Questions tagged [the-brothers-karamazov]
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What does Dostoyevsky's character's statement about Permissiveness mean for Morality in Western Civilization?
One of Western civilizations most important and well-respected piece of literature is The Brothers Karamazov by Feodor Dostoyevsky. Among other important religious issues, Dostoyevsky has one of his ...
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The Brothers Karamazov - Why does Dmitri use "Bernard" as an insult?
"Bernard" is first mentioned in Book XI. Ivan, Chapter IV, in an exchange between Dmitri and Alyosha:
“Ethics?” asked Alyosha, wondering.
“Yes; is it a science?”
“Yes, there is such a ...
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The Brothers Karamazov - ladies of the eighteen stone?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Book XI, Chapter IX
The expression "eighteen stone" is mentioned 3 times in the whole book, all in same chapter:
What I dream of is becoming ...
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The Brothers Karamazov - What is "The Bell"?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Book X, Chapter IV
Long will you remember
The house at the Chain bridge.
Do you remember? It's splendid. Why are you laughing? You don't suppose I am ...
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The Brothers Karamazov - When was Russia saved before?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Book VI, Chapter 3
And how suprised men would be if I were to say that from these meek
monks, who yearn for solitary prayer, the salvation of Russia will
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The Brothers Karamazov - What is the "Chain bridge"?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Book X, Chapter IV
I say this only to you. I am not at all anxious to fall into the
clutches of the secret police and take lessons at the Chain bridge.
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In the Brothers Karamazov, did Dostoyevsky take those characters out of real life?
In the novel The Brothers Karamazov, did the writer take those characters out of real life? Or did he just build the characters with time?
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What is the text Ivan refers to in the preface to the Grand Inquisitor
Before declaming the Grand Inquisitor in the Brothers Karamazov, Ivan refers to a poem with the virgin Marie visiting Hell and begging God for mercy for its inhabitants.
Is this a real poem? If so, ...
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Why did Smerdyakov kill himself in the Brothers Karamazov?
It is being said that he committed suicide out of desperation. the Defense lawyer, Fetyukovich, actually stated Smerdyakov did not kill himself out of guilt and remorse, but because he knew there was ...
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What is the significance of the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov?
In The Brothers Karamazov, Ivan tells a long story to Alyosha about the Grand Inquisitor. I have been trying to grasp its meaning for some time, but what is the significance of that story?
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What is the significance of the "suffocation scene" at Tchermashnya in Brothers Karamazov?
I'm re-reading The Brothers Karamazov and was struck again by a strange scene whose meaning isn't immediately clear to me.
In "Lyagavy", Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 2 of The Brothers Karamazov, ...
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