"When a portrait painter sets out to create a likeness, he relies above all upon the face and the expression of the eyes and pays less attention to the other parts of the body: in the same way it is my task to dwell upon those actions which illuminate the workings of the soul, and by this means to create a portrait of each man's life. I leave the story of his greatest struggles and achievements to be told by others."
Plutarch, Alexander
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So Interesting!
I like to think the Brothers Karamazov uses similar imagery in the importance of little deeds and gestures... not necessarily like Plutarch's revelation of the inner character, but in regards to its importance of the everyday actions in the path towards light and darkness.
Only, an onion, but yet it still could save Grushenka...
I don't like cats! Put that in my biography!
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