The Gambler Essay Examples

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The Themes of Gambling, Love, Luck, Moral Debasement, and Poverty in Charles Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil and Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Gambler (2069 words, 7 pages)

The Flowers of Evil (1866) authored by Charles Baudelaire and The Gambler (1867) by Fyodor Dostoevsky are two literary works of art with common denominators they both deal with the themes of gambling, love, luck, moral debasement, and deep poverty. Both books are pivotal, produced during the symbolism era, the ... Read More

The Story of The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky from the Perspective of Alexey Ivanovich (1277 words, 4 pages)

Roulettenburg Farce Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gambler is told from a first person point ofview by Alexey Ivanovich, an unreliable narrator that presents the novelthrough a series of journal-like entries in which he attempts to recall theevents of his time in Roulettenburg and beyond. He travels as a tutor withthe family ... Read More

Maverick and Oakhurst: The Gamblers at Heart (541 words, 1 pages)

Maverick and Oakhust Gamblers at HeartThere come a time when a man has to do what a man has to do. Sometimes It is standing up for himself when confronted with a problem or other times it's just turning tail and running. John Oakhurst from "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Gambler (864 words, 3 pages)

The literary character that I most readily identify with would be Dostoevskys Alexei, The Gambler. I can relate to him because like me, he is a man of many passions. He is also all but helpless against his addiction to gambling. I have also felt helpless to certain circumstances in ... Read More

A Personal Identification With Alexei in The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky (857 words, 4 pages)

With Which Literary Character Do You Most Readily Identify? Why? Alexei inDostoevsky's "The Gambler"The literary character that I most readily identify with would beDostoevsky's Alexei, The Gambler. I can relate to him because like me, he is aman of many passions. He is also all but helpless against his addiction ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in Dostoevsky’s Alexei, the Gambler (852 words, 3 pages)

With Which Literary Character Do You Most Readily Identify? Why? Alexei inThe literary character that I most readily identify with would beDostoevsky's Alexei, The Gambler. I can relate to him because like me, he is aman of many passions. He is also all but helpless against his addiction togambling. I ... Read More

An Analysis of Alexei Character in The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky (845 words, 1 pages)

2.) With which literary character do you most readily identify? Why? The literary character that I most readily identify with would be Dostoevsky's Alexei, The Gambler. I can relate to him because like me, he is a man of many passions. He is also all but helpless against his addiction ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013