![]() ![]() It begins with the story of Christ’s second coming in Seville, Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. Ivan recites the parable, occasionally interrupted with questions from Alyosha. It resonates with modern anxieties about the limits of free will and the inherent goodness and stability of human nature. Often considered the most famous part of The Brothers Karamazov, “The Grand Inquisitor” is in the canon of modern literature. The poem expresses skepticism about the existence of a benevolent God that pays attention to, and actively intervenes in, the lives of humans. ![]() ![]() A parable, or moralistic poem based in the oral storytelling tradition, Ivan Karamazov delivers it to his brother, the monk Alyosha. “The Grand Inquisitor” is an intertextual prose poem within Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1879 novel The Brothers Karamazov. ![]()
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