Prince Myshkin’s Brides in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot
The article examines the figures of the two brides in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot. It considers the word “bride” and its meaning in the novel and traces the paths of the female protagonists - Aglaya Ivanovna and Nastasya Filippovna - towards this status. It tries to explain why no one of Prince Myskin’s brides became his wife and suggests a hypothesis why no one of them could be his spouse. Nastasya Filippovna’s tragedy was that the Prince was not Christ, while Aglaya could not understand how to love without separating themselves from all.