends his last money on a fashionable hairstyle and “particular
dress,” just to throw dust in the eyes of the neighboring landowners.
In a word, at first glance the heroes are completely different in social
position, both in character and in appearance. And still
something unites them, otherwise Khlestakov would not have been able to settle on
rights of a dear guest in the mayor's house and for some time it was as if
change places with the "city father". There is, of course, a specific
the reason for this turn of events is the “unpleasant news” that
that an auditor from St. Petersburg should secretly come to the city. However
Khlestakov looks so little like an important official that the experienced
The mayor should have seen through it right away. No route from St. Petersburg
into the village, neither the capital's costume could be introduced for a long time
the mayor is misled. The reason for the long-standing misunderstanding
lies elsewhere.
Let's remember how the heroes behave when they first meet. They are both
tremble with fear of each other, and fear, as we know, has “eyes
great." What causes mutual fear between Khlestakov and the mayor?
Khlestakov never thought in advance about responsibility for
your actions. In St. Petersburg, he was engaged not in service, but in entertainment,
spent his father's money in a week and then sent Osip
sell a new tailcoat at a flea market. On the way home Khlestakov
lost completely at cards and by the time he met the mayor he had already
The second week I lived in a hotel on credit. Naturally he was scared
arrival of an important person, because he decided that he was being arrested and sent
to jail.
The reasons for the mayor’s fear are much more serious. Already from the first
action comedy it becomes clear to us that a high position
for Anton Antonovich it is a means of illegal enrichment.
The mayor shamelessly takes bribes, robs merchants, commits arbitrariness,
embezzles government money and does not care about execution
service, but about concealing their crimes. The rest are a match for the boss
officials in the city: a judge dealing primarily with
hunting, trustee of hospitals where people recover “like flies”,
a postmaster who reads other people's letters out of curiosity... Such subordinates
They only add fear and do not calm the mayor.
As a result, general fear gives rise to a completely absurd situation:
Khlestakov begins to babble some fantastic nonsense
about their significance, and the officials, led by the mayor, play along
him, imagining that they managed to escape from the auditor. They even rejoice
when Khlestakov, becoming more and more impudent, takes bribes from them. Khlestakov himself
poorly understands why the mayor and officials are creeping
in front of him, the townspeople are making some petitions, so
even Osip is forced to remark to the owner that, apparently, he was mistaken for
someone else's. Having listened to the advice of a clever servant, Khlestakov
leaves the city, and manages to blithely propose
daughter of the mayor and receive the blessing of her parents. Like
the type of behavior received the name after the publication of the comedy
"Khlestakovism". It is curious that the mayor also becomes infected with “Khlestakovism”
": having seen off his future son-in-law, this experienced campaigner suddenly
begins to fantasize about the rank of general, orders, secular
life in St. Petersburg is no worse than Khlestakov. The more devastating it is
the mayor's unexpected discovery that Khlestakov was not
auditor, but “icicle”, “rag”.
So, we are convinced that, despite the obvious differences between the heroes
in social status and character, they are united by fear of
punishment for dishonest acts. Gorodnichy and Khlestakov makes
their selfishness, reluctance to work conscientiously, habit
live at the expense of others. Gogol emphasizes that such types are not
the exception, but the rule. Mayor, Khlestakov and all the other heroes
comedies only submit to those unjust orders that
reign in Russia. They are accustomed to living by deception and therefore they themselves often
find themselves deceived. It wasn’t Khlestakov who outwitted and scared
mayor and officials, and they themselves were confused in their own
fears and lies.
The most, in my opinion, comical and even a little stupid hero of Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” is Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov.
The author says that Khlestakov looks twenty-three years old, he is thin and “without a king in his head,” as the reader will be convinced of throughout the comedy. On the way from St. Petersburg to his native Saratov, Khlestakov loses all his money, so he stops in the province of N, where all the events of the comedy unfold.
Local officials and merchants perceive Khlestakov as a strict inspector; they formed an opinion about him even before their personal communication; this is one of the main moments of the comedy, because if people themselves have invented the ruler of their destinies, then it will be very difficult to convince them, even if they behave so stupid and tactless as Khlestakov behaved.
Due to the fact that everyone perceives Ivan Aleksandrovich as the judge of their future, people simply do not notice that his habits, speech and the stories that he tells about himself are at odds with reality. And even if they do notice, it’s not a beam in their eye, but a small speck of dust. An example of this is the conversation of the Governor, who, after Khlestakov’s boasting about his position in St. Petersburg and his short communication with the emperor himself, says that even if half of what Khlestakov said is true, then this is already a collapse, because such a respected person saw everything the shortcomings of the city governed by the Mayor.
Khlestakov, being a man of not the most honest breed, takes advantage of the moment and gets the maximum benefit from the current situation. Although he has no idea that he is perceived as an auditor who can put everyone in prison, he understands that his position among these stupid residents seems very high to them, his connections in St. Petersburg are extremely powerful, so he uses the power that he has : allegedly borrows money from all officials, which he will never return, although he promises; eats plenty wherever possible; accepts payment for himself at a hotel, where he has debts for two weeks of accommodation and food.
He listens to all the merchants’ complaints about his Governor, promises to look into it and, of course, punish the culprit. He takes money from the workers for this, listens to the problems of two women, but in the end he simply forgets everything he heard, because it doesn’t matter to him.
He is greedy for women and tries to achieve success with both the Mayor’s daughter and his wife. Even at this already absurd moment, no one realizes what Khlestakov is, and when they understand, it’s too late.
Essay about Khlestakov
Gogol's comedy "The Inspector General" was written a long time ago, but it is still relevant. And there are many reasons for this. The magnificent style that distinguishes every work of Nikolai Vasilyevich, the subtle, almost jewel-like irony that few will not make a smile, topical social problems that have made more than one generation of readers think, and, of course, the heroes: bright, original, very recognizable. One of these characters is the main character of Gogol’s immortal comedy “The Inspector General,” a swindler and rogue named Khlestakov. This is an arrogant and self-confident young man who knows human psychology well and knows how to take advantage of human weaknesses to achieve success in his plans.
One of the main character traits of Khlestakov is that this impudent young man believes that for some reason everyone should please him in every possible way and help him. That is why he willingly accepts bribes and gifts from others and happily begins to play the role of an imaginary auditor. Khlestakov loves when they pay a lot of attention to him, when they bow to him and fawn on him. He likes to feel omnipotent, although in reality he is absolutely nothing.
Khlestakov is one of those people who are used to taking everything from life. When he is mistaken for an auditor, he revels in his power and impunity, without thinking at all about the future, about where this one-man show will lead him. This person has no moral and ethical principles; he is used to living by the principle “after me, no grass will grow.” Khlestakov considers himself the king of life, and the rest - pathetic, absolutely worthless people. But then life puts everything in its place, at the end of the performance, when the real auditor arrives.
In his comedy, Gogol meant that Khlestakov’s traits live in many people contemporary to him, and it is no coincidence that he chose the Russian folk proverb “There is no need to blame the mirror if your face is crooked” as the epigraph to the work. By this he wanted to tell readers not to be offended if they inadvertently find their own traits in the image of Khlestakov.
Khlestakov is just a minor official, but, nevertheless, he is sure that all the best in life should go to him. He simply does not notice other people, is indifferent to their needs and desires. Other people for him are just pawns with the help of which he carries out his plans. Gogol also portrays Khlestakov as a good psychologist: He easily gains trust in a variety of people, finds a common language with people, uses people’s weaknesses in order to profit from them. Gogol portrays him as completely unprincipled and callous, deaf to the feelings and experiences of other people.
Gogol's comedy "The Inspector General" is still relevant due to the fact that in it Gogol paints very bright types of human characters, in particular, vivid images of the arrogant swindler Khlestakov and cowardly people who are afraid of the auditor and in every possible way curry favor with him, losing their own dignity. But the image of Khlestakov is painted most clearly. Khlestakov is an arrogant, self-confident swindler who is confident that his fraud will go unpunished, and does not care about the people around him. Such people have existed at all times, they existed in the time of Gogol, and they still exist now. And they will.
Characteristics of Khlestakov in Gogol's comedy The Inspector General
One of the main characters in Gogol's comedy "The Inspector General" is Khlestakov. Gogol specifically chose this surname for him. The root of the word is to whip, to whip after someone. An inconspicuous, thin man, twenty-three years old. A petty official, a gambler, lost all his money along the way and is now sitting in a hotel in a provincial town, hungry. That's why he looks into everyone's plates. He wants to eat, but the mayor takes him for an auditor.
Likes to dream and likes to lie a little about himself. And he enjoys it. It’s as if everyone was paying attention to him and even mistook him for an important general.
His lies are like the lies of a child, he himself believes in them. Wishful thinking. Residents of the city unwittingly help him in this - they believe all his stories. No one, including the mayor, bothered to check him and look at his documents. Everyone was waiting for the auditor, afraid of his inspection, but here the newcomer does not pay money and sticks his nose everywhere. Why not an auditor? Therefore, no one paid attention to some inconsistency of facts in his speeches. Where has it been seen that ambassadors of foreign powers play cards with the first person they meet? And a person who did not have any military rank was promised to be awarded the highest military rank of field marshal.
Khlestakov managed to deceive even the mayor, who boasts that during the thirty years of his service he has been deceiving people. He still didn’t understand who he was confused with. If I had been a little smarter, I would have benefited from the current situation. As it was, he just wanted to eat and borrow some money to move on. After all, he did not plan to stay in this city for a long time. He never plans anything at all, does not live by reason, but takes advantage of the current situation.
Khlestakov is a man without moral principles, stupid, lazy. He prefers not to work, but to spend time at the card table. He borrows money from people, knowing in advance that he will not pay it back. He deceives two women at once - the mayor's wife and daughter. The daughter is attracted by the prospect of marrying a man from the capital. He doesn’t feel sorry for anyone and doesn’t see anyone except himself, he’s a cynic and an egoist.
In the person of Khlestakov, Gogol shows how one can be deceived by a person who only wants to appear to be what he really is not.
Essay 4
Gogol’s work “The Inspector General” is an excellent example of Russian phantasmagoria and humor within the framework of literary prose and work. This work differs from the rest of his creations in that it has its own unique atmosphere and identity, again, within the framework of his creativity, and his vision of problems and their solutions. The work is also unique in its special style of narration and style, although these are more technical aspects of the work. One way or another, the work is a wonderful example of Gogol’s literary genius. This work is “The Inspector General”.
The work tells the story of a very cunning and talented swindler Khlestakov, who, thanks to his knowledge of human psychology and his assertiveness, and partly, self-confidence, gets everything he needs. Also in the work there are many different aspects that I would like to discuss, but for now we will only discuss the image and character of the swindler Khlestakov.
Khlestakov is essentially a person who does not care about the state of his surroundings, because he can always find benefit for himself from any situation. He doesn't care about anything other than his safety and his well-being, which is why the reader sometimes has conflicting feelings about this image. He is a hidden person who does not have, or at least does not show them, real friends. He only pretends that his supposed friends are important to him, but in reality he is thinking through how he can squeeze benefits out of them for his loved one. That's just the way he is and there's nothing he can do about it. He also tries to deceive as many people as possible, most likely to improve his skills.
It was Gogol’s image of Khlestakov that turned out to be the most vivid and powerful, which, undoubtedly, should be remembered by the reader, at least for his bitingness and self-confidence. I believe that this is exactly what the author tried to focus on when he wrote the work, because this is what helps the reader remember the image, and keep it in his head, comprehending and, scrolling through everything, and, accordingly, return to this work again. This is my subjective opinion, and therefore, it cannot be regarded as objective.
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What does Khlestakov and the mayor have in common - these seemingly completely different people? Different in age, social status, mental development and, finally, character? What do the tall, well-fed, important Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky and the small, puny, “stupid” Khlestakov have in common?
Both of them are representatives of the bureaucratic world, endowed with all the negative qualities characteristic of this world. The mayor began his service from the lower ranks, gradually making a career. Khlestakov is also a minor St. Petersburg official. Both are vain and ambitious. But the mayor is “created by circumstances,” the embodiment of common sense, dexterity, and cunning calculation, while Khlestakov is a careless and frivolous, an empty braggart, “without a king in his head.” Despite this difference, they have a lot in common. Both are hypocrites, dishonest people.
The mayor in the city entrusted to him behaves like a district king. He not only shamelessly takes bribes from merchants and townspeople, but also calmly pockets the money allocated by the state for the construction of the church, not at all caring about the prosperity of the city. Mistaking Khlestakov for the expected auditor, he displays extraordinary “diplomatic abilities”: pandering to the “state person,” he deftly “screws” Khlestakov into four hundred rubles instead of two hundred. Having learned that Khlestakov is asking for his daughter’s hand in marriage, the mayor immediately makes plans about how he will live in St. Petersburg, and over time, having such a son-in-law, he will be able to “get into generals.” At first, Khlestakov doesn’t even realize who he is mistaken for. He lives for the present moment and devotes himself entirely to the “pleasantness” of the new situation. And his main quality - vanity, the desire to show off, to show off - is manifested in full measure. He inspiredly composes fables about his situation in St. Petersburg. A little official, he takes special pleasure in portraying a strict boss, “scolding”, like a mayor, his subordinates, establishing proper order. And just like the mayor, he loves to take bribes, even from his future father-in-law.
Everything that Khlestakov tells about St. Petersburg high society, all the pictures of a brilliant life that he unfolds - everything corresponds to the most cherished dreams and aspirations of the mayors, strawberries, Shpekins, Bobchinskys and Dobchinskys, their ideas about “real life”.
Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov is the very bureaucratic Nikolaev lackey and the ideal person in this society.
Thus, both of these people - Khlestakov and the mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, are close in spirit. Both are lackeys by nature, vain and ambitious people, liars and bribe takers who use their official position for selfish purposes.
He brilliantly debunked the sycophancy, fraud, and embezzlement that were typical of Russia of his time.
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