The Idiot: Part 2 Chapter 2 Discussion

By Superuser

There’s a pinned thread for an open chat if anyone wants to talk about the blackout stuff—just try to keep it civil. A few things I’m still chewing on: picking back up with Myshkin, how does he feel different (or the same) compared to the one we got in part 1? Also, the whole scene at Lebedev’s before that private talk—did anything jump out to you? And the way executions keep getting brought up again, like this time it’s the Comtesse du Barry’s—why does Dostoevsky keep circling back to that? I’m also curious what everyone thought of the garden conversation between Myshkin and Lebedev: what do they seem like right after it, and where do you think each of them is mentally? Any guesses for what’s going to happen in Pavlovsk? And yeah, if there’s anything else you want to bring up, I’m open to that too.