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The Queen of SpadesThe 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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The Queen of SpadesAlexander 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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The Queen of SpadesSince 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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The Queen of SpadesThe 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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The Queen of SpadesYour 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...
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The Queen of SpadesPushkin 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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The Queen of SpadesPuskin'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...