Instead of asking Alyosha to stay with him during his last days, however, Father Zossima tells Alyosha he should leave the monastery to be with his family. They adopted the child immediately, and Fyodor named him.įather Zossima is dying, and Alyosha is distraught. Grigory and Marfa gave birth to a deformed child, and when they buried the child, they found Lizaveta, who had just given birth to Smerdyakov. They decided Fyodor must have been the culprit. Everyone called her “Stinking Lizaveta,” and when the town found out she was pregnant, they were furious at whoever could do such a thing to a helpless girl. She was the town idiot, and she lived off charity from the other townspeople. He was born to a woman named Lizaveta who died in childbirth. Smerdyakov is an epileptic servant who was adopted by Grigory and Marfa, Fyodor’s other servants. This is why he is so interested in getting the money from Fyodor.īack at Fyodor’s house, Smerdyakov is talking to the Karamazovs.
He wants to run away with Grushenka, but he feels that he needs to pay Katerina back before he can do so. Instead of paying it back, he spent it on another girl named Grushenka. Dmitri promised to marry a girl named Katerina, and she lent him 3,000 rubles. Alyosha talks to Dmitri, who confesses his complicated situation with women and money. After Fyodor drives the men to frustration, they leave the monastery separately, and Alyosha worries about their family’s future. Father Zossima is patient and kind, but Fyodor and Dmitri end up quarreling anyway. Alyosha believes that the wise old man can settle the dispute peacefully. But they all have returned home to visit their father, and it is the first time they all have been together for quite some time.ĭmitri has a dispute with Fyodor over his inheritance, and Alyosha, who is living in a monastery, suggests that they see Father Zossima, Alyosha’s mentor. Hence, the Karamazov brothers end up growing into young men under the care of various other people. Fyodor is a greedy landowner, a bawdy lecher, and a neglectful father. Ivan and Alyosha have the same mother, but Dmitri, the oldest, has a different mother. Fyodor, the eldest Karamazov, has three sons: Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha. The Brothers Karamazov is a family tragedy centered around a father and his sons.
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