The Government Inspector

Character analysis of the governor in The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol?

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The governor of the town has the most to fear from the arrival of the government inspector because he has the most power of anyone in the town and is the most corrupt. In his notes on the characters, Gogol describes the governor as "a man who has grown old in the state service," who "wears an air of dignified respectability, but is by no means incorruptible." When Hlestakov announces that he has become engaged to the governor's daughter, the governor immediately indulges himself in fantasies of the luxurious, high status life he will enjoy in Saint Petersburg as a result.

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