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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 :)
Rioden I mean, it can really be both. Though his physical location is largely irrelevant. As others have said, I feel like it definitely symbolizes his isola…moreI mean, it can really be both. Though his physical location is largely irrelevant. As others have said, I feel like it definitely symbolizes his isolation as a result of his overwhelming anxiety and self-analysis. I don't know if I necessarily agree with the assertion that such isolation is home only to the "refined and educated" as another poster posited. We certainly find out later that our narrator is anything but refined, I feel. Is he even truly that educated? He obtained the same education as his fellow men at the dinner and he still makes an obnoxious fool of himself. (less)
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Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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