“The Secret of Renewal for Everyone”: Spiritual and Political Images in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “The Brothers Karamazov”
This article attempts to analyze the F. M. Dostoevsky's spiritual and political concept, reflected in the images of four characters in the epochal novel “The Brothers Karamazov”. The belief system of the elder Zosima should be considered as the conceptual core of the writer's worldview and at the same time as the philosophical truth itself, while the images of Alesha, Mitya and Ivan Karamazov represent three possible paths each connected with the idea the elder has proclaimed: the path of acceptance, the path of renewal, and the path of rebellion.