The Brothers Karamazov
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Plot Summary
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Part 1: Book 1, Chapter 1 Part 1: Book 1, Chapter 2 Part 1: Book 1, Chapter 3 Part 1: Book 1, Chapter 4 Part 1: Book 1, Chapter 5 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 1 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 2 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 3 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 4 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 5 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 6 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 7 Part 1: Book 2, Chapter 8 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 1 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 2 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 3 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 4 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 5 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 6 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 7 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 8 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 9 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 10 Part 1: Book 3, Chapter 11 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 1 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 2 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 3 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 4 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 5 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 6 Part 2: Book 4, Chapter 7 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 1 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 2 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 3 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 4 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 5 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 6 Part 2: Book 5, Chapter 7 Part 2: Book 6, Chapter 1 Part 2: Book 6, Chapter 2 Part 2: Book 6, Chapter 3 Part 3: Book 7, Chapter 1 Part 3: Book 7, Chapter 2 Part 3: Book 7, Chapter 3 Part 3: Book 7, Chapter 4 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 1 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 2 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 3 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 4 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 5 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 6 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 7 Part 3: Book 8, Chapter 8 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 1 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 2 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 3 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 4 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 5 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 6 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 7 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 8 Part 3: Book 9, Chapter 9 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 1 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 2 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 3 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 4 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 5 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 6 Part 4: Book 10, Chapter 7 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 1 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 2 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 3 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 4 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 5 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 6 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 7 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 8 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 9 Part 4: Book 11, Chapter 10 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 1 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 2 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 3 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 4 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 5 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 6 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 7 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 8 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 9 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 10 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 11 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 12 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 13 Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 14 Epilogue, Chapter 1 Epilogue, Chapter 2 Epilogue, Chapter 3
Themes
All Themes Faith vs. Reason Innocence and Guilt Jealousy and Envy Morality and Modernization Suffering Family
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Characters
All Characters Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov Alexei “Alyosha” Fyodorovich Karamazov Lieutenant Dmitri “Mitya” Fyodorovich Karamazov Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov Zosima, the Elder Agrafena “Grushenka” Alexandrovna Svetlov Mikhail Osipovich “Misha” Rakitin Katerina “Katya” Ivanovna Verkhovtsev Ilyusha Nikolai “Kolya” Ivanov Krasotkin Lizaveta Smerdyashchaya (“Stinking Lizaveta”) Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov Adelaida Ivanovna Sofia Ivanovna Nastasia Madame Prokhorovna Grigory Vasilievich Kutuzov Yefim Petrovich Polenov General Vorokhov’s Widow Pyotr Fomich Kalganov Varsonofy Madame Katerina Osipovna Khokhlakov Lise Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov Lyagavy Agafya Ivanovna Captain Nikolai Ilyich Snegiryov Brother Anfim Markel Ippolit Kirillovich Fetyukovich Herzenstube Trifon “Borisich” Borisovich The Panie The Gentleman The Cardinal Grand Inquisitor The Presiding Judge Mikhail “Makarich” Makarovich Makarov Maria Kondratievna Marfa Ignatievna Pyotr Ilyich Perkhotin Afanasy Dardanelov
Symbols
All Symbols The Left Side The Onion The Envelope and the Three Thousand Roubles
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Motifs Paradox Pathos Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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The Brothers Karamazov

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov Literary Devices

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