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The document provides a character list for the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It summarizes the main characters including the three Karamazov brothers, their father Fyodor Pavlovich, and other important characters such as Grushenka, Smerdyakov, and Elder Zosima. The brothers - Alyosha, Dmitri, and Ivan - have very different personalities and beliefs that are central to the plot. Their father Fyodor Pavlovich is a vulgar man whose actions negatively impact his sons. Grushenka and Smerdyakov also play significant roles related to the central conflict of the story.

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Character List

The document provides a character list for the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It summarizes the main characters including the three Karamazov brothers, their father Fyodor Pavlovich, and other important characters such as Grushenka, Smerdyakov, and Elder Zosima. The brothers - Alyosha, Dmitri, and Ivan - have very different personalities and beliefs that are central to the plot. Their father Fyodor Pavlovich is a vulgar man whose actions negatively impact his sons. Grushenka and Smerdyakov also play significant roles related to the central conflict of the story.

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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Character List
lexei Fyodorovich Karamazov - (Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alxeichick, Lyosha, Lyoshenka) The protagonist, the third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and the younger brother of Dmitri and Ivan. Kind, gentle, loving, and wise, Alyosha is the opposite of his coarse and vulgar father. He possesses a natural, simple faith in God that translates into a genuine love for mankind. Around twenty years old at the start of the novel, Alyosha is affiliated with the monastery, where he is a student of the elder Zosima. Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov - (Mitka, Mitya, Mitenka, Mitri Fyodorovich) The oldest son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov. Dmitri is passionate and intemperate, easily swept away by emotions and enthusiasms, as he demonstrates when he loses interest in his fiance Katerina and falls madly in love with Grushenka. Cursed with a violent temper, Dmitri is plagued with the burden of sin and struggles throughout the novel to overcome his own flawed nature and to attain spiritual redemption. Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov - (Vanya, Vanka, Vanechka) The second son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and the middle brother between Dmitri and Alyosha. A brilliant student, Ivan has an acutely logical mind and demands a rational explanation for everything that happens in the universe. As a result of his inability to reconcile the idea of unjust suffering with the idea of a loving God, Ivan is plagued by religious doubt, and he oscillates between outright atheism and belief in a malevolent God. His forceful arguments about Gods cruelty toward mankind are compelling, but after they lead to the murder of his father, they drive him into madness. Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov - The wealthy patriarch of the Karamazov dynasty, the father of Alyosha, Dmitri, and Ivan, and almost certainly the father of Smerdyakov. Coarse, vulgar, greedy, and lustful, Fyodor Pavlovich lives a life devoted exclusively to the satisfaction of

his senses, with no thought for those whom he betrays or hurts. Completely lacking in dignity despite his wealth, Fyodor Pavlovich is loathed by almost everyone who knows him. He has no affection for his children, and even forgets which of them belongs to which mother. His only goal in life is to have money and seduce young women such as Grushenka, whom he lusts after for much of the novel. Fyodor Pavlovich is eventually murdered by Smerdyakov. Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlov - (Grushenka, Grusha, Grushka) A beautiful young woman who is brought to the town by Samsonov after a lover betrays her. Proud, fiery, and headstrong, Grushenka is an almost universal object of desire among the men in the town and is the source of much of the antagonism between Fyodor Pavlovich and Dmitri. She is reputed to be sexually promiscuous, but in reality, she is much too proud to give herself to lovers. She devotes herself instead to increasing her wealth by making shrewd investments, but after she meets Alyosha, a hidden vein of gentleness and love begins to emerge in her character. Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov - The son of Lizaveta and Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, Smerdyakov is raised by Grigory and his wife Marfa and is made to work in Fyodor Pavlovichs house as a servant. Cursed with epilepsy, Smerdyakov also has a mean temperament, sometimes exhibiting outright malice and sometimes hiding behind a mask of groveling servitude. He is particularly interested in discussing philosophy with Ivan, whose advocacy of an antireligious amorality paves the way for Smerdyakov to murder Fyodor Pavlovich.

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