"Leo Tolstoy’s Napoleon: Slave of History" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Mar 2020 12:51 p.m. PST |
"I recently wrote an essay about Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Here, I discuss another Russian novel, published at the exact same time, in the exact same periodical: Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.[1] And both novels, in their own astonishing way, discuss Napoleon. In Tolstoy, Napoleon stands apart from the many redeemed characters in the book—characters who come to know God and other people in ways that make their lives meaningful. Despite his seeming power and influence, Napoleon becomes the archetype of a person who has damned himself with self-importance. He is to be pitied and he is even more pitiful the more he rejects opportunities to reach out, even a little, beyond himself…"
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| Tango01 | 10 Mar 2020 11:38 a.m. PST |
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paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.