Literary Elements In Notes From The Underground

The protagonist and characteristics are the two most prominent literary elements in “Notes from the Underground”
The story Notes from the Underground is divided up into two parts. The first part opens with the Underground Man talking about his way of life and how he views people. He states that his liver is in bad shape and won’t go to a doctor out of spite for them. He also states that he worked for civil service job and only held on to it for food. He says that he is overly self conscious and that he says it’s a sickness and takes some pride in it. Because he is like this he thinks he is a bit smarter than the average person. After ranting about his over consciousness he later implies everything was false and that the audience is likely mad at him now. When he looks outside and sees the snow falling he remembers his past and decides to tell this story Part two is focused on the Underground Man’s past from when he was 24 years old. The Underground Man decides he wants to …show more content…
Liza is very hopeful of the Underground Man and truly believes that he cares for her when he rants about how degrading it is to be a prostitute. I know that Liza has a bright view on the world because she shows the Underground Man her love letter from a student and treasures it greatly. Liza experiences an epiphany and realizes that the Underground Man only wants to make fun of her and humiliate her. When the Underground man gives Liza his money to humiliate her further she storms out and leaves the money at the door. This shows that she experienced the greatest change and now sees the world as a much darker place than before. I chose Liza as the protagonist over the Underground Man, because the Underground Man does not experience any change at all he continues to be his old self. Part 1 shows that the Underground Man did not change in the slightest his view of the world remained the same throughout the