his wife always being next to him like a goose frightens him greatly. In his eyes the new status he will obtain with his wife is weaker and he does not want to portray it in front of others. The notion of status and wearing a coat can be compared to another of Gogol’s short stories.We can compare the notion of wearing your wife to the short story the “Overcoat”. In the Overcoat the main character feels that a nicer overcoat will make him change social status and get treated differently from others. In his dream the same idea is exposed, the woolen material is his wife and also portrays him as being dependent and not as a prestigious loner anymore. The notion of cutting up is used in both of these short stories. The idea of loss of masculinity is present here as well as in the “Nose”. In the “Nose” the main character looses his masculinity by the loss of his nose and in “Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his Aunt” loses his masculinity by not wearing his uniform but on the other hand wearing the woolen wife. As we can see, women have a big role on the loss of power or masculinity.Many Gogolian women have traits in common. In this story Auntie is a strong woman and the origin of the problem because she is the one who is setting the two for marriage. The soon to be wife is also a power absorber we can also compare this to “Diary of a Madman” were the soon to be ruler of Spain is a women and the main character is not happy with a women having such power. Gogolian women are power figurines and Gogolian men’s masculinity and power are threatened through them.The women in these stories take men’s power, take men’s masculinity, take men’s identity and in the end make them go mad. Most of the Gogol’s stories end with the Gogolian men falling; from the Akaky dying of cold, to the major going mad and to story with no ending. Can Men falling in their soc...
