GradeSaver, 1 December 2007 Web.Even though ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ is primarily a theological inquiry, the novel supports the premise that the decision to believe in God cannot be entirely explained rationally. Next Section Glossary Previous Section The Brothers Karamazov Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Strauch, Kendrick. The elder who takes Alyosha under his wing and urges him to leave the monastery. He was severely beaten by Dmitri, and Alyosha brings him money from Katerina. Mihail Ospovitch RakitinĪ young friend of Alyosha whom Grushanka bribes to bring Alyosha to her. Grushenka’s former lover, who returns to see her. The town idiot who gives birth to Smerdyakov (rumored to be Fyodor’s son). Nikolay (Kolya) Ivanovich KrassotkinĪ young boy who looks up to Alyosha. The girl who is in love with Dmitri and is determined to marry him. His illness is a catalyst that brings the other boys together. The young boy with whom Alyosha becomes close. The young girl who gets engaged to Alyosha. The “she-devil” whom Fyodor and Dmitri both pursue. Grigory Vassilyevichįyodor’s servant Smerdyakov’s adopted father.
He serves as a foil to Father Zossima, disagreeing with Zossima’s ideas of love and compassion. Father FerapontĪnother monk at the monastery. Sofiaįyodor’s second wife and Ivan's and Alyosha’s mother. Adelaidaįyodor’s first wife and Dmitri’s mother. This epileptic boy is enamored of Ivan’s ideas about life, and he murders Fyodor.
Rumored to be Fyodor’s illegitimate son by Lizaveta, he has grown up as a servant to Fyodor. He is deeply religious and caring, and he tries to follow in the footsteps of Father Zossima, the elder at the monastery whom he respects very much. Alexei (Alyosha) Fyodorovich Karamazovįyodor’s youngest son (his second by Sofia). He is intellectual and cynical, and he becomes very ill when his father is murdered because he feels that he is very much to blame. Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazovįyodor’s second son (his first by Sofia). He is impulsive and quick to anger like his father, but he has a faith in God that Fyodor does not share. Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazovįyodor’s oldest son (whose mother is Adelaida). He is surly and emotional, generally disliked by everyone. The aging patriarch of the Karamazov family. Buy Study Guide Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov
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