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OngoingRain asked this question about Notes from Underground:
Hello :) So, what is the mataphor of the underground? Is it all the circumstances he is in and the position from which he sees the world? Everyone out there , above him , and he's under them, like watching life appart from them and feeling all those bad and angry feelings that make him happy at the same time? Thank you :)
Arch Delaro Russian authors are particularly introspective. Dostoevsky was also fascinated by the darkness of the soul, which is according to some of his novels, …moreRussian authors are particularly introspective. Dostoevsky was also fascinated by the darkness of the soul, which is according to some of his novels, his own experience and Christian writings, a necessary passage to rise above all, to be reborn, to find a new God. I think Notes From the Underground displays this obscurity where everything becomes confusing, contradictory and unequivocal. All seems lost and it becomes easy to blame others, society. The narrator finds it difficult to come out of this obscurity from which his cynicism appears. "Underground" could mean "buried in himself"; Under the floorboard, where evil spirits live, like Timothy De Ryck said above. He is not yet looking for the meaning of such darkness since he is not listening to his soul. He's buried under his consciousness, his ego. Therefore, he's in Hell.

Carl Jung explains this experience really well in The Red Book. I strongly recommend. (less)
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by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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