Doctor Zhivago Themes

Doctor Zhivago is as much about the Russian Revolution as it is about the good doctor himself.Now, when you write a book about the Russian Revolution, you're bound to write about society and class...

Marriage is a sacred bond between two people that should never be broken—or at least that's the traditional thinking. Yuri Zhivago, on the other hand, tries being "married" to three different wom...

Karl Marx is famous for saying that religion is the opiate of the masses.Well, Doctor Zhivago has some more complicated ideas. Orthodox Christianity played a huge part in Russian history. Just take...

There's all kinds of drama in Doctor Zhivago surrounding our hero's family, especially when he, well, kind of abandons it to live with his new lover, Lara. But when you think about it, one of the o...

Whether it's the books of Nikolai Nikolaevich or the personal poetry of Yuri Zhivago, literature stands out as one of the great expressions of individual freedom in this book. In fact, writing poet...

When people tell you they're going crazy, you usually hope it's just a figure of speech. But in Doctor Zhivago, you can never be too sure. Once the Russian Revolution gets into full swing, it becom...

If you're looking for all kinds of philosophical viewpoints and different takes on the world, Doctor Zhivago is chock full of them. In fact, one of Yuri Zhivago's main beefs with the world around h...

In a lot of ways, the main plot of Doctor Zhivago centers on how the Soviet government pushes characters around when all these characters want to do is live life on their own terms. Unfortunately,...