Also known as Agrafena Alexandrovna, Agrafena, Grusha, Pani Agrafena, Pani Agrippina, Madame Svyetlov.
Grushenka is first present through the way men speak about her in Zossima's cell. Fyodor calls her a certain enchantress and claims Dmitri is wasting money on her; Dmitri defends her name while accusing Fyodor of wanting her himself. At this first horizon, she is the unseen woman who has turned the Karamazov money quarrel into a public contest of jealousy and shame.
III-X. Both Together
Grushenka appears in Katerina Ivanovna's house, first charming Katerina and Alyosha with softness and apparent good nature. The visit turns cruel when she refuses to kiss Katerina's hand and leaves laughing.
VII-III. An Onion
In her own rooms, Grushenka waits for news from the officer who once abandoned her. Alyosha's grief and kindness draw from her the story of the onion, her spite against Katerina, and the long resentment she has carried for five years.
VIII-VII. The First And Rightful Lover
At Mokroe, Grushenka sees the Polish officer clearly and rejects him as shabby, calculating, and no longer the man she had imagined. Her anger turns toward him and back toward Dmitri.
VIII-VIII. Delirium
Drunk and shaken after the revel at Mokroe, Grushenka declares her love for Dmitri and asks that their life begin honorably, with work, truth, and a shared appeal to Katerina for forgiveness.
IX-IX. They Carry Mitya Away
When Dmitri is led away after the inquiry, Grushenka is brought in for a brief farewell. She bows low and vows that she is his and will follow him for ever, wherever they may send him.
XI-I. At Grushenka’s
Three days after Dmitri's arrest Grushenka falls dangerously ill and lies near death for weeks. She recovers changed, gentler and steadfast in her devotion to him, though still fiercely jealous of Katerina Ivanovna, who never once visits the prison. She takes the homeless Maximov into her house out of pity.
XII-I. The Fatal Day
At the opening of the trial, Grushenka is one of the two rival women the whole province has crowded in to see, and most of the ladies in the gallery are openly on Dmitri's side.
XII-IV. Fortune Smiles On Mitya
At the trial, Grushenka testifies angrily and accepts blame for inflaming the rivalry between Fyodor and Dmitri, while still defending Dmitri's truthfulness about the murder.
Epilogue II. For A Moment The Lie Becomes Truth
After the verdict, Grushenka's sudden entrance during Katerina's visit to Dmitri makes the old rivalry bitter again. She remains Dmitri's beloved, but her presence still exposes wounds no one has mastered.
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