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teagan821 's review for:
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
I liked Gogol's grotesque, macabre realism. The allusion to Dante was prevalent in Part I, but seemed to be completely lost in Part II. The themes and motifs also seemed to diffuse into too many possible themes and interpretations. For example, one theme in Part I is greed and gluttony. However, in Part II, the focus suddenly shifts to lethargy and the merits of working on a farm. The author intention/commentary in this work is much more nuanced, obscure, and almost completely unknown, especially when compared to Lermontov's pointed commentary to readers in "A Hero of Our Time"