question archive In the first draft of "The Nose," Gogol framed the story as Kovalyov's dream
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In the first draft of "The Nose," Gogol framed the story as Kovalyov's dream. In the final version he removed the dream at the end. What is the effect of rendering Major Kovalyov's story "real" rather than a dream?
Why is free indirect discourse the most appropriate narrative technique for the kind of irony Melville is pursuing in Benito Cereno? Would yo provide one example to support your answer.