Artistic meanings of relationships among characters in F. M. Dostoevsky's novel “The brothers Karamazov”

The present article is devoted to the analysis of images of the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky “The Brothers Karamazov” in the aspect of relationships. The article aims to reveal the artistic significance of relationships among characters of the novel. The author investigates, in accordance with the logic of the narrative, these relationships from the perspective of artistic conception. The study reveals their multifaceted semantic completeness. “Disengagement” from the family circle of some characters and disregard to the family ties by the others was noted; in contrast to the existence of Alyosha in the world as his own family. A distorted nature of Karamazov's family was brought to light. It is further stated that the neglect of the novel's heroes to the kindred bonds is multiplied by the desecration of the sanctity of the feeling of love: loving relationships are built on false principles and are aimed to fulfill selfish desires; but again in contrast to the true brotherly relationships established between Alyosha and Grushenka. The author comes to a conclusion that the ability or inability of one or another hero to enter into a relationship reflects his or her inner essence, characterizes him or her as an able or unable character of the human whole. The substantial basis of the novel is an idea of the universal kinship of the whole humanity as its original condition. Therefore, human relationships are an important semantic component of the novel's artistic ideas. The research results presented in the paper suggest that the concept of kinship was filled with unique meanings developed by the creative consciousness of F. M. Dostoyevsky.