What is the human nature like in Fedor Dostoevsky's "The legend of the Grand Inquisitor"?
Book Details
Author(s)Naseer Ahmad Habibi
PublisherGRIN Verlag
ISBN / ASINB00C7U80A8
ISBN-13978B00C7U80A7
Sales Rank1,002,389
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Literature - Modern Literature, grade: A-, American University of Central Asia, language: English, abstract: The Grand Inquisitor is a significant part of the Brothers Karamazov’s novel and one of the well known passages in modern writing because of its concepts about human nature and freedom. The Grand Inquisitor thinks so low of human nature and he believes that men as whole are incapable creatures and he has doubt about human’s capability. He plays an important role in the Brother Karamazov’s novel, which has a whole chapter about him and his ideas about men. The Grand inquisitor misjudges human nature and their capability, but his ideas that human beings cannot tolerate freedom could be acceptable and satisfactory.


