Is it just me or is sadomasochism a minor theme in The Brothers Karamazov? I mean, how many romantic relationships are we shown that don't inolved extravagant acts of submission, the often conjoined desire to serve and to dominate (see particularly Katerina Ivanovna's desire to give ceaselessly to Dmitri while also mastering him), beatings etc?
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