"Such beauty is real power," said Adelaida. "With such beauty as
that one might overthrow the world." She returned to her easel
thoughtfully.
Prince is person who lives in the dream. He wants to save the world by his Christianity. However, the reality is different, as Lizaveta puts it. "we are only a fantasy." There are wild gaps between the ideal and reality. The prince is an idiot, because he never sees the world as it really is. He lives in an illusion.
Of course, the dream is very important to everyone. A man without dream is a man without a soul. The point is, the dream which is far away from reality is daydream. Moreover, in order to become a dreamer, we must to be a human. We must have love, love the real life, not love an illusion.
In every people's mind, there are Eden. We can't become a nithsist because of the Eden. If so, we are coward ourselves.
一個加拿大作家談這本書時,說到他在俄國難得見到善意的人 - 大家都怕被別人當做“白癡”... 然后說一本小說,可以毀掉一個民族的精神。(這是我的翻譯。他后來贊同這個譯法,甚至認為更好。他的原話是 people can ruin a spirit. Don't do that!) 現(xiàn)在普金出兵,將“自古以來就是俄羅斯的領(lǐng)土” 克里米亞收回祖國的懷抱。世界真不知向何處去。