Event
The Breath of Corruption
Also known as a smell of decomposition, the smell of corruption, smell of corruption, premature corruption, premature decay, signs of premature decomposition.
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. Many visitors and monks had been waiting for a sign of holiness, and the ordinary decay of the body is seized on as a contrary sign. The cell becomes a place of whispering, triumph, grief, and confusion.
VII-I. The Breath Of Corruption
Father Ferapont uses the scandal to denounce Zossima before the crowd, while Father Paissy tries to restore order beside the coffin.
VII-II. A Critical Moment
The scandal wounds Alyosha because he feels that the elder he loved has been unjustly humiliated before lesser people.
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