(258 words) Korobochka is a household and fugitive landowner with whom Chichikov also organized tenders, acquiring dead souls. This is an ambiguous and controversial image. On the one hand, we have a lively and prudent trader, who is used to dragging all the affairs of the estate on her. This is a strong and persistent woman. But on the other hand, her character is vicious: she is petty, stupid and limited only by material concerns. To reveal both sides of her nature, it is necessary to describe the Box in more detail.
Nastasya Petrovna is the widow of a humble official who left behind only 80 souls. However, an experienced landlady knows each peasant by name. Thanks to her vigilant cares, the small business of her life is flourishing: serfs live well, trade with merchants is active, many goods are produced in the village. She achieved all this thanks to frugality and special grip. Chichikov feels this on himself when the old woman begins to bargain with him and even persuades him to buy more things than he planned. However, it’s a sin for the hero to complain, he was well received: they cleaned the traveling dress and tasty fed it. The landowner knows her job and is well-versed with the estate. However, the minuses of her character open when she shows her ignorance. Firstly, she does not understand that dead souls are not goods like butter, no merchants will come for them. Secondly, a woman believes in evil spirits and believes that she saw a line. In addition, she is stubborn, hypocritical and greedy. Possessed, she lives richly, and at the same time perceives all people as a source of profit.
No wonder the House of Boxes stands out: it is a symbol that the heroine has stopped in development and is cut off from the world. In her worldview, there is only economy; nothing else worries her dead soul. In this obsession with things, Gogol sees a terrible vice.
