Upon reading Gogol’s The Nose, a lot of feelings and emotions ran through my mind. Images and pieces of music ran through my mind along with these emotions. Here are some of the things that came to my mind: I … Continue reading
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While reading this story and then the libretto, I felt many different emotions. At first, I thought it was going to be as weird as Metamorphosis when Ivan cut the loaf and found the nose. Then, I thought this was … Continue reading
Confusion. That’s what I felt while reading Nikolai Gogol’s The Nose. The story didn’t exactly follow a logical pattern. One moment there was a man who discovered a nose, a nose that he could hold in his hand. The next … Continue reading
This story is definitely on my list of strange symbolic tales. The idea of my barber accidentally cutting off my nose and then finding it in his bread is a scary image. Then waking up without my nose and seeing … Continue reading
When I started reading Nicholas Gogol’s The Nose, I didn’t know what to expect because it began with a barber, Ivan Jakovlevitch, having a normal conversation with his wife, Prasskovna Ossipovna. The description of Ivan’s cheap and dirty clothing reminded … Continue reading
Before reading The Nose by Gogol, I had no idea what to expect. In my mind, I imagined a sophisticated story unraveling because I knew we were going to see it in the Opera. As I started The Nose and … Continue reading
As I sat down to read The Nose, I thought to myself: ok, well it can’t be as weird as Metamorphosis. And boy, was I wrong. It got weird, fast. One man finds a nose in his breakfast; another wakes up to … Continue reading
Only a few pages into The Nose, I already felt myself making connections to the still-fresh-in-my-head Metamorphosis. The obvious similarity between the two was the ridiculously absurd storyline. When I first read that Kovalev’s nose had fallen off, I immediately pictured … Continue reading
My initial reaction to The Nose by Gogol was confusion. What was going on? Why are these absurd and impossible events happening? My confusion soon turned to apprehension however when it seemed that there would be no forthcoming explanation for … Continue reading
Greenberg Augustin Parakkattu The overall mood that I got from Kafka’s Metamorphosis was a sense of entrapment and loneliness. Even when Gregor was human he felt trapped in his lifestyle; he despised his job, gave most … Continue reading