Stories in a wood accompanied by Russian lullaby - An Unpleasant Predicament Part 4
Channel: Hakuna Matada
Date: 2020-10-21

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist and short-story writer, whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction.

He specialized in the analysis of pathological states of mind that lead to insanity, murder, and suicide and in the exploration of the emotions of humiliation, self-destruction, tyrannical domination, and murderous rage. These major works are also renowned as great “novels of ideas” that treat timeless and timely issues in philosophy and politics. Psychology and philosophy are closely linked in Dostoyevsky’s portrayals of intellectuals, who “feel ideas” in the depths of their souls. 

This is a satirical story concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant. After drinking a bit too much with two fellow civil servants, the protagonist, Ivan Ilyich Pralinsky, expounds on his desire to embrace a philosophy based on kindness to those in lower status social positions. After leaving the initial gathering, Ivan happens upon the wedding celebration of one of his subordinates. He decides to put his philosophy into action, and so crashes the party...

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Russian Lullaby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP9U_O1IuA&t=66s
Forest footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_W50YHx33I

Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven) by Beethoven
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