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World Literature Assignment 2C: Detailed Study Analysis of a Key Passage The Government Inspector1, by Nikolai Gogol, is a satirical play about Russian society during the nineteenth century. The play is about corrupt and self-seeking officials of a town in Tsarist Russia mistaking a poor commoner from Moscow for a government inspector. The passage taken for analysis from Act One, Scene One (attached) is central to the development of the whole play, for it is in this part of the play that the main dramatic action - the deception between the government officials, represented by the Governor, and Khlestakov - begins. In the passage, Gogol reveals the unwitting act of deception and profound social problems and thus brings into focus the main theme of the play - widespread corruption in Russian society. The passage offers important insight into the mentalities of the main characters: the Governor and Khlestakov, in particular how...

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