Notes from Underground · Character

Ferfitchkin

A spiteful former schoolmate of the Underground Man at the farewell dinner.

minor

Also known as Ferfitchkin, That rascal Ferfitchkin

First appearance: ii

Ferfitchkin's tie to Apollon is one of the pressures that moves Notes from Underground—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

A former schoolmate who openly insults the Underground Man during the dinner.

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With Apollon (social): Apollon and Ferfitchkin have little direct contact, but both serve as figures of contempt and irritation in the Underground Man's life. With Liza (social): Ferfitchkin and Liza have no direct…

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See Ferfitchkin in ii

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Relationships

Apollon
social · ambivalent
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Liza
social · ambivalent

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See Ferfitchkin in ii

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Part II: À Propos of the Wet Snow
A former schoolmate who openly insults the Underground Man during the dinner.
III
A former schoolmate whom the narrator expects to snigger at him to curry favor with Zverkov.
IV
Laughs at the narrator's predicament, calls him a 'spiteful brute,' and accepts the narrator's challenge to a duel.
V
Imagined as one who will tug at the narrator's hair during the anticipated brawl.

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See Ferfitchkin in ii

See Ferfitchkin in Part II: À Propos of the Wet Snow