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I'm currently on a Dostoevsky binge, one of my best decisions of my life, and I want to talk about The Idiot.
This review will contain spoilers, so be warned!
Starting off, there's the center of the book, the relationship of Míchkin with others and specially his "divine" love for others.
It's divine, because different of human love, the Prince can love anyone, even those who will absolutely betray him. The most obvious example is with Filippovna, who because of her horrible past, is incapable of conceiving that such love can exist, and she is for the whole book trying to find holes in his love for her, that can prove he is like all others in her life.
Then there's his love for Agláya, who, like Filippovna, cannot be honest with herself, and mocks Míchkin as a way to hide her feelings. However, she, like Filippovna, is doomed to be disappointed, since the prince only has divine love, which is forgiving, caring and, and she wants human love, which is particular and egoistical, and she shows her desire for this, specially when showing no sympathy for Filippovna, for no other than reason than wanting for the prince to love her and only her.
Despite being such a cliché, this love triangle is much more interesting than your average mediocre romcom, since it showcases one of the main points of the book, how humans react with Christ's love.
Filippovna would be those who cannot comprehend that Jesus could extend love to them, even going out of their way to prove how miserable they are, and how a just person cannot love them. This type of character also appears to be in Ippolít
Agláya however, cannot accept Filippovna, like those who cannot accept others as God's children, since they are "too holy" to tolerate others, and will leave, since they don't want God's divine love, but a cause to die for, a "passion". Such is Agláya when she runs off with the polish noble, she merely wants a man with a cause.
One character that showcases perfectly what human love can become is Rogózhin, who loves Filippovna to death, literally! His love is damning, unlike Míchkin love, which is saving. I also like how he's the first person to meet the prince, and is quite amicable with him, and only grows to hate him when his marriage with Filippovna is threatened.
If we see the book like this, the end of it is quite sad, is it impossible to love other's as the prince did? I believe so, the prince is a human who is only capable of divine love, quite a problem! Human love is need in this world, how are we capable of becoming friends, dating, marrying, without human love? It's impossible, one would need to be an idiot to believe otherwise!
The end of the book is then sad, but true, we are incapable of only loving others in a divine sense, and human love by itself is damming! The only answer then is harboring divine love through Jesus, and loving others in a human sense with moderation.
I rambled for quite a lot already, but it's masterpiece, so I felt the need to talk.
This review will contain spoilers, so be warned!
Starting off, there's the center of the book, the relationship of Míchkin with others and specially his "divine" love for others.
It's divine, because different of human love, the Prince can love anyone, even those who will absolutely betray him. The most obvious example is with Filippovna, who because of her horrible past, is incapable of conceiving that such love can exist, and she is for the whole book trying to find holes in his love for her, that can prove he is like all others in her life.
Then there's his love for Agláya, who, like Filippovna, cannot be honest with herself, and mocks Míchkin as a way to hide her feelings. However, she, like Filippovna, is doomed to be disappointed, since the prince only has divine love, which is forgiving, caring and, and she wants human love, which is particular and egoistical, and she shows her desire for this, specially when showing no sympathy for Filippovna, for no other than reason than wanting for the prince to love her and only her.
Despite being such a cliché, this love triangle is much more interesting than your average mediocre romcom, since it showcases one of the main points of the book, how humans react with Christ's love.
Filippovna would be those who cannot comprehend that Jesus could extend love to them, even going out of their way to prove how miserable they are, and how a just person cannot love them. This type of character also appears to be in Ippolít
Agláya however, cannot accept Filippovna, like those who cannot accept others as God's children, since they are "too holy" to tolerate others, and will leave, since they don't want God's divine love, but a cause to die for, a "passion". Such is Agláya when she runs off with the polish noble, she merely wants a man with a cause.
One character that showcases perfectly what human love can become is Rogózhin, who loves Filippovna to death, literally! His love is damning, unlike Míchkin love, which is saving. I also like how he's the first person to meet the prince, and is quite amicable with him, and only grows to hate him when his marriage with Filippovna is threatened.
If we see the book like this, the end of it is quite sad, is it impossible to love other's as the prince did? I believe so, the prince is a human who is only capable of divine love, quite a problem! Human love is need in this world, how are we capable of becoming friends, dating, marrying, without human love? It's impossible, one would need to be an idiot to believe otherwise!
The end of the book is then sad, but true, we are incapable of only loving others in a divine sense, and human love by itself is damming! The only answer then is harboring divine love through Jesus, and loving others in a human sense with moderation.
I rambled for quite a lot already, but it's masterpiece, so I felt the need to talk.
