Golyadkin’s double
E533000
Golyadkin’s double is the uncanny doppelgänger of the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s novella "The Double," embodying his psychological turmoil and fractured identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golyadkin’s double canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5547105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Golyadkin’s double Context triple: [The Double, hasCharacter, Golyadkin’s double]
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A.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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B.
The Lady with the Glove
The Lady with the Glove is a celebrated 1869 portrait painting by French artist Carolus-Duran, admired for its elegant depiction of a fashionable woman and its virtuoso, modern handling of paint.
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C.
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
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D.
The Woman to be Examined
The Woman to be Examined is the English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Mumtahanah, a chapter of the Qur’an dealing with the testing and treatment of believing women, especially in the context of migration and allegiance.
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E.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Golyadkin’s double Target entity description: Golyadkin’s double is the uncanny doppelgänger of the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s novella "The Double," embodying his psychological turmoil and fractured identity.
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A.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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B.
The Lady with the Glove
The Lady with the Glove is a celebrated 1869 portrait painting by French artist Carolus-Duran, admired for its elegant depiction of a fashionable woman and its virtuoso, modern handling of paint.
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C.
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
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D.
The Woman to be Examined
The Woman to be Examined is the English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Mumtahanah, a chapter of the Qur’an dealing with the testing and treatment of believing women, especially in the context of migration and allegiance.
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E.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
doppelgänger
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double ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ symbolic figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Double
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The Double: A Petersburg Poem ⓘ |
| appearsInSetting |
Saint Petersburg
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linked to:
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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| associatedWithTheme |
alienation
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bureaucracy ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ madness ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ split personality ⓘ |
| basedOn | Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charming
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manipulative ⓘ socially adept ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Yakov Golyadkin’s awkwardness
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Yakov Golyadkin’s timidity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
Russian literature
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fantastic literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Romantic doppelgänger tradition ⓘ |
| interpretation |
manifestation of schizophrenia
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projection of Golyadkin’s psyche ⓘ symbol of social otherness ⓘ |
| isDoubleOf | Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin ⓘ |
| laterInfluenceOn | depictions of doubles in modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
agent of social humiliation
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embodiment of fractured identity ⓘ embodiment of psychological turmoil ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatusInWork | ambiguous ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist |
mirror image
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rival ⓘ usurper of social position ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
antagonist
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foil to Yakov Golyadkin ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | Russian ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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