Tolstoy's Three Hermits

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March 6, 2017

 

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The Bishop becomes very curious, and insists upon meeting the hermits. The other pilgrims protest at the idea of stopping. The captain also objects and informs the bishop, "The old men are not worth your pains. I have heard said that they are foolish old fellows, who understand nothing, and never speak a word, any more than the fish in the sea" (Tolstoy, p...
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I have heard said that they are foolish old fellows, who understand nothing, and never speak a word, any more than the fish in the sea" (Tolstoy, p.3). This passage makes an ironic point. The pilgrims travel to Solovetsk, home of a monastery considered one of the holy places in Russia, to pay homage and receive God's favor, yet they are unwilling to learn from people close to God, much like the people of Tolstoy's time, too wrapped up in the church's doctrine to see the way to God...
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