Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man

Main Characters and Their Development

• Yegor Dmitrievich Glumov - the main character of the play, a young man striving for success and wealth at any cost. He is smart, cunning, and deceitful, using people for his own interests and manipulating them. Throughout the play, his true nature is revealed, leading to his exposure and downfall.
• Kleopatra Lvovna Mamaeva - a wealthy and influential lady, a widow who becomes the target of Glumov's manipulations. She trusts him and even falls in love with him, but by the end of the play, she realizes she has been deceived.
• Ivan Ivanovich Mamaev - Kleopatra Lvovna's husband, an official who also falls under Glumov's influence. He entrusts his affairs to him but ends up disappointed.
• Manefa Ivanovna Turusina - a wealthy widow who also becomes a victim of Glumov's intrigues. She trusts him and even plans to marry her niece to him, but her plans fall apart by the end of the play.
• Gordey Karpich Krutitsky - an old official who also falls under Glumov's influence. He entrusts his affairs to him but ends up disappointed.
• Meropia Davydovna - Glumov's aunt, who assists him in his intrigues. She is clever and cunning, but her plans also collapse by the end of the play.
• Sofya Ignatyevna - Turusina's niece, a young girl who becomes the object of Glumov's intrigues. She trusts him but realizes by the end of the play that she has been deceived.