Who’s read Gogol’s comedy The Inspector I don’t understand the very ending! Explain, please

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The artistic organization of the silent scene of The Inspector General is the moment in the work that has caused, and still causes, the greatest amount of controversy. Gogol himself attached great importance to this scene. Gogol himself, likened to an artist, built the final scene very precisely by creating a flawlessly symmetrical composition. The axis of symmetry can be considered to be the figure of the town master who stands in the center in the form of a pole. All of the other participants in the "picture" are positioned relative to this figure. In total, we can distinguish three layers in the scene: the first is the town governor and his family, who are the most stunned by the unexpected news. Accordingly, their mimicry is much more expressive than that of the others. In the second are the first officials of the town. The ironic expressions on their faces are meant to emphasize the tragic position of the town governor. This is Gogol's favourite device of contrast: the comic grimaces of the officials in the town enhance the tragic sound of the final scene. The other officials and guests form a gray mass in the background, creating a background without which no painting can do without. Petrification in Gogol's understanding becomes synonymous with the strongest shock. It is as if the writer runs out of words and, in order to achieve the desired effect, he turns to the expressive means of other arts. The inner, psychological state is conveyed by external means, accessible to the visual perception.