l substance of that idea. The inevitability of human suffering becomes obvious if one is searching for an answer. Thus just like Raskolnikov and Ivan rejection of such society and life comes, which leads to the "cold and inhumanely callous to the point of inhumanity" (Crime and Punishment, V, 2). In order to defeat evil one has to start with the assumption that there is goodness . To rebel violently because of a child's death only brings greater evil. Ivan does not love others nor does he love himself. He does not accept the most important of all, and what is crucial to Sonya and Alyosha: forgiveness. He cannot forgive himself, for he is accusing himself of Fyodor's death, and he goes mad. The Grand Inquisitor and Ivan come very close together in their hate towards humanity. They hold the opinion that Christ made a mistake when he sacrificed for the human race. What they do not understand is that Christ, with his kiss, again and again dies and sacrifices himself. Christ does not lose faith in humans and in the possibility of goodness, even though there is evil. He forgives. Sonya forgives, she expresses wisdom with her actions. In The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment , active love is the highest value and the only remedy to all of humanity's problems! Sonya's hand movements, Zosima's bow, Christ's kiss are a definite and the ultimate answer that Dostoevsky has to offer to the people. Father Zosima makes this idea very clear: If you are penitent you love. And if you love you are a God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love. If I, a sinner, even as you are, am tender with you and have pity on you, how much more will God. Love is such a priceless treasure that you can redeem the whole world by it, and expiate not only your own sins but the sins of others. (Brothers Karamazov. II, 4) From the story "Akulka's Husband ," in which there is everything but regret on the side of the ...
