The Brothers Karamazov - Blog Posts
daily affirmations:
i am worthy i am not a burden i did not kill my father and steal 3000 rubles and then walk through my town covered in blood before visiting my friend who wiped off the blood for me and then i told him i was going to kill myself then- i can do it
Rodya Raskolnikov and Alyosha Karamazov. My beloveds (baby girls, if you will)
dostoy fandom not ready for the manga idea i had a year ago thats loosely raskolnikov and alyosha doing hot girl shit together
literally so funny in tbk the amount of times alyosha scurries and vaults himself over walls and hedges and gates while in his longass monk robes. the image of it described every time is the funniest thing ever i love him so dearly
The thing about me and Dostoevsky books is that everytime I read (or start rereading) one, I start wanting to read everything he has ever written... all at once.
If that's not a sign of severe mental instability what is?
Me *starting The Brothers Karamazov at 1 am: Fuck it! We ball
Just let me drink coffee and read Dostoyevski.
The Brothers Karamazov as tarot cards 🃏✨
Dmitri Karamazov: The Hanged Man "The Hanged Man suggests an ultimate surrender, sacrifice, or being suspended in time. A letting go at the face of what is inevitable."
Ivan Karamazov: The Devil "The Devil card represents the worst parts of ourselves, the ones we struggle with the most; our shadow and vices, likewise, a state of being trapped and giving away our power."
Alyosha Karamazov: The Fool and The Star 🌟🕊 "The Fool represents a new beginning, taking a leap of faith, naivety yet enjoying beginners's luck and having an optimistic outlook, while The Star signifies hope, and a renewal of spirit."
I hope in my next incarnation I'm reborn as a protagonist from a Dostoyevsky novel
Redraw the story of the grand inquisitor. Hope you guys Enjoy :) This is the last part of the story.
Honestly, one of the things that fuck me up the most about The Brothers Karamazov, is not only that Dostoyevski names Fyodor Karamazov —arguably the most vile character in the novel— after himself; but that he names this character's pure son, mr. little ray of sunshine Alyosha, the same as the son Dostoyevski lost at three years old, a loss that pained him all his life, like????? what did you meant by this sir???? does such goodness only belongs to the realm of death?? of fantasy?? Are we always to taint good works through our polluting influence? what does this mean!!!!
From W. J. Leatherbarrow's "Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Brother's Karamazov"
Quick sketches of the Karamazov brothers! ❤️
The scene in Brothers Karamasov where Fyodor Karamazov and Miusov are arguing in front of Father Zosima has always felt heavily reminiscent of a Trump Biden debate, if those debates had been moderated by like the pope or Dalai Lama or something
Brothers Karamazov is an amazing psychological exploration of character because it showcases three terrible yet very common mental illnesses: the saviour complex (Alyosha), the superiority complex (Ivan) and being an extrovert (Dmitri) 😔
“So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
I finally got 9 Alyosha and Ivan pic to post hahahahah！！！
me: starts reading
The Brothers Karamazov
thinking there's only two brothers for some reason
also me: reads a bit and realizes, that there's actually three brothers
ok
also, also me: reads the book's description at the back and finds out, wait there's FOUR OF THEM?