Notes from Underground
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Plot Summary
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 1, Chapter 5 Part 1, Chapter 6 Part 1, Chapter 7 Part 1, Chapter 8 Part 1, Chapter 9 Part 1, Chapter 10 Part 1, Chapter 11 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 6 Part 2, Chapter 7 Part 2, Chapter 8 Part 2, Chapter 9 Part 2, Chapter 10
Themes
All Themes Thought vs. Action Loneliness, Isolation, and Society Human Nature Reason and Rationality Spite, Pain, and Suffering Literature and Writing
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Characters
All Characters The Underground Man The Officer Zverkov Simonov Ferfichkin Liza Apollon
Symbols
All Symbols The Crystal Palace Two Times Two Equals Four
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Flashbacks Genre Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Parody Pathos Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Soliloquy Stream of Consciousness Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
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Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground Literary Devices

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