Between Earth and Heaven: Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, and the Meaning of Christian Tragedy

according action Aeschylus appears assertion attitude authority becomes begins believe book of Revelation Brothers Karamazov called cause chapter characters Christ Christian tragedy comes conception conclusion Cordelia course Crime critics death describes Dostoevsky evil exist face fact faith falls father final follow give gospel Greek Greek tragedy Hamlet hand hero human Inquisitor interpretation Ivan Jesus Johannine John kind King Lear Lazarus least less light lines literary literature live Luke Macbeth madness matter meaning merely miracle moral murder Myshkin nature never novel obvious passage Paul perhaps person play possibility present problem Punishment question Raskolnikov reason reference regarded relation represents responsible Revised Standard Version says scene seems sense Shakespeare significant simply speaks stand statement story suffering tells Testament things Thou thought tragic true truth understand whole writings