THE NAME “ROGOZHIN PARFYON” MEANS “A ROUGH-CLOTHED VIRGIN”. ROGOZHIN IS A MERCHANT’S SON WHO IRONICALLY, DESPITE BEING NAMED “PARFYON”, CARRIED THE ROUGH-NATURE OF HIS FATHER (VIOLENT, LUSTFUL, POSSESSIVE), HINTING TO HIS CHARACTER BEING TORN BETWEEN CRAVING CHAOS (AS SEEN IN HIS PURSUIT FOR NASTASYA) AND SPIRITUAL COMFORT (AS SEEN IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MYSHKIN). THE FACT THAT MYSHKIN IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT OFTEN CALLED HIM “PARFYON” (:CHASTE/PURE/VIRGIN) IS LIKE SAYING THAT HE’S THE ONLY PERSON WHO RECOGNIZES THE PURITY OF HIS UNTOUCHED SOUL. WHILE ROGOZHIN IS NOT A VIRGIN TO WORLDLY DESIRE, PARFYON IS A VIRGIN TO MYSHKIN’S FORM OF LOVE, WHICH EXPLAINS THE FRUSTRATION HE HAS TOWARDS MYSHKIN BECAUSE AS MUCH AS HE TRIES TO HATE HIM, HE CANNOT TEAR HIM FROM HIS HEART… AND ALSO EXPLAINS WHY MYSHKIN STILL CARED ABOUT HIM DESPITE HIM TRYING TO STAB HIM!!!!! HELLOOOOO IS ANYONE SEEING THIS!!???????)??
