27 pages • 54 minutes read
Nikolai GogolDiary of a Madman
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1835A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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How do you see Poprishchin’s “madness” depicted in the story? How does it develop and what is it tied to?
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The story takes the form of several diary entries. How might you describe the relationship between the form of the story with the content, or plot, of the story?
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What role does the setting of the story play? What is the significance of the story being set in Saint Petersburg that would be familiar to Gogol’s contemporaries?
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