The corruption demonstrated by all the characters is on a level far below any grand sort of evil. There are not truly evil bureaucrats pulling the strings of darkness, Gogol suggests, but rather an enormous collective exhibition of inexhaustible...
The Question and Answer section for The Government Inspector is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The corruption demonstrated by all the characters is on a level far below any grand sort of evil. There are not truly evil bureaucrats pulling the strings of darkness, Gogol suggests, but rather an enormous collective exhibition of inexhaustible...
Can you give me the specific scenrr number?
I believe it is Hlestakov, though I am unable to find this exact quote in the text.