Andreyev, bu eserinde sadece bir kurgu sunmaz; aynı zamanda Birinci Dünya Savaşı sonrası çöken Avrupa değerlerini ve insan ruhunun derinliklerindeki yozlaşmayı cerrahi bir keskinlikle inceler.
In Seytanin Gunlugu , the narrator’s turn toward Satan is an act of desperation. He reasons that if Goodness allows his son to die, then Goodness is his enemy. Yet, he cannot even successfully be evil. He finds that he is too weak to be a true sinner, just as he was too weak to be a true saint. He is trapped in the mediocrity of human suffering. Seytan-in Gunlugu - Leonid Andreyev