What is the plot of the brothers Karamasov?
The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons?the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha.
What is at the root of all the Karamazovs?
He’s a Karamazov, too. What is at the root of all you Karamazovs is that you’re all sensual, grasping and crazy! Your brother Ivan writes theological articles in joke, for some idiotic, unknown motive of his own, though he’s an atheist, and he admits it’s a fraud himself—that’s your brother Ivan.
What was your first idea for a Karamazov story?
My first idea was a—Karamazov one. Once I was bitten by a centipede, brother, and laid up a fortnight with fever from it. Well, I felt a centipede biting at my heart then—a noxious insect, you understand? I looked her up and down. You’ve seen her? She’s a beauty. But she was beautiful in another way then.
What happened to Ivan and The Karamazovs?
Ivan shrugged his shoulders contemptuously, and turning away stared at the road. And they did not speak again all the way home. Book III. The Sensualists The Karamazovs’ house was far from being in the center of the town, but it was not quite outside it.
The Brothers Karamazov