Don Carlos (play)
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| + | '''''Don Carlos''''' ([[German language|German]]: ''[[Carlos, Prince of Asturias|Dom Karlos]], [[Infante|Infant]] von [[Spain|Spanien]]'') is a historical [[tragedy]] in five acts by [[Friedrich Schiller]], created between 1783 and 1787. The title character is [[Carlos, Prince of Asturias]] and the play as a whole is loosely modelled on historical events in the 16th century under the reign of king [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II of Spain]]. | ||
| - | '''''The Grand Inquisitor''''' is a [[parable]] told by Ivan to Alyosha in [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s novel ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1879-1880). Ivan and Alyosha are brothers; Ivan questions the possibility of a personal, benevolent God and Alyosha is a novice monk. | ||
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| - | ''The Grand Inquisitor'' is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in [[History of literature: Modern literature|modern literature]] because of its ideas about [[human nature]] and [[freedom (philosophy)|freedom]], and because of its fundamental [[ambiguity]]. | ||
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| - | Dostoevsky's notebooks show that he was inspired to use the figure of the Grand Inquisitor after he encountered it in a play by [[Friedrich Schiller]], ''[[Don Carlos (play)|Don Carlos]]'' (1785-1787). | ||
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Don Carlos (German: Dom Karlos, Infant von Spanien) is a historical tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller, created between 1783 and 1787. The title character is Carlos, Prince of Asturias and the play as a whole is loosely modelled on historical events in the 16th century under the reign of king Philip II of Spain.
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