Why are all of his protagonists the same?

>>8406010
>underground man
>Myshkin
>pyotr stepanovich
>raskolnikov
>protagonist of the double
All district characters
The only major similarity is between Myshkin and alyosha

>>8406010
That's what happens when you project

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Why are all of his protagonists the same?

>>8406010
They're not. I suggest taking better notes; though I' Would like to ask what book of his you started off with? If it's anything other than notes, then I can see where you're coming from

Humans tend to be similar. You'll have to be more specific if you want to make legitimate criticisms.

>>8406054
I've Notes, Crime, and the Double.

And the sameness I'm referring to is that they are all hyperbolic manic wrecks who are one fit away from the insane asylum.

>>8406075
That's most interesting people t b h

>>8406075
>all hyperbolic manic wrecks who are one fit away from the insane asylum
that's just the essence of being a lit person

>>8406010
Have you met Russians? They're literally walking stereotypes that all act the same
>Fucking pussy bitch, let me fuck you in ass you gay faggot

>>8406075
Read Brothers Karamazov. You've just stumbled upon the more manic of his characters. There's an unsettling calculated nature to the characters in BK

>>8406785
In my first reading of the brothers karamazov I thought that he was essentially prescribing various attributes of existentialism onto each character. Absurdity, angst, despair, authenticity, etc.

I haven't read any existentialist philosophy, to my shame, but I was also struck by the "unsettling calculated nature to the characters" as you put it. So I tried to find something to explain it. So I spent a lot of time reading the existentialist wiki and I got more and more convinced of it the more I read. That being said, I could be way off base, or I could just be pointing out the obvious.

His characters do tend to have a frantic way about them, but I think that the Russian character, at least then, based off other Russian novels I've read, is typically very emotional and prone to such behavior as displayed by Dimitri, and especially Ivan who, despite (or because of) being a so called rationalist, has a complete breakdown.

I'd really like to read it again, but it took me a very long time to get though. I found it to be a difficult novel, but next time I will be better prepared. I plan on learning more about existentialism in the mean time.

>>8406075
His characters are studies in people internalizing and living intellectual trends of his era. How different would a devout red-piller, a tumblerina, and Sam Harris look, if you essentially made them all live what they believe?

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Why are all of his protagonists the same?