The relationship between Dostoevsky and the characters of the Karamazov brothers"I would die happy if I could finish this last novel, because I would have expressed myself completely." This statement by the author of "The Brothers Karamazov" helps to clarify the purpose and underlying theme of one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature. On the surface, the novel deals with a horrific patricide and how the secondary characters devised direct and indirect circumstances that led to the murder. However, the book delves deep into the human psyche and soul, especially that of the author himself. The novel, as can be deduced from the above personal statement, can best be described as an autobiography of Dostoevsky filled with his beliefs, values ​​and theories. and insights into a beastly world. Through the main characters - Ivan, Alyosha, Dmitri, Father Zosima and Smerdyakov - one can perceive different sides of Dostoevsky himself, good and evil. Through the protagonists and antagonists of the novel we see not only his characteristics, but also his beliefs about life, religion and love. Among his personal beliefs integrated with his fictional characters include: belief in love rather than belief in miracles, the importance of suffering as a means of salvation, and the importance of Russian "people" and children in the coming 20th century . But despite Dostoevsky's overbearing presence in his masterpiece, one variable inevitably influences all his characters and the entire living world: death. Thus, through the novel, he introduces us to his tormented mind and soul, hoping to influence future generations in his beliefs of a better humanity, without fear of the specter of death that will crush cowards but not harm men... in the center of the paper... you see the soul of a man who carried vengeance in his heart, but maintained a love for humanity characteristic of the biblical Job, whose suffering only brought more sympathy and blessings in the eyes of God. Note ironic, Dostoevsky presented Alyosha Karamazov as a young man who would instill the love and spirituality in innocent children needed to transform the backward country of Russia into a global power. These children truly changed Russia 30 years later, not as spiritual lovers but as violent rebels in a communist revolution. They sought to liberate peasants and workers in theory, but in reality they created a totalitarian state more powerful than even Peter the Great could have imagined. Now, once-mighty Russia lies ravaged in the same poverty it lived in a hundred years before. Truly an ironic twist on the beliefs of a prophetic man.