- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov's character and marriage
- 01Mitya’s neglected childhood and Miüsov’s guardianship
- 02Dmitri’s inheritance, military career, and quarrel with his father
- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch's second marriage to Sofya Ivanovna
- 02The orphaned sons and their guardians
- 03Ivan Fyodorovitch's education and public notice
- 04Ivan's return and the family reunion
- 01Alyosha’s character and early life
- 02Fyodor Pavlovitch’s decline and Alyosha’s mother’s grave
- 03Alyosha asks to enter the monastery
- 04Fyodor Pavlovitch’s drunken farewell and hopes for Alyosha
- 01Alyosha’s character and spiritual realism
- 02The institution of elders in Russian monasteries
- 01Authority of the elders in monasteries
- 02Father Zossima and Alyosha at the monastery
- 01Alyosha's faith in Father Zossima
- 01Family tensions and the planned meeting in Father Zossima’s cell
The Brothers Karamazov
Faith, doubt, family, and moral responsibility.
12Chapters
146Lessons
520Topics
Certificate of completion included
This course was produced by Cavua from a public-domain text.
Skills this course leaves you with.
- Analyze the major themes of faith, doubt, and moral responsibility in The Brothers Karamazov
- Explain the roles of key characters including Alyosha, Ivan, Dmitri, and Fyodor Pavlovitch
- Interpret major scenes such as the elder’s cell, the Grand Inquisitor, and Ivan’s nightmare
- Discuss Dostoevsky’s treatment of family conflict, guilt, and redemption
- Trace the narrative significance of the monastery, schoolboys, and Smerdyakov in the novel
Curriculum
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- Chapters
- 12
- Lessons
- 146
- Topics
- 520
- 01Arrival at the monastery gates
- 02Maximov guides the visitors to the hermitage
- 03Miüsov’s irritation and the hermitage grounds
- 04Approach to Father Zossima’s cell
- 01Arrival in Father Zossima’s cell
- 02Fyodor Pavlovitch’s buffoonery
- 03Zossima’s moral rebuke
- 04Fyodor Pavlovitch’s confession of lying
- 05The saint’s severed head story
- 06Miüsov’s denial and the elder’s departure
- 01Peasant women awaiting the elder
- 02Healing the possessed woman
- 03The grieving mother for her dead child
- 04The widow seeking news of her son
- 05Widow's confession and repentance
- 06Peasant mother's visit and alms
- 01Lise’s healing and Katerina Ivanovna’s message
- 02Fear of the future life and the path of active love
- 03The elder’s counsel on active love
- 04Lise’s teasing and sudden tears
- 01Ivan's article on church and state jurisdiction
- 02Crime, excommunication, and the Church's moral authority
- 03Church judgment and the criminal
- 04Orthodox Church and the State
- 05Miüsov’s anecdote about Christian socialists
- 01Dmitri Fyodorovitch’s appearance and arrival
- 02Ivan’s argument on immortality and morality
- 03Fyodor Pavlovitch’s family scandal and accusations
- 04Dmitri’s accusation against Fyodor Pavlovitch
- 05The elder’s prostration and the guests’ departure
- 06Reluctant walk to the Father Superior’s dinner
- 01Father Zossima’s farewell and blessing
- 02Rakitin’s theory of the Karamazov family conflict
- 03Rakitin’s theory of Ivan’s ideas
- 04The Karamazov scandal at the monastery
- 01Miüsov’s apology and the monastery dinner
- 02Fyodor Pavlovitch’s return and provocation
- 03Fyodor’s tirade against confession
- 04Fyodor Pavlovitch’s attack on the monks
- 05Departure from the monastery and Maximov’s intrusion
- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch’s house and servants
- 02Grigory and Marfa’s marriage and household duty
- 03Grigory’s religious turn and Lizaveta’s childbirth
- 01Lizaveta’s appearance and life in town
- 02Fyodor Pavlovitch and the rumor of Lizaveta’s pregnancy
- 03Lizaveta’s death and Smerdyakov’s upbringing
- 01Alyosha’s unease and detour to Katerina Ivanovna
- 02Dmitri’s secret meeting in the garden
- 03Dmitri begins his confession
- 04Mitya's hymn to degraded humanity
- 05Beauty, sensual lust, and the battle for the heart
- 01Mitya’s confession of sensual excess
- 02Katerina Ivanovna and the colonel’s family
- 03The blackmail scheme and the lieutenant-colonel’s collapse
- 04Katerina Ivanovna's humiliation and Dmitri's revenge
- 01Katerina Ivanovna’s letter and engagement
- 02Grushenka, the back-alley, and the missing three thousand
- 03Dmitri’s plea for three thousand roubles
- 04Grushenka, Smerdyakov, and the hidden money
- 05Alyosha sent to ask Father
- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch's drawing-room dinner
- 02Smerdyakov's childhood and epilepsy
- 03Training as cook and Moscow return
- 04Smerdyakov's honesty and contemplative nature
- 01Smerdyakov’s argument about renouncing faith under torture
- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch's drunken attack on religion and peasants
- 02Ivan and Alyosha on God, immortality, and civilization
- 03Fyodor Pavlovitch's sensualist creed and memories of Alyosha's mother
- 04Alyosha’s hysterical collapse
- 05Dmitri bursts into the room
- 01Dmitri’s violent search for Grushenka
- 02Alyosha’s bedside reassurance
- 03Ivan’s unsettling moral challenge
- 01Alyosha’s troubled arrival at Katerina Ivanovna’s house
- 02Katerina Ivanovna’s plea to save Dmitri
- 03Grushenka’s entrance and appearance
- 04Grushenka’s arrival and Katerina’s welcome
- 05Katerina’s account of Grushenka’s past and promise
- 06Grushenka’s reversal and the hand-kissing trap
- 07The outburst, departure, and aftermath
- 01Alyosha meets Dmitri at the crossroads
- 02Grushenka's visit and Katerina Ivanovna's humiliation
- 03Alyosha returns to Father Zossima's cell
- 04Lise's love letter to Alyosha
- 05Alyosha's response and prayer
- 01Part II
- 01Father Zossima’s final exhortation
- 02The reported miracle of Vassenka’s letter
- 03Father Ferapont and the Obdorsk monk
- 04Father Ferapont’s visions of fasting and demons
- 05Zossima’s summons and Païssy’s farewell counsel
- 01Alyosha visits his father alone
- 02Suspicion of Ivan and Grushenka
- 03Talk of Mitya, money, and marriage
- 01Alyosha notices the schoolboys' quarrel
- 02Alyosha confronts the solitary boy
- 01Madame Hohlakov’s excitement over the miracle and the brothers
- 02Lise’s wound care and teasing conversation
- 03Alyosha’s departure and Madame Hohlakov’s warning about Lise
- 01Alyosha’s doubts about Katerina Ivanovna’s feelings
- 02Katerina Ivanovna’s decision to remain loyal to Dmitri
- 03Alyosha confronts Katerina Ivanovna and Ivan
- 04Katerina Ivanovna’s request for Snegiryov
- 05Madame Hohlakov and Lise react to the quarrel
- 01Alyosha’s remorse and search for Dmitri
- 02The Snegiryov cottage and its inhabitants
- 03Captain Snegiryov’s account of the schoolboy’s bite
- 04Captain Snegiryov's family introductions
- 05The mother's lament and the captain's consolation
- 06Leaving the cottage for a private talk
- 01Captain Snegiryov’s account of the beard insult
- 02Ilusha’s wounded pride and schoolboy revenge
- 03The evening walk, tears, and Alyosha’s offer of help
- 01The captain’s plea for the money
- 01Captain Snegiryov's hopes for relief
- 02Alyosha's encouragement and shared rescue plan
- 03Sudden rejection of the money
- 01Refusal of the money and defense of honor
- 01Madame Hohlakov’s alarm and Lise’s remorse
- 02Alyosha’s explanation of the ruined money offer
- 03Lise and Alyosha’s confession of affection
- 04Lise and Alyosha’s engagement
- 05Madame Hohlakov’s objections and the letter
- 01Alyosha’s search for Dmitri
- 02Smerdyakov’s conversation with Marya Kondratyevna
- 03Ivan summons Alyosha to the tavern
- 01Ivan and Alyosha's reunion at the tavern
- 02Ivan's confession of youthful thirst for life
- 03Katerina Ivanovna and Ivan's release
- 04Ivan and Alyosha's talk of the eternal questions
- 01Ivan’s confession of belief and rejection
- 02Alyosha questions Ivan’s despair
- 01Love of neighbors and the problem of suffering
- 02Turkish atrocities and the creation of the devil
- 03Richard’s execution and Christian philanthropy
- 04Cruelty to children and animals
- 05Ivan's protest against innocent suffering
- 01Ivan's prose poem, "The Grand Inquisitor"
- 01Ivan’s literary preface and the legend of heavenly visitations
- 02The Grand Inquisitor’s arrest of Christ in Seville
- 03The Inquisitor’s defense of authority and freedom
- 01The first temptation: bread and freedom
- 01Freedom of conscience and the burden of choice
- 02Miracle, mystery, and authority as means of control
- 01Critique of human weakness and freedom
- 02The Church’s alliance with Cæsar and universal unity
- 03Promise of obedient happiness under authority
- 01Alyosha’s objections to the Inquisitor
- 02Ivan’s defense of the Inquisitor and the Church
- 03The poem’s ending and the kiss
- 04“Everything is lawful” and the brothers’ parting
- 05Alyosha’s return to the monastery
- 01Ivan's unexplained depression on the way home
- 02Smerdyakov as the source of Ivan's loathing
- 01Ivan’s growing aversion to Smerdyakov
- 02The bench conversation and Tchermashnya
- 03Smerdyakov’s fear of Dmitri and the coming fit
- 01Smerdyakov’s secret signals and night watch
- 02Ivan’s suspicion of a planned murder
- 03Tchermashnya, Moscow, and Ivan’s departure
- 01Ivan’s restless night and inner turmoil
- 02Morning packing and departure for Moscow
- 01Fyodor Pavlovitch's request to bargain with Gorstkin
- 01Ivan's farewell at Fyodor Pavlovitch's house
- 02Journey to Volovya and sudden change of plan
- 01Smerdyakov’s epileptic fit
- 02Fyodor Pavlovitch’s suspense over Grushenka
- 01Zossima’s visitors in the cell
- 02Alyosha’s arrival and blessing
- 03Prophecy about Dmitri and Alyosha
- 04Zossima’s brother and final recollections
- 01Markel’s skepticism and illness
- 02Markel’s spiritual transformation
- 01Childhood memory of the Bible and Job
- 02Reading Scripture to the people
- 03Bible stories for peasants
- 04The Word of God and the people
- 05The river-night conversation with the peasant lad
- 01Cadet-school corruption and worldly habits
- 02Love for the noble young woman
- 03The duel and Zossima’s repentance
- 04Aftermath of the duel and resignation
- 05Public reaction and Zossima’s defense of sincerity
- 01The visitor’s first call and confession of interest
- 02Brotherhood, isolation, and the kingdom of heaven
- 03The murder of the landowner’s widow
- 01The servant’s arrest and death
- 02Years of concealment and public service
- 03The struggle to confess
- 04Public confession and proof of the crime
- 05Illness, insanity, and final visit
- 06Deathbed repentance and hidden murder attempt
- 01The monk as Russia’s spiritual hope
- 02Worldly freedom and desire
- 01Monastic freedom through obedience and prayer
- 02Russia’s salvation through the people
- 03Masters, servants, and spiritual brotherhood
- 01Prayer as spiritual education
- 02Universal love for all creation
- 03Humility, self-watchfulness, and responsibility for all
- 01Human blindness to earthly reality
- 02Judging fellow creatures through self-blame
- 03Faithful service and perseverance to the end
- 01Mystic teaching on love, suffering, and spiritual joy
- 02Hell as the suffering of inability to love
- 03Suicides and the proud in hell
- 01The elder's sudden death
- 02News of the death spreads
- 01Preparation of Father Zossima’s body and the first expectations
- 02The odor of decomposition and the scandal at the coffin
- 03Corruption of the elder's body and the monks' reaction
- 04Father Ferapont's exorcism and denunciation
- 05Alyosha’s sudden departure from the hermitage
- 01Alyosha’s wounded faith and demand for justice
- 02Rakitin finds Alyosha and leads him away
- 01Grushenka’s background and reputation
- 02Alyosha and Rakitin visit Grushenka
- 03Grushenka's changed mood and teasing welcome
- 04Alyosha's grief and new feeling of fearlessness
- 05Champagne invitation and dissipation
- 01Grushenka’s confession of love and shame
- 02Father Zossima’s death and Alyosha’s gratitude
- 01Grushenka’s onion parable
- 02Confession of spite and longing
- 03Alyosha’s plea for mercy
- 01Grushenka's farewell and summons to Mokroe
- 02Rakitin's bitter parting and Alyosha's return to the monastery
- 01Alyosha's return to the hermitage and prayer before the coffin
- 02Reading of the Gospel at Cana of Galilee
- 03Alyosha's drifting thoughts and reflections
- 01The miracle at Cana and the meaning of gladness
- 02Alyosha’s vision of Father Zossima at the wedding feast
- 01The elder's vision of the wedding feast
- 02Alyosha's awakening and embrace of the earth
- 01Alyosha's ecstatic spiritual awakening
- 02Leaving the monastery to sojourn in the world
- 01Mitya’s feverish struggle over Grushenka and Katya
- 02Samsonov’s house and Mitya’s audience
- 03Mitya’s appeal to Samsonov
- 04Lyagavy and the timber deal
- 05Samsonov’s spiteful deception
- 01Mitya raises money and rushes to Volovya
- 02Search for Gorstkin at Suhoy Possyolok
- 03Waiting through the drunken night
- 04Morning confrontation with Lyagavy
- 05Mitya’s realization at Lyagavy
- 01Mitya’s jealousy and urgent need for money
- 02Mitya’s appeal to Madame Hohlakov
- 01Madame Hohlakov's gold-mines scheme
- 02Mitya's collapse and search for Grushenka
- 01Mitya’s approach to Fyodor Pavlovitch’s house
- 02The window signal and Mitya’s murderous impulse
- 03Grigory’s discovery and the escape
- 04Return to the widow Morozov’s house and news of Grushenka
- 01Grushenka's departure to Mokroe
- 01Fenya’s account of the day
- 02Perhotin’s office and the blood-stained money
- 03Ordering provisions for Mokroe
- 04Washing, joking, and talk of Madame Hohlakov
- 05Farewell to Perhotin and loading the pistol
- 06Mitya’s resolve to go to Mokroe
- 07The note of self-punishment
- 01Mitya’s urgent provisioning at Plotnikov’s shop
- 02Mitya’s drunken reflections on life, disorder, and guilt
- 03Talk of stealing and childhood theft
- 01Mitya’s departure and Fenya’s plea
- 02Pyotr Ilyitch’s suspicions and billiards at the tavern
- 03Night visit to Grushenka’s lodging
- 01Mitya’s desperate ride to Mokroe
- 02Arrival at the inn and Grushenka’s company
- 03Mitya orders the inn prepared
- 04Mitya spots Grushenka in the blue room
- 01Mitya's dramatic entrance and appeal
- 02Grushenka's reassurance and the champagne toast
- 01Maximov’s tales and the Polish ladies dispute
- 02The Piron beating story
- 03Toasts to Poland and Russia
- 01Grushenka stops the quarrel and restarts faro
- 02Mitya's doubling stakes and Kalganov's intervention
- 03Mitya summons the Poles into the next room
- 01Mitya's money offer to the Poles
- 02The Poles' insult and Grushenka's outrage
- 03Exposure of the marked cards and expulsion
- 01Grushenka's drunken revelry and the guests
- 02Peasant songs, dances, and Kalganov's disgust
- 03Mitya's balcony crisis and renewed hope
- 04Grushenka’s confession and reconciliation with Mitya
- 05Drunken dancing and the collapse of the revel
- 06Aftermath in the blue room and the distant bell
- 01Mitya's discovery of the police raid
- 01Perhotin questions Fenya about Dmitri's bloodstained hands
- 02Late-night visit to Madame Hohlakov
- 03Hohlakov's denial and panic over Dmitri
- 04Madame Hohlakov’s gratitude and admiration
- 05The meeting as the start of Perhotin’s career
- 01Mihail Makarovitch’s household and social life
- 02The prosecutor and investigating lawyer at the captain’s house
- 03Marfa Ignatyevna discovers the murder
- 04Police inquiry and evidence at the house
- 05Officials arrive after the murder
- 01Grushenka’s confession and Mitya’s protest
- 02Interrogation and denial of the murder charge
- 03Jealousy, hatred, and the money dispute
- 04Mitya’s remorse and grief over Grushenka
- 05Mihail Makarovitch reassures the prisoner
- 06Renewed demand for facts and mutual confidence
- 01Mitya's account of the previous day
- 02Jealousy, Grushenka, and the brass pestle
- 03The pestle and the accusation
- 04Mitya’s hunting dream
- 01Mitya’s account of the garden and window
- 02The signal system and Smerdyakov
- 03Reenactment of the blow and aftermath
- 04Mitya’s refusal to explain the money
- 05Counting the remaining cash and preparing the search
- 01Search of Mitya’s clothes and bloodstains
- 02Mitya’s protest and the open-door testimony
- 03Mitya's frantic denial and Smerdyakov accusation
- 04The prosecutor's case about the open door and hidden money
- 05Mitya prepares to confess the source of the money
- 01Mitya’s confession of the stolen money
- 02Why hiding half the money was the real disgrace
- 03Confession of the hidden money
- 04Questions about the amulet and the sewn-up notes
- 05Exhaustion, concern for the woman, and tea break
- 01Witnesses on the disputed three thousand roubles
- 02Maximov and Grushenka’s testimony
- 03Grushenka’s testimony about the money and threats
- 04Mitya’s dream of the crying babe
- 01Committal and Mitya’s declaration
- 02Farewell to Grushenka and departure by cart
- 03Kalganov’s grief after the arrest
- 01Madame Krassotkin and Kolya’s character
- 02The railway dare and its aftermath
- 03Dardanelov, Perezvon, and Ilusha’s connection
- 01Kolya left in charge of the house
- 02The children's speculation about Katerina's baby
- 03Kolya's cannon, Perezvon, and Agafya's return
- 01Kolya meets Smurov and asks about Ilusha
- 02Kolya's social theories and teasing in the market
- 03Kolya’s exchange with the peasant
- 04Walking to Captain Snegiryov’s lodging
- 01Kolya’s first meeting with Alyosha
- 02Kolya’s account of Ilusha and Zhutchka
- 03Kolya’s age and gossip
- 04Alyosha’s defense of boys’ games
- 05Kolya’s theatrical dog trick
- 01Ilusha’s illness and the family’s grief
- 02Kolya Krassotkin’s arrival and reunion with Ilusha
- 03Kolya’s reunion with Zhutchka
- 04The bronze cannon and gift to Ilusha
- 05Kolya’s powder and goose story
- 06Kolya’s goose incident and school trouble
- 07Kolya’s attack on classical studies
- 08The doctor’s arrival at Ilusha’s bedside
- 01Kolya’s first conversation with Alyosha
- 01The doctor's grim prognosis
- 01Kolya provokes the doctor
- 02Ilusha’s farewell embrace
- 01Kolya’s farewell and promise to return
- 01Grushenka’s changed character and Alyosha’s visits
- 02Maximov’s stay in the house
- 03The Poles’ letters and Grushenka’s charity
- 04Jealousy over Katerina Ivanovna and the coming trial
- 05Mitya’s trial and the evidence against him
- 06Ivan’s secret visits and Mitya’s mysterious change
- 07Grushenka’s fear of betrayal and Alyosha’s reassurance
- 01Madame Hohlakov’s anxious reception of Alyosha
- 02The newspaper paragraph on the Karamazov case
- 03Rakitin’s courtship and quarrel with Perhotin
- 04Madame Hohlakov's theory of aberration
- 05Lise's fits and Ivan's secret visits
- 01Lise's bitter confession and craving for disorder
- 02Dreams of devils and the child-murder fantasy
- 03Ivan's note and Lise's self-punishment
- 01Alyosha’s prison visit and Rakitin’s departure
- 02Mitya’s fatalistic talk about ethics, God, and chemistry
- 03Rakitin’s article and the poem about Madame Hohlakov’s foot
- 04Mitya’s vision of suffering and redemption
- 05Ivan, Rakitin, and the problem of God
- 06Grushenka, Katerina Ivanovna, and the trial
- 07Ivan’s escape plan and the moral secret
- 08Mitya’s plan to escape and marry Grusha
- 09Mitya’s plea for Alyosha’s belief
- 01Katerina Ivanovna’s demand for testimony
- 02Ivan’s agitation and Lise’s letter
- 03Alyosha’s insistence: not you, not you
- 04Ivan’s break with Alyosha and turn to Smerdyakov
- 01Ivan’s suspicion of Dmitri and first visit to Smerdyakov
- 02Smerdyakov’s hospital interview and confession-like evasions
- 03Smerdyakov’s denial and Ivan’s suspicion
- 04Ivan leaves the hospital and weighs the evidence
- 05Ivan’s passion for Katerina Ivanovna
- 06Ivan questions Alyosha about his guilt
- 01Ivan's return to Smerdyakov's lodging
- 02Accusations about the father's murder
- 03Inheritance motives and Ivan's consent
- 04Ivan’s collapse after Smerdyakov’s confession
- 05Mitya’s drunken letter to Katerina Ivanovna
- 06Ivan’s renewed suspicion and plan to confront Smerdyakov
- 01Ivan's stormy walk to Smerdyakov's cottage
- 02Confrontation over Katerina Ivanovna and the murder
- 03Smerdyakov explains the plot and Dmitri's expected arrival
- 04Smerdyakov's murder plan and Ivan's consent
- 05The night of the killing and concealment of the money
- 06Ivan's realization and resolve to testify
- 07Smerdyakov’s denial and Ivan’s threat
- 08Ivan’s rescue of the peasant
- 09Ivan’s return home and growing agitation
- 01Ivan’s brain fever and the doctor’s warning
- 02The devil as a poor relation
- 03Ivan recognizes the hallucination
- 04The devil’s self-portrait and earthly habits
- 05Nightmare logic and hallucination
- 06Cold, space, and the ax anecdote
- 01The devil’s complaints about medicine and gratitude
- 02Predestined denial and the logic of suffering
- 01The quadrillion-kilometer legend of Paradise
- 02Ivan’s remembered anecdote and the devil’s method
- 03The devil’s self-defense and cosmic destiny
- 01Ivan's accusation of the visitor's borrowed ideas
- 02The Grand Inquisitor and the man-god doctrine
- 03Alyosha's arrival and Smerdyakov's suicide
- 01Smerdyakov’s suicide and note
- 02Ivan’s delirious confession
- 01Ivan's delirious vision of the devil
- 01Ivan’s accusation against the imagined tempter
- 02Ivan’s collapse and Alyosha’s vigil
- 01Courtroom crowd and public fascination
- 02Judges, jury, and courtroom setup
- 03Opening statement and Mitya's plea
- 04Witnesses sworn and separated
- 01Prosecution's opening advantage
- 02Grigory's testimony and cross-examination
- 03Rakitin's damaging evidence
- 04Rakitin’s testimony and cross-examination
- 05Captain Snegiryov’s drunken testimony
- 06Trifon Borissovitch and the hundred roubles
- 07The Poles and the discrediting of witnesses
- 01Medical experts on Mitya’s mental state
- 02Herzenstube’s childhood anecdote and the pound of nuts
- 01Alyosha's testimony for Mitya
- 02The forgotten breast gesture and the fifteen hundred roubles
- 03Katerina Ivanovna's witness testimony
- 04Katerina Ivanovna’s self-sacrificing testimony
- 05Grushenka’s testimony and accusations
- 01Ivan’s collapse in court
- 02Katerina Ivanovna’s letter and testimony
- 03Katerina Ivanovna's letter and confession
- 04Grushenka's outburst and Ivan's collapse
- 05Adjournment before the prosecutor's speech
- 01Ippolit Kirillovitch’s impassioned opening
- 02The Karamazov family as a social type
- 03Character sketches of the Karamazov brothers
- 04Dmitri Karamazov’s money and the three thousand roubles
- 01Jealousy as the motive for the crime
- 02Premeditation shown by the letter and tavern talk
- 03Borrowing money, the last temptations, and the brass pestle
- 01Ippolit Kirillovitch’s case against Smerdyakov
- 02Logical refutation of Smerdyakov’s guilt
- 03Arguments against Smerdyakov’s guilt
- 04Reconstruction of Dmitri’s murder and flight
- 01Prosecutor’s reconstruction of Mitya’s jealousy and suicide plan
- 02Mitya’s ride to Mokroe and the hidden money
- 03Arrest, denial, and the first defense against the murder charge
- 04Prosecutor's rebuttal of the little bag defense
- 05Ippolit Kirillovitch's closing appeal to the jury
- 06Courtroom reactions during the recess
- 01Fetyukovitch’s courtroom manner and opening strategy
- 02Turning the prosecutor’s psychology against him
- 01Denial of the three thousand roubles
- 02Alternative explanations for the missing money
- 03Karamazov motives and the fatal letter
- 04Denial of robbery and murder
- 01Defense against premeditated murder
- 02Alternative suspects and Smerdyakov's character
- 03Reasonable Doubt and Miscarriage of Justice
- 01Defense of the accused as a victim of his father
- 02Redefining fatherhood by duty and reason
- 03Argument that the killing was not parricide
- 04Mercy as the path to repentance and reform
- 05Russian justice as salvation rather than retribution
- 01Fetyukovitch’s closing and Ippolit Kirillovitch’s rebuttal
- 02Mitya’s final plea before the jury
- 03Courtroom reactions during jury deliberation
- 04The guilty verdict and courtroom uproar
- 01Epilogue
- 01Katya’s account of Ivan’s escape plan
- 02Alyosha urges Katya to visit Mitya
- 01Mitya's illness and Alyosha's visit
- 02Katya's promised visit and Mitya's fear of her judgment
- 03Alyosha's counsel on punishment and escape
- 04Mitya's plan for exile in America
- 05Katya's arrival and emotional reconciliation
- 06Katya’s confession and Grushenka’s arrival
- 07Alyosha follows Katya away from the hospital
- 01Ilusha’s coffin and the boys’ arrival
- 02Funeral procession and church service
- 03Graveside rites and Snegiryov’s collapse
- 04Grief at Ilusha’s boots and farewell
- 05Funeral dinner, the stone, and Alyosha’s address to the boys
- 01A compact to remember Ilusha
- 02Farewell, funeral dinner, and resurrection hope
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