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time I would assure you that your plight will only become worse as the result'(page 15). Kovelev replies saying,Â 'Never mind, stick it on again, pray. How can I continue without a nose? Besides, things could not possibly be worse than they are now' (page 16). This shows that he constantly drops it, but tries again, just like in a dream when we try to repeat our actions when they don't succeed the first time.

This short story also portrays the attitude of woman, as Ivan's wife shows dominance and authority in the very beginning of the story, ''You brute!' she shouted frantically. 'Where have you cut off that nose? You villain, you! You drunkard! Why, I'll go and report you to the police myself. You brigand, you! I have already heard from three men that, while shaving them, your pulled their noses to the point that they could hardly stand it'(page 1). As soon as she find out about the nose, she starts to criticize and insult him which demonstrates that Gogol believes that women have a higher role than men in society.

Furthermore, Kovalev believes that Madame Podtochina, his staff officer's wife, was the reason why he lost his nose in the first place. He supposes that she was mad at him for not marrying her daughter and casted a spell on him to make his nose disappear. 'Yes, the truth must be that out of revenge the Staff-Officer's wife had resolved to ruin him, and hired a band of witches for the purpose, seeing that the nose could not conceivably have been cut off' (page 13). Furthermore, this shows that men were afraid of women and believed that they were witches.

Moreover, Gogol demonstrates issues of social class. He characterizes Kovalev's rank by symbolizing and emphasizing his facial hair and his clothes, 'Major Kovalev was in the habit of taking a daily walk on Nevsky Prospekt in an extremely clean and well-starched shirt and collar, and in whiskers of the sorta€|... such whiskers run across the exact center of the cheek' (page 4). Kovalev has moved to St. Petersburg on order to achieve a higher rank and wealth. Kovalev is focused on moving forward with his career and is very confident, so confident that he demands people to call him 'Major'. However, his nose becomes a civil councilor which has a higher rank than being a collegiate assessor. This is seen when Gogol quotes, 'The Nose did return, two minutes later. It was clad in a gold-braided, high-collared uniform, buckskin breeches, and cockaded hat. And slung beside it there was a sword, and from the cockade on the hat it could be inferred that the Nose was purporting to pass for a State Councilor' (page 5). I believe that by ranking a plain nose a civil councilor, Gogol is poking fun at the Russian society to show that even a simple body part could have a higher rank than Major Kovalev. He is representing the higher class to have no more power than any other classes. When Kovalev asks his nose to return to his face, the nose seems offended and says that he had nothing to do with him, 'My dear sir, you speak in error,' was its reply. 'I am just myself - myself separately. And in any case there cannot ever have existed a close relation between us, for, judging from the buttons of your undress uniform, your service is being performed in another department than my own' (page 5). It is clear to see that the nose was looking down upon Kovalev, and had no type of admiration for him.

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