Alexei Ivanovich

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Alexei Ivanovich is the impulsive, obsessive young tutor whose descent into gambling addiction drives the plot of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "The Gambler."

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Alexei Ivanovich canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
addictionType roulette gambling ⓘ
appearsIn The Gambler ⓘ
appearsInGenre novella ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
centralThemeRelation gambling addiction ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
characterTrait impulsive ⓘ
jealous ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
passionate ⓘ
self-destructive ⓘ
creator Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
drivesPlotOf The Gambler ⓘ
emotionalFocusOn Polina Alexandrovna ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Gambler (1867) ⓘ
linked to: The Gambler
gender male ⓘ
languageOfCharacter Russian (original text) ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ
moralArc moral decline through gambling ⓘ
narrativeFunction explores psychology of gambling ⓘ
illustrates destructive passion ⓘ
narrativeRole first-person narrator ⓘ
nationality Russian ⓘ
occupation tutor ⓘ
psychologicalProfile compulsive gambler ⓘ
relationshipToGeneral employee ⓘ
relationshipToPolinaAlexandrovna devoted admirer ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist ⓘ
romanticObsessionWith Polina Alexandrovna ⓘ
settingAssociatedWith Roulettenburg ⓘ
symbolizes enslavement to chance ⓘ
irrational passion ⓘ
vice gambling ⓘ
worksFor the General ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gambler → mainCharacter → Alexei Ivanovich ⓘ
Polina Alexandrovna → hasRelationshipWith → Alexei Ivanovich ⓘ