― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
(1821 – 1881)
- The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the
Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin (The Idiot) finds himself enmeshed in a
tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and
the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. The
26 year old Prince is considered a misfit, an Idiot and scorned by the society
of St. Petersburg for his trusting nature and naivety, he finds himself at the
center of struggles for materialist pleasures by the people all around him.
Unfortunately, Myshkin's very goodness precipitates disaster, leaving the
impression that, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a
sanatorium may be the only place for a saint
In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are
shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him.
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