Discussion on Brothers Karamazov By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Question: Discusss about the Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Answer: Introduction: The Brothers Karamazovf is a family tragedy that centers around a father and the three sons that he has had from his two wives. The three sons are Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha and the name of their father is Fyodor. The Karamzov brothers did not get the chance of growing together in the same house because their neglectful father gave them away to relatives in order to be free from all types of responsibilities (Connolly, 2013). But after a while they had returned home to visit their father along with gaining inheritance and pursuing a particular damsel for which they got the opportunity of spending some time together. But the main theme of the plot revolves around the murder of their father, Fyodor Karamazov. First of all there is a dispute between the eldest son, Dmitri and the father, Fyodor about the inheritance of property and also the fact that both of them want to pursue the same girl, Grushenka (Dostoyevsky and Garnett, 1955). One of the main underlying themes of the whole novel i s the conflict between Faith doubt. Faith can be asserted as the type of belief system practiced by Zosima and Alyosha where they have a strong trust on God and anticipate that positive activities will occur in the long run. This helps them to enhance the feelings kindness, forgiveness and the love for mankind. Doubt on the other hand would refer to the logical skepticism that is expressed by the youngest of the three brothers, Ivan Karamazov. He intends to pursue the truth by the application of proper and appropriate logic and reasons. This consequently makes him reject God or even have the minimum level of faith on religion as a whole along with the conventional notions of morality. It is to be noted that the author, Dostoevsky has not presented these two positions in a neutral manner. On the contrary, he advocates for the position of faith and even show different examples where a life of faith is much more significant and happier than a life of doubt (Dostoyevsky and Garnett, 19 96). This particular novel has endeavored a lot to examine the psychology of doubt with great level of objectivity as well as passion. Another underlying theme of the novel is that of the pervasiveness of the moral responsibility. It can be understood by reading the novel that the author wants to convey that people need to forgive the sins of others and also at the same time need to pray for the redemption of the criminals instead of praying for their punishment. As Zosima explains that each and every action done by a human being has numerous effects on another and therefore a single consequence of an action can never be traced out (Dostoyevsky and Garnett, 2009). Thus each and every human being need to be supportive of each other and encourage each other for a better future. References Connolly, J. (2013).Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Dostoyevsky, F. and Garnett, C. (1955).The brothers Karamazov. Chicago: Encyclopdia Britannica. Dostoyevsky, F. and Garnett, C. (1996).The brothers Karamazov. New York: Modern Library. Dostoyevsky, F. and Garnett, C. (2009).The brothers Karamazov. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Floating Press.