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Professor Schneider

Myshkin's Swiss doctor and mentor.

minor

Also known as Professor Schneider, Schneider, Dr. Schneider

First appearance: part i i

Professor Schneider shows up with force in VI. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Myshkin's doctor in Switzerland, who urged him to leave and called him a child in soul.
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LPLizaveta Proko…NFNastasya Filip…AIAdelaida Ivano…AIAlexandra Ivan…PLPrince Lev Nik…PSProfessor Schneider

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Character groups

  • Minor and background characters
  • Central characters in love triangle
  • Epanchin daughters and Marie
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • 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 Professor Schneider in part i i