 "Nicodemus Dyzma" has become proverbial in Poland as an archetype of the crude opportunist who makes his upwardly-mobile way by dint of fortuitous connections, ruthlessness and the acquiescence of an oblivious society.He is forced by the spirit of his times and the society around him to become something they need him to become.Ignorant and malleable, Dyzma turns into a puppet in the hands of the elite class.