![]() ![]() The Inquisitor puts Christ on trial in the beginning of chapter 5. These desires to attain happiness aren’t universal in nature which Dostoevsky fails to acknowledge. Freedom gives humans the opportunity to fulfill their own predisposed or learned desires which will result in happiness. However, freedom may be given up in order to attain a more desirable kind of freedom that makes a person happier than before. In this way, humans give up freedom to attain happiness and protection. In many examples, Dostoevsky reasons with the reader that humans want to feel protected, and freedom does the opposite by giving too much responsibility to humans which can cause distress. The concept of freedom in The Grand Inquisitor is a theme depicted as a burden for humans to attain happiness. ![]()
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