• October to December 2024 Article ID: NSS9110 Impact Factor:8.05 Cite Score:9 Download: 2 DOI: https://doi.org/ View PDf

    Innocence in a Corrupt World: Prince Myshkin as a Christ Figure in The Idiot

      Dr. Rajkumari Sudhir
        Asst. Professor (English) Govt. Sarojini Naidu Girls P.G. College, Bhopal (M.P.)

Abstract: This paper explores the portrayal of Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin as a modern Christ figure in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. Through Myshkin's embodiment of pure Christian virtue, Dostoevsky examines the possibility of absolute goodness in a morally compromised world. The paper argues that Myshkin's tragic fate illustrates the impossibility of sustaining pure goodness in a society that neither understands nor values it, highlighting the spiritual poverty and moral bankruptcy of the Russian aristocracy.