short story Upheaval

in "an upheaval" who did Madame Kushkin call a "learned pauper"

Mashenka

in "an upheaval" when Liza, a maidservant, tells Mashenka about the missing brooch, she adds, "But you've no need to tremble like that Miss. They found nothing here." The response demonstrates

Liza does not share Mashenka's indignant feelings at being searched

in "an upheaval" Nikolay Sergeitch can be described as

frightened and powerless

in "an upheaval" when Mashenka saw her room being searched she felt

invaded

what social criticism is implicit in the following quote from "an upheaval" ... the feeling that is so familiar to persons in dependent positions who eat the bread of the rich and powerful and cannot speak their minds.

people who work for the wealthy are treated inhumanely

in "an upheaval" Mashenka's thought that "She, well educated, refined, the daughter of a teacher was suspected of theft; she had been searched like a common street walker" demonstrates that

she was guilty of viewing different people as inferior

In 19th century Russia, well-educated professionals like Moshenka in "an upheaval"

usually did not earn enough money