It may seem, and to some extent it is soThere is, that the work of F. M. Dostoevsky “The Double”, written in 1846, is a long, very dark and boring story from the genre of the classical era of romanticism about the doppelganger, the human double - the dark side of the personality and the antipode of the guardian angel. In such works, for some authors, their hero may not cast shadows or be reflected in the mirror. This often foreshadowed the death of the character. The double becomes the embodiment of the shadow unconscious content (these are habits, desires, instincts, etc.) with its “decent and pleasant” ideas about itself. This double begins to eat at the expense of the protagonist, and as it weakens and wilts it becomes stronger, more self-assured, displaces it and takes its place.
Analysis of the story
Dostoevsky made his unique work “The Double” very difficult to understand. A summary of it will be presented a little below.
However, it has something to think about andto think about it, because Dostoevsky is digging too deep into the human soul, trying to pull out from it everything that many of us do not want to see and notice. And therefore, it is not so easy to come to the right conclusions right away.
Dostoevsky was 24 years old when he wrote thisa novel or poem, as he himself called it. It was published in the journal Notes of the Fatherland, following the Poor People. In the character of Golyadkin’s hero, the writer used the character traits of the writer Ya. P. Butkov, whose fate was a bit similar to the life of the main character. And he wrote mainly on the topic of a small man - a petty official, a poor metropolitan who was constantly in material need, always trembling with his commanding people. He knew this topic very well, since he himself was so.
The Double (Dostoevsky): a summary
The main character - Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin - takestitle counselor. By itself, he is a harmless, simple-hearted and gentle person. He repeatedly said to himself that he was a straightforward person, not an intriguer, and he only put on masks on a masquerade, as is customary in secular circles. In every conversation he tries to pass off these qualities as his own virtues.
Golyadkin feels like a little man,weak and unprotected. His unconscious fears, restrained ambitions and complexes showed in him a painful suspiciousness and tendency to see an insult in words, gestures and actions. It constantly seems to him that intrigues are spinning around him, that they are digging for him.
Reception at Rutenshpitsa
Once on a gray autumn afternoon, the hero wakes uphimself at home, comes up to the mirror, looks into it and sees his “sleepy, weak-sighted and rather bald figure” there, but, however, remains pleased with it. And then he takes out his wallet and has 750 rubles in it, saying that there is a notable amount.
Thus begins the story of Dostoevsky's The Double. Summary further tells that the hero is going and going to an appointment with his doctor - Krestyan Ivanovich Ruthenspitz.
When he meets, he starts talking to him.jerky, confused and constantly confused. He calls himself a humble and unpretentious person who loves peace and not secular noise, where he needs to be able to make a complimentary soulful gift, but he did not learn the tricks of it. Then, without stopping, he begins to say that he is a small man, not an intriguer, of which he is proud. Golyadkin is outraged by the matchmaking of his boss's nephew, Andrei Filippovich. They say that there are rumors about a “close friend” that he gave a subscription to marry, and he is already on the other side of the groom, and the bride is just a shameless German Karolina Ivanovna. Then Yakov Petrovich leaves, thinking that the doctor is stupid and does not understand anything, which leaves Krestyan Ivanovich in complete bewilderment.
And then Golyadkin goes to a dinner party andBall to State Councilor Berendeev Olsufiy Ivanovich in honor of the birthday of Clara Olsufievna - his daughter. But the servant on the threshold declares to him that he is not ordered to be allowed. Then Yakov Petrovich decided to secretly get inside. The ball is crowded, and the eyes of the people immediately stop at Golyadkin. He is clogged up with fear and feels like a bug. And then he and completely expelled into the street.
One
And then a summary of the "Double"Dostoevsky continues the description of nature. The night was terrible, November, foggy, cold and wet. Golyadkin fleeing from "his enemies". He also wanted to run away from himself or to completely "be destroyed." For a moment he stopped and began to look into the murky black water of the river.
This is where his mysterious twin appears. Dostoevsky (a brief summary also conveys this) his work sates with a very one very strange and curious event.
Suddenly upset, Yakov Petrovich notices thata pedestrian walks down the sidewalk with a light pristruzochka who will meet him several times on the way. And the worst thing for him was to meet a stranger at home. And this Someone turned out to be his double in all respects - another Yakov Petrovich Goliadkin.
And in the morning he met him in his department at work. He was a new employee with the same last name and appearance, but he did not cause any confusion among his colleagues.
After work, the double expressed a desire to speak with Yakov Petrovich, who immediately invited him to his home.
Dinner
The host is courting the guest, watering the punch and feedingdinner, and so imbued with sympathy for him that offers to be siblings with him, to begin to lead intrigues in spite of enemies, and at the same time to cheat. Early in the morning the guest quietly left. Now Golyadkin's double begins to curry favor with the authorities in the lowest possible way, weaves insidious intrigues, humiliates him in front of other officials: he pinches his cheek, then he clicks on the abdomen.
The real Golyadkin could not carry such insults: after the service, seeing a twin on the stairs, he tries to make conversation with him, but he unceremoniously sits in the carriage and leaves.
Теперь часто бегает у начальства по важным и special cases this twin. Dostoevsky the summary of strange events glows to impossibility. Exhausted to the extreme, Yakov Petrovich wrote a letter to his counterpart double asking to be explained. He punishes Parsley for his address. The servant soon reports that he lives on Six Street, but Golyadkin realizes that this is his address, and decides that Petrushka the idler is drunk and does not at all understand what he is saying.
Letter from a woman
In the morning, Golyadkin overslept and was late for his service.In his department, he sends a letter to Mr. Twin Yakov Petrovich. Colleagues look at the real Golyadkin with arrogant curiosity, and he seeks sympathy from everyone, but he does not find it. With his double, he tries to explain in the coffee, but all in vain.
После Голядкин обнаруживает у себя письмо от Clara Olsufievna, who tearfully asks to save her and makes appointment for him. He reached into his pocket and found a bottle of medicine that Krestyan Ivanovich prescribed for him a few days ago. It falls out of the hands and breaks.
Yakov Petrovich hires a carriage and goes first tohis excellency to ask for protection, but he is expelled to the front. Then Golyadkin rushes to Berendeev and waits for a signal from Clara Olsufievna. But soon he was noticed by the guests, and his twin asked to come to Olsufiy Ivanovich. He comes in and sits beside him. Soon the crowd rushes: "Rides, rides!" Krestyan Ivanovich appears in the room, who takes Yakov Petrovich with him. At this time the double runs after the carriage, but soon it disappears. And the main character understands with horror that Krestyan Petrovich is somehow different, not at all like the old one. Golyadkin realizes that he had long been aware of this.
That such a sad note brings in itsthe work of Fyodor Dostoevsky. “The Double” (a brief content, as we see, ended very sadly for the main character) is a work that could brilliantly end his literary career, as the critic Belinsky would say. However, for Dostoevsky, it was only the beginning ...
