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The Overcoat
Title: The Overcoat
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 581 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Overcoat
“The Hidden Woman”
Nikolai Gogol’s short story The Overcoat is a story about a poor clerk, who lives a lonely, desolate life, due to the of dominance and influence of women. This feeble man’s entire life is defined by the actions of women. First there was his mother, and her unfortunate choice of a name for him. However, the clerk’s main oppressive mentor in his life was not another character, but an …showed first 75 words of 581 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 581 total…by the women in his life, as many men do. The true appreciation for this is not realized until the reader first understands the relationship between Akaky Akakievich and his precious overcoat, and how it serves as a maternal figure to him. Once this realization is made, however, it may make the reader wonder if Gogol may have had a similar relationship in his life that influenced his almost misogynistic view of a domineering woman.
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