# Arina Prohorovna — Demons character guide

> Arina Prohorovna in Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Arina Prohorovna, Arina

**First appearance:** 0001-demons

## Who they are

Virginsky's wife, a midwife and radical feminist.

## In the story

### [VII: A Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-a-meeting)

Hostess who insists on procedural voting and maintaining secrecy by having Lyamshin play the piano.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Virginsky's wife, a midwife and nihilist, known for her boldness and greed.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

The midwife is roused by Virginsky and agrees to come to Shatov's wife, though she speaks in her usual peremptory tone.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Arrives to assist Marya Ignatyevna in childbirth, taking command of the situation with a pragmatic and unsympathetic demeanor.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-vi)

Arina Prohorovna acts as the midwife, managing the birth with stern efficiency and mocking Shatov's emotional outbursts. She leaves satisfied, planning to share the story with Virginsky.

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