The Idiot · Character
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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- Minor and background characters
- Central characters in love triangle
- Epanchin daughters and Marie
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- 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