The Brothers Karamazov
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The Real Hero
The Cruciverbalistic Bookworm
Dec 21, 2021 12:12AM
This book is not quite enjoyable but that does not make it any less great. It seemed a lot like an elaboration on 'Crime and Punishment' since the same, and similar, themes were debated extensively here. Also, though Dostoevsky stresses that Alyosha is the hero of the novel, I could not help thinking that Dimitri seemed more deserving for this 'position'.
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Hi there!
I also thought Dimitri (or even Ivan) as more of the hero. I think Alyosha is the hero according to Dostoevsky because he is spiritual/religious. Dostoevsky often explores religion in his works, and I believe he had a contentious relationship with his Orthodox faith throughout his life. His hard labor sentence, death sentence, and then sudden pardon right before he was about to be executed, had a major impact on his life and relationship to God, in my opinion, and so he wrote about crime (and punishment ;) ) and personality and moral failings and challenges to explore this. Alyosha = religious/spiritual = goodness. Sonya in Crime and Punishment and Myshkin in The Idiot are both versions of this religious, spiritual, somewhat angelic/childlike, and therefore more moral (even if Sonya is a prostitute) type of person.
I also thought Dimitri (or even Ivan) as more of the hero. I think Alyosha is the hero according to Dostoevsky because he is spiritual/religious. Dostoevsky often explores religion in his works, and I believe he had a contentious relationship with his Orthodox faith throughout his life. His hard labor sentence, death sentence, and then sudden pardon right before he was about to be executed, had a major impact on his life and relationship to God, in my opinion, and so he wrote about crime (and punishment ;) ) and personality and moral failings and challenges to explore this. Alyosha = religious/spiritual = goodness. Sonya in Crime and Punishment and Myshkin in The Idiot are both versions of this religious, spiritual, somewhat angelic/childlike, and therefore more moral (even if Sonya is a prostitute) type of person.
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