I think it's a pun (basically a joke that is related to a specific word, like its meaning or sound) - because it's wordplay about light vs heavy
Emily Dickinson
William Cullen Bryant
Interpetation is something a reader does in response to a text. Hope this helps!
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The sentence that suggest that doctors, like lawyers are part of superficial middle-class world of nineteenth century Rusia is:
The doctor put on just the same air towards him as he himself put on towards an accused person.