A brief retelling of the “Examiner” may be required of students in literature classes. He develops the speech and communication competence of schoolchildren. In addition, a competent omission of details that do not carry a semantic load, but only testify to the good memory of the students, will be needed when writing essays or statements.
A brief retelling of the “Examiner”: 1st action
The mayor tells the news to officials: an examiner secretly goes to the city. They think that the purpose of his arrival is to find out if there are no traitors in the city before the war. The city mayor accuses officials of misconduct, bribery and advises to clean up at least for the sake of appearance. He also asks the postmaster to open and read every incoming letter. He willingly agrees, since he has been doing this for a long time anyway. Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky suggest that a certain Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov may be the auditor. He arrived from St. Petersburg, has been living in a tavern for more than a week and does not pay for anything, he takes everything into account. The mayor orders the quarterly sweep all the streets, demolish the old fence (to create the appearance of violent activity), place gendarmes at intersections. He himself goes to the tavern to get acquainted with the visitors. The wife and daughter of the mayor send the servant Avdotya to find out what this official is.
A Brief Retelling of The Examiner: 2nd Action
Osip, Khlestakov’s servant, lies on the master’s bed and recalls how the landlord squandered all the money on the way home from St. Petersburg because he played cards and lived beyond his means. The mayor comes. He sends Osip to the innkeeper for tobacco. The servant says that they should already be in three weeks, and they will not give him anything, but still leaves. Khlestakov recalls how the captain of the infantry robbed him in Penza, and comes to the conclusion that the city is generally bad, because there is nothing to lend. He again demands to serve lunch on credit. He could sell the suit and cover some debts, but he prefers to leave it in order to arrive home in a chic way. The servant brings lunch.
Khlestakov is dissatisfied with its quality, but still eats. He is told that the mayor has arrived. During a conversation between them, Bobchinsky is hiding behind the door. Khlestakov suddenly starts screaming and threatening that he will complain to the minister himself. The mayor tries to give him a bribe. Khlestakov does not take her, but asks for money in debt. The mayor instead of 200 rubles, palms him 400. Khlestakov honestly says that he is going to the village to his father. The mayor takes these words only for disguise, he invites the "auditor" to his house. Payment of accommodation decided to postpone until later. Dobchinsky, at the request of the mayor, takes the notes to his wife and Strawberry in a charitable institution.
A Brief Retelling of The Examiner: 3rd Action
The ladies receive a note from her husband informing them that a young St. Petersburg nobleman will be staying with them. They excitedly discuss which toilets to choose. Osip brings his master's suitcase to the house of the mayor. There the servant is well fed. Khlestakov pleased with the inspection of the city, hospital, hearty breakfast. He wondered where to play cards. He is assured that such institutions do not exist in the city. When Khlestakov was introduced to the mayor’s wife and daughter, he began to compose that he was “on a friendly footing” with Pushkin and the department head of the department, that he was an irreplaceable person everywhere.
Despite the fact that Khlestakov was lying too much, everyone believes him. "Examiner" goes to rest. Everything is in a panic, scary even if only half of what he said turns out to be true. Osip in his own words
added fuel to the fire even more
. The mayor gives him a bribe. Then he sets the quarterers on the porch so that they do not let any petitioners go to Khlestakov.
A brief retelling of the story "The Examiner": 4th action
Lyapkin-Tyapkin is building military officials. They prepared bribes to Khlestakov on the pretext of an offering from the nobility. The Examiner agrees to borrow this money only. Everyone asks to intercede with him before the sovereign. Khlestakov guessed that he was mistaken for a "lump." He describes this funny story in a letter to a friend, Tryapichkin, a newspaper correspondent, to print it. Osip advises the owner to get out as soon as possible, until the real auditor has appeared. Different petitioners come to Khlestakov. He himself flirts in turn with his daughter, then with the mayor's wife. First one, then the other asks for hands. Then he takes another loan from the mayor and leaves for his father, promising to return in a couple of days, as his daughter was embracing.
Short retelling: Gogol, The Examiner, 5th action
Ladies dream about how they move to the city, how the mayor will get a promotion. But for now it was necessary to deal with the merchants on the spot, who came to the "auditor" with a complaint about him. Everyone congratulates the mayor on happy changes. The postmaster comes and reads a letter to Khlestakov Tryapichkin. The mayor is furious. And only now everyone understands that there was nothing in Khlestakov that looked like an auditor. The culprits of the incident were Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky, who were the first to spread the rumor about the arrival of an important official. The gendarme enters the room and informs that the inspector arrived in the city and demands all to himself. The play ends with a silent scene.