The Overcoat

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Themes

All Themes Bureaucracy and Selfhood The Insignificance of the Everyman Materialism, Material Goods, and Art Social Status and Fate

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Characters

All Characters Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin Petrovich The Important Person The District Police Superintendent The Narrator The Young Official The Assistant Head Clerk

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All Symbols The Overcoat

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The Overcoat

Themes

All Themes
Bureaucracy and Selfhood
The Insignificance of the Everyman
Materialism, Material Goods, and Art
Social Status and Fate

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin
Petrovich
The Important Person
The District Police Superintendent
The Narrator
The Young Official
The Assistant Head Clerk

Symbols

All Symbols
The Overcoat

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Hong, Kevin. "The Overcoat." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 16 Mar 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.

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Hong, Kevin. "The Overcoat." LitCharts LLC, March 16, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-overcoat.

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