The Idiot · Character
Marie
A poor Swiss girl Myshkin befriended and comforted before the novel's events.
minor
Also known as Marie, Marie Alexandrovna
First appearance: part i i
Marie shows up with force in VI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A fallen woman shunned by her village, cared for by children before dying of consumption.
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- Other
Character groups
- Epanchin daughters and Marie
- Minor and background characters
- Central characters in love triangle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The narrative climax occurs here because Varvara Ardalionovna’s return home in a state of “considerable mental…
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See Marie in part i i