Resurrection · Concepts

Concepts

Ideas that structure Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy — linked to characters, chapters, and questions.

Moral awakening
Nekhludoff’s jury duty recognizes Katusha Maslova — guilt from seducing her years ago launches a long attempt at moral resurrection.
Legal injustice
Maslova’s trial exposes Russian courts — wrong verdict, class bias, and officials who treat law as career, not justice.
Sexual exploitation
Maslova’s path from maid to prostitute follows aristocratic seduction and social ruin — Tolstoy indicts men who discard women.
Land and economic injustice
Nekhludoff tries to give land to peasants — Tolstoy tests whether aristocratic repentance can touch structural inequality.