Book 3, Chapter 3 (The Confession of a Passionate Heart - In Verse)
Mitya's outpouring to Alyosha: 'Beauty is a terrible and awful thing!' and the famous 'insect' confession.
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From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The passionate, sensual eldest brother torn between nobility and depravity; embodiment of the Karamazov 'broad' nature.
Book 3, Chapter 4 (The Confession of a Passionate Heart - In Anecdote)
Mitya declares: 'The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.'
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Mitya's wild night at Mokroe with Grushenka, his moment of moral awakening amid debauchery.
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