Notes from the Undergroundの登場人物、年表、場所

The narrator introduces his suspected illness, recalls tormenting petitioners, and explains his retirement into isolation.

The narrator describes pleasure in shame and argues that excessive awareness prevents him from acting.

The narrator contrasts direct revenge with the lasting resentment of a person trapped in doubt.

The narrator uses deliberately unpleasant toothache moans to explain pleasure in helplessness and tormenting others.

The narrator describes inventing offenses, repentance, and love to escape boredom, then distrusting his own feelings.

The narrator argues that people may reject their own interests simply to exercise independent choice.

The narrator disputes predictable human behavior, arguing that people may deliberately choose harm to preserve individuality.

The narrator suggests that people may prefer striving and destruction to completed perfection.

The narrator rejects a perfect crystal palace because it leaves no room for defiance.

The narrator admits inventing his readers' accusations and decides to record private memories.

After brooding over an officer's insult, the narrator deliberately bumps shoulders with him as a claim to equality.

Heroic dreams eventually drive the narrator to seek company and visit Simonov.

The narrator insists on joining Zverkov's farewell dinner and withholds Apollon's wages to prepare for it.

The narrator quarrels at dinner, delivers an insulting toast, and borrows money to follow the departing guests.

The narrator pursues his companions while imagining revenge, then approaches a young woman after finding them gone.

The narrator questions Liza, predicts illness and poverty, and urges her toward love and family life.

Liza breaks down under the narrator's warnings, and he gives her his address before leaving.

The narrator sends Simonov a dishonest apology, then quarrels with Apollon before Liza unexpectedly arrives.

The narrator admits wanting to humiliate Liza, but her comfort exposes his shame and dependence.

The narrator gives Liza money as an insult, discovers she leaves it behind, and pursues her through the snow.