Resurrection · Character
Princess Sophia Vasilievna
Nekhludoff's brisk, churchgoing aunt, whose cheerful commands and scrubbed floors frame the estate where his conscience first wakes.
supporting
Also known as Sophia Vasilievna, Sophia
First appearance: xi
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One of the two maiden ladies; the younger sister who stood godmother to Katúsha and treated her kindly, dressing her and teaching her to read.
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She meets Nekhludoff in the anteroom fresh from communion, scolding him for dripping on the floor and calling for coffee in the same breath. Her practical piety and easy authority define the aunts' household, a place of…
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- Society and Military Figures
- Supporting Cast and Prisoners
- Family and Authority Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it forces Nekhlúdoff to confront the central moral crisis of the nov…
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