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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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
addictionType roulette gambling
appearsIn The Gambler NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre novella
psychological fiction
centralThemeRelation gambling addiction
obsession
self-destruction
characterTrait impulsive
jealous
obsessive
passionate
self-destructive
creator Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED
drivesPlotOf The Gambler NERFINISHED
emotionalFocusOn Polina Alexandrovna NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext The Gambler (1867) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
settingAssociatedWith Roulettenburg NERFINISHED
symbolizes enslavement to chance
irrational passion
vice gambling
worksFor the General NERFINISHED

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The Gambler mainCharacter Alexei Ivanovich