The Brothers Karamazov (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevski
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Parents and children, Murder or homicide, Trials, Brothers, Fathers, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Russia or Russian people, Hedonism, Orthodox Eastern Church
- Locales: Russia
Characters Discussed
Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov (FYOH-dohr PAHV-loh-vihch kah-rah- MAH-zof), a crude buffoon of a father and the extremist, sensual, materialistic progenitor of a line of doomed sons. As an aging libertine he is brought in competition with his sons over a woman, money, and status, and also by a sheer determination to live and control his destiny without interference. His manners are as threatening as his brooding appearance, and as a sensual his debauchery is extreme, unabated even in his dwindling years. He is crafty, greedy, close-fisted, exhibiting a low...
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