When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike. Conversely, the men of Greece were often portrayed as almost godlike, exhibiting qualities we often associate with deities. The son of a physician, Dostoevsky's mother died when he was 16 and his father was murdered a few years later. After graduating from a private boarding school, he attended the Military Engineering College, graduating as an officer in the Russian Army. In 1849, at age 28, he was arrested and sentenced to death for treason, but his sentence was reprieved and he was sent to a Siberian prison camp for 5 years.
Hope leads to the loss of fear, and fear to the loss of hope.