Let's read the summary. "Inspector" N. V. Gogol

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The satirical work of N. V. Gogol begins with the famous phrase of the mayor about the "unpleasant" news: the auditor is coming to the city.

Action 1 (at the mayor's)

The mayor informs about the upcoming arrival of the auditor and advises the assembled officials to put things in order in their departments, otherwise in the courthouse, for example, the watchmen keep geese. Orders to clean the streets and look through all the letters that are sent from the post office.

Further, the “Inspector General”, a summary of whose actions we offer, tells how the city landowners Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky burst into the room, having just seen a gentleman in a hotel, very similar to an official from the capital: he lives for a week, nothing does not pay and carefully considers what visitors eat.

The frightened mayor rushes at full speed to the suddenly announced auditor.

Step 2 (hotel room)

Further, a summary of the "Inspector" can only to a small extent convey how poor Khlestakov, who has been on the road for a month, is toiling. He lost, according to Osip's servant, all the money, and now he doesn't even have food.

Barely begging for a loan from the ownerlunch, the frivolous Khlestakov begins to dream how, having finally reached his destination, he will amaze everyone in his father's house and surroundings with his chic "Petersburg" view.

When the mayor with his retinue appears in his room, the young man is so frightened that he begins to justify himself, promising to return everything to the penny. And a high-ranking official, not quite understanding what the “auditor” is saying, tries to win him over by offering a bribe and inviting him to his house to stay. All the absurdity of what is happening in the play is not able to convey our summary. The Inspector General goes on to tell how this situation comedy developed.

Action 3 (at the mayor's)

In the mayor's house, his wife and daughter are looking forward to the news. And, having received the news that the formidable official is being taken to them, they begin to discuss their outfits heatedly.

Relaxed after a hearty treat at Strawberry in the hospital, Khlestakov condescendingly listens to the boast of the superintendent of charitable institutions and the mayor himself. He, showing off in front of the ladies, tells stories about his friendship with Pushkin, about his management of the department and how he was mistaken for the commander in chief. In general, all this will not be conveyed by the summary. The “inspector” gave an explanation to everything through the lips of Khlestakov himself: “I have an unusual lightness in my thoughts.”

Fearing that even half of what the tipsy guest said is true, officials decide to bribe him.

Action 4 (at the mayor's house)

The next day,cowardly, they take turns going into Khlestakov's room and, under various pretexts, leaving money with him. However, our hero does not prevent them from doing this.

Encouraged by this turn of events, he sits down to write a letter to a friend, where he gives

detailed and very impartial characterization of their hospitable hosts.

Further events will only briefly convey the summary. The “inspector” described in detail how merchants, the widow of a non-commissioned officer, and a locksmith came to the visitor with complaints of harassment and insults. Khlestakov promises intercession to everyone and takes remuneration from everyone.

Marya Antonovna, who appeared “by chance”, was immediately taken into circulation by an eccentric young man who, without thinking twice, made a declaration of love to her. Angry Anna Andreevna, having discovered such a passage, drives her daughter away, but also falls under a hail of compliments and confessions. After all, a narrow-minded womanizer does not care who is in front of him. In the end, nevertheless, a marriage proposal was made to Marya Antonovna, and under the pretext of extreme necessity, the windy Khlestakov left the city.

And the mayor begins to dream with his wife about a future wonderful life in St. Petersburg. Everyone who complained about him, Anton Antonovich gives a scolding and in return receives money and congratulations. But this idyll is destroyed by the postmaster, who opened the letter of the "auditor".

And the worst thing happens at the moment when the gendarme enters and announces the arrival of an official who demands everyone to come to him “by personal order”. Curtain.

One more timePlease note that this is a summary. The Inspector General, on the other hand, is a work that must be read by every person who loves their native language and literature, and who claims to be considered educated.