Short Fiction · Character
Spirid
A Cossack who fights in the battle.
minor
First appearance: taras bulba
Spirid shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A Cossack who is embraced by another during the drinking at the alehouse.
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In I: A Cossack who is embraced by another during the drinking at the alehouse. Later, in II: A Cossack who tells the story of Mikita…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Minor Cossack warriors
- St. Petersburg tales characters
- Viy story characters
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs as the auction transforms the deceased art-lover’s cherished colle…
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