context: The middle son of his father, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, his first son from his second marriage. Hot rationalist. Ivan is 23 years old. The writer compares Ivan with Faust Goethe. The image of Ivan is a further development in the work of Dostoevsky a rebel hero who professes atheistic beliefs and calls for a revision of existing moral principles. “I do not accept God, Alyosha, but only return the ticket to him more respectfully,” he says in the chapter “Rebellion” (Book 5, Ch. 4). His image is surrounded by mystery. He grew up in a foster family as a gloomy boy, at an early age he discovered good abilities. He studied at the University of Natural Sciences, he kept himself penniless lessons and journal work. According to the older brother, "Ivan is the grave." Alyosha says bluntly: "Ivan is a mystery." Ivan's behavior is incomprehensible and ambiguous: as an atheist, he writes a work on the theocratic structure of society.
question: What character does Goethe compare with Dostoevsky Ivan Ivanovich Karamazov?
answers.text: Faust