Abstract
Silence of the protagonist who is also the narrator in Dostoevsky's short story «A Gentle Creature» is analysed as a non-verbal sign with a false referent. The aim is to stress the key elements of the protagonist's silence, which correspond to mysti cation («the construction of the subject», manipulation, theatricality).
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