Summary of the auditor for actions 3. Retelling of the work "Inspector General" by Gogol N.V. Main actors
Genre: comedy Year of writing: 1836
Main characters: small landowner Khlestakov, mayor, his wife and daughter, officials of the county town.
1835 Russia. Gogol writes his play The Inspector General. The essence of the plot of the "Inspector" is that in a certain settlement N a certain gentleman appears in transit. His local residents take him for an auditor, who is expected from the capital itself from day to day.
the main idea immortal "Inspector" that Nikolai Vasilievich grotesquely exposed the vices of society, such as: cunning, flattery, stupidity, toadying, bribery, etc. In other words, he parodied showed the current order in the life of people in general.
Read a summary of the play Gogol's Inspector for Actions and Phenomena.
Auditor 1 action
D1 Event 1
Everything happens at the mayor. The main character of the said scene informs the officials that "an auditor is coming to their town". He himself is in a state close to frustration, from such news. Bureaucrats rack their brains on what kind of issue a high-ranking guest is coming to them. In a medical institution, they are hastily trying to “put things in order”, and even so that patients do not abuse smoking, and it may turn out that there are as few of them as possible. It was recommended to the judge to drive the geese out of the front door, eat onions in order to get rid of the unpleasant smell and start attending church. At school, teachers do not teach science, but pantomime or, in simple terms, make faces.
D1 Event 2
In addition to the above characters, the head of the post office also appears. He assumes that the auditor is the news of an imminent war with the Turkish army. The mayor in a private atmosphere asks the head of the post office to read other people's letters in order to identify negative information. The head of the post office agrees to such a scam; according to the nature of his soul, he likes to poke "his nose into other people's affairs."
D1 Event 3
More heroes appeared on the stage - these are Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky. They vied with each other, confused in thoughts and words, declaring that the inspector is Mr. Khlestakov Ivan Alexandrovich, who is passing through their city, but has been living in it for fourteen days almost and does not pay for accommodation. The mayor was interested in this event, because it was during this period of time that a large number of "unpleasant events" occurred in the town. All officials disperse to their jobs.
D1 Event 4
satirical scene. Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky want to "prove themselves." The street to the tavern is swept to the shine of the stones paved with it.
E1 Phenomenon 5.
The mayor continues to "put things in order" in the town. He sees the worthlessness of the bailiff, whose subordinates are completely drunk. He decides to "reconstruct" the bridge and put on it for the appearance of tall Buttons. We also urgently need to remove the seal from the shoemaker's house. He begins to puzzle over what to do with the huge piles of rubbish on the streets. The thought also dawns on him that the soldiers do not have a decent dress, and then it was decided to keep them locked up.
D1 Event 6
Next to the mayor, his wife and daughter appear - a girl of marriageable age. They are not interested in the problems of their father and spouse, but they are very curious to know what the auditor looks like. They order the maid to find out everything and report to them.
D2 Event 1
Events take place in the county hotel. Osip, a servant, lies on the bed of his master and complains that there is nothing to eat. He says that his owner squandered all the savings and, most importantly, that they are not being loaned anything under any pretext.
D2 Event 2
In addition to Osip, Khlestakov is also visible. He orders the servant to go to the buffet and demand dinner. Osip advises calling the owner-master to this place.
D2 Event 3
Khlestakov in a hotel room alone. He leads a monologue that he lost money, that he is brutally hungry ...
D2 Event 4
Osip returns to the room, but not alone, but with a sexual partner. The floor says that the owner does not intend to feed the guests until they cover their previous debts.
D2 Event 5
Khlestakov indulges in dreams about how he will return to St. Petersburg on a rich carriage, but dreams are collapsing into reality - hunger ...
E2 Event 6
The sex enters the hotel room and brings in plates of food. He says that the owner took pity and fed his unfortunate guests for the last time. Everything is eaten.
E2 Event 7
Osip returns to the room and gives Khlestakov the mayor's request that he immediately come to the office. Khlestakov assumes that they are thinking of arresting him and he is seized by horror from everything that is happening.
D2 Event 8
Gorodnichiy came to the room, and Dobchinsky stood outside the room door to keep abreast of everything that was happening. Khlestakov begins to complain about his bleak life, and the Governor is confused and agitated and therefore decides to move Khlestakov to a new place. Khlestakov assumes that he will be put in jail, so he breaks into a scream ... Then the Governor was scared to death and confessed to bribery, slander about someone else's wife, and in the end slips Khlestakov a certain amount of money. The following is a friendly conversation. The mayor absorbs every word of Khlestakov. At the end of the conversation, Khlestakov, as a guest, was invited to the chambers of the Governor.
E2 Event 9
A dispute with a sexual partner about paying for a hotel stay.
D2 Event 10
The mayor is taking Khlestakov on a tour of the town, to its institutions. It is worth noting that Khlestakov does not want to inspect the prison. While the tour is going on, Dobchinsky is instructed to secretly convey two certain messages to Strawberry and Gorodnichy's wife.
D3 Event 1
Events take place in the Gorodnichiy's mansion. The household members of the Governor are exhausted from the agonizing expectation. Finally, they see Dobchinsky.
D3 Event 2
The message was sent to the wife. Getting confused and rearranging the words in places, Dobchinsky tells the Gorodnichy's wife about the auditor. She orders to prepare chambers for a high-ranking guest.
D3 Event 3
The women of the Gorodnichiy almost got into a fight, arguing about who would wear what for the arrival of the inspector.
E3 Event 4
Osip brings his master's belongings into new house and learns the news that Khlestakov is a self-made general. On this occasion, he begs for something to eat.
E3 Event 5
Khlestakov and Gordnichiy ate for free in a medical institution. Khlestakov begins to like this life. Strawberries crucify before him that the sick, like flies, are recovering. Khlestakov wants to spread the cards, but the Governor in every possible way refuses such a pastime.
E3 Event 6
In the house of the mayor, there is a ceremony of acquaintance of Khlestakov with his wife and daughter of the Governor. Khlestakov inflates his worth by all means, in other words, lies and lies. He is both a writer, and a commander-in-chief, and a department manager, and the owner of the best house in St. Petersburg. And what is served at his table is generally the very best, one watermelon costs only 700 rubles. He lies to such an extent that he falls asleep in mid-sentence.
E3 Event 7
In the living room at the Gorodnichiy, there is a dispute about Khlestakov's current position: is he a general or a generalissimo? Everyone was seized with an incomprehensible anxiety and fear.
D3 Event 8
The wife and daughter of the Governor discuss Khlestakov's masculine qualities to the point of hoarseness, they even quarrel a little about this.
E3 Event 9
The mayor is pounding in horror, and his wife revels in her charm.
E3 Event 10
Osip leaves the chambers of his master. The members of the Gorodnichiy's household are questioning him. Osip takes advantage of the situation and turns the situation in his favor.
D3 Phenomenon11
The mayor orders Derzhimorda and Svistunov, patrolmen, to keep watch on the porch of their own house in order to protect Khlestakov's peace.
D4 Phenomenon1
The action is still the same as in the previous scenes. All the officials of the given city come in full dress. Lyapkin-Tyapkin builds everyone as if at a parade, and a decision is made to introduce himself to each person personally and to give Vyatka personally. From this decision, everyone is a little confused. The head of the post office offers to say that this money is a postal order to the auditor. While they bicker, Khlestakov comes out of his chambers.
D4 Event 2
Khlestakov is great. He even likes the daughter of the Governor, and he does not mind flirting with her mother.
E4 Event 3
The judge introduces himself to Khlestakov. By chance, he dropped the amount of money, and Khlestakov asks for a loan from him. The problem is solved, and the judge goes into the living room.
E4 Event 4
Shpekin enters the auditor and gives him a bribe.
E4 Event 5
A judge was shoved into Khlestakov, they had a meaningless conversation for some time, and at the end Khlestakov again borrowed money in the amount of 300 rubles.
E4 Event 6
Strawberries "knock" on their colleagues. This information is not important for Khlestakov, but he still borrows money.
E4 Event 7
Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky tumble into Khlestakov. He sees their stupidity and demands 1000 rubles from them. But, unfortunately, they have only 65 for two. These twins also manage to express their requests to Khlestakov and leave the chambers of the auditor on that.
E4 Event 8
It dawns on Khlestakov that he has been mistaken for an important statesman. He decides to inform his old friend Tryapichkin about this event. The most important thing that impresses Khlestakov is that, in his opinion, he is rich.
E4 Event 9
Osip realizes the precariousness of his master's position and advises him to leave the town. While they are bickering, visitors come to Khlestakov again - merchants.
E4 Event 10
Merchants talk about their hard life. They offer goods to the auditor, but they are not interesting to him, but the money of merchants is very out of place. He promises to take care of the situation.
E4 Event 11
The widow of a non-commissioned officer came. It requires payment of moral damages. The locksmith complains that her husband was taken into the army against the rules. Khlestakov agrees to do everything in his power.
E4 Event 12
Khlestakov renders signs of attention to the daughter of the Governor. She fears that he, as they say, will give up and leave, but Khlestakov speaks of the seriousness of his intentions and even kisses her on the shoulder. Falls down before her.
E4 Event 13
The Gorodnichiy's wife sees the scene of a love date. To prevent a scandal, Khlestakov hit on her and even asks for her hand, despite the fact that she is a married lady.
E4 Event 14
The daughter of the Governor appears, then Khlestakov takes the position of a young man who is carried away by her. The wife of the Governor is at a loss, even trying to guard her daughter.
D4. Event 15
The mayor appears. He wants Khlestakov not to punish him for his mistakes, because there are no honest people in this town, but only liars, slanderers and bribe-takers. He is told that Khlestakov is wooing their daughter. The mayor plays into the hands of such an outcome. The young are blessed.
E4 Event 16
Khlestakov wants to visit his uncle. Goes to him.
E5 Event 1
Events in the Gorodnichiy's house. He and his wife dream of living in St. Petersburg.
E5 Phenomenon 2.
Merchants come to obey the Governor.
E5 Apparitions 3-6
The mayor is congratulated on his daughter's wedding. The whole color of the society gathers.
E5 Event 7
The mayor and his wife describe the events connected with the matchmaking of their daughter.
E5 Event 8
The postmaster comes running with a letter. This is Khlestakov's letter to his friend. It turns out that Khlestakov is not an auditor. Society is in turmoil.
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The circus wrestler Arbuzov felt unwell and went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and said that he must take care of his health and give up training and performances for a while, otherwise it could end badly. Arbuzov said that he had signed a contract
Brief retelling
"Inspector" Gogol N.V. (very briefly)
As an epigraph to the play "The Inspector General", the genre of which the author defined as a comedy in 5 acts, Gogol used the proverb "There is nothing to blame on the mirror if the face is crooked." That is, the author emphasized the typicality of the characters depicted, the authenticity. There is no dramatic conflict as such in the play; the writer occupies the genre of morality. The Inspector General is considered to be a social and political comedy.
Comedy characters:
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, mayor.
Anna Andreevna, his wife.
Marya Antonovna, his daughter.
Luka Lukich Khlopov, superintendent of schools.
His wife.
Ammos Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin, judge.
Artemy Filippovich Strawberry, trustee of charitable institutions.
Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin, postmaster.
Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky, 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.
Svistunov, Buttons, Derzhimorda, policemen.
Abdulin, merchant.
Fevronya Petrovna Poshlepkina, locksmith, non-commissioned officer's wife.
Mishka, servant of the mayor.
Servant of the tavern.
Guests and guests, merchants, petty bourgeois, petitioners.
The mayor informs the "most unpleasant news" to the officials gathered in his house - an auditor arrives incognito in the city. Officials are horrified - riots are everywhere in the city. It is suggested that there may soon be a war, and the auditor is sent to find out if there is treason in the city. The mayor objects to this: “Where does treason come from in the county town? Yes, if you jump from here for three years, you won’t reach any state. ” The mayor insists that each of the officials put things in order in his subordinate area. That is, in the hospital, you need to write diseases in Latin, give the sick clean caps, in court - remove the geese from the waiting room, etc. He reprimands his subordinates that they are mired in bribery. So, for example, judge Lyap-kin-Tyapkin takes bribes with greyhound puppies.
The postmaster is still afraid that the arrival of the auditor may mark the imminent start of the war with the Turks. To this, the mayor asks him for a favor - to print and read every letter that comes to the post office. The postmaster gladly agrees, especially since this occupation - printing and reading other people's letters - has long been familiar to him and dearly loved.
Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky appear, who report that, apparently, the auditor has settled in a hotel. This man, Khlestakov Ivan Alexandrovich, has been living in a hotel for a week and does not pay money for accommodation. The mayor decides that he should visit this man.
The mayor orders the quarterly to sweep all the streets clean, then gives the following orders: place the quarterly around the City, remove the old fence, in case of questions from the auditor, answer that the church under construction burned down (in fact, it was stolen).
The mayor's wife and daughter appear, burning with curiosity. Anna Andreevna sends a maid for her husband's droshky. She wants to find out everything about the auditor herself.
Khlestakov's servant Osip lies hungry on the master's bed and talks about how he and the master traveled from St. Petersburg two months ago, how the master lost all the money in cards, how he lives beyond his means, how he leads a useless life, because he does not do anything .
Khlestakov arrives and sends Osip to the innkeeper for dinner. The servant does not want to go, reminds the master that the accommodation has not been paid for three weeks and that the owner threatened to complain about him.
Khlestakov is very hungry and instructs the tavern servant to ask the owner for lunch on credit. Khlestakov dreams that he, in a luxurious St. Petersburg suit, rolls up to the gates of his parents' house, that he pays visits to his neighbors.
The tavern servant brings a very modest dinner, with which Khlestakov is very unhappy. Nevertheless, he eats everything brought.
Osip informs Khlestakov that a mayor has arrived who wants to see him. The mayor and Dobchinsky appear. Bobchinsky eavesdrops at the door throughout the entire phenomenon. Khlestakov and the mayor justify themselves to each other. The first promises that he will pay for the stay, the second that the proper order will be restored in the city. Khlestakov asks for a loan of money from the mayor, and he gives it to him, while giving twice as much as the requested amount. The mayor swears that he just came to check on the passers-by, since this is a common activity for him.
The mayor advises Khlestakov to postpone indefinitely the settlements with the tavern servant, which he does. The mayor invites Khlestakov to inspect the city's institutions in order to assess the order maintained in them. He himself sends his wife a note with Dobchinsky, in which he writes that she should prepare the room. Sends a note to Strawberry.
In the mayor's house, Anna Andreevna and her daughter Marya Antonovna are sitting at the window, waiting for some news. Dobchinsky, who appeared, retells to the ladies what he saw in the hotel, passes the note to Anna Andreevna. She gives orders to servants. The mayor's wife and daughter are discussing the clothes they are going to put on for the arrival of an important guest.
Osip brings Khlestakov's things and graciously "agrees" to taste simple dishes - porridge, cabbage soup, pies.
The mayor, Khlestakov and officials appear. Khlestakov had breakfast in the hospital, he liked everything very much, despite the fact that the patients all unexpectedly recovered, although they usually "recover like flies."
Khlestakov is interested in card establishments. The mayor swears that he has never played in his life, there are no such institutions in their city, that he uses all his time to serve the state.
The mayor introduces Khlestakov to his wife and daughter. The guest shows off in front of the ladies, especially in front of Anna Andreevna, assures her that he cannot stand ceremonies and that he is on friendly terms with all St. Petersburg officials. He easily communicates with Pushkin, and once even composed "Yuri Miloslavsky". Khlestakov boasts of his own the best home Petersburg, where he gives dinners and balls. For lunch, they deliver him "a watermelon worth seven hundred rubles" and soup "in a saucepan from Paris." Khlestakov goes so far as to say that the minister himself comes to his house and once he managed an entire department at the request of 35,000 couriers. That is, Khlestakov lies completely. The mayor invites him to rest.
The officials gathered at the mayor’s house discuss Khlestakov and come to the conclusion that if at least half of what he said is true, then their situation is very deplorable.
Anna Andreevna and Marya Antonovna are discussing Khlestakov, and each of them is sure that the guest paid attention to her.
The mayor is frightened in earnest. His wife, on the contrary, is confident that her irresistibility will have the proper effect on Khlestakov.
Those present ask Osip about what his master is like. The mayor gives Khlestakov's servant not only "for tea", but also "for donuts". Osip says that his master loves order.
The mayor, so that petitioners would not go to Khlestakov, puts two quartermen on the porch - Svistunov and Derzhimorda.
Strawberry, Lyap-kin-Tyapkin, Luka Lukich, Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, the postmaster, enter on tiptoe into the room in the mayor's house. Lyap-kin-Tyapkin builds everyone in a military way, decides that Khlestakov should introduce himself one by one and give bribes. They argue among themselves who should go first.
Lyapkin-Tyapkin comes to Khlestakov first, money is squeezed in his fist, which he accidentally drops on the floor. He thinks that he has disappeared, but Khlestakov takes this money “on loan”. Lyapkin-Tyapkin is happy, he leaves.
The postmaster Shpekin comes next, who only does what he agrees with Khlestakov, who talks about a pleasant city. The guest also takes a "loan" from the postmaster, who leaves with a sense of accomplishment.
Luka Lukich, who has come to introduce himself, is trembling like an aspen leaf, his tongue is tangled, he is very frightened. Still, he manages to hand over the money to Khlestakov, and leaves.
Strawberries, when presented to the "auditor", recalls yesterday's breakfast, for which Khlestakov thanks him. Strawberry is sure that the "auditor" favors him, denounces other officials, and gives a bribe. Khlestakov promises that he will figure everything out.
When Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky Khlestakov come to introduce themselves, he directly demands money from them. Dobchinsky asks Khlestakov to drive his son legal, and Bobchinsky asks the "auditor" to inform the sovereign at an opportunity, "that Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky lives in such and such a city."
Khlestakov finally realizes that he was mistakenly mistaken for an important official. This seems to him very funny, which he writes about in a letter to his friend Tryapichkin.
Osip advises his master to get out of the city as soon as possible. Noise is heard in the street - petitioners have come. Merchants complain about the mayor, who demands gifts for his name day twice a year, who selects the best goods. They bring food to Khlestakov, which he refuses. They give money, Khlestakov takes it.
A non-commissioned officer's widow appears, who demands justice,
- She was flogged for no reason. Then comes the locksmith, complaining that her husband was taken to the soldiers out of turn. Khlestakov promises to look into it.
Taking advantage of the moment, he confesses his love to Marya Antonovna. At first she is afraid that the guest is mocking her; provincial, but Khlestakov kneels, kisses his shoulder, swears his love.
Anna Andreevna appears, who drives her daughter away. Khlestakov kneels in front of her, says that he really loves her, but since she is married, he is forced to propose to her daughter.
The mayor enters, begs Khlestakov not to listen to what the merchants say about him, and the non-commissioned officer's widow flogged herself. Khlestakov asks for the hand of his daughter. Parents call Marya Antonovna and bless the young.
Khlestakov takes more money from his future father-in-law and leaves the city under the pretext of having to discuss the wedding with his father. Promises to return soon.
The mayor and his wife make plans for the future. They dream about how, after the wedding, their daughters will move to St. Petersburg. The mayor tells the merchants about the forthcoming wedding of his daughter with the "auditor" and threatens them with reprisals because they decided to complain. Merchants ask them to forgive. The mayor accepts the congratulations of the officials.
Dinner party at the mayor's house. He and his wife are arrogant, telling the guests that they are soon going to move to St. Petersburg, where the mayor will certainly receive the title of general. Officials ask not to forget about them, to which the mayor condescendingly agrees.
The postmaster appears with an open letter from Khlestakov to Tryapichka-well. It turns out that Khlestakov is not an auditor at all. In a letter, he gives caustic characteristics to city officials: "The mayor is stupid, like a gray gelding ... The postmaster ... drinks bitter ... Strawberries are a perfect pig in a yarmulke." The mayor is overwhelmed by the news. He understands that it is impossible to return Khlestakov, since the mayor himself ordered to give him the top three horses. “What are you laughing at? “You’re laughing at yourself!.. Oh, you!.. I still can’t come to my senses. Here, truly, if God wants to punish, then he will first take away the mind. Well, what was in this heliport that looked like an auditor? There was nothing! It's just that there was nothing like half a little finger
- and suddenly everything: the auditor! auditor! They are looking for the culprit who spread the rumor that Khlestakov is the auditor. They decide that it is Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky.
A gendarme appears and announces the arrival of a real auditor. Silent Scene: Everyone freezes in shock.
N. V. Gogol reflected almost all aspects of contemporary Russian reality. Masterfully, the author reveals, using the example of the image of the mayor, the contradiction between external importance and internal insignificance. The main goal of the writer is to depict the imperfections of society - abuses, arbitrariness of officials, the idle life of urban landowners, the hard life of the townspeople, and so on. The author does not limit himself to a satirical depiction of one county town, he considers the problems as all-Russian.
There is nothing to blame on the mirror if the face is crooked.
folk proverb
Summary
Main actors:
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, mayor.
Anna Andreevna, his wife.
Marya Antonovna, his daughter.
Luka Lukich Khlopov, superintendent of schools.
Ammos Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin, judge.
Artemy Filippovich Strawberry, trustee of charitable institutions.
Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin, postmaster.
Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky and Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky, city landowners.
Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, an official from St. Petersburg.
Osip, his servant.
Stepan Ilyich Ukhovertov, private bailiff.
Svistunov, Buttons, Derzhimorda, policemen.
Guests and guests, merchants, petty bourgeois, petitioners.
STEP 1
Room in the mayor's house
Phenomenon 1
Officials learn from the mayor "unpleasant news": an auditor arrives in the city, incognito, with a "secret order". The mayor reads out a letter that he received from Andrei Ivanovich Chmykhov, in which he notifies him of the appearance of an official with an order to inspect the entire province and especially their county: “Since I know that you, like everyone else, have sins, because you a smart person and you don’t like to let go of what floats into your hands ... ”(stopping), well, here are your own ...“ then I advise you to take precaution ... ”According to the judge’s assumptions, the auditor was specially sent to find out if there was treason in the city before the war.
The mayor is perplexed: “There is treason in the county town!” He strongly advises officials to create the appearance of order in the institutions that are in their department, "so that everything is decent." So, in the hospital, clean caps should be put on the sick, and the names of the diseases should be written in Latin over each bed, and “domestic geese with small caterpillars” that were brought in by the watchmen should be removed from the waiting room. As for the judge’s workplace, it’s bad that he “dries up all sorts of rubbish in his very presence and a hunting rapnik right above the cabinet with papers.” From the assessor "such a smell, as if he had just left the distillery."
The mayor reproaches officials for bribery: Judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin takes greyhound puppies. He says that these are not bribes at all, but “if someone has a fur coat that costs five hundred rubles, give his wife a shawl ...”. The mayor turns to Luka Lukic and advises him to pay attention to the teachers. In the gymnasium, the behavior of teachers is more than unworthy, as they allow themselves to build faces on their students. “... If he (the teacher) makes such a face to the student, then it’s still nothing ... but judge for yourself, if he does this to the visitor, it can be very bad.” The history teacher "explains with such vehemence that he does not remember himself."
Phenomenon 2
According to the postmaster, the visit of the auditor to their city may be due to the imminent war with the Turks. The mayor turns to him with a request: “... can you, for our common benefit, any letter that arrives at your post office, incoming and outgoing, you know, print it out a little and read: does it contain any report or just correspondence. Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin admits that he does not need to be taught this: “... I love death to find out what is new in the world.” He even kept one letter from the lieutenant. The judge says: "You will get someday for this." For the mayor, "this is a family matter."
Phenomenon 3
Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky vying to talk about the "emergency." Bobchinsky talks about young man, whom they met in a tavern, “not bad appearance, in a particular dress, walks like that around the room, and in his face there is a kind of reasoning ... physiognomy ... actions, and here (twirling his hand near his forehead) there is a lot, a lot of things." They became aware that this was Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, who had been living in a hotel for a week now, without paying any money to the owner. Bobchinsky notes that "the official about whom they deigned to receive a notification is the auditor." The mayor is in a panic, because “in these two weeks, a non-commissioned officer's wife was whipped! The prisoners were not given provisions! There is a tavern on the streets, uncleanness! He intends to visit the traveler and is glad that he is young, as "the young one is more likely to sniff out." Officials in a hurry go to their departments. The judge is sure that no one will look into any of his papers, because "Solomon himself will not allow what is true and what is not true in it."
Phenomenon 4
The quarterly receives an order from the mayor to sweep the streets clean. The mayor asks him where Prokhorov is, and finds out that he is drunk. Bobchinsky intends to follow the mayor to a meeting with the auditor. To the remark of the mayor that the two of them will not fit on the droshky, he says: “I’ll run for the droshky with a cockerel. I would just look a little through the crack, through the door that way ... "
Phenomenon 5
The mayor, in a conversation with a private bailiff, continues to give orders: “hurriedly scatter the old fence near the shoemaker, and put up a straw milestone so that it looks like a layout. The more it breaks, the more it means the activities of the mayor”, the auditor’s questions should be answered that “everyone is happy”, that the church “began to be built, but burned down”, “do not let the soldiers go out into the street without any”.
Phenomenon 6
The wife and daughter of the mayor appear, who are eager to find out everything about the auditor. To this end, Anna Andreevna sends the maid Avdotya after the mayor's droshky.
ACTION 2
Hotel room
Phenomenon 1
Osip, Khlestakov's servant, lies on the master's bed, and talks aloud that they left Petersburg with the master two months ago, the master spent all the money on the road, as he lived in grand style and played cards, and "now he sits and tail twisted, and does not get excited. Osip likes life in St. Petersburg, “life is subtle and political”, where “haberdashery treatment”, “everyone says “you” to you”. As for his master, as soon as he received money from his father, he "went to revel", lives stupidly, "is not engaged in business."
Phenomenon 2
Khlestakov comes and sends Osip to the owner for dinner. He recalls that they have been living without pay for three weeks already and the owner threatened to complain about them.
Phenomenon 3
Hungry Khlestakov alone. He complains that he spent so much time in Penza in vain. "What a nasty little town!"
Phenomenon 4
Khlestakov punishes the tavern servant to demand lunch from the owner on credit, since he cannot be hungry.
Phenomenon 5
Khlestakov is considering whether to sell some of his clothes, but decides that “it’s better to come home in a Petersburg suit” and it would be nice to come in a carriage, “to drive like a devil to some landowner neighbor under the porch, with lanterns, and Osip from behind, dress in livery. The feeling of hunger does not give rest.
Phenomenon 6
Finally, the tavern servant appears with dinner, which includes soup and roasts. Khlestakov expresses his displeasure, but eats everything.
Phenomenon 7
Khlestakov's servant tells him that the mayor wants to see him, who came to the hotel specifically for this purpose. Khlestakov is frightened, because he thinks that the innkeeper complained about him.
Phenomenon 8
Mayor and Dobchinsky enter. The mayor says that his duties include taking care of those passing by. Khlestakov justifies himself: “It’s not my fault ... I’ll really pay ... They will send me from the village.” Throughout the apparition, Bobchinsky eavesdrops on their conversation, peeking through the door from time to time. The mayor offers Khlestakov to move to another apartment. He thinks that they are going to put him in jail. The mayor asks him: "Have mercy, do not ruin!" Khlestakov does not understand what the interlocutor is telling him. Hearing that he offers to lend money, Khlestakov immediately agrees: “I would only like two hundred rubles or even less,” and the mayor imperceptibly instead of two hundred rubles “screwed” him four hundred. According to the mayor, visiting people passing by is a common thing for him. The mayor argues: “He wants to be considered incognito. All right, let’s let us turuses in too: we’ll pretend as if we don’t know at all what kind of person he is. Khlestakov informs the mayor and Dobchinsky that he is going “to the Saratov province, to his own village”, as his father demands him. But they don't believe him. Khlestakov says that he cannot live without Petersburg, his soul "craves enlightenment." The mayor, under the pretext that the room in the tavern is not suitable for such an "enlightened guest", invites Khlestakov to live in his house.
Phenomenon 9
Khlestakov asks the tavern servant for a bill, but the mayor throws to him: "Get out, they will send you."
Event 10
The mayor invites Khlestakov to visit the city's institutions, so that he makes sure that they are in order. The mayor gives Dobchinsky two notes: one for his wife and the other for Strawberry.
STEP 3
Room in the mayor's house
Phenomenon 1
The mayor's wife and daughter are waiting for news. Looking out the window, they notice Dobchinsky.
Phenomenon 2
Dobchinsky gives Anna Andreevna a note from her husband and retells to the ladies everything that happened in the tavern, characterizing the appearance of the young guest, who is not a brunette, not a blond, but “more chantret, and his eyes are as fast as animals, they even lead to embarrassment.” The mayor's wife gives the necessary orders around the house, sends the coachman Sidor to the merchant Abdulin for wine.
Phenomenon 3
The mayor's wife and daughter decide in which toilets they will meet the guest.
Phenomenon 4
Osip brings the owner's suitcase. The mayor's servant asks him: "... will there be a general soon?" In response to this, he says that Khlestakov is "a general, but only from the other side." Hungry Osip asks Mishka to bring him food, and does not refuse the "simple dish" - cabbage soup, porridge and pies.
Phenomenon 5
Khlestakov and the mayor appear surrounded by officials. Khlestakov likes that in this city "everything in the city is shown to those passing by." He was very pleased with the breakfast that was offered to him in the hospital, since "you live on that to pluck the flowers of pleasure." Sick “everyone recovers like flies.
The patient will not have time to enter the infirmary, as he is already healthy; and not so much with medicines as with honesty and order.” The mayor assures that he cares about order. Hearing this, Strawberry quietly calls him a bum. To Khlestakov's question whether there are card establishments in the city, the mayor answers in the negative, swearing that he has never played. The superintendent of the schools quietly remarks: "The scoundrel, he blew a hundred rubles yesterday." According to Khlestakov, "sometimes it's very tempting to play."
Phenomenon 6
Khlestakov meets the mayor's wife and daughter, praises life in St. Petersburg, where the head of the department is "on a friendly footing" with him, where they wanted to make him "a collegiate assessor." Officials stand in the presence of Khlestakov. He asks them to sit down, because he does not like "ceremonies". Further, Khlestakov continues to lie, and it seems that there is no limit to this. According to him, once he was "mistaken even for the commander in chief." The environment of actors and writers is well known to him, he is “on a friendly footing with Pushkin”, calls him “a great original”. Khlestakov boasts that he wrote The Marriage of Figaro, Robert the Devil, Norma, and also Yuri Miloslavsky. When the mayor's daughter notices that the last work belongs to Zagoskin, Khlestakov agrees, adding at the same time: "... but there is another" Yuri Miloslavsky ", so that one is mine." He admits that “literature exists”, that his “house is the first in St. and the princes jostle and buzz, ”the minister himself comes to him and once he managed the department. The governor invites Khlestakov to rest.
Phenomenon 7
Opinions about Khlestakov among officials are very different. Bobchinsky says that "I have never been in the presence of such an important person", "almost died of fear." Dobminsky thinks that Khlestakov is "almost a general." The trustee of charitable institutions is "terribly simple."
Phenomenon 8
The mayor's wife and daughter call Khlestakov "pleasant" and "cute", "the capital's little thing", emphasizing his "subtle handling". Everyone wants to be noticed by Khlestakov.
Phenomenon 9
The mayor is frightened, even though he understands that Khlestakov "lied down a little." Anna Andreevna sees in the guest "an educated, secular, high-tone person." The mayor blames his wife for the fact that she treated Khlestakov "as freely as if with some kind of Dobchinsky."
Event 10
Anna Andreevna calls Osip to ask him about Khlestakov. The servant says that his master "usually has some kind of rank", that he "loves order", "so that everything is in order", that "he loves to be received well, the treat should be good." For revelations, Osip receives from the mayor "a couple of rubles for tea", and then another - "for donuts".
Event 11
Before the mayor, two quarters appear, Svistunov and Derzhimorda, who, by order of the mayor, stand on the porch and make sure that no one goes to Khlestakov.
STEP 4
Room in the mayor's house
Phenomenon 1
In full dress and uniforms enter cautiously, almost on tiptoe, the judge, the trustee of charitable institutions, the postmaster, the caretaker of schools, Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky. According to the trustee of charitable institutions, “you need to introduce yourself one by one, but between four eyes and that ... as it should be - so that your ears do not hear. This is how it is done in a well-ordered society!” Every official wants to give Khlestakov a bribe. Decide who goes first. When offered to the superintendent of the schools, he objected: “I can’t, I can’t, gentlemen. I ... have been brought up in such a way that, if someone higher in one rank speaks to me, I simply don’t have a soul, and my tongue is stuck in the mud. Everyone comes to the judge.
Phenomenon 2
Khlestakov admits to himself that he “likes it better if they please him; pure heart, and not out of interest. He "likes this life."
Phenomenon 3
The judge appears before Khlestakov. Khlestakov is interested in how long he has been in this position and whether it is profitable to be a judge. "And the money is in the fist, but the fist is all on fire." When Lyapkin-Tyapkin drops banknotes on the floor, he trembles all over, as he is sure that punishment will follow, but Khlestakov suggests that the judge lend them. Ammos Fedorovich does this "with great pleasure", believing that "it is such an honor." Khlestakov remarks that "the judge is a good person."
Phenomenon 4
Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich, who next came to introduce himself, only agrees with Khlestakov, who talks about a very pleasant city and that “one can live happily in a small town.” Khlestakov asks for "three hundred rubles on loan." The postmaster is sure that there are no comments on the part of the postal business. Khlestakov remarks that the postmaster is "helpful".
Phenomenon 5
The superintendent of the schools, Luka Lukich, who was trembling with fear, Khlestakov offers a cigar, and then asks which women he likes best - brunettes or blondes. Luka Lukich is "timid". Khlestakov says, “that there is definitely something in his eyes that inspires timidity,” and then asks for “three hundred rubles on loan.” The superintendent of the schools hands Khlestakov money and hurriedly leaves the room.
Phenomenon 6
The trustee of charitable institutions, Artemy Filippovich Strawberry, Khlestakov remembered, since there he was "very well treated to breakfast", which he was pleased with. Khlestakov asks him: “... as if you were a little shorter yesterday? behavior of the most reprehensible", and "the superintendent of the local school ... is worse than a Jacobin." Khlestakov asks him for "four hundred rubles."
Phenomenon 7
Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky enter, and Khlestakov immediately asks them to "loan a thousand rubles." Hearing about such a sum, both were confused. For such a distinguished guest, they found sixty-five rubles. Dobchinsky asks that his son be recognized as legitimate, and Bobchinsky wants Khlestakov to tell “different nobles: senators and admirals” at the opportunity, and also “if the sovereign has to do that” that “Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky lives in such and such a city” .
Phenomenon 8
It becomes obvious to Khlestakov that in the city he was mistaken for an important government official. This, in his opinion, a funny incident, he decides to describe in a letter to his friend Tryapichkin, who writes articles - "let him peel them well." And then he counts the money.
Phenomenon 9
Khlestakov's servant, suspecting something was wrong, advises him to get out of the city as soon as possible. Khlestakov agrees, writes a letter to Tryapichkin, and then gives it to Osip. The voices of the merchants and the voice of Derzhimorda are heard. Khlestakov is interested in what is happening, and tells Osip to let visitors through to him.
Event 10
Merchants with a body of wine and sugar heads came to Khlestakov to tell him about the mayor, who “repairs grievances that cannot be described. Let's wait completely froze, at least climb into the loop. He doesn't act according to his actions." Merchants are forced to endure his antics: he brings everything he likes from the shop, expects gifts from them for name days twice a year, “and try to contradict, he will bring a whole regiment to your house to wait.” Khlestakov says that he does not take bribes, but asks for a loan of money. They give him five hundred rubles. The merchants leave, a woman's voice is heard.
Event 11
The locksmith appears with a claim that her husband was taken to the soldiers out of turn, since those who were supposed to go instead of him made an offering, and besides, “by law it is impossible: he is married.” The non-commissioned officer's wife demands justice and financial compensation, since she was flogged for nothing: "Our women got into a fight in the market, but the police did not arrive in time, and grab me." Khlestakov promises his help. Going to the window and seeing "hands with requests", he says that he no longer intends to listen to anyone.
Event 12
Khlestakov sorts things out with the mayor's daughter, who fears that he will laugh at her provinciality. In response to this, she hears oaths and assurances of love. Khlestakov kisses her on the shoulder, kneels down and asks for forgiveness for his act.
Phenomenon 13
The mayor's wife who entered drives her daughter away. Finding himself in such a situation, Khlestakov kneels before her and again swears his love to her: “My life is in the balance. If you do not crown my constant love, then I am unworthy of earthly existence. With a flame in my chest, I ask for your hand. Anna Andreevna notices that she is married, to which Khlestakov objects to her that "for love there is no difference."
Event 14
The mayor's daughter runs in with tears in her eyes and sees Khlestakov at her mother's feet. She makes a remark to her, since her appearance is not at the right time. Khlestakov grabs the mayor's daughter by the hand and asks her mother for blessings. According to Anna Andreevna, she is "unworthy of such happiness."
Event 15
The mayor comes, who begs Khlestakov not to take into account everything that the merchants and townspeople have said about him. Anna Andreevna stops him, saying that Khlestakov intends to ask for the hand of their daughter. The mayor and his wife call their daughter, who is immediately blessed.
Event 16
Khlestakov is going on the road. The mayor asks him what day the wedding is scheduled for. He says that he needs to go away “for one day to his uncle - a rich old man; and back tomorrow." Taking more money from the mayor, Khlestakov leaves the city.
STEP 5
Room in the mayor's house
Phenomenon 1
The mayor and his wife indulge in dreams about the future of their daughter and about their move to St. Petersburg, where "you can score a big rank." The mayor intends to "get into the generals", and Anna Andreevna fears for her husband: "... you sometimes utter such a word that you will never hear in good society."
Phenomenon 2
Merchants learn about the engagement of the mayor's daughter with Khlestakov. Fearing reprisals, the merchants are forced to obey.
Event 3-6
Officials congratulate the mayor, who imagines himself an important person.
Phenomenon 7
The judge is interested in "how it all began, the gradual course of everything, that is, the case." The mayor's wife replies that Khlestakov made an offer out of respect for her "rare qualities." The daughter intervenes in the conversation: “Ah, mother! Because that's what he told me." The mayor reports that Khlestakov left for only one day. Anton Antonovich and Anna Andreevna with arrogance report their future plans, about moving to St. Petersburg and receiving the rank of general by the mayor. The mayor promises to help officials as needed, although his wife believes that "it is not possible to provide patronage to every small fry."
Phenomenon 8
The postmaster enters with Khlestakov's letter, which he intended to send to Tryapichkin, but "an unnatural force prompted" to open it. The postmaster reads it aloud. It turns out the truth about Khlestakov, whose return is not possible, because by order of the mayor, he was given the best horses. Khlestakov characterizes the city officials as follows: “the mayor is stupid as a gray gelding”, “the postmaster ... a scoundrel, drinks bitter”, “the overseer of the charitable institution Strawberries is a perfect pig in a yarmulke”, “the superintendent of schools is rotten through and through with onions”, “Judge Lyapkin- Tyapkin is extremely mauvais ton. Hearing how Khlestakov speaks about each of the officials, the guests laugh, to which the mayor remarks: “What are you laughing at? “You’re laughing at yourself! ..” Everyone decides that Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, “city gossips, damned liars”, “short-tailed magpies”, “damned packs”, “caps”, “short-bellied morels”, who started a rumor, are to blame for what happened, that Khlestakov is the auditor.
The last phenomenon
The gendarme who appears reports that a real auditor has arrived.
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The action of the comedy "The Government Inspector" takes place in one of the county towns of Russia. Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky receives news of a possible secret arrival in the city of an auditor from the northern capital for the purpose of checking. The mayor gathers local officials and informs them of this unpleasant news, which immediately causes general concern. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky begins to look for reasons that could interest the auditor. The mayor suggests that perhaps the auditor will come because of the judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin, who is very free-thinking. He also advises the superintendent of hospitals, Artemy Filippovich Strawberry, to carefully ensure that the patients are wearing clean caps, and it is desirable to reduce their total number.
Regarding the topic of bribes, the mayor turns to another official - the superintendent of district schools, Luka Lukich Khlopov. And, the mayor recommends that the mayor recommends that the postmaster read all letters in order to prevent denunciation. Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, local landowners, report that they saw a man in a tavern who behaved carefully and observantly. Soon, the alarmed officials of the county town are leaving. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky decides to go to the hotel to get acquainted with the auditor. Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov - that is the name of the alleged auditor.
Khlestakov's words that he does not want to go to prison are perceived by the mayor as the unwillingness of a visiting guest to turn a blind eye to the misconduct and crimes of local officials. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky immediately offers Khlestakov a monetary reward, as well as moving to the mayor's house. The mayor introduces a fictitious auditor to his wife and daughter. Khlestakov gives the ladies all sorts of signs of attention. He boasts of a luxurious house in St. Petersburg, acquaintance with the most influential officials. All those gathered in the mayor's house are shocked and frightened in earnest. Khlestakov finally understands that he was mistaken for an important metropolitan official. He writes about all this in his letter to his friend Tryapichkin.
The mayor and his wife begin to make plans to marry off their daughter Marya Andreevna to the auditor. Khlestakov's servant Osip advises his master to leave the city as soon as possible before the deception is revealed. At a dinner party, the mayor boasts to the officials of such a successful acquaintance, behaves arrogantly. But then the postmaster appears with a letter from Khlestakov. Everyone understands that he is not a real auditor. The mayor is amazed by the news, he understands that Khlestakov can no longer be returned, he fled. At the end of everything, a gendarme appears who announces the news of the arrival of a real auditor. There is silence, all the heroes are in shock.
The genre is defined by the author as a comedy in five acts. The play is accompanied by "Remarks for gentlemen of the actors."
CHARACTERS:
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, mayor.
Anna Andreevna, his wife.
Marya Antonovna, his daughter.
Luka Lukich Khlopov, superintendent of schools.
His wife.
Ammos Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin, judge.
Artemy Filippovich Strawberry, trustee of charitable institutions.
Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin, postmaster.
Petr Ivanovich D o b h i n s k i y
Petr 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.
Svistunov
Buttons - policemen.
Derzhimorda
Abdulin, merchant.
Fevronya Petrovna Poshlepkina, locksmith.
Non-commissioned officer's wife.
Mishka, servant of the mayor.
Servant of the tavern.
Guests and guests, merchants, petty bourgeois, petitioners.
STEP ONE
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 at home ... and over each bed inscribe in Latin or in some other language ... any disease ... It’s not good that your patients used to smoke such strong tobacco... 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 is justified that takes only greyhound 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: clever man- or a drunkard, or build 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 Alexandrovich 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. Auditor
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ACT TWO
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 it is tricky way extort 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 meanwhile Dobchinsky carries one note to Strawberry to a charitable institution, and the other to the mayor's wife. Auditor
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ACT THREE
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 put to bed with respect.
