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Fathers And Sons

Arcady: His Voyage Towards Individualism In the novel

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, Arcady plays a major

role both in his own life and the lives of others. Arcady,

despite the shield he surrounds himself with, is not a true

Nihilist like his friend Bazarov through his thoughts and

actions we see his change. To begin, Arcady shows signs of

Romanticism Early on in the novel despite the announcement

of his Nihilist beliefs. For example, Bazarov and Arcady

were walking one afternoon in the garden and overheard

Nicholas playing his cello. "At that instant the lingering notes

of a ‘cello were wafted towards them from the house . . .

and, like honey, the melody flowed through the air" (49).

Like a true Nihilist, Bazarov immediately denounced the act

of playing music as a purely romantic institution. "Good

Lord! At forty-four, a pater familias, in the province of X,

playing the ‘cello! Bazarov continued to laugh: but, on this

occasion, Arcady, though he venerated his......


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