(355 words) Nikolai Gogol in his work “The Examiner” accurately described all the characters with a speaking surname. The work is filled with brilliant humor and its characteristic irony. In The Examiner, all characters with speaking surnames are common nouns, showing the reader human vices.
The main hero of the comedy was Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov, whose last name means "lie, idle talk." In the work, he very accurately loves to lie and does it with a calm soul. Khlestakov already had a talent for this business. Therefore, in the comedy, he is the apogee of delusions and a natural liar.
The mayor with the surname Skvoznyak-Dvukmanovsky is a difficult character. The surname itself speaks of the double nature of the hero.
The surname Lyapkina-Tyapkina accurately describes all the work and execution of the judges - what it means to do everything in a "tyap-lyap".
An unusual official with the sweet name Strawberry does not mean something good, but rather too sweet and sugar. Gogol compares it with ordinary strawberries, where the shoots are always creeping and easily dodging. Here is how the author describes Strawberries:
"A very fat, clumsy and awkward person, but for all that, a sneak and a rogue."
The caretaker of the Kholopov schools appears in the comedy as a very cowardly servant. Yes, and he says about himself:
"Speak with me the rank of someone higher, I just do not have a soul, and my tongue, as if in mud, has faded."
A county doctor with the name Gibner immediately poses a danger to his activities. Each patient who gets to his appointment will be bent by such a doctor. He never does all the work, but his salary is constantly paid. Only it is not known for what. He does not speak Russian, cannot help the sick, and during the course of the play only he makes sounds.
The landowners Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky are similar and inseparable as twin brothers, and one always complements the other.
Policemen Svistunov and Derzhimorda have very vivid names. Svistunov - a loafer and a parasite. And the name of Derzhimord generally sounds like a curse. Usually this expression is characteristic of law enforcement officers when they run after someone and shout after: “Hold him, this face!”.
Postmaster Shpekin - this surname comes from the Polish "speck" spy. He is a fan of opening other people's letters, learning all about the personal lives of other people, but he is practically not interested in his own. But thanks to his curiosity, he learned the truth about Khlestakov.
Thus, from the very beginning, in the play of Gogol, one can understand the whole meaning of the characters' characters, the attitude of the author by their speaking names.
