Which of the Karamazov Brothers was Paul that he could appear so lovingly and yet have generated so much resentment. We'd all have to think of him, in relation to the others, as Alyosha. My conjecture is that he is Smerdyakov more probably. Not because he is a bastard maybe child of a genius drunkard. Paul is Smerdyakov for the duality to his personality which all of us know must exist. And he hides it away. Smerdyakov is the only brother who is truly two-faced.
And So I believe that Paul is both Smerdyakov and Alyosha. John has to be Ivan and more likely Dmitri outside of the band, where passion can come full force. John does not believe in Alyosha. John is maybe too truthful.
In Regards to Smerdyakov: he was one-facedly evil as far as his particular will to commit murder. Though the other brothers share a degree of guilt, Dmitri's stall at the window exculpates him. Ivan is Guy in Strangers on a Train - sufficient reason to doubt any explicit knowledge of murder. Freud disagrees, all of them share in that little bit of evil.
Maybe John fooled himself into thinking he didn't believe in Alyosha.
What it sounds like.
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