person
Zhestyakov
also: Жестяков
A self-important bank director who confronts the masked reveler in the reading room and is publicly humiliated; his name, from zhest' (tin/sheet metal), hints at hollow self-importance.
Reading notes
- The Mask §45 Zhestyakov
The bank director who confronts the masked man and is publicly humiliated; his name derives from zhest' (tin/sheet metal), suggesting a hollow, tinny self-importance.