Summary of the third act of the auditor. Retelling of the work "Inspector General" by Gogol N.V.
Retelling plan
1. The mayor reports the imminent arrival of the auditor.
2. Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky announce the arrival of the auditor.
3. Khlestakov's predicament. The arrival of the mayor to him.
4. The mayor gives the "auditor" money and takes it to his house.
5. The mayor's wife and daughter communicate with Khlestakov, who lies with inspiration about his high position in society.
6. Officials petition for the fulfillment of their requests. Khlestakov takes money from them.
7. Khlestakov writes a letter to his friend Tryapichkin about everything that happened.
8. The “inspector” accepts merchants, “borrows” money from them too.
9. Khlestakov proposes to the mayor's daughter Maria Antonovna and leaves.
10. Mayor's dreams about happy life thanks to the advantageous marriage of his daughter.
11. The postmaster brings Khlestakov's exposé letter.
12. A message about the arrival of this auditor sounds.
retelling
Action 1
A room in the mayor's house. The mayor informs those present (the trustee of charitable institutions Strawberry, the caretaker of the schools Khlopov, the judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin, the private bailiff Ukhovertov, the doctor Gibner): "The auditor is coming to us." He learned about this from a letter from his relative. Officials are excited, frightened. The mayor gives several orders. He orders Strawberry to put clean caps on the sick, the judge orders to remove a rapnik from the wall in his office and feed the assistant with onions so that he does not smell of vodka. Khlopov is ordered to do something with the teachers, because one shows faces, and the other tells the lesson with such excitement that it seems that he will light up now. The mayor hints to the postmaster that it would be nice to read letters in the mail in order to find some kind of denunciation or free-thinking thoughts. The postmaster reports that he is already reading, because it is very interesting to him.
Two landowners run in, Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky. Interrupting each other, they say that they saw a young man in the tavern, an official who does not pay for accommodation and is not going to move out. And if so, then he is not afraid of anything, because he is the auditor. The mayor is frightened: after all, the auditor could see how things really are in the city. He hastily orders the main streets to be swept, the soldiers to be put up for show, and ordered to praise their service if they are asked. If the auditor becomes interested in the construction of the church, then he must be told that the church was built, only it burned down.
The mayor hastily prepares to go to the tavern.
Action 2
Osip, Khlestakov's servant, lies in the room on the bed and recalls how his master blew all the money. Now they cannot reach their village, they are forced to starve. Khlestakov comes and begins to scold Osip for lying on the bed. Then he asks him to go to the cafeteria and bring lunch. Osip refuses: the owner of the tavern said that he would not feed until Khlestakov paid. Khlestakov complains of hunger, recalls how he lost all the money, and now he is forced to sit in this town. The servant did bring him soup and a roast. Khlestakov eats and scolds the food because it is tasteless. Osip comes and says that the mayor has arrived and wants to see Khlestakov. The young man is frightened, he thinks that the innkeeper complained about him.
Mayor and Dobchinsky enter. For a few moments Khlestakov and the mayor look at each other in silence. Both are afraid. The mayor says that he came to see how people are kept in the tavern, invites Khlestakov to take another, better room. But Khlestakov thinks that they are going to send him to prison. At first he almost cries, but then he begins to take courage, banging his fist on the table. The mayor understands that an important official from St. Petersburg is angry and wants to make amends. He gives Khlestakov two hundred rubles. Khlestakov calms down. He says that he served in St. Petersburg, but did not receive high ranks and is now going to his village to his father. The mayor thinks that the auditor is deceiving him, because he wants to keep his "incognito". The mayor invites him to his house. Khlestakov agrees.
The mayor invites the "auditor" to go see charitable institutions and schools, writes a letter to his wife so that she arranges everything for the arrival of the guest.
Action 3
Anna Andreevna and Marya Antonovna are waiting at home for the mayor's return. They can't wait to hear the news. Dobchinsky comes and says that the inspector is a young man, but as smart as an old man. Anna Andreevna orders to prepare a room for an important guest. Dobchinsky leaves. The women discuss what dresses they should wear. Osip arrives with Khlestakov's suitcase. He meets a servant who helps him carry the suitcase.
The mayor, Strawberry, Khlopov, Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky bring Khlestakov. He praises everything and says that nothing was shown to him in other cities. The mayor declares that it is the duty of the mayor to keep order, wants to show himself in the best possible way in front of the auditor, even reports that they do not play cards in the city.
Anna Andreevna and Marya Antonovna are descending, Khlestakov begins to show off in front of them. First, he announces that he serves as a simple official, then he begins to lie, and in such a way that he himself no longer understands that he is lying. He tells that he was once mistaken for the commander-in-chief; he was asked to serve as a minister; he was promoted to field marshal ... He writes that he lives in the largest and most beautiful house in St. Petersburg, every day he gives balls, which are attended by the most influential people in the country. For lunch, he is served soup straight from Paris, a watermelon for seven hundred rubles. Khlestakov even blurted out that he was a well-known writer, "with Pushkin on a friendly footing", wrote many famous works ("Yuri Miloslavsky"). The people around listen and are more and more afraid: after all, even if part of what the auditor says is true, he is a very important bird.
The officials disperse, and Anna Andreevna and Marya Antonovna discuss the guest. Osip arrives. The mayor, his wife and daughter begin to question him about the owner. Osip understands that the more he lies, the better he will be fed, so he says that his master is indeed an important person. The mayor gives him money. Then he orders two quarters to stand on the porch and not let anyone outside, especially merchants and petitioners.
Action 4
The next day, officials come to the mayor's house. Everyone wants to see the auditor and pay his respects to him, but everyone is afraid to go first. Khlestakov comes out. He declares that he really likes the hospitality of the hosts. Officials one by one go to Khlestakov, and he asks everyone for a loan. In fact, officials are glad that they were able to bribe such an important person.
Khlestakov begins to realize that everyone takes him for some important official. He writes a letter to his journalist friend, in which he talks about his adventures. He knows that his friend will ridicule the officials in his newspaper. Osip convinces Khlestakov to leave the city immediately, otherwise a person may appear for whom they take Khlestakov, and then the deception will be revealed.
Merchants come, complain about the mayor, they say that he terribly oppresses them, robs them, there is no shortening on him. They hope that the auditor will help them. Khlestakov is outraged by the arrogance of the mayor. Merchants give him five hundred rubles "for help."
Maria Antonovna appears. Khlestakov begins to show off in front of her, says compliments, sits down next to her, kisses her on the shoulder. Marya Antonovna is flirting. Anna Andreevna comes and drives her daughter away. Khlestakov is also drawn in front of her. She says she'll go crazy with love. Here Marya Antonovna appears again, sees Khlestakov on his knees. Anna Andreevna is angry with her daughter who interfered. But here Khlestakov asks Anna Andreevna "to bless eternal love» him with Marya Antonovna.
The mayor enters. He justifies himself before the auditor for the merchants, begging him not to believe a single word they say. When he finds out that Khlestakov is asking for the hand of his daughter, at first he does not believe his happiness, but then he blesses. Khlestakov says that he needs to go to his uncle for a short time. Everyone says goodbye to him, and the mayor gives him more money and better horses.
Action 5
The mayor orders to call the merchants who complained about him, but for now he is waiting, dreaming about how he will live now. He is going to leave the post of mayor, become a general, command the army so that he has a lot of medals and money. The merchants are coming. He starts scolding them. Frightened merchants swear never to complain about him again.
Various guests come, among them city officials. Everyone congratulates the bride. The guests ask how the engagement was arranged so soon. Anna Andreevna already feels like a general. Officials congratulate the mayor, flatter him, and say all sorts of nasty things about themselves.
The postmaster arrives. He holds a letter in his hand and reports that Khlestakov is not at all an important official. The mayor does not believe him. But the postmaster reads the letter, from which it becomes clear who Khlestakov really is and how they were all deceived: he borrowed money from everyone, ridiculed everyone in a letter to a journalist friend. The mayor curses himself. He has been in the service for thirty years, no one could deceive him, and then a petty official tricked him around his finger?! The gendarme enters. He reports that a certain official from St. Petersburg has stopped at a hotel and immediately demands the mayor to himself. Everyone understands that this is the real auditor. Silent scene. The characters freeze in various poses. Many of them are happy with the misfortune of the mayor.
The people portrayed by Gogol in the comedy "The Inspector General" with surprisingly unprincipled views and ignorance of any reader amaze and seem absolutely fictional. But in fact, these are not random images. These are faces typical of the Russian provinces of the thirties of the XIX century, which can be found even in historical documents.
In his comedy, Gogol touches on several very important issues the public. This is the attitude of officials to their duties and the implementation of the law. Oddly enough, but the meaning of comedy is relevant in modern realities.
The history of writing "The Inspector"
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol describes in his works rather exaggerated images of Russian reality of that time. At the time of the emergence of the idea of a new comedy, the writer is actively working on the poem "Dead Souls".
In 1835, he turned to Pushkin on the issue of an idea for a comedy, in a letter outlining his request for help. The poet responds to requests and tells a story when the publisher of one of the magazines in one of the southern cities was mistaken for a visiting official. A similar situation, oddly enough, happened to Pushkin himself at the time when he was collecting materials to describe the Pugachev rebellion in Nizhny Novgorod. He was also mistaken for the capital auditor. The idea seemed interesting to Gogol, and the very desire to write a comedy captured him so much that the work on the play went on for only 2 months.
During October and November 1835, Gogol completely wrote the comedy and a few months later he read it to other writers. Colleagues were delighted.
Gogol himself wrote that he wanted to collect everything bad that is in Russia into a single heap, and laugh at it. He saw his play as a cleansing satire and a tool to combat the injustice that existed at that time in society. By the way, the play based on the works of Gogol was allowed to be staged only after Zhukovsky personally addressed the emperor with a request.
Analysis
Description of the artwork
The events described in the comedy "The Inspector General" take place in the first half of the 19th century, in one of the provincial towns, which Gogol simply refers to as "N".
The mayor informs all city officials that he has heard the news of the arrival of the capital auditor. Officials are afraid of checks, because they all take bribes, work poorly, and there is a mess in the institutions under their control.
Almost immediately after the news, the second appears. It dawns on them that a well-dressed man who looks like an auditor has stopped at a local hotel. In fact, the unknown is a petty official Khlestakov. Young, windy and stupid. Gorodnichiy personally showed up at his hotel to get to know him and offer to move to his house, in conditions much better than the hotel. Khlestakov happily agrees. He loves this kind of hospitality. At this stage, he does not suspect that he was not accepted for who he is.
Khlestakov is also introduced to other officials, each of whom gives him a large sum of money, allegedly in debt. They do everything to check was not so thorough. At this moment, Khlestakov understands who they took him for and, having received a round sum, is silent that this is a mistake.
After that, he decides to leave the city of N, having previously made an offer to the daughter of the Governor himself. Joyfully blessing the future marriage, the official rejoices at such a relationship and calmly says goodbye to Khlestakov, who leaves the city and, of course, is not going to return to it anymore.
Before that main character writes a letter to his friend in Petersburg, in which he talks about the embarrassment that happened. The postmaster, who opens all letters in the mail, also reads Khlestakov's message. The deceit is revealed and everyone who gave bribes is horrified to learn that the money will not be returned to them, and there has not yet been a check. At the same moment, a real auditor arrives in the city. Officials are horrified by the news.
Comedy heroes
Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov
Khlestakov's age is 23 - 24 years. A hereditary nobleman and landowner, he is thin, thin and stupid. Acts without thinking about the consequences, has a jerky speech.
Khlestakov works as a registrar. In those days it was an official of the low rank. He is rarely present at the service, more and more often he plays cards for money and walks, so his career is not moving anywhere. Khlestakov lives in St. Petersburg, in a modest apartment, and his parents regularly send him money, living in one of the villages of the Saratov province. Khlestakov does not know how to save money, he spends them on all sorts of pleasures, without denying himself anything.
He is very cowardly, likes to brag and lie. Khlestakov is not averse to hitting on women, especially pretty ones, but only stupid provincial ladies succumb to his charm.
mayor
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky. Aged in the service, in his own way a clever official, who makes quite a solid impression.
He speaks in a measured and measured way. His mood changes quickly, his facial features are hard and rough. He performs his duties poorly, is a fraudster with extensive experience. The Governor profits wherever possible, and among the same bribe-takers he is in good standing.
He is greedy and insatiable. He steals money, including from the treasury, and unprincipledly violates all laws. He does not even shy away from blackmail. A master of promises and an even greater master of not keeping them.
The mayor dreams of being a general. Ignoring the mass of his sins, he attends church weekly. A passionate card player, he loves his wife and treats her very tenderly. He also has a daughter, who at the end of the comedy, with his own blessing, becomes the bride of the crafty Khlestakov.
Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
It is this character, who is responsible for forwarding letters, who opens Khlestakov's letter and discovers the deception. However, he is engaged in opening letters and parcels on an ongoing basis. He does this not out of a precaution, but solely for the sake of curiosity and his own collection of interesting stories.
Sometimes he does not just read letters that he especially liked, Shpekin keeps for himself. In addition to forwarding letters, his duties include the management of post stations, caretakers, horses, etc. But he does not do this. He does almost nothing at all and therefore the local mail works extremely poorly.
Anna Andreevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
Mayor's wife. A provincial coquette whose soul is inspired by novels. Curious, conceited, loves to get the better of her husband, but in reality it turns out only in small things.
An appetizing and attractive lady, impatient, stupid and capable of talking only about trifles, but about the weather. At the same time, he likes to chat non-stop. She is arrogant and dreams of a luxurious life in Petersburg. The mother is not important, because she competes with her daughter and boasts that Khlestakov paid more attention to her than Marya. Of the entertainments of the Gorodnichiy's wife - fortune-telling on cards.
The daughter of the Gorodnichiy is 18 years old. Attractive in appearance, cutesy and flirtatious. She is very windy. It is she who at the end of the comedy becomes Khlestakov's abandoned bride.
Quotes
« Here's more about the female sex, I just can not be indifferent. How are you? Which do you prefer - brunettes or blondes?
« I like to eat. After all, you live to pick flowers of pleasure. I - I confess, this is my weakness - I love good food ”
« There is no person who does not have some sins behind him. It is already so arranged by God himself.” mayor
« big ship- great swimming. Lyapkin-Tyapkin
« On merit and honor ". strawberries
“I confess that I was brought up in such a way that, if someone higher in one rank spoke to me, I simply have no soul and my tongue is stuck in the mud.” Luka-Lukic
Composition and plot analysis
The basis of the play by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol "The Government Inspector" is a household anecdote, which was quite common in those days. All images of comedy are exaggerated and, at the same time, believable. The play is interesting in that here all its characters are knitted together and each of them, in fact, acts as a hero.
The plot of the comedy is the arrival of the auditor expected by the officials and their haste in conclusions, because of which Khlestakov is recognized as the inspector.
Interesting in the composition of the comedy is the lack of love affair and love line as such. Here, vices are simply ridiculed, which, according to the classical literary genre receive punishment. In part, they are already orders to the frivolous Khlestakov, but the reader understands at the end of the play that even greater punishment awaits them ahead, with the arrival of a real inspector from St. Petersburg.
Through a simple comedy with exaggerated images, Gogol teaches his reader honesty, kindness and responsibility. The fact that you need to respect your own service and obey the laws. Through the images of heroes, each reader can see his own shortcomings, if among them there are stupidity, greed, hypocrisy and selfishness.
Summary: "Inspector" - preface
N.V. Gogol is a great Russian writer who managed to subtly ridicule everything negative traits Russian reality. The play The Government Inspector, written by Gogol in 1835, is one of the best Russian comedies. It consists of five acts, in each of which the writer ridicules the activities of officials who are incapable of elementary work - their names speak for themselves. Understand main point comedy, in which the author depicts bribery, arbitrariness and lawlessness of the state, will help summary(“The inspector”, of course, is not designed for such an acquaintance). So let's get started.
"Inspector". Summary of activities
The action of the comedy takes place in a fictional county town, in which arbitrariness is created. The deplorable state of hospitals, the superstitiousness and vulgarity of local officials, their tendency to lies and gossip - this is the state of the county town, which the readers will be told about in a summary of the Inspector General.
First action
It all starts with the fact that the mayor tells the officials about the unpleasant news: the auditor from St. Petersburg is going to come to the city, whose arrival he expects in complete fear. At the same time, a petty official Khlestakov appears in the hotel, a desperate liar and gambler, who is mistaken for an arriving inspector.
Second act
In the second act, the mayor visits Khlestakov and offers a bribe, and he accepts it as money borrowed. Then the mayor decides to get the false auditor drunk and invites him to inspect the city's institutions in order to convince him that they are in perfect order.
Third act
The action takes place in the mayor’s house, where Khlestakov, who is pretty drunk, begins to pester the ladies, Anna Andreevna and Marya Antonovna, inventing fables about his important position, in which he himself begins to believe.
Fourth act
In the fourth act, all city officials take turns giving a bribe to the "inspector", who allegedly borrows money. Khlestakov realizes that he was mistaken for an important state representative, and writes a letter to his friend about what happened. He confesses his love to Marya Antonovna and proposes to her, and after taking money from the mayor, he leaves, explaining his act by the need to discuss the wedding with his father.
Fifth act
The fifth act takes place in the mayor's house, where he and his wife happily discuss their imminent move to St. Petersburg. At this time, the postmaster comes with a letter from which it becomes clear about the essence of Khlestakov. At the same moment, a gendarme appears, who reports the arrival of a real auditor, demanding the mayor to himself, which shocks the county officials.
The dishonesty of county officials and their moral decay are the main themes of the comedy, which are covered by its summary. The Inspector General is a work that describes typical manifestations of a centralized bureaucratic system. It will be enough for one reader to read the summary - The Inspector General is good in this presentation. Other young people will want to read it in its entirety, taking into account the many details and details that cannot be covered in this text.
The play "Inspector"- a comedy in five acts by a Russian writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.
Summary of the "Auditor" by actions cannot fully reveal the spirit of events, but will cover events only superficially, without penetrating into the details of images and actions. But if there is not enough time to read the play in full, you can read the "Inspector General" in abbreviation.
"Inspector" summary by chapter
CHARACTERS OF THE AUDITOR:
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky - mayor.
Anna Andreevna is his wife.
Marya Antonovna is their daughter.
Luka Lukich Khlopov - superintendent of schools.
Wife of Luka Lukic.
Ammos Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin - judge.
Artemy Filippovich Zemlyanika is a trustee of charitable institutions.
Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin - postmaster.
Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky and Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky - city landowners
Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, an official from St. Petersburg.
Osip, his servant.
Christian Ivanovich Gibner, district physician.
Fedor Andreevich Lyulyukov
Ivan Lazarevich Rastakovskiy
Stepan Ivanovich Korobkin - retired officials, honorary persons in the city.
Stepan Ilyich Ukhovertov, private bailiff.
ACT ONE "Inspector"
Room in the mayor's house
PHENOMENON I
The mayor informs the officials called by him “unpleasant news”: an auditor is going to the city, and also with a secret order. Officials are at a loss as to whether an official has been sent to find out where there is treason on the eve of the war.
The mayor is alarmed, but not to the same extent: “Ek where enough! Treason in the county town! Yes, from here, even if you ride for three years, you will not reach any state. The mayor himself made some orders and advises everyone to do so "so that everything is decent." In the hospital, the caps should be clean, and “the sick would not look like blacksmiths, as they usually walk around at home ... and over each bed inscribe in Latin or in some other language ... any disease ... It’s not good that you have such strong tobacco with your patients smoked ... And it would be better if there were fewer of them ... ”.
The mayor advises the judge to remove the geese from the waiting room where they are found, and it’s better not to dry the hunting rapnik over the papers ... Then ... a painfully strong spirit comes from the assessor, maybe eat onions ... As for sins, the judge justifies himself that he takes only greyhounds puppies.
The mayor is unhappy that the judge does not go to church. He justifies himself that he came up with ideas about the creation of the world with his own mind, to which the mayor says: “Well, otherwise a lot of mind is worse than it would have been at all.” Now about educational institution. The teachers make faces at the students, they are too hot. “Yes, such is the inexplicable law of fate: a smart person is either a drunkard, or he will make such a face that at least endure the saints,” says the mayor.
PHENOMENON II
The postmaster who appears is afraid that the arrival of the auditor does not mean an imminent war with the Turks, "it's all the Frenchman is shitting." The mayor, taking the postmaster aside, asks him to open and read all the letters (“was there any denunciation against me”). This is not the first time for the postmaster - he is generally very curious.
PHENOMENON III
Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky run in. Having come to their senses after the run, frantically, interrupting each other and getting confused, they announce that the auditor is none other than Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov, allegedly traveling from St. Petersburg to the Saratov province, but for the second week living in a tavern on credit. The mayor, starting to ask about the details, swears more and more: after all, it was in the last two weeks that a non-commissioned officer's wife was flogged, the prisoners were not given provisions, etc., etc. ". The rest of the officials hurriedly scatter to their departments. Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky follow the mayor.
EVENT IV
The mayor demands a sword and a new hat. Bobchinsky does not fit in the droshky, he decides to run after the "cockerel, cockerel." The mayor orders to cleanly sweep the entire street to the tavern.
EVENT V
The mayor scolds the private bailiff who has finally appeared, in which all the staff have fled to their own business or are drunk. The mayor hastily deals with the camouflage of the old bridge: let the high quarterly Buttons stand on the bridge; to break down the old fence at the shoemaker’s and put up a pole, it seems like the planning is going on ... Lord, what to do with all this garbage? “What a nasty city this is! just put some kind of monument somewhere or just a fence - the devil knows where they come from and they will inflict all sorts of rubbish! He remembers the half-naked soldiers - he orders them not to go out into the street.
EVENT VI
The mayor's wife and daughter run in. They are burning with curiosity, whether the colonel is a visiting auditor, and whether his eyes are black ... They send a maid to find out everything.
ACT TWO "Inspector"
Small room in a hotel.
Bed, table, suitcase, empty bottle, boots
PHENOMENON I
Servant Osip, lying on the master's bed, complains of hunger. They are with the owner for the second month as from St. Petersburg. He lost all his money, lost at cards, chose the best for everything ... Osip likes it in St. Petersburg, especially when the masters' father sends money. And now they don't lend.
PHENOMENON II
Khlestakov appears. In a resolutely pleading tone, he sends Osip to say in the buffet, so that they would give him dinner. Osip offers to bring the owner himself here.
PHENOMENON III
Khlestakov, left alone, complains about former losses, complains about hunger.
EVENT IV
A tavern servant comes with Osip. He asks what the master wants. The owner said that he would not feed anymore until they paid for the old one.
EVENT V
Khlestakov dreams of how he will come home in a carriage in St. Petersburg clothes, and Osip so that he is behind in livery. "Ugh! even sick, so hungry.”
EVENT VI
The tavern servant, with plates and napkins, announces that the owner is giving for the last time. There is little food. Khlestakov is unhappy, but eats everything. Osip and a servant carry away the dishes.
PHENOMENON VII
Osip enters and reports that the mayor wants to see Khlestakov. Khlestakov decided that they had complained about him and now they would be dragged to prison. Turns pale and shrinks.
SCENE VIII
Dobchinsky hides behind the door. The mayor enters: “I wish you good health!” Then he explains that he is trying to take care of those passing by. Khlestakov simultaneously makes excuses, promises to pay, complains about the innkeeper. Bobchinsky peeks out from behind the doors. The mayor is shy from the flow of complaints and offers Khlestakov to move to another apartment. Khlestakov refuses: he is sure what it means - to prison. Screaming. The mayor is scared. Khlestakov brings. He threatens to go straight to the minister! “Have mercy, do not destroy! Wife, small children… - The mayor in fear repents of bribery. “As for the non-commissioned officer’s wife, whom I allegedly flogged, this is slander ... ” Khlestakov quickly realizes with himself what the conversation about the widow would come to ... No, he’s not. dare to cut! He will pay, but he has no money yet. That's why he's sitting here because he doesn't have a penny! The mayor decides that this is a cunning way to lure money from him. He offers them. “My duty is to help passers-by,” he adds. Khlestakov takes two hundred rubles (the mayor actually slipped four hundred). Well, if the auditor decided to be incognito, then the mayor behaves accordingly. They have a sweet, increasingly calm conversation. Behind every word of Khlestakov, the mayor sees some kind of hint and shakes his mustache. Finally, the mayor invites Khlestakov as a guest in his house.
PHENOMENON IX
Arguing with the servant about the account, until the mayor intervenes: the servant will wait.
EVENT X
The mayor invites Khlestakov to inspect the institutions of the city, and Khlestakov flatly refuses to inspect the prison, and in the meantime Dobchinsky carries one note to Strawberry to a charitable institution, and the other to the mayor's wife.
ACT THREE "Inspector"
Room in the mayor's house
PHENOMENON I
The mayor's wife and daughter are waiting at the news window. Finally, Dobchinsky appears at the end of the street.
PHENOMENON II
Dobchinsky gives the note, justifying himself for being slow. And that the auditor is real, then “I was the first to discover this together with Pyotr Ivanovich.” He confusingly talks about events. Anna Andreevna makes household arrangements, orders to prepare a room for a guest.
PHENOMENON III
Daughter and mother are discussing what toilets to wear for the arrival of the guest. There is clearly a rivalry between them.
EVENT IV
Osip, together with the mayor's servant Mishka, drags Khlestakov's things and learns from him that his master is a general. He asks for something to eat.
EVENT V
After a hearty breakfast, Khlestakov and the mayor, surrounded by officials, leave the hospital. Khlestakov is very pleased with everything. It seems that there were few patients there ... Did everyone recover, or something? To which they answer that there are ten people left, no more. “Everyone is getting better like flies,” Strawberry boasts. Khlestakov wonders if there are any entertainments in the city where one could, for example, play cards? The mayor refuses in every possible way, but from the gestures of his subordinates it is clear that he is playing cards.
EVENT VI
The mayor introduces Khlestakov's wife and daughter. He, amiable with Anna Andreevna, tries to increase his price: “You may think that I am only copying; no, the head of the department is with me on a friendly footing.” They wanted to make him a collegiate assessor, yes, he thinks, why? Invites everyone to sit down. "I don't like ceremonies." He himself even tries to always slip unnoticed, but it does not work. He was once taken for the commander-in-chief. With Pushkin on a friendly footing. Yes, and he composes and puts in magazines. He has many compositions: "The Marriage of Figaro", "Norma" ... "Yuri Miloslavsky", for example, his composition, Marya Antonovna's timid objection that the author is Zagoskin, is suppressed by her mother. Khlestakov has the first house in St. Petersburg. He gives balls and receptions, so, for example, a watermelon worth seven hundred rubles is served on the table. And whist is played with him by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the French envoy, the English and German envoys. They even write “Your Excellency” on the packages. Once even managed the department. And thirty-five thousand couriers with requests! “Tomorrow they will make me on a field march now ...” - These were the last words that came out of Khlestakov’s lips before he was respectfully put to bed.
PHENOMENON VII
The remaining officials are in awe. Bobchinsky assumes that he is no longer a general guest, but according to Dobchinsky, he may be a generalissimo. Both of them leave, and the remaining Strawberry tells Luka Lukich that he is afraid of something, why he does not know.
SCENE VIII
Mother and daughter are discussing what, in their opinion, the Khlestakov man is. Rivalry. Everyone is sure that he looked at her in a special way.
PHENOMENON IX
Mayor in fear and worries. The wife, on the contrary, is confident in the power of her feminine charm.
EVENT X
The mayor, his wife and daughter rush to Osip, who left the room, with questions about the master - the mayor about his, the women about theirs. The mayor generously endows Osip, Anna Andreevna promises too, if she comes in. According to Osip, "the gentleman also has counts ... usually what rank ... loves order ... loves most of all to be received well."
PHENOMENON XI
The mayor puts quartermen on the porch - Derzhimorda and Svistunov, so that petitioners are not allowed to go to the auditor.
ACT FOUR "Inspector"
PHENOMENON I
In full dress and uniforms, cautiously, almost on tiptoe, judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin, Zemlyanika, the postmaster, Luka Lukich, Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky appear. Lyapkin-Tyadkin builds everyone in a military way. Decides that one should introduce himself and give bribes one by one. Everyone knows what to give, but they are shy. The postmaster, for example, proposes to say that, they say, it is unknown whose money came in the mail ... They suggest that Luka Lukich be the first to start as an educator of youth. He resists with all his might. At this time, steps are heard in Khlestakov's room. Everyone crowds at the exit, squeezing each other, go out.
PHENOMENON II
A sleepy Khlestakov comes out. He liked it here. And the mayor's daughter is very good-looking, and her mother is such that one could still ...
PHENOMENON III
Lyapkin-Tyapkin enters first and introduces himself throughout the uniform. At the invitation of Khlestakov, he sits down, something answers his questions, and the thought is only about one thing: “And the money is in the fist, but the fist is all on fire.” Accidentally loses money on the floor. Frozen with fear, Khlestakov himself helps out - he easily asks for this money on loan. He sighs in relief and walks away.
EVENT IV
The postmaster Shpekin enters, stretched out. He readily gives Khlestakov money.
EVENT V
Luka Lukic is pushed through the door. He clearly introduces himself, sits down, tries to light a cigar offered to him, without success, and also has no success in talking about ladies. Khlestakov, seeing that there is no point, asks for a loan of three hundred rubles. Luka Lukic flies away as if on wings.
EVENT VI
Strawberries are bolder than others. It is accepted to supply the authorities with denunciations of colleagues and bows, intending to leave. No, he won't leave. Khlestakov asks Strawberry if he has any money on loan. Naturally, there is..
PHENOMENON VII
Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky enter together and clearly introduce themselves. Khlestakov, without any ceremony, demands a thousand rubles. But only sixty-five are available. So be it, Khlestakov agrees. Dobchinsky asks for the legitimization of his son, and Bobchinsky’s request is even simpler: “When you go to St. Petersburg, tell all the different nobles there: senators and admirals, that here, Your Excellency or Excellency, Petr Ivanovich Bobchinsky lives in such and such a city.” With that, they both leave.
SCENE VIII
Khlestakov realizes that he was mistaken for a government official. He decides to write a letter to his friend Tryapichkin, a big wit. Khlestakov likes local officials: they gave him more than a thousand rubles!
PHENOMENON IX
Osip advises Khlestakov to get out of the town if not today, then tomorrow: even he realized that Khlestakov was mistaken for someone else. Yes, and the father will be angry. Khlestakov decides to first send a letter to a friend by mail. Osip demands top three. Voices are heard outside the door - the quarterly is holding back a crowd of merchants-petitioners. Khlestakov demands to let them in.
EVENT X
Merchants who brought offerings complain about the mayor who robs them. Khlestakov refuses goods - he takes money, does not disdain even a silver tray. He says he will try. The merchants leave. Women's voices are heard.
PHENOMENON XI
A non-commissioned officer's wife enters with a request - she was illegally flogged - and a locksmith, whose husband was illegally, out of turn, shaved into soldiers, and the waiting list managed to pay off. - The non-commissioned officer's wife demands that she be paid a fine. Khlestakov promises everything, everything, everything.
PHENOMENON XII
Khlestakov flirts with Marya Antonovna, who is also not averse. She, however, is afraid that the stray guest is simply laughing at her. He convinces her otherwise. Khlestakov kisses the girl on the shoulder, she portrays indignation, and Khlestakov - repentance and love. Falls to his knees.
PHENOMENON XIII
This is seen by Anna Andreevna entering. Drives daughter away. Khlestakov again groans on his knees: “Madame, you see, I am burning with love.” With might and main vol-itsya for mommy. So what if she's married. “Hands of yours, hands please!”
SCENE XIV
Marya Antonovna runs in. She screams in surprise. Mom makes a suggestion to her daughter. Khlestakov grabs Marya Antonovna by the hand: “Anna ndreevna, do not oppose our well-being, bless the constant love!” Maman is amazed. Daughter scolds again.
PHENOMENON XV
Running in, out of breath, the mayor begs Khlestakov "not to destroy him." Merchants, non-commissioned officer - all liars. Here Anna Andreevna reports that Ivan Alexandrovich asks for the hand of their daughter. The mayor does not dare to believe his luck. Satisfied parents bless the young. The mayor jumps for joy.
APPEARANCE XVI
Osip reports that the horses are ready. Khlestakov goes - but only for one day - to a rich uncle. And back tomorrow. The mayor offers more money for the journey, Khlestakov takes it. Saying goodbye to everyone very kindly.
ACT FIVE "Inspector"
The same room in the mayor's house
PHENOMENON I
Gorodnichiy and Anna Andreevna in dreams about the basement of happiness. The mayor is going to firmly press everyone who complained about him, orders to notify everyone about his luck. They, of course, will move to St. Petersburg, and the mayor will become a general.
PHENOMENON II
Crowding, merchants enter. The mayor scolds them, recalling a lot of fraud, they repent, bow at their feet: “Do not destroy!”
EVENT III-VI
The mayor accepts the congratulations of his subordinates. Gradually, the entire local community gathers.
PHENOMENON VII
The last to appear with congratulations are the private bailiff and the quarterly. The mayor asks everyone to sit down. The family tells the story of matchmaking. Officials ask the owners not to forget them with their favors when they move to St. Petersburg. It seems like everyone is jealous of them. The mayor does not hide his desire to become a general. Anna Andreevna dreams of high society and does not want her husband to patronize "every little thing." Her words do not go unheard. The guests are offended.
SCENE VIII
A breathless postmaster appears with an open letter in his hand. This is Khlestakov's letter to Tryapichkin. It turns out that Khlestakov is no auditor. Shpekin reads excerpts from the letter: “The mayor is stupid, like a gray gelding ...” Strawberry snatches the letter, reads: “Postmaster, scoundrel, drinks bitter ...” Then Korobkin reads: “Strawberries are a perfect pig in a yarmulke,” and so on about everyone and everyone . It is impossible to catch up with Khlestakov - they gave him the best horses. In the midst of the uproar, the mayor says to himself: how could it happen that he, a swindler of swindlers, was led away ... “That's true, if God wants to punish, he will first take away the mind. Well, what was in this heliport that looked like an auditor? There was nothing!" Everyone pounces on Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky, who started a rumor about an incognito auditor.
PHENOMENON LAST
A gendarme enters and announces that an official who has arrived from St. Petersburg demands the mayor to himself. These words are like thunder among clear sky. Everyone is petrified.
) gathers the fathers of the city and tells them the unpleasant news: "The auditor is coming to us." Officials are amazed and frightened. The mayor himself worries the most: there are many disorders in the local economy. In the antechamber of Judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin, watchmen keep geese with goslings, and the assessor constantly smells as if he had just left the distillery. Patients in the hospital of the trustee Strawberry are dirty and look like blacksmiths, and the teachers in the schools of the warden Khlopov have a free-thinking expression on their faces. (See Images of officials in The Government Inspector, Lyapkin-Tyapkin - characterization with quotes, Strawberries - characterization with quotes, Khlopov - characterization with quotes.)
Phenomenon 2. The postmaster Shpekin joins the meeting with the mayor. (See Shpekin - a characterization with quotes.) The mayor suggests that the auditor could have been sent as a result of some kind of denunciation, and wonders if it is possible to print letters “a little” in the mail and “out of precaution” get acquainted with their contents. The postmaster says that he has long practiced such unsealing out of curiosity. Some of the letters are edifying, while others are playful.
Gogol. Auditor. Performance 1982 Series 1
Phenomenon 3. Out of breath, two local landowners, Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, run to the mayor. (See Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky - characterization with quotes.) Interrupting each other, they talk about a suspicious guest in a city hotel. This is a young man of 23-24 years old, who has been refusing to pay in a tavern for the second week already, strives to dine without money, and in Lately goes out into the diner and looks at all the plates. Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky suggest that this strange stranger is the auditor.
Phenomenon 4. The mayor puts on a uniform and a sword, hastily calls the quarterly and orders him with the tenths to immediately sweep the street that leads to the tavern.
Phenomenon 5. The mayor goes to the tavern, to the auditor.
Gogol "Inspector", act 2 - summary
Phenomenon 1. The man whom Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky mistook for an auditor is, in fact, Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, a young rake, an official of the lowest rank, who has now also completely lost his cards. (See Brief description of Khlestakov.) Khlestakov ended up in the city by accident, passing from St. Petersburg home to the Saratov province.
Khlestakov's servant Osip, lying in the absence of the master on his bed, talks about how lightweight his master is. (See Osip - a characterization with quotes, Monologue of Osip.) Khlestakov exists only on handouts sent by his father, which he immediately lowers in revelry. Now he and Osip are sitting hungry: they have nothing even to buy dinner.
Phenomenon 2. Khlestakov, who entered, drives Osip to a tavern - to borrow lunch. Osip says that the owner already refuses to feed without money. Khlestakov sends him to call the innkeeper. (See Khlestakov and Osip's dialogue.)
Phenomenon 3. Osip leaves, and Khlestakov complains to himself: he is terribly hungry, but there is nothing to dine on - in Penza, one infantry captain robbed him to the ground in a card game.
Phenomenon 4. Osip returns with a tavern servant, who confirms: Khlestakov already owes a lot to the owner, so they will no longer feed him for free. According to the servant, the innkeeper is going to denounce Khlestakov's non-payments to the mayor. Khlestakov sends a servant to beg the master.
Phenomenon 5. Once again left alone, Khlestakov ponders: should he sell his pants? To drown out the pangs of hunger, he begins to dream. It would be nice to rent a carriage, dress Osip in a livery, impersonate a rich man and drive around the best houses ... (See Khlestakov's monologue.)
Phenomenon 6. The tavern servant brings dinner, but warns: the owner gave it without money for the last time. Hungry Khlestakov rushes to the plates and begins to reprimand the servant for the fact that the dinner is bad: some feathers float in the soup instead of butter, and the beef in the roast is so tough that the jaws hurt from chewing it.
Phenomenon 7. Osip informs Khlestakov: he is asked by the mayor who arrived at the hotel. Khlestakov comes into a terrible excitement. He believes that the mayor arrived at the innkeeper's complaint and will now drag him to debtor's prison.
Phenomenon 8. The mayor enters the imaginary auditor. Khlestakov, confident that he would now be taken to prison, at first stutters, but then shouts: “I will complain to the minister!”. The mayor, himself frightened, believes: the "auditor" wants to complain about the bad management of the city. Khlestakov explains that he cannot leave the hotel, as he does not have a penny. The mayor takes this for extortion of a bribe. He immediately slips 400 rubles to the "auditor" and invites him to his home. The utterly astonished Khlestakov does not fully understand what is happening, but he is getting more and more encouraged and begins to behave with the mayor a little condescendingly. (See Dialogue between Khlestakov and the mayor in a tavern.)
Phenomenon 9. At the request of Khlestakov, Osip brings a tavern servant. Now having money, Khlestakov wants to pay off through him with the owner. But the mayor orders the servant to get out.
Event 10. The mayor invites Khlestakov to ride around the city institutions together. He sends a note to his wife with Dobchinsky, where he orders to prepare a good reception for the "auditor" at home.
Gogol "Inspector", act 3 - summary
Phenomenon 1. The mayor's wife and daughter, seeing Dobchinsky through the window, rush him to tell the news about the auditor.
Phenomenon 2. Dobchinsky gives Anna Andreevna a note from her husband and reports that the auditor, although not a general, will not yield to the general in education and the importance of actions.
Phenomenon 3. Preparing for the reception of the auditor, the governor's daughter and wife argue about which dress will suit each of them the most.
Phenomenon 4. The servant Osip brings a suitcase with Khlestakov's belongings to the mayor's house and demands to be fed.
Phenomenon 5. Khlestakov and the city fathers return to the mayor's house after breakfast and a tour of the institutions. Khlestakov praises the treat and asks if they have somewhere to play cards. The mayor, seeing an insidious trick in such a question, replies that he never plays, because he does not want to waste time that can be spent for the good of the state.
Phenomenon 6. The mayor introduces Khlestakov's wife and daughter. Khlestakov is drawn in front of them. He begins to talk about his life in St. Petersburg and, imperceptibly to himself, lies more and more. Khlestakov assures that he is closely acquainted with Pushkin and wrote many works himself, for example, The Marriage of Figaro and Yuri Miloslavsky. He says that his house is the first in the capital, that in his waiting room they hustle, buzzing like bumblebees, princes and counts. Once he allegedly ran the department, and 35,000 couriers were sent to ask him to take up this position. Now he will soon be promoted to field marshal. (See the full text of this most deceitful monologue of Khlestakov.)
Phenomenon 7. Khlestakov goes to bed, and the guests disperse from the mayor, sharing their respectful impressions of the "auditor".
Phenomenon 8. The mayor's wife and daughter are arguing about which of them Khlestakov paid more attention to.
Phenomenon 9. The mayor, having put Khlestakov to bed, leaves his room in obsequious excitement.
Event 10. The mayor with his wife and daughter are courting the servant of the "auditor", Osip. Osip already understands that his master was mistaken for someone else, but decides to take advantage of the opportunity. He says: his master is very influential, strict and strongly listens to his, Osip, advice. Hurrying to appease the servant, the mayor shoves him money "for tea and bagels."
Event 11. Having called the quarterly Svistunov and Derzhimorda, the mayor orders not to let anyone outside the “auditor” so that the townsfolk, especially merchants, do not bring him any complaints.
Gogol "Inspector", act 4 - summary
Phenomenon 1. City officials, standing at the sleeping Khlestakov's room, are discussing hotly how to give him a bribe and not come into conflict with the law. No one wants to be the first to offer money to the “auditor”, everyone pushes the other.
Phenomenon 2. Khlestakov wakes up in his room and recalls with satisfaction the past day.
Phenomenon 3. Judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin enters Khlestakov with money in a clenched fist. Not knowing how it would be more convenient to put them in, the judge becomes so oblivious that he opens his hand and drops the banknotes. Khlestakov, seeing the money, is not lost and immediately asks for a "loan". Lyapkin-Tyapkin gladly agrees to give and hastily leaves.
Gogol. Auditor. Performance 1982 Series 2
Phenomenon 4. Postmaster Shpekin enters Khlestakov's room. The “auditor” no longer waits for him to drop the money, but asks for a loan himself. The postmaster gladly "loans" three hundred rubles.
Phenomenon 5. In exactly the same way, Khlestakov “borrows” another 300 rubles from Khlopov, the superintendent of schools.
Phenomenon 6. Another 400 rubles are given to him by the trustee of the charitable institutions Strawberry (who, at the same time, also tries to snitch on the postmaster and the judge).
Phenomenon 7. Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky find only a much smaller amount for the "auditor": only 65 rubles for two.
Phenomenon 8. Having collected money from everyone and left alone, Khlestakov wonders what kind of fool is running this city. He decides to write about his merry adventures to a familiar journalist Tryapichkin in St. Petersburg: let him “shut down” this case in some newspaper.
Phenomenon 9. Osip, who has come, advises Khlestakov to get out of the city as soon as possible: he is clearly mistaken for another person, and a mistake can be revealed any minute. Khlestakov agrees, but before leaving he instructs Osip to take a letter to the post office for Tryapichkin. Outside the window suddenly heard the voices of merchants who came to the "auditor" with a petition. The quarterly Derzhimorda tries to detain them at the gate, but Khlestakov, looking out the window, orders to let them in.
Event 10. Merchants with offerings in their hands bring a complaint to the "auditor" about the arbitrariness of the mayor. Khlestakov promises to put in a good word for them in the capital and gladly takes 500 rubles from the merchants.
Event 11. The locksmith comes to complain to the "auditor" that the mayor illegally handed over her husband to the soldiers, and the non-commissioned officer's widow - that he ordered her to be whipped. Other petitioners rush into Khlestakov's room, but Osip, who is in a hurry to leave, pushes them out.
Event 12. Faced with the mayor's daughter, Marya Antonovna, Khlestakov begins to give her ardent, immoderate compliments, then tries to kiss her on the shoulder - and finally, falls on her knees in front of her with a love confession.
Phenomenon 13. In this position, they are caught by the mother of Maria Antonovna, Anna Andreevna. Under the reproaches of her mother, Marya Antonovna leaves in tears, and the windy Khlestakov begins on his knees to declare his love to Anna Andreevna. (See Dialogue between Khlestakov and Anna Andreevna.)
Event 14. This scene is seen by the returned Marya Antonovna. Khlestakov immediately grabs her hand and asks Anna Andreevna to bless him and Masha for a legal marriage.
Event 15. Having learned about the visit to the "auditor" of the merchants, the mayor resorts to say that they all lied. But his wife stuns him with the news: Khlestakov asks for the hand of their daughter. Both parents bless the young.
Event 16. Having arranged marriage with Marya Andreevna, Khlestakov unexpectedly declares that now he needs to go for a day to his uncle who lives next door. He takes another 400 rubles from the mayor and hurriedly leaves with Osip.
Gogol "Inspector", act 5 - summary
Phenomenon 1. The mayor and Anna Andreevna talk about the luck that helped them intermarry almost with a nobleman, and make plans for the future. The mayor expects to soon receive the rank of general, and his wife - to build a brilliant house in the capital.
Phenomenon 2. The mayor scolds the merchants who decided to complain about him to the auditor, and informs them that this auditor will now be his son-in-law. The merchants persuade the mayor not to be angry and not to destroy them.
Phenomenon 3. Judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin and respected citizen Rastakovskiy congratulate the mayor's family on their extraordinary happiness.
Phenomenon 4. The mayor is congratulated by the influential townspeople Lyulyukov and Korobkin.
Phenomenon 5. Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky are in such a hurry to show respect to Anna Andreevna and Maria Antonovna that, kissing their hands, they even collide with their foreheads.
Phenomenon 6. The superintendent of the schools, Khlopov, and his wife come with congratulations.
Phenomenon 7. Congratulations continue now from the entire city society at once. Anna Andreevna announces to her countrymen that she and her husband intend to move to St. Petersburg. Congratulators ask the mayor for protection for their children.
Phenomenon 8. In the midst of the general turmoil, the postmaster Shpekin runs in and announces that a person has been mistaken for the auditor, who was not at all. Shpekin printed out a letter sent by Khlestakov to Tryapichkin, and found out from there who its author really was. Those gathered read this letter with all the offensive characteristics that Khlestakov gave them there. The mayor, who has come into a rage, knocks his feet on the floor and with the words: “Why are you laughing? laugh at yourself!" - threatens to wipe out all paper marak-writers into flour.