But seeing Poor Folk from this perspective does not account for (1) Makar’s ineffectiveness and weakness, as well as his lineage from the Natural School that makes buffoons of humble clerks [чиновники] (Makar is no Bykov), 35Agency, Desire, and Fate in Poor Folk(2) ...
In closing: This Mars in Leo season (and it is a long one due to the incoming Mars Retrograde!), fuck the pro-wrestling, steroid-induced machismo and see it for the weakness it is hiding. Right action cannot be achieved whenever the ego is enthroned where the heart should be, and the...