Period 3
What is the meaning of the term Resurrection? To whom does it apply more, Maslova or Nehklyudov? What sacrifices are necessary for resurrection to occur?
Discuss Tolstoy's definition of the meaning of Christian love and his exploration of the ways that it is perverted and exploited by society and churches.
Discuss Tolstoy's view of human nature. Is it fundamentally good or evil. What about the banality of evil?
Period 4
Discuss the convergence of deontological and consequentialist viewpoints in the novel.
Discuss the Freudian elements of the novel. How and why do Tolstoy's characters use Freudian defense mechanisms and fit Freud's conception of the mind?
Discuss Tolstoy's view of human nature. Is it fundamentally good or evil. What about the banality of evil?
Period 5
Discuss Tolstoy's view of human nature. Is it fundamentally good or evil. What about the banality of evil?
Discuss the novel's depiction of the evolution of Nekhlyudov, Maslova, and the relationship between them?
Discuss Tolstoy's view of the legal system and government and how both treat the lower classes.
