Keyword: «case phenomena»

In article the analysis of the signs symbols "life shadow" and "Yakov's ladder" which allow to realize a plan of the author of the novel is given and to define the central idea of the work consisting in a thought of need of transformation of "life in life", of the importance of spiritual development of the person which needs to define sense of the life correctly. It is proved that two case phenomena are conceptual symbols, dividing characters into two groups: living terrestrial life (Marusya, Heinrich) and seeking for transformation of "life in life".