Doctor Zhivago | Possible Reasons Why Yurii Has Trouble Loving the Women in His Life
Hart is a freelance writer and published author. In the following essay, she examines possible reasons why Pasternak’s protagonist, Yurii, has trouble loving the women in his life.
Pasternak opens his novel Doctor Zhivago with the funeral and then the suicide of his protagonist’s parents. From the beginning to the end of this story, the author then explores the slow fracturing that tears apart his protagonist, and his protagonist’s dreams and relationships. As the outer world of Russian politics falls apart, so too does Zhivago, to the point that he is unable to deal with his society and is incapable of loving the women who affect and support him. The process is slow but devastating.
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