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but only a few could argue whether one of the greatest representatives of this genre was a Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky or not. Though he is best known for his other novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov, this text offers a take on characters of his fascinating short novel The Gambler which was written in 1866. Two topics are woven within the zealously intricated storyline. The one is desperate longing for a distant woman and the another one is a

Brother Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the interworking of the mind, the minds of criminals, and the effect that outside forces have on the choices made during and after crimes. In Crime and Punishment the psychological consequence of crime is a constant theme. Raskolnikov murders a pawn-broker and throughout the novels struggles with his guilt and wants to confess his crime. On the other hand in The Brother Karamazov, Dostoevsky shows the struggle between faith and doubt. The Karamazov family

torments the mind, in a way the anticipation is more dreadful than the impending punishment. However one can find the power to redeem themselves through someone or something, cleansing their sins. “Crime and Punishment” as well as “The Brothers Karamazov” both show how guilt can bring oneself to the breaking point. Dostoevsky shows that one cannot find redemption alone, its something that has to be tackled together with an outside force. In both novels the main characters experience guilt, and their

in order to address this dilemma: the Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne written by the Frenchman Voltaire along with Ivan Karamazov’s belief from the novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Hart briefly correlates Voltaire’s reference of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake to this conflict before thoroughly outlining the argument of Ivan Karamazov

Evil’s origin begins with Adam and Eve using their special gift, free will, to commit the first sin. They sinned because they were tempted from the free will to choose between following or disobeying God’s orders. Paradise Lost is an epic written by John Milton that describes the fallen angel Satan and the fall of man. The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about an archbishop who talks with Jesus and wants to burn him as a heretic. Paradise Lost and The Grand Inquisitor both discuss free

“For what is freedom? That one has the will to assume responsibility for oneself.” (Nietzsche. Twilight of the Idols. Trans. Hollingdale. Sect. 38). Everyone desires freedom but everyone cannot handle the responsibilities of freedom. I will compare J.S. Mill’s views on the social function of freedom with that of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s characters from both, the novel Notes From Underground and the excerpt; The Grand Inquisitor, also drawing supplementary arguments from Friedrich Nietzsche, while expressing

Guilt in Crime and Punishment   In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky tells a story of a young man that has been forced out of his studies at a university, by poverty. In these circumstances, he develops his theory of an extraordinary man (Frank 62). This conjecture is composed of the ideas that all great men must climb over obstacles in their way to reach their highest potential and benefit human kind. In Raskolnikov's life, the great obstacle is his lack of money, and the way to get

The Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky stands at the very summit of Russian literature. No 19th-century writer had greater psychological insight or philosophical depth.  None speaks more immediately and passionately to the mood and tone of the present century. This essay will discuss how Dostoyevsky's intent to portray a 'truly beautiful soul' manifests itself in the novel The Idiot, and access Dostoyevsky's success or failure in achieving his intention.  Dostoyevsky confesses

Dostoevsky 's The Brothers Karamozov seems to be particularly interested in the concept of personhood. Specifically, how outside perspectives shape that person. Many characters within the novel, most notably Mitya and his thief or scoundrel dilemma, are heavily concerned with their image, or how they are perceived by others. This leads to an internal disjunction between who the characters are and who they want to be, causing massive amounts of conflict within individuals. Following her male counter-parts

In Nature of Politics, we have read and gone over many pieces of literature ranging from Machiavelli’s The Prince, which focuses on the art of maintained and failed principalities, to the Federalist papers’ rational defense of the United States constitution and pluralistic decentralization of government to Dostoevsky’s idea of “miracle, mystery, and authority” that is framed by the Grand Inquisitor detailed, albeit somewhat twisted, thinking and so on. From these readings, one is taught to grasp