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This 3 page paper discusses the concept of good and evil as portrayed in "The Grand Inquisitor" by Dostoyevsky. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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called The Grand Inquisitor. This section of the book is considered important enough to be reprinted separately. This paper considers how Dostoyevsky uses this section to explain his concepts of
good and evil. Discussion The chapter is "framed" by the device of having Ivan tell his brother Alyosha about the poem hes written, which then leads into the discussion in
which good and evil are examined. In that discussion, the aged Cardinal of Seville imprisons Jesus, who has returned to earth. During the course of their conversation-which is really a
monolog, since Jesus says nothing-the Cardinal justifies the Churchs approach to faith, saying that when Jesus gave the people free will, he confused them so much that they are happier
being told what to do (Dostoyevsky). Furthermore, the Cardinal says that the Church will "persuade them that they will only become free when they renounce their freedom to us and
submit to us. And shall we be right or shall we be lying? They will be convinced that we are right, for they will remember the horrors of slavery and
confusion to which Thy freedom brought them" (Dostoyevsky). The Cardinal continues in this way for some time, telling Jesus that the people would prefer to receive their bread from
the Church, without miracles, than from Jesus: "Receiving bread from us, they will see clearly that we take the bread made by their hands from them, to give it to
them, without any miracle" (Dostoyevsky). The people, the Cardinal says, will understand that the Church doesnt turn stones to bread, but they will be thankful for that, for they remember
that "in old days, without our help, even the bread they made turned to stones in their hands, while since they have come back to us, the very stones have
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