Essays on Alyosha

The grand inquisitor is a poem that is narrated by Ivan, who portrays a situation where Christ has descended to earth and particularly to Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Upon Christ appearing, he is seen welcomed by people, he walks the streets amidst people’s joy and heals the sick and puts blessings upon their hearts. However, he is arrested, and the grand inquisitor considers him one of the heretics who were going against the Catholic Church ("The Brothers Karamazov). The inquisitors has some problems with how Jesus did things and says that it is the ...

I would like to talk about the Soviet movie “Ballad of a Soldier”, filmed in 1959 ("Ballad Of A Soldier (1959)"). This film is not so much about the war – the movie is about human relations during the war and love. The film is simple and naive, the character named Alyosha is a simple Russian soldier, who aims to help everyone and everything, sacrificing himself, his desires and his time. He was released on a vacation to his native village for a few days to his mother, but he could see her only a few minutes. Because he helped ...

In this work we are going to analyze novels by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky on the basis of the following criteria: the role of epigraph in a story, the description of minor characters, the reasons for committing suicide and symbols that appear in both novels. - The role of epigraph in a story Unfortunately, but many people underestimate the role of epigraphs in literary works. However, in many cases authors place them on purpose and in such a way make a foreshadowing, which helps the reader to develop his own expectations upon the plot, to better understate the characters and the essence ...