Love Interest

Character Role Analysis

Sophie

Poprishchin's obsessed with Sophie from the very beginning of the story. He isn't just interested in Sophie's physical beauty, though. He wants to marry her. This could be his ticket into a life of true nobility, which he imagines is full of refinement, fancy clothes, and class. But when he finds out that she is going to marry the kammerjunker Teplov, he loses it. As in, completely.