A Profitable Position

Main Ideas

• Critique of the bureaucratic system and corruption in 19th-century Russian society.
• Depiction of the moral decay and cynicism of officials seeking personal gain.
• Contrast between honest and sincere individuals and corrupt, hypocritical characters.
• The issue of moral choice and personal responsibility for each individual.
• Social inequality and injustice as a consequence of a corrupt system.
• The influence of public opinion and pressure on personal beliefs and actions.