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-> ''When Stavrogin believes, he does not believe that he believes. And when he does not believe, he still does not believe that he does not believe.''
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->''When ''"When Stavrogin believes, he does not believe that he believes. And when he does not believe, he still does not believe that he does not believe.''
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* AccompliceByInaction: "Fedka the convict" bugs Nikolai Stavrogin for some money, and Stavrogin eventually complies. Afterwards, Stavrogin realizes why Fedka was asking for the money--in a very indirect way, Fedka was offering to [[spoiler: kill Stavrogin's wife and brother-in-law]] in exchange for cash. Realizing this, Stavrogin leaps into action and... does nothing, until [[spoiler: his wife and brother-in-law die at Fedka's hand]]. He outright says, the morning after, that even if he isn't legally guilty of the murders, he considers himself morally guilty.
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* AccompliceByInaction: "Fedka the convict" bugs Nikolai Stavrogin for some money, and Stavrogin eventually complies. Afterwards, Stavrogin realizes why Fedka was asking for the money--in a very indirect way, Fedka was offering to [[spoiler: kill Stavrogin's wife and brother-in-law]] in exchange for cash. Realizing this, Stavrogin leaps into action and... does nothing, until [[spoiler: his wife and brother-in-law die at Fedka's hand]]. He outright says, the morning after, that even if he isn't legally guilty of [[spoiler: the murders, murders]], he considers himself morally guilty.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Verkhovensky definitely seems to be coded this way, at least according to the stereotypes of the day. He's friendly with and trusted by many of the town's women but never shows any attraction towards any of them, is slightly effeminate in appearance (he has "thin, rather long blond hair and a wispy, barely evident moustache and beard"), is noted for his manners, good dress, and chattiness, and, most importantly, presents an anguished LoveConfession to Stavrogin which is hard to read as anything but romantic. (See HoYay on the YMMV tab for details.) Given that he's also the novel's BigBad, these traits would probably qualify him as at least a SissyVillain, if not an outright DepravedHomosexual.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Marya Timofeevna and Marya Ignateevna. Both have significant relationships with Shatov, too.
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* OneSteveLimit: OneSteveLimit:
** {{Averted}} with Marya Timofeevna and Marya Ignateevna. Both have significant relationships with Shatov,too.too.
** Also averted with the narrator, Anton Lavrentyevich, and the provincial governor, Anton von Lembke (though the former's name is almost never used in-text).
** {{Averted}} with Marya Timofeevna and Marya Ignateevna. Both have significant relationships with Shatov,
** Also averted with the narrator, Anton Lavrentyevich, and the provincial governor, Anton von Lembke (though the former's name is almost never used in-text).
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* SatanicArchetype: What would a book called ''Demons'' be without one? Verkhovensky fits this role to a T, with his snakelike personality, his skill in tempting others, and his uncanny ability to slip away just when things get really nasty. (Ironically–or maybe not?–he’s also obsessed with the designated MessianicArchetype, Stavrogin.)
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* SatanicArchetype: What would a book called ''Demons'' be without one? Verkhovensky fits this role to a T, with his snakelike [[SnakesAreSinister snakelike]] personality, his skill in tempting others, and his uncanny ability to slip away just when things get really nasty. (Ironically–or maybe not?–he’s also obsessed with the designated MessianicArchetype, Stavrogin.)
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* TheSociopath: Pyotr Verkhovensky definitely qualifies. Stavrogin probably does too, though he at least recognizes it in himself and on some level wishes he was different.
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* TheSociopath: Pyotr Verkhovensky Verkhovensky, a completely immoral master manipulator, definitely qualifies. Stavrogin probably does too, with his near-total lack of strong emotions or moral scruples, though he at least recognizes it in himself and on some level wishes he was different.
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* StarvingStudent: Shatov is one.
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* StarvingStudent: Technically Shatov is one.has already been expelled from his university by the time the novel starts, but he's referred to as a student by the other characters and lives in a state of poverty in a barren apartment.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mostly averted with the radicals, but at least a couple of them (Liputin and Erkel, most notably) do seem to be driven by a sincere desire to create a better society. Unfortunately they're also quite naïve, and their sincerity makes it all the more easy for Verkhovensky to manipulate them.
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* LampshadeHanging: One of the secondary characters, Governor Von Lembke, has a habit of writing long, melodramatic novels and subjecting his friends to them. Dostoevsky, a notorious writer of long, melodramatic Russian novels, takes the opportunity to indulge in a bit of self-deprecation:
--> ''"[Von Lembke's relative] was mainly summoned to listen to his novels in secret, intimate readings, would sit it out like a post for six hours on end; sweated, exerted all his strength to smile and not fall asleep; on coming home would lament, together with his long-legged and lean-fleshed wife, over their benefactor's unfortunate weakness for Russian literature."''
--> ''"[Von Lembke's relative] was mainly summoned to listen to his novels in secret, intimate readings, would sit it out like a post for six hours on end; sweated, exerted all his strength to smile and not fall asleep; on coming home would lament, together with his long-legged and lean-fleshed wife, over their benefactor's unfortunate weakness for Russian literature."''
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** Subverted in the case of Stepan Trofimovich, who believes the authorities have been tabs on him for years when in reality no one takes him seriously enough to be threatened by him.
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** Subverted in the case of Stepan Trofimovich, who believes the authorities have been keeping tabs on him for years when in reality no one takes him seriously enough to be threatened by him.
