The Margin

Concept Active Love Active Love is Father Zossima's answer to Madame Hohlakov's hunger for proof of faith and immortality. Person Adelaida Ivanovna Miusov Adelaida Ivanovna is Fyodor Pavlovitch's first wife and Dmitri's mother, a rich Miusov heiress whose marriage begins with an elopement. Person Alexey Karamazov Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov is the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch. Event Alyosha and Grushenka's Onion Scene This scene brings Alyosha to Grushenka at the very moment each expects to find ruin in the other. Event Alyosha and Lise's Engagement Alyosha and Lise's Engagement begins in the Hohlakov house when Lise tries to take back the letter she sent him. Object Alyosha's Bitten Finger Alyosha's bitten finger is the wound he receives after stepping into a roadside fight among schoolboys. Event Alyosha's Cana Vision During the Gospel reading over Zossima's coffin, Alyosha dreams the marriage at Cana expanding around him. Event Alyosha's Speech at the Stone Alyosha's speech at the stone follows Ilusha's funeral, when the boys stop by the large stone tied to Ilusha's memory. Event Alyosha's Testimony Alyosha is called among the defense witnesses after the medical experts. Place America America first appears as the foreign escape Kolya rejects while talking with Alyosha. Person Andrey Andrey is the driver waiting with three horses outside Plotnikov's shop to take Dmitri to Mokroe. Person Arina Petrovna Arina Petrovna is Captain Snegiryov's ill wife and the mother in the poor household Alyosha enters on Lake Street. Concept Brain Fever Brain fever is the illness used to explain Ivan's condition during and after his courtroom appearance. Person Captain Snegiryov Captain Snegiryov is first named in the scandal at Father Zossima's cell, when Fyodor Pavlovitch accuses Dmitri of publicly beating a poor discharged captain. Event Captain Snegiryov's Beating Captain Snegiryov's beating is the public violence Fyodor Pavlovitch brings up in Zossima's cell. Event Captain Snegiryov's Wisp of Tow Rakitin brings up the humiliating episode of Captain Snegiryov while giving evidence against Dmitri. Concept Confession and Repentance Confession and repentance first take shape in Zossima's answer to a frightened young widow among the peasant women. Concept Conscience Conscience emerges in Ivan's sickroom as the name for the torment he tries to explain away. Concept Contact with Other Worlds In Father Zossima's exhortations, contact with other worlds names the soul's living bond with the higher heavenly world. Person Dardanelov Dardanelov is an influential teacher at Kolya Krassotkin's school. Event Death of Grigory and Marfa's Child Grigory and Marfa Ignatyevna have one child, but the baby is sickly, born with six fingers, and dies of thrush after a fortnight. Place District Court The district court is the best hall in the town and the place where Dmitri's trial begins. Event Dmitri and Katerina's Engagement After Katerina's fortunes change in Moscow, she sends Dmitri the money he once gave her and then a letter offering to be his wife. Person Dmitri Karamazov Dmitri is the eldest son of Fyodor Pavlovitch, born of Fyodor's first marriage to Adelaida Ivanovna. Event Dmitri's Arrest at Mokroe Dmitri's arrest at Mokroe begins when officials enter Plastunov's Inn and stop the revel in an instant. Event Dmitri's Assault on Fyodor Dmitri bursts into Fyodor Pavlovitch's house looking for Grushenka and loses control when he thinks she may be hidden inside. Event Dmitri's Assault on Grigory Grigory tries to protect the inner rooms of Fyodor Pavlovitch's house when Dmitri storms in looking for Grushenka. Object Dmitri's Bloodstained Clothes Dmitri's bloodstained clothes are taken during the humiliating search behind the curtains at Mokroe. Event Dmitri's Confession to Alyosha Dmitri draws Alyosha aside and begins telling him the first half of what he calls his tragedy. Event Dmitri's Contemplated Suicide At the crossroads on the road to the monastery, Dmitri tells Alyosha that before hearing him approach he had thought of hanging himself from the willow. Event Dmitri's Dream of the Babe Dmitri's dream comes after the witness examinations, when he falls asleep exhausted on a chest at Mokroe. Event Dmitri's Escape Plan Dmitri's escape plan is the secret Ivan has proposed to him before the verdict. Event Dmitri's Guilty Verdict Dmitri's guilty verdict is the jury's answer at the end of Dmitri's trial. Event Dmitri's Invasion of Fyodor's House Dmitri's invasion begins as a fearful noise and clamor in Fyodor Pavlovitch's House. Object Dmitri's Metropolis Letter Dmitri's Metropolis letter is the drunken note Katerina Ivanovna produces in court after Ivan's disrupted testimony. Object Dmitri's Money Amulet Dmitri's money amulet is the sewn rag in which he says he carried the hidden half of Katerina Ivanovna's three thousand roubles. Event Dmitri's Preliminary Investigation Dmitri's preliminary investigation starts inside Plastunov's Inn as soon as the officials halt the revel and require him to give an explanation. Place Dmitri's Prison Dmitri's prison is the town prison where Grushenka has been visiting him since his arrest. Event Dmitri's Sudden Resolution Dmitri's sudden resolution forms when Fenya tells him that Grushenka has gone to Mokroe to meet her former officer. Object Dmitri's Suicide Note Dmitri writes the suicide note in Perhotin's room after loading one of his pistols. Event Dmitri's Threat to Kill Fyodor Dmitri tells Alyosha that if Grushenka goes to Fyodor Pavlovitch, he may not be able to endure it. Person Doctor Herzenstube Doctor Herzenstube is the physician Madame Hohlakov has called in after Lise's reported improvement. Person Doctor Varvinsky Doctor Varvinsky is the district doctor present at the police captain's house when the murder alarm gathers the officials. Concept Eternal Harmony Eternal Harmony is the final reconciliation Ivan says he can imagine and even believe in. Concept Euclidean Mind Euclidean Mind is Ivan's name for the limits of human reason. Place Europe Europe first appears as Miusov's measure of progress during the debate in Father Zossima's cell. Concept Everything Is Lawful Everything Is Lawful is the moral paradox Miusov attributes to Ivan in Zossima's cell. Person Father Ferapont Father Ferapont is an austere monk who lives apart from the main life of the hermitage and opposes the institution of elders. Place Father Ferapont's Cell Father Ferapont's cell stands in a corner beyond the apiary, separated from the ordinary rhythm of the hermitage. Person Father Iosif Father Iosif is the monastery librarian who brings Ivan's recent article into the discussion in Father Zossima's cell. Person Father Paissy Father Paissy is one of the two hermitage monks present in Father Zossima's Cell when the visitors enter. Event Father Superior's Dinner Scandal A disturbance at the Father Superior's dinner that Alyosha and Rakitin glimpse from outside the monastery buildings. Person Father Zossima Father Zossima is the celebrated elder whose presence draws Alyosha toward the monastic life. Place Father Zossima's Cell Father Zossima's Cell is the private monastic room where Alyosha lives close to Father Zossima and waits on him. Object Father Zossima's Coffin The coffin is placed in the larger room of Father Zossima's cell after his body is prepared according to monastic ritual. Person Fenya Fenya is Grushenka's young maid, the granddaughter of the old cook Matryona. Person Fetyukovitch Fetyukovitch is the celebrated Petersburg counsel brought in for Dmitri. Event Fetyukovitch's Defense Fetyukovitch's defense begins as the legal effort around Dmitri before the trial opens. Event Fetyukovitch's Defense Speech Fetyukovitch's defense speech is set up at the end of the prosecutor's summation. Event Fyodor and Dmitri's Rivalry over Grushenka Fyodor and Dmitri's rivalry over Grushenka becomes explicit during the scandal in Zossima's cell. Person Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov is a local landowner notorious for being abject, vicious, shrewd with money, and senseless in conduct. Object Fyodor Pavlovitch's Envelope The envelope becomes visible at the trial as a supposed container for three thousand roubles that Fyodor Pavlovitch was said to have set aside for a certain person. Event Fyodor Pavlovitch's Funeral Fyodor Pavlovitch's funeral is already over when Ivan returns from Moscow five days after his father's death. Place Fyodor Pavlovitch's Garden The locked garden behind Fyodor Pavlovitch's house, separated from the yard by a gate and enclosed by a high fence. Place Fyodor Pavlovitch's House Fyodor Pavlovitch's House is the infamous home where Sofya Ivanovna suffers through her marriage and where Ivan is staying when he returns to the district. Concept Fyodor's Sensualist Creed In the drunken talk over brandy, Fyodor Pavlovitch turns lust into a rule of life: no woman is ugly if a man knows how to surprise and dominate her. Concept God God first enters this batch through the dinner-table controversy over faith, martyrdom, and judgment. Concept God and Immortality God and immortality first appear as the question on which Alyosha's whole choice rests. Concept Gold-Mines The gold-mines are Madame Hohlakov's grand practical cure for Dmitri. Person Grigory Grigory is the faithful family servant who takes three-year-old Mitya into his care when Fyodor Pavlovitch forgets the child. Person Grushenka Grushenka is first present through the way men speak about her in Zossima's cell. Event Grushenka's Break with Her Former Lover This is the Mokroe scene in which Grushenka sees that the man she has imagined for five years is not the man before her. Object Grushenka's Envelope Smerdyakov tells Ivan that Fyodor Pavlovitch keeps a big sealed envelope with three thousand roubles promised to Grushenka if she comes to him. Person Grushenka's Former Officer Grushenka's former officer is the man who wronged Grushenka five years before and now sends for her from Mokroe. Place Grushenka's Lodging The rooms where Grushenka lives, first mentioned when Rakitin says he overheard Dmitri from inside her bedroom. Concept Honor and Shame Honor and Shame is the moral pressure that makes charity dangerous for Captain Snegiryov. Concept Hosannah and Negation Hosannah and Negation is the visitor's explanation of why doubt, denial, and criticism must exist. Object Ikon of the Saviour The ikon of the Saviour is placed in Father Zossima's hands when his body is prepared for burial. Event Ilusha and Snegiryov at the Stone Ilusha and Snegiryov at the Stone is the private scene Captain Snegiryov describes to Alyosha in the open air. Person Ilusha Snegiryov Ilusha first appears as the solitary schoolboy facing six others by the ditch on Mihailovsky Street. Event Ilusha's Funeral Ilusha's funeral is the final gathering around Ilusha, who has died two days after Dmitri's guilty verdict. Event Ilusha's Funeral Dinner Ilusha's funeral dinner is the customary meal awaiting the mourners after Ilusha's funeral. Place Ilusha's Grave Ilusha names his own grave while clinging to Captain Snegiryov and Kolya. Place Ilusha's School Ilusha's School is the world that turns Captain Snegiryov's public humiliation into a child's daily trial. Event Ilusha's School Persecution Ilusha's School Persecution is the campaign of teasing and violence that follows Captain Snegiryov's humiliation. Place Ilyinskoe Ilyinskoe first appears as the village from which the priest writes to Fyodor Pavlovitch about a timber buyer. Object Image of the Mother of God The image enters through Fyodor Pavlovitch's drunken memory of Alyosha's mother. Concept Immortality of the Soul Immortality of the Soul is the belief Ivan's moral argument places at the root of love and virtue. Person Ippolit Kirillovitch Ippolit Kirillovitch is the deputy prosecutor who arrives at Mokroe with the officials after the revel is stopped. Event Ippolit Kirillovitch's Prosecutor Speech Ippolit Kirillovitch's prosecutor speech begins after the evidence has closed and the court has briefly adjourned. Place Irkutsk Irkutsk is the Siberian city where Prohorovna's son Vasenka has gone in commissariat service. Event Ivan and Katerina's Break Ivan and Katerina's break is the drawing-room scene in which Ivan stops serving as the silent sufferer in Katerina Ivanovna's emotional drama. Person Ivan Karamazov Ivan is one of Fyodor Pavlovitch's two sons by his second wife, named at first only within the family structure. Object Ivan's Church-State Article Ivan's Church-State Article is the published argument that prompts the debate in Father Zossima's cell. Event Ivan's Courtroom Confession Ivan's courtroom confession is the sudden scene in which Ivan produces a roll of notes and says that Smerdyakov killed Fyodor Pavlovitch. Event Ivan's Decision to Testify Ivan's decision to testify forms during his last interview with Smerdyakov. Person Ivan's Devil Ivan's Devil is the visitor who appears on the sofa in Ivan's room during his nightmare. Event Ivan's Nightmare Ivan's nightmare is the hallucinatory conversation in which Ivan, on the eve of brain fever, argues with a shabby gentlemanly devil on his sofa. Concept Jealousy Jealousy is the narrator's name for the degrading suspicion that keeps Dmitri circling Grushenka. Person Jesus Christ Jesus Christ first appears here through the story of a Russian soldier who refuses to renounce Christianity and dies praising Christ. Person Kalganov Kalganov is Miusov's young relative, brought along to the monastery in an elegant carriage. Concept Karamazov Sensuality Rakitin's name for the impulse he thinks binds Fyodor Pavlovitch and his sons: appetite, acquisitiveness, and passionate disorder carried like a family inheritance. Person Kartashov Kartashov is a quiet schoolboy in Ilusha's sickroom. Event Katerina and Grushenka's Meeting Katerina Ivanovna receives Grushenka in her drawing room, hoping that generosity and admiration will settle the rivalry over Dmitri. Person Katerina Ivanovna Katerina Ivanovna first reaches Alyosha through a brief urgent note passed by Lise. Place Katerina Ivanovna's House The High Street house where Katerina Ivanovna has urgently asked Alyosha to come. Family Katerina's Aunts Katerina's aunts are the female relatives in Moscow whose opinion matters to Katerina Ivanovna in the aftermath of her humiliation. Event Katerina's Commission to Alyosha Katerina's commission to Alyosha is the errand Katerina Ivanovna gives after Ivan leaves her drawing-room scene. Event Katerina's Hysterics After Grushenka leaves the drawing room laughing, Katerina Ivanovna breaks into hysterics before Alyosha and her household. Event Katerina's Trial Testimony Katerina Ivanovna is expected to be the chief sensation among the defense witnesses. Event Katerina's Visit to Dmitri Katerina Ivanovna comes alone to Dmitri's lodging when her father is in danger over missing government money. Event Katya's Post-Trial Confession Katya's post-trial confession happens when Alyosha visits Katerina Ivanovna five days after Dmitri's guilty verdict. Event Kolya and Alyosha's First Meeting Kolya and Alyosha's first meeting is the encounter Kolya arranges before entering Ilusha's room. Person Kolya Krassotkin Kolya Krassotkin first enters by report, as the schoolboy whom the solitary boy is said to have stabbed with a penknife in class. Place Krassotkin House The Krassotkin house is the neat little home where Madame Krassotkin raises Kolya in respectable seclusion. Object Krassotkin's Penknife Krassotkin's Penknife is first mentioned by the boys as the weapon used in class against Krassotkin. Person Kuzma Samsonov An old merchant named by Rakitin as Grushenka's former protector. Event Lise and Alyosha's Childhood Friendship Lise and Alyosha's childhood friendship is the shared Moscow past that Lise suddenly throws at him from her invalid chair. Person Lise Hohlakov Lise Hohlakov first appears as the sick daughter waiting with Madame Hohlakov outside the hermitage. Event Lise's Devil Dream Lise tells Alyosha that she sometimes dreams of devils filling her room at night. Event Lise's Hysterics Lise's Hysterics are reported by Madame Hohlakov as soon as Alyosha arrives at her house. Object Lise's Invalid Carriage Lise's invalid carriage is the long reclining chair in which Madame Hohlakov's fourteen-year-old daughter is wheeled to wait for Father Zossima. Object Lise's Letter to Alyosha Lise's letter is the private note she sent to Alyosha before his visit to Madame Hohlakov's house. Place Lise's Room Lise's room is the private chamber from which Lise Hohlakov listens, teases, and controls how much of herself visitors can see. Object Little Bronze Cannon The little bronze cannon is a toy weapon Kolya carries in his satchel. Person Lizaveta Smerdyastchaya A speechless town wanderer known by the cruel nickname Stinking Lizaveta. Event Lizaveta's Bath-House Childbirth The strange night discovery that follows the burial of Grigory and Marfa's own child. Person Lyagavy Lyagavy is the timber buyer whom Kuzma Samsonov names as a possible answer to Dmitri's desperate need for money. Person Madame Hohlakov Madame Hohlakov first appears as a lady of higher rank waiting outside the hermitage with her sick daughter, Lise. Place Madame Hohlakov's House Madame Hohlakov's house is the affluent town house where Alyosha finds several anxious dramas already in motion. Person Madame Krassotkin Madame Krassotkin is Kolya's widowed mother, Anna Fyodorovna. Person Marfa Ignatyevna Grigory's wife and the prudent woman of Fyodor Pavlovitch's servants' lodge. Person Markel Markel is Father Zossima's elder brother, remembered at the end of Zossima's life. Person Marya Kondratyevna Marya Kondratyevna is the daughter of the house next to Fyodor Pavlovitch's garden. Place Marya Kondratyevna's House Marya Kondratyevna's house is the neighboring place from which Dmitri keeps watch behind Fyodor Pavlovitch's garden. Person Mavriky Mavrikyevitch Mavriky Mavrikyevitch is the police inspector among the officials who appear at Mokroe when Dmitri is arrested. Person Maximov Maximov is an elderly Tula landowner who intrudes on the monastery visitors just as they are trying to find the hermitage. Event Medical Experts' Testimony The medical experts are called to assess Dmitri's mental condition. Place Metropolis Tavern The Metropolis Tavern is the low tavern named by Captain Snegiryov when he imagines where Dmitri might ask forgiveness. Person Mihail Makarovitch Makarov Mihail Makarovitch is the police captain who enters the Mokroe rooms with the officials at the height of the revel. Person Mihail Rakitin Mihail Rakitin is a divinity student living under the monastery's protection. Concept Miracles Miracles first enter through the narrator's description of Alyosha's realism. Object Mitya's Fatal Letter Mitya's fatal letter first appears as a document in Katerina's possession that Ivan says proves Dmitri meant to kill his father. Event Mitya's Prison Confession Mitya's prison confession is the trial-eve interview in which Dmitri pours out his heart to Alyosha. Event Miusov's Lawsuit with the Monastery Miusov's lawsuit with the monastery is a long dispute over estate rights, described as concerning fishing in the river or wood-cutting in the forest. Place Mokroe Mokroe is the village where Dmitri says he drove with Grushenka and spent the money entrusted to him by Katerina Ivanovna. Organization Mokroe Girls' Chorus The Mokroe girls' chorus is the group of village singers Dmitri demands when he arrives for the revel at Plastunov's Inn. Place Moscow Moscow first appears as the city where Dmitri's grandmother lives when he is abandoned as a child. Person Nikolay Parfenovitch Nikolay Parfenovitch is the young investigating lawyer who steps forward at Mokroe and formally charges Dmitri. Person Nina Snegiryov Nina Snegiryov is Captain Snegiryov's gentle crippled daughter, seated beside one of the beds when Alyosha first enters the family's room. Place Obdorsk Obdorsk is the far northern place from which a visiting monk comes to see Father Zossima. Person Pan Vrublevsky Pan Vrublevsky is the tall Polish companion of Grushenka's former lover at Mokroe. Place Paris Paris is the foreign city from which Miusov returns when he intervenes in Dmitri's neglected childhood. Concept Parricide Parricide first appears as the word Fyodor Pavlovitch hurls at Dmitri during their quarrel in Zossima's cell. Person Pavel Smerdyakov Pavel Smerdyakov is first named by Dmitri as the valet sent by Fyodor Pavlovitch with the wrong time for the monastery appointment. Person Perezvon Perezvon is the shaggy dog Kolya keeps secretly indoors at the Krassotkin house. Event Perezvon's Tricks Perezvon's tricks are the little performance Kolya uses to hold the lodger children's attention while waiting to leave the house. Object Perhotin's Pistols These are the pistols Dmitri has pawned to Perhotin, then suddenly redeems on the night he rushes toward Mokroe. Place Petersburg Petersburg first appears as the city where Adelaida Ivanovna goes after leaving Fyodor Pavlovitch. Place Plastunov's Inn Plastunov's Inn is the brightly lit Mokroe inn where Grushenka, her former lover, and their companions have gathered when Dmitri arrives. Place Plotnikov's Shop Plotnikov's is the largest grocery shop in the town, a place that keeps fine wines, provisions, fruit, cigars, tea, coffee, sugar, and sweets. Person President of the Court The President of the Court is the presiding judge when Dmitri's trial opens. Person Pyotr Ilyitch Perhotin Pyotr Ilyitch Perhotin is the young official who had lent Dmitri ten roubles on his dueling pistols. Person Pyotr Miusov Pyotr Alexandrovitch Miusov is a cousin on Mitya's mother's side who returns from Paris and intervenes in the neglected child's upbringing. Concept Quadrillion Kilometers Legend The quadrillion kilometers legend is the afterlife anecdote the visitor tells Ivan during the nightmare. Concept Rebellion Rebellion is Alyosha's name for Ivan's protest against accepting God's world. Concept Returning the Ticket Returning the Ticket is Ivan's image for refusing entrance into a redeemed world bought at too high a price. Event Richard's Execution Richard's Execution is one of Ivan's examples in his argument with Alyosha about mercy, cruelty, and children. Place Rome Rome enters the monastery discussion as an example in the argument over Church and State. Place Russia Russia first surfaces as the country Fyodor Pavlovitch abuses while drunk: peasants, birches, forests, vice, and his own Russian traits become targets of contempt and jokes. Place Samsonov's House Samsonov's house is the place Grushenka names when she tells Dmitri she must spend the evening helping Kuzma Kuzmitch with accounts. Place Siberia Siberia first appears as the remote region that contains Irkutsk, where Prohorovna's son has gone in government service. Place Skotoprigonyevsk Skotoprigonyevsk is the narrator's little town, the local stage for the Karamazov family quarrel. Event Smerdyakov's Confession Smerdyakov's confession is the last interview in which Smerdyakov tells Ivan that he killed Fyodor Pavlovitch and stole the three thousand roubles. Event Smerdyakov's Illness Smerdyakov's illness reaches Dmitri as a report from the servants near Fyodor Pavlovitch's house. Event Smerdyakov's Suicide Smerdyakov's suicide is the news Alyosha brings to Ivan at the end of the nightmare. Object Smerdyakov's Suicide Note Smerdyakov's suicide note is the short statement Alyosha finds on the table after Smerdyakov takes his own life. Person Smurov Smurov first appears among the boys by the bridge as the left-handed boy who throws stones back at the solitary schoolboy. Concept Socialism Socialism appears in the monastery debate as a modern political current that Miusov and Ivan connect to religious questions. Person Sofya Ivanovna Sofya Ivanovna is Fyodor Pavlovitch's second wife, a deacon's orphan raised in misery by The General's Widow. Place Tchermashnya Tchermashnya is the village and copse connected with Fyodor Pavlovitch's timber business. Concept The Babe The babe is the crying child at the center of Dmitri's dream. Event The Birthday Public Confession The mysterious visitor chooses his own birthday gathering as the place to read a formal confession before the town. Object The Blood-Stained Handkerchief The blood-stained handkerchief begins as the clean white handkerchief Dmitri carries after visiting Madame Hohlakov. Object The Brass Pestle The brass pestle is the small heavy object Dmitri carries from Fenya's kitchen into the night. Event The Breath of Corruption The breath of corruption is the scandal that begins when a smell of decomposition comes from Father Zossima's coffin sooner than the crowd expects. Place The Caucasus The Caucasus first appears as one station in Dmitri's irregular youth. Organization The Defense The defense is Dmitri's legal side at the murder trial, led by the celebrated Petersburg lawyer Fetyukovitch. Concept The Devil The devil first appears in Ivan's dry answer to Fyodor's question about who is laughing at mankind. Person The Father Superior The Father Superior is the official head of The Monastery, distinct from Father Zossima's charismatic role as elder. Object The Fifteen Hundred Roubles The fifteen hundred roubles are the half of Katerina Ivanovna's money that Dmitri says he kept hidden instead of spending at Mokroe a month earlier. Object The Four Thousand Roubles The four thousand roubles are the earlier sum tied to the first painful bond between Dmitri and Katerina. Person The General's Widow The General's Widow is the wealthy old lady who raises Sofya Ivanovna and makes herself both benefactress and tormentor. Concept The Grand Inquisitor The Grand Inquisitor is the prose poem Ivan offers after his argument about innocent suffering. Organization The Gypsies The Gypsies are the musicians and girls from Dmitri's earlier Mokroe spree, remembered as part of the money and revelry he scattered there. Place The Hermitage The Hermitage is the separate enclosure where Father Zossima lives, about four hundred paces from the main monastery across the copse. Concept The Hymn Underground The hymn underground is Dmitri's vision of faith under punishment. Event The Inquisitor's Monologue After the miracle at the cathedral, the Grand Inquisitor visits the Prisoner alone in the dark prison of the Holy Inquisition. Concept The Institution of Elders The Institution of Elders is the monastic practice by which a disciple yields his soul and will to a chosen spiritual guide. Organization The Jesuits The Jesuits first appear as Fyodor Pavlovitch's insult for Smerdyakov's clever religious reasoning. Organization The Jury The jury in Dmitri's trial consists of twelve local men: four petty officials, two merchants, and six peasants or artisans. Family The Karamazov Family The Karamazov family is the line of Fyodor Pavlovitch, made up of three sons from two marriages. Event The Kiss of the Prisoner At the end of Ivan's poem, the Prisoner gives no argument in answer to the Grand Inquisitor's long accusation. Object The Little Bag The little bag is the alleged pouch in which Dmitri says he kept fifteen hundred roubles from Katerina Ivanovna's money. Place The Market-Place A public town space on Alyosha's longer route to Katerina Ivanovna's house. Event The Meeting at Zossima's Cell The meeting at Zossima's cell is planned as a family interview under the elder's calming influence. Event The Midnight Return to Zossima After deciding to confess, the mysterious visitor leaves Zossima and then comes back at midnight, saying he has forgotten something. Family The Miusov Family The Miusov family is the rich and distinguished landowning family of Adelaida Ivanovna. Place The Monastery The Monastery is the famous religious house bordering Miusov's estate near Skotoprigonyevsk. Event The Murder of Fyodor Pavlovitch The murder first arrives at Mokroe as a formal accusation against Dmitri. Person The Mysterious Visitor The mysterious visitor is a respected official who begins visiting young Zossima after hearing about his conduct at the duel. Event The Mysterious Visitor's Confession In Father Zossima's recollections, the respected official who has been visiting him finally says, "I murdered some one." The confession opens a fourteen-year burden: a hidden… Event The Mysterious Visitor's Death After the public confession, the mysterious visitor falls dangerously ill and asks to say farewell to Father Zossima. Event The Night at Mokroe The night at Mokroe first appears as Dmitri's remembered outing with Grushenka, when he spends the money he was supposed to send away for Katerina Ivanovna. Object The Onion The onion is the small act of mercy in the folk tale Grushenka tells Alyosha. Object The Open Door The open door is the fact that unsettles Dmitri's account of the night in Fyodor Pavlovitch's garden. Organization The Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church enters the monastery debate as the eastern Church to which Father Paissy assigns a promised destiny. Object The Pink Ribbon The pink ribbon is found on the floor in Fyodor Pavlovitch's room near the opened empty envelope. Organization The Poles The Poles are the two Polish visitors questioned during Dmitri's preliminary investigation at Mokroe. Place The Prison One of the town's hard public institutions, first mentioned because Lizaveta Smerdyastchaya drops coins into the alms-jug there as readily as at church. Organization The Prosecution The prosecution is the accusing side in Dmitri's trial. Event The Raising of the Seville Child In Ivan's prose poem, Christ appears in Seville and is recognized by the crowd without announcing himself. Organization The Schoolboys The schoolboys first appear leaving school near the bridge, holding a council with stones in their hands. Event The Schoolboys' Stone Fight The Schoolboys' Stone Fight is the roadside clash Alyosha interrupts on his way through town. Object The Secret Signals Smerdyakov explains to Ivan the private knock patterns by which Fyodor Pavlovitch will open his locked door. Family The Snegiryov Family The Snegiryov family is the impoverished household Alyosha finds in a cottage room on Lake Street. Place The Snegiryovs' Cottage Room The Snegiryovs' cottage room is the poor lodging across the passage in the decrepit Lake Street house. Concept The Suffering of Children The Suffering of Children is the focus Ivan chooses for his protest to Alyosha. Object The Three Thousand Roubles The three thousand roubles are the sum Dmitri must restore before he can face Katerina Ivanovna honorably. Event The Tortured Girl in the Outhouse This is one of the examples Ivan gives Alyosha while arguing about innocent suffering. Event The Trial of Dmitri The trial of Dmitri is still an approaching crisis when Kolya mentions it on the way to Ilusha. Concept The Wisp of Tow Taunt The Wisp of Tow Taunt is the phrase the boys urge Alyosha to repeat to the solitary schoolboy after the stone fight. Person Trifon Borissovitch Trifon Borissovitch is the innkeeper at Plastunov's Inn, a prosperous peasant landlord who scents profit when Dmitri arrives. Concept Universal Responsibility Universal Responsibility is Father Zossima's teaching that each person is answerable not only for private sins but for all people and all things. Person Varvara Snegiryov Varvara Snegiryov is Captain Snegiryov's sharp-tongued daughter, standing by the window when Alyosha first visits the family. Event Vasenka's Letter Miracle Vasenka's Letter Miracle is the reported fulfillment of Father Zossima's assurance to the widow Prohorovna that her missing son is alive. Place Volovya Station Volovya Station is the point where the road toward Tchermashnya branches from the route to the railway. Place Widow Morozov's House Grushenka lives in a small wooden lodge in the courtyard of Widow Morozov's house, in the busiest part of town near the cathedral square. Person Yefim Petrovitch Polenov Yefim Petrovitch Polenov is the General's Widow's heir and the Marshal of Nobility of the province. Person Zhutchka Zhutchka is the lost shaggy dog whose absence still troubles Ilusha. Event Zhutchka's Return Zhutchka's return is Kolya's staged revelation in Ilusha's sickroom. Event Zossima Bows to Dmitri Zossima bows to Dmitri at the height of the scandal in his cell. Event Zossima's Cell Scandal Zossima's cell scandal is the public quarrel that erupts when Dmitri arrives at the monastery meeting. Event Zossima's Funeral Vigil Zossima's funeral vigil begins with the ritual preparation of Father Zossima's body and the reading of the Gospel over his coffin. Event Zossima's Impending Death Zossima's impending death is already present when the narrator explains the elders.