Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin

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fictional character literary character nobleman prince protagonist

Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the gentle, epileptic nobleman whose Christ-like innocence and naivety place him at tragic odds with the corrupt society depicted in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot."

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Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
prince ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn The Idiot NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInGenre novel ⓘ
appearsInLanguage Russian ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Christian love ⓘ
holy fool ⓘ
moral purity ⓘ
redemptive suffering ⓘ
social alienation ⓘ
tragedy of goodness ⓘ
centralThemeOf Christian morality in a secular society ⓘ
conflict between innocence and corruption ⓘ
the role of the holy fool ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
creator Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance The Idiot NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMedicalCondition epilepsy ⓘ
hasRelationshipTypeWithAglayaIvanovna idealized love ⓘ
hasRelationshipTypeWithNastasyaFilippovna tragic love ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Aglaya Ivanovna Epanchin NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Epanchin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lizaveta Prokofyevna Epanchin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nastasya Filippovna Barashkova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTrait Christ-like ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ
empathetic ⓘ
forgiving ⓘ
gentle ⓘ
guileless ⓘ
honest ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
innocent ⓘ
naive ⓘ
selfless ⓘ
socially awkward ⓘ
truthful ⓘ
inspiredBy Christian ethical ideals ⓘ
literarySignificance embodiment of a perfectly good man in literature ⓘ
narrativeRole catalyst for other characters' revelations ⓘ
moral touchstone ⓘ
outsider ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1869 ⓘ
setting Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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The Idiot → mainCharacter → Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin ⓘ
Innokenty Smoktunovsky → hasRole → Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince Myshkin