Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky

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Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky is the tormented, obsessive widower at the center of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "The Eternal Husband," whose fixation on his late wife’s former lover drives the story’s psychological drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
widower
appearsIn The Eternal Husband NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre novella
psychological fiction
centralConflict obsession with his late wife’s lover
centralThemeRelation jealousy
marital infidelity
psychological torment
characterTrait insecure
jealous
obsessive
tormented
vindictive
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
createdBy Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED
emotionalState anxious
humiliated
resentful
fictionalUniverse The Eternal Husband NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDateOfWork 1870
firstPublicationWork The Eternal Husband NERFINISHED
gender male
hasChild Liza Trusotskaya NERFINISHED
hasObsessionWith Alexei Ivanovich Velchaninov NERFINISHED
hasSpouse Natalya Trusotskaya NERFINISHED
interactsWith Alexei Ivanovich Velchaninov NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Russian
literaryAnalysisAspect example of Dostoevsky’s exploration of guilt and revenge
example of Dostoevsky’s exploration of jealousy
example of Dostoevsky’s exploration of marital relationships
literaryPeriod 19th-century Russian literature
maritalStatus widowed
narrativeRole central character
title character
nationality Russian
occupation civil servant
plotFunction drives psychological drama of the story
symbolizes the humiliated husband
the “eternal husband” archetype

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The Eternal Husband mainCharacter Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky