All 12 Uses of
enigma
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I knew a young lady of the last "romantic" generation who after some years of an enigmatic passion for a gentleman, whom she might quite easily have married at any moment, invented insuperable obstacles to their union, and ended by throwing herself one stormy night into a rather deep and rapid river from a high bank, almost a precipice, and so perished, entirely to satisfy her own caprice, and to be like Shakespeare's Ophelia.†
Chpt 1
- Yet even when I did know of this special circumstance I still felt Ivan Fyodorovitch to be an enigmatic figure, and thought his visit rather mysterious.†
Chpt 1
- "Very well, I will come," Alyosha decided, after rapidly scanning the brief, enigmatic note, which consisted of an urgent entreaty that he would come, without any sort of explanation.†
Chpt 2
- But the future life--it is such an enigma!
Chpt 2 *enigma = mystery
- Instinctively feeling that the time of her mother's absence was precious for her, Alyosha hastened to tell her of his enigmatic meeting with the schoolboys in the fewest words possible.†
Chpt 4
- For this moment was to solve a doubt, a harassing enigma which had for some time haunted Alyosha.†
Chpt 4
- And behold, instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest for ever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic; Thou didst choose what was utterly beyond the strength of men, acting as though Thou didst not love them at all—Thou who didst come to give Thy life for them!†
Chpt 5
- _" she added enigmatically, emphasizing each word with some irritability.†
Chpt 8
- Grushenka's mood and the enigmatic tone of some of her words he completely failed to grasp.†
Chpt 8
- You see, my dear boy"—Madame Hohlakov suddenly looked arch and a charming, though enigmatic, smile played about her lips—"you see, I suspect ….†
Chpt 11
- The subject is a complete enigma.†
Chpt 11
- But Fetyukovitch remained an enigma to all up to the very end, up to his speech.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(enigma) something mysterious that seems unexplainable