Analysis of Leo Tolstoy's text, "Hadji Murat"

Analyze the significance of the Tolstoy’s reflection on “Tartar thistle” in terms of the conflict the Caucasus depicted in “Hadji Murat”

• (Consider the significance of the thistle in Vambery’s Sketches, p.340-341 )
• Compare and contrast Tolstoy’s depictions of Hadji Murat, Shamil and Tsar Nikolas I
• Discuss Hadji Murat as a “man of action” and transgressor of traditional social and cultural norms and values.

Please use examples from the text.

Due May 6