Karamazov

In his poem, “The Grand inquisitor,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky uses his story of two brothers, Ivan Karamazov and Alyosha Karamazov to discuss religion and the existence, or lack thereof, of a benevolent God. What really struck me about Dostoyevsky was his ability to use Ivan’s questioning as a means to foster thought in his audience. Personally, I had a few moments of sublimity as I pondered my own religion and how these unanswerable questions played in my religion. I also really appreciated how Dostoyevsky’s

Captain Beatty put the fire down. This is not a book that you, sir, want to burn; we have too much to learn from it. The book The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about three brothers and their lives before their killing of their father and the aftermath of the killing of their father. Why you, Beatty, can’t burn this book is because it has an amazing message behind it. After reading the book I feel like it teaches the reader forgiveness. Forgiveness is a big part of the book, from the

According to Gary Browning, “At the center of Dostoevskij's teaching is active love. This love, which is most fully expressed when we live as though each is responsible for everything.” Throughout the novel, Zosima’s actions reveal the position of his heart. Dostoevsky, through Zosima, shows how these complex and difficult ideas can be lived out to produce paradise. He lives as a monk, to which people travel far to hear his wisdom, he treats each of these individuals with love, and caters to their

range of action, possibilities of behavior for his hero that go beyond the morally acceptable, and this wish will create itself in the form of a double, or anti-hero” writes Joyce Carol Oates in her piece “Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov.” Just as Oates suggests that doubles are created in order for an author to extend a character's range of believable actions, doubles exist to bring about change in their original forms. Citing Mikhail Bakhtin's criticism of Dostoyevsky's creation

dеscription of thе tragic Karamazov brothеrs and thе murdеr of thеir fathеr provokеs quеstions about God’s sovеrеignty, thе placе of suffеring in our world, human dеpravity, and rеdеmption through pain. Thе Brothеrs Karamazov is a long book (almost 800 pagеs). Pеvеar and Volokhonsky’s translation is, undoubtеdly, thе еasiеst to rеad in еnglish, but еvеn thе good translation cannot ovеrcomе somе of thе slow-moving momеnts whеrе thе novеl labors in dеtails. Many Karamazov fans (and I am onе of thеm)

evil. So if Jesus was allowed to continue to perform miracles, the church would be overthrown and the streets would be ruled by chaos. The Grand inquisitor acts as the person holding the leash and the population acts as the animal ("The Brothers Karamazov:"). As long as the person holding the leash can distinguish between good and evil, the population will follow the

1. Utilitarianism is a consequential theory by not only a matter of what we are capable of emotionally doing but to also do a matter of what we ought to do rationally. Actions to benefit the majority to maximize happiness for the greater of good of people and minimize unhappiness. Utilitarian is a hard universal theory for the universal moral code that applies to everyone to maximize happiness and minimize misery or unhappiness for the great of good. In the matter in which peoples consequences are

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821- 1881) is one of the most famous and widely translated Russian writers in the world. He was born in 1821, in Moscow, one of eight children of a staff doctor at the Mariinskii Hospital for the Poor. Dostoevsky was educated first at home, then at the age of 17 he was sent to the Academy for Military Engineers to study engineering. After training as a draftsman, Dostoevsky embarked on the literary career. 1846 saw the publishing of his first book, Poor Folk that

been born again in "The Brothers K," David James Duncan's wildly excessive, flamboyantly sentimental, tear-jerking, thigh-slapping homage to Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy -- and the game of baseball. For the title isn't merely a spin on "The Brothers Karamazov," though Mr. Duncan makes frequent references to that heavy tome. "K," we are reminded, is also the baseball-scorecard symbol for striking out -- and thus, as Mr. Duncan extrapolates it, for failing, flunking, pratfalling, making a bad situation

In “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky made a famous claim that establishes the link between the existence of God and morality. Apart from the controversy related to the scope of the quotation, the discussion on the proper translation and interpretation of the words of Ivan Karamazov. For instance, in his article “Dostoevsky did not say it” D.Cortesi claims that Dostoevsky did not make such claim (Cortesi 1). However, the research by Russian-speaking authors shows that the original text