"Idiot" - roman, v kotorom Dostoevskiy vpervye s podlinnoy strastyu, yarko i polno voplotil obraz polozhitelnogo geroya, kakim ego predstavlyal. V knyaze Myshkine soedinilis cherty obraza Hrista i odnovremenno rebenka, umirotvorennost, granichaschaya s bespechnostyu, i nevozmozhnost proyti mimo bedy blizhnego. V "normalnom" obschestve lyudey, oderzhimyh korystyu i razrushitelnymi strastyami, knyaz Myshkin - idiot. V mire, gde krasota zamutnena nechistymi pomyslami lyudey, takoy geroy bespomoschen, hotya i prekrasen. No "krasota spaset mir!", utverzhdaet Dostoevskiy ustami knyazya Myshkina, i v mire stanovitsya svetley.
