All 4 Uses of
passive
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He was incapable of passive love.†
Chpt 4 *
- His face now expressed complete, hopeless despair, and he sat mute and passive as though hardly conscious of what was happening.†
Chpt 9
- "But perhaps it was not a case of active complicity on Smerdyakov's part, but only of passive acquiescence; perhaps Smerdyakov was intimidated and agreed not to prevent the murder, and foreseeing that he would be blamed for letting his master be murdered, without screaming for help or resisting, he may have obtained permission from Dmitri Karamazov to get out of the way by shamming a fit—'you may murder him as you like; it's nothing to me.'†
Chpt 12
- Supposing that he did agree, it would still follow that Dmitri Karamazov is the murderer and the instigator, and Smerdyakov is only a passive accomplice, and not even an accomplice, but merely acquiesced against his will through terror.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly