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  1. Alyosha Karamazov. Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov (Russian: Алексей Карамазов), usually referred to simply as Alyosha, is the protagonist in the 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. He is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers, being nineteen years old at the start of the novel. The preface and the opening ...

  2. Alyosha’s way of life seems superior to that of the other characters. He is the moral center of the novel because he represents the model of attitude and behavior that Dostoevsky considers the right one, the one most conducive to human happiness and peace instead of the trauma and conflict that afflict most of the novel’s other major characters.

  3. Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov. (Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alxeichick, Lyosha, Lyoshenka) The protagonist, the third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and the younger brother of Dmitri and Ivan. Kind, gentle, loving, and wise, Alyosha is the opposite of his coarse and vulgar father. He possesses a natural, simple faith in God ...

  4. The writing of The Brothers Karamazov was altered by a personal tragedy: in May 1878, Dostoevsky's 3-year-old son Alyosha died of epilepsy, [7] a condition inherited from his father. The novelist's grief is apparent throughout the book. Dostoevsky named the hero Alyosha, as well as imbuing him with qualities that he sought and most admired.

  5. Alexei “Alyosha” Fyodorovich Karamazov Character Analysis. Alexei “Alyosha” Fyodorovich Karamazov. Also frequently referred to as “Alyoshka,” Alexei is the youngest and third son of Fyodor Pavlovich and Sofia Ivanovna, the younger brother of Dmitri and Ivan, and the probable half-brother of Smerdyakov. His mother dies when he is ...

  6. www.cliffsnotes.com › character-analysis › alyoshaAlyosha - CliffsNotes

    Alyosha is no stock Christ-figure, however; of all the so-called good characters in Dostoevsky's fiction, Alyosha seems to breathe the most life. This is partly due to the fact that he constantly moves among people and performs quiet acts of kindness and love, even though he is not always successful. When we first meet Alyosha, he is a member ...

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  8. Alyosha. Alyosha (ah-LYOH-shuh), also known as Alexey (ah-lehk-SAY), Ivan’s brother and Dmitri’s half brother, the spiritual son who is the peacemaker, the sympathizer, the trusted and beloved ...

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