The work "Nose" Gogol wrote unusual. The story, unfortunately, is still misunderstood by most fans of his work. Even experts mistakenly defined the genre as an absurd story. In reality, this is a story-epigram, a story-cipher. In any case, it was not created for the school curriculum.
The author used the super-popular (repeatedly mentioned by Pushkin) "Dream Book" by Martyn Zadeki. Without the substitution of factual information introduced with its help, the story would never have been published. After all, Nikolai Vasilievich rather sharply ridiculed the vulgarity of a particular secular person, a high official, well-known in St. Petersburg. The scoundrel allowed himself to do indecent things and at the same time had hopes for a brilliant marriage. The anecdotal disorder of these plans is evidenced by our brief summary of Gogol's “Nose”. Indeed, desiring much from Fate, one must remain a Man.
The text hidden by Gogol was so transparent to thinking contemporaries that his friends, 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 completely delighted and personally published the work.
Let us begin to present to the readers the decrypted summary. Gogol Nose initially “attaches” to the main character - Plato Kovalev, a provincial, unencumbered intellect, with a career grip.
He arrived in St. Petersburg after serving in the Caucasus. The reputation of the defender of the Fatherland compensates for education, knowledge, experience. So far we will learn from the words of the author. Well, and even more we learn using the aforementioned dream book. Kovalev has high patrons, this characterizes a starched collar (prestige, as well as social security), he receives a fair salary - sideburns (profit). The service takes its normal course, the official "lives to the fullest", in his understanding, does not even limit himself to moral conventions. But suddenly, completely unexpectedly, Gogol’s brief “Nose” gains the highest intrigue when, waking up in the morning, our hero peers into the mirror for a long time (the opinion of others about him) and discovers the absence of a nose (for a divorce, loss). Those. the dream book indicates that his longed marriage as an option of calculating enrichment is upset.
Back to the formal text. The culprit of the disappearance of the nose is a very definite personality - hairdresser Ivan Yakovlevich. This character, on the one hand, performs certain actions, and on the other, with the help of Gogol's hints, helps to understand what indecent things an official does. He is a drunkard (accusations, shame). The dream interpretation interprets the haircut process as betrayal, shame, dishonor. Gogol repeatedly mentions his "smelly hands." Indeed, deception and blackmail are the craft of "barber". But once this low man just came into the hands of profit. He found in the bread (income) the nose of the protagonist (good name and reputation). The barber decides to blackmail the official.
Is the “defender of the Fatherland who fought in the Caucasus so perfect?” In the summary of Gogol's “Nose”, it is important not to forget to make a significant detail - the abundance of Kovalev rings on the hands (connections and relationships). Precious seals by the names of the days of the week indicate his one-time meetings with "bad girls." In confirmation of the above, the police bailiff drops the phrase that decent people have a nose in place, correlating the main character with people "lurking in obscene places." In addition, from a letter from the mother of Mrs. Podtochina, we become aware of Kovalev's dishonorable act towards one young girl. So much for the hero of the
Caucasian war, dreaming of getting married is profitable!
Summary of Gogol's “Nose” is developing dynamically when the Barber tries to throw the found nose into the river (the river - speech, talk), but the policeman detains him. Apparently, the blackmailer was detained while spreading rumors. Unpleasant adventures become public. (Crowd, squares, wide streets mean scandals, proceedings, negative public opinion). An allegory is indicative when in the temple the Nose (good name and reputation), which has become an independent person, prays meekly. At the same time, the gaze of official Kovalev in the church focuses on young women. This division testifies that the Good Name by the official is finally lost.
Nevertheless, fate favors him. The police chief returns his nose, the barber is recognized as a villain and is caught. In the story, Ivan appears with a candle (a candle - to unexpected luck). Bright light is pouring through closed doors (to the apron, overcoming the resistance of other people). Why is Plato Kovalev so lucky? Is it because history, fortunately for him, takes place on March 25, the day of the Annunciation?