(269 words) The image of Russia N.V. Gogol in his play conveys through a description of the life, characters and customs of the inhabitants of the county town. The writer takes one specific, but at the same time typical situation (the arrival of the auditor), and plays it in a comic manner. The writer chooses a difficult way to convey thoughts to viewers and readers. He decided to "put together in a pile all the bad things in Russia and once laugh at everything."
The reader is presented with a city in which law and order are completely absent. In it, everyone lives solely with his selfish needs. All officials and civil servants only want to get more money by putting the least amount of work into their work. It is amazing that in this case the heroes are convinced of the purity of their conscience. This is said by the local mayor, claiming that all people are sinful. So, in his opinion, it is arranged by God.
In addition to the satirical picture of the city, the images of the heads of institutions are also interesting. Their portraits are created by describing the sphere for which they are responsible, through speaking surnames that all comedy heroes possess.
Despite the fact that all the action takes place in the county town of N., Petersburg is often mentioned in the text. The heroes associate the image of this city with a better life. All dreams are connected with him. Khlestakov, bragging about his position in society, fantasizes that he lives richly in St. Petersburg. After the matchmaking of Khlestakov to his daughter, the mayor is sure that he will become a St. Petersburg general and will live in the best house of the capital.
The Examiner is a social comedy aimed at ridiculing the vices common to many people. The city in which the action takes place is the prototype of all the cities of Russia. The author himself said that this is "the precast city of the whole dark side." Gogol in his play showed the inside of the city, its internal structure and the true characters of its inhabitants. For this, readers and viewers are still grateful to him.
