Rasputin: Mystery And Hypocrisy, Mystery, And Heophilia

Rasputin’s history revolves around controversy, mystery, and hypocrisy. Rasputin was known to be a self proclaimed religious man who held holy powers and was able to heal those who were sick. In the early 1900s, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II. Tsar Nicholas II had a son named Alexei who had hemophilia. There was no known treatment for hemophilia at the time, so the Tsar called upon Rasputin to come and heal his son. Rasputin came and magically healed Alexei, relieving him of his hemophilia. At the time, hemophilia was a guaranteed death sentence so when Rasputin was able to cure the Tsar’s son of it, all of the people of Russia began to believe he had super powers. Rasputin was also regarded highly by the working class and often preached …show more content…
Cambria Lovelady states about Rasputin, “He quickly found himself invited into the parlors of high society and religious elders, who took him for an ascetic monk”(Lovelady). Rasputin went around Russia preaching scripture to the working class. He brought hope to the lower class and taught of an afterlife. Rasputin made the poor and hard working people feel like their life had meaning and that they would eventually be able to move on to some place better where they did not have to work. The people of Russia began to greatly respect Rasputin and viewed him as a descendant from the place he taught about. Moses was similar to Rasputin in the sense that he taught the hard working animals that their efforts will pay off and that they will eventually be able to go to Sugarcandy Mountain. As stated by Moses the raven, “Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest forever from our labours!”(Orwell 80). Greatly overworked and under rewarded, the animals of Animal Farm began to feel exasperated with the working conditions. The animals on the farm were beginning to wonder if their efforts would eventually pay off or if anything would get better. They were starting to wonder, why they even tried if they were just going to spend the rest of their lives working without any return other than a less than satisfactory food ration. When Moses came around and told the animals that their hard efforts would be rewarded in Sugarcandy Mountain, the animals suddenly had a shift in mood when it came to working. The animals began to feel like their hard work really would eventually pay off. This is also similar to what Rasputin did to the working class of Russia. Both Rasputin and Moses tried to increase morale of the working