What can the reader conclude about Mrs. Coburn from this passage?

i think it's either 'to expose the corruption of the communists in russia', or 'to criticize animal brutality by communists in russia.'  

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answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.

in act iii, scene ii, caliban, trínculo and stephano are drinking and wandering about the island. caliban asks for to steal prospero´s magic books. as a consequence, they will be able to kill him and take miranda. in this way, stephano will become king, propero´s daughter will be the queen, caliban will be their servant and everyone will recover power over the island.