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[Opinions] Zhivago
by Elle (MonaLisa)
5/16/2007, 7:32 AM
Does anyone know the meaning of Zhivago?Thanks!
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- Bear   +2
5/16/2007, 9:08 AM
It comes from the Russian root word for life: zhizn' ("ZHEE-zin"). Dr. Zhivago is a medical doctor concerned with biological life, but also a poet concerned with the metephysical side of life. Pasternak uses the root word for life in the name as symbolism. His first name, George / Yuri, means farmer.
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- Elle (MonaLisa)   +1
5/16/2007, 3:32 PM
Yes, I loved the movie. I want to read the book too :)
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- Marija Luminitsa
5/16/2007, 4:37 PM
The bookThe book is amazing. It is my hands-down favorite of all time. I first read it when I was too young to really grasp all of it and read it again last summer and fell in love with it all over again. I hope you enjoy it!
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- Akis (pudu)   +2
5/16/2007, 7:46 AM
Zhivago means "the living".From Britannica online: In the Russian version of the Gospel According to St. Luke, the angels ask the women who come to Christ's tomb: “Chto vy ischyote zhivago mezhdu myortvykh?”—“Why do you seek the living among the dead?”
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- Elle (MonaLisa)
5/16/2007, 3:32 PM
Thank you so much!
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- Marija Luminitsa
5/16/2007, 9:14 AM
I was thinking about that name the other day. I am a huge fan of the book and film, Doctor Zhivago, but I never bothered to look up what the name means. It is very fitting as a surname for the title character.
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- quigonjecca
5/16/2007, 7:33 AM
I'm sorry, I don't. You may want to try the facts board. That is a lovely name!
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