Superfluous man is a concept, a group of people that appeared frequently mid-nineteenth century Russian literature, further they symbolizes Russian culture at that time. This group of people can from different social classes, but they are all well educated, arrogant and delicate. In the meantime of having their great ambitions, they failed to really fulfill their dream and contribute to the society. And in the meantime of wishing being loved by others, they are marginalized by the society. In the Notes From Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky successfully creates an image of a superfluous man, who is sensitive, supercilious and genuine. Certain images and characteristics of the underground man coincide with the personalities of Lin Daiyu in the Dream of the Red Chamber written by Cao Xueqin. Thus, this paper would mainly focus on the comparison between these two famous literature hero and heroine.
A male and a female, an uptight ordinary person and a …show more content…
From the two places showed in the book titles the “Underground” and “the Red Chamber”, one could easily find out the difference in the living environment of the two personages. The difference in their living environment can also present certain differences in their personality. Whenever one mentions the underground, the others would relate it to a place where is dark, isolated, humid and even dirty as well as smelly. The underground man also describes his living place as a “room looks like a beggar’s” . It is surely not an agreeable place for a decent person to live. However, the underground man not only lives in this place but also takes this place as a refugee for him. It is certainly not because that the underground man enjoys this living environment, but because he is afraid of interacting with the outer world
A male and a female, an uptight ordinary person and a …show more content…
From the two places showed in the book titles the “Underground” and “the Red Chamber”, one could easily find out the difference in the living environment of the two personages. The difference in their living environment can also present certain differences in their personality. Whenever one mentions the underground, the others would relate it to a place where is dark, isolated, humid and even dirty as well as smelly. The underground man also describes his living place as a “room looks like a beggar’s” . It is surely not an agreeable place for a decent person to live. However, the underground man not only lives in this place but also takes this place as a refugee for him. It is certainly not because that the underground man enjoys this living environment, but because he is afraid of interacting with the outer world