The Queen of Spades: Hermann and Greed
The Queen of Spades is a complicated story about greed, the supernatural, love, desires and secrets. The card game in the story The Queen of Spades is one of the oldest games of chance. What I will try to determine is whether the Countess' seemingly real ghost is authentic only in so much as Hermann's consuming madness produces it, as well as to designate the origin of Hermann's madness.
Hermann is a young German soldier in the Tsar's army who dreams of becoming a member of the Russian elite. After an evening at a friend's, he learns the story of a…
