This story was hilarious. Starting from the beginning of the play I was immediately engaged as the humor of the play shielded some serious messages. With the first lines hinting towards a setting of Soviet Russia, I couldn’t help but … Continue reading
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This whole story seemed a bit like the childhood game of “I got your nose!” The whole story was told in a satirical style so that it was easier to accept this silliness, only later upon sinking in can … Continue reading
OK, The Nose is just another nonsensical story just like Metamorphosis. A guy named Kovaliov loses his nose. Well, how is he able to breath? This question arouses when I read the beginning of the story. It might be off the … Continue reading
I read the libretto version of The Nose first, and I was in two moods the whole time: confused or amused. Sometimes both. The entire opera was rather confusing—I mean, it started off with a nose baked into bread. How … Continue reading
As I read The Nose, the first scenes that formed in my mind were similar to those in dramatic, slap-stick sitcoms. I envisioned a gaudy yellow room with a primly dressed Prascovia Osipovna sweetly pulling a rack of fresh rolls … Continue reading
The Nose: When I was reading this short story the only thing I couldn’t understand was why? Why would Gogol write a story about losing a nose? But then again why would Kafka write about a man awakening one morning … Continue reading
I really don’t know what it is about this story but I really liked it. It was simple, fast paced and there are a few ways to interpret the story. I thought that their were definitely some… strange, parts. Once … Continue reading
As I continue to read all these bizarre and outrageous stories like “The Nose” and “The Metamorphosis,” I can’t help but think about how there must be a hidden meaning to everything! When reading “The Nose”, and trying to find … Continue reading
The Nose was just another in what seems to be a series of unorthodox (yet oddly interesting) stories. At face value it seems, as Gogol himself says, ridiculous and pointless. Yet there is a little something more behind this seemingly … Continue reading
When I first started reading Gogol’s “The Nose,” I thought the description of Ivan Jakovlevitch’s morning was pretty typical. However, once I reached the part where he discovered the nose in his bread, I realized that this story would be … Continue reading