The Queen of Spades Questions and Answers
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What are examples of the faux magical element in "The Queen of Spades" by Pushkin?
The faux magical elements in Pushkin's short story "Queen of Spades" involve the countess's gambling secret and gambling. One instance occurs at the funeral of the countess. Hermann, the unlucky...
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Explain the theme of the nature of God and the nature of man in "The Queen of Spades."
Since Pushkin employs magicalism in "The Queen of Spades," it is a little awkward to identify the theme of the nature of God versus the nature of man in the story. Critics generally prefer to...
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Why is "The Queen of Spades" important and influential to other Russian writers of Puskin's era? I am...
Puskin's novel is important because it was a radical break away from the densely descriptive, flowery prose of his predecessors. Like Hemingway would do a century later, Puskin opted for sparse...
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In "The Queen of Spades", what element of modernism is used in the story and how does that element reflect a modern...
The feature of this story that seems peculiarly modernist is its ironic approach. Irony is a favourite mode in modernism, but it was not so in most literature in the earlier nineteenth century,...
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Why do you think Pushkin chose the gambling room as a backdrop for this story, and is gambling a symbol for life?
Pushkin employs two Russian literary conventions in "The Queen of Spades." He uses the device of employing a Russian character of German descent to symbolize the virtues of prudence, hard work, and...
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How does Pushkin illustrate the theme of corruption in the Queen of Spades?
Alexander Pushkin uses the characters in the story "Queen of Spades" to illustrate the theme of corruption. In particular, he uses the protagonist Hermann to show how corruption can lead to...
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What are the problems highlighted in the book?
If we are to approach this question by discussing societal problems, an obvious one is gambling addiction, though the central character, Herman ("Gherman" in Russian), begins to gamble only after...
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What was the Russian name for the Queen of Spades in the opera named The Queen of Spades?
Your question is a bit difficult to work out, if you are looking for the name of the opera (romanized) in Russian it is: Pikovaya Dama, but the character is always referred to as the Countess, she...