Submitted by FlyingPasta t3_11e85y9 in books
BinstonBirchill t1_jadmafw wrote
It’s an intentional decision on his part to write the characters like that. It’s part of what gives you a picture of these characters. If you look up an old Russian version of the movie you’ll see just how unhinged they appear in the Russian as well.
Dostoevsky himself had a crazy life, ordered to be executed with a last minute reprieve, suffered epilepsy, depression, and paranoia. He wasn’t going for realism but more in conversation with other writers of the time and probably his own experience of life.
FlyingPasta OP t1_jadpqup wrote
Thanks! Yeah I’ve heard about the last minute reprieve, how that affects a person must be nuts.
Definitely going to search up that movie!
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