What comic elements do you find in the account of the wake that PeterIvanovich attends?

What will be an ideal response?



  • Comic elements include the deacon with his imperious tone (par. 24), Peter Ivanovich’s struggles with the rebellious springs of the couch (par. 33, 37), and his longing to escape to a card game—fulfilled at the end of Section I. The widow haggles over the price of a cemetery plot (par. 33–35) and utters the great comic lines (in paragraph 40) congratulating herself on enduring Ivan’s screams.

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