Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova

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Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova is the central female protagonist of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," whose wrongful conviction and moral struggle drive the book’s exploration of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
alsoKnownAs Katusha Maslova NERFINISHED
Katyusha Maslova
appearsIn Resurrection
associatedWithAuthorThemes Christian ethics
critique of social hierarchy
critique of the justice system
characterDevelopmentFocus conscience and forgiveness
self-respect and dignity
convictionType murder (wrongful)
countryOfOriginOfWork Russian Empire
createdBy Leo Tolstoy
fictionalUniverse world of Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection
firstPublicationContext Resurrection (serialized 1899–1900)
fullName Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova
gender female
hasRelationshipWith Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov
keyThemeAssociated class inequality
legal injustice
moral struggle
prostitution
spiritual rebirth
wrongful conviction
legalStatus wrongfully convicted prisoner
literaryPeriod late 19th-century Russian literature
medium prose fiction
moralArc from degradation to spiritual awakening
from victimization to inner strength
narrativeFunction drives exploration of guilt
drives exploration of redemption
drives exploration of social injustice
occupation prostitute
servant (earlier in life)
originalLanguageOfWork Russian
punishment Siberian penal servitude
relationshipTypeWithNekhlyudov former lover
victim of his betrayal
roleInWork central female protagonist
socialBackground peasant origin
symbolizes possibility of moral regeneration
victim of social and legal injustice
workOfFictionGenre novel

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova ("Katyusha Maslova")
alsoKnownAs
Resurrection (1918 film) ("Katyusha Maslova")
basedOnCharacter
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova
fullName
Resurrection
mainCharacter

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