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Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from Underground 1864.
Notes from Underground Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for Notes from Underground is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The Underground Man is the narrator of the novel. He is a solitary being, unable to make lasting acquaintances with others. Though he is poor, he has an extremely high opinion of himself, despising others for not recognizing his moral superiority...
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In Part I, the protagonist says that in fact he was never a rude official, but had just lied to the reader out of spite; he instantly goes on to say that though he had tried to be spiteful he could not be because his nature contradicted it. His...
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The first person narrative technique allows the author to manipiulate the reader, and this type of manipulation serves to sway the reader into believing what the narrator has to say before he's even finished telling us his story. He leads us...
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