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This article aims to examine the ways in which biblical motifs are embodied in Leonid Andreyev’s play Anathema (Анатэма). Andreyev drew significant inspiration from the Bible, particularly the Book of Job, yet he did not merely reproduce the original text. Instead, he reinterpreted it through the lens of his own worldview and aesthetic principles. In The Life of Vasiliy Fiveysky, Andreyev had already reworked the motif of Job to explore the problem of human suffering and faith. In Anathema, he further develops this trajectory by contrasting the demonic figure Anathema with the human figure David, thereby reconfiguring biblical conflict in a new form. Anathema embodies the traits of a traditional devil, yet simultaneously reveals a dual nature marked by both longing for and frustration with truth. David, in contrast, is depicted as a character who, despite temptation and suffering, chooses love and sacrifice for others. In this way, Andreyev expands the motif of Job’s suffering to probe questions of human freedom, choice, and ethical responsibility, while at the same time inheriting the biblical tradition and offering an original literary interpretation.

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