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Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky may be classified as a murder mystery; however, the themes and ideas the author introduces throughout the book explore issues deeply engraved in a timeless society. From family, to guilt, to free will, one is sure to identify with the story in more ways than one. The plot consists of the story of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov’s three – four, if you consider Smerdyakov – sons. Dimitri acts upon passion and impulse, which makes him the most vulnerable of all three brothers. Alyosha, is highly spiritual and connected to religion, while Ivan is an intellectual who explains all of life’s many questions by reason. Fyodor has no interest in any of his sons and therefore, they grow up scattered at other family
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