Also known as a parricide, the parricide, the murder of a father, the murder of a father by his son.
Parricide first appears as the word Fyodor Pavlovitch hurls at Dmitri during their quarrel in Zossima's cell. The word answers Dmitri's furious question of why such a man as his father is alive. At this horizon, it is an accusation and a moral horror named in anger, not a settled fact.
IV-II. At His Father’s
Fyodor repeats the fear in his own house, suspecting that his sons' desire for money and advantage may be gathering around his life.
XII-V. A Sudden Catastrophe
At the trial, Katerina says Ivan could not endure believing that his brother had killed their father, making parricide the thought that breaks his conscience and health.
XII-IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.
The prosecutor's appeal treats parricide as the case's central moral horror and urges the jury not to excuse a son's murder of his father.
XII-XIII. A Corrupter Of Thought
The defense tries to limit the force of the word by asking what a true father is, and whether Fyodor Pavlovitch deserves the sacred name.
XII-XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm
In reply, the prosecution warns that reducing parricide to a mere prejudice endangers the moral foundation the court is meant to protect.
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