Crime and Punishment

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment contains an abundance of confusing scenes that frequently require the reader to interpret the text more closely. Many of these scenes are due to the fact that Raskolnikov often blurs together his conscious and subconscious states. Therefore, reader is justified to contemplate the validity of certain situations. When reading a novel as hefty as Crime and Punishment it is important to pick apart some of the many subtleties in order to gain more insight to both the

Throughout Crime and Punishment, Rodya’s actions and words appear incongruous, which leaves the reader unsure of his character. Dostoevsky utilizes ambiguity to display the main character’s religious revival. Rodya murders two women, and he does it brutally with an axe. He had been meticulously planning the murder for a while, so it is not merely a fit of rage that overcame him. The book centers around this crime and its effects on Rodya. By looking at this action, one could assume that Rodya is

In the novel, Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Svidrigailov lives a life in isolation and gives off the impression that he fits into the nietzsche superman category, when in reality he discovers he too, like any other human, needs love and affection from others to survive. Svidrigailov only feels power, no emotion, yet this changes once he realizes his love for Dunya can not be ignored. Originally, Raskolnikov envies Svidrigailov because he appears to have mastered isolation and only living

Hours before Raskolnikov’s murder of the pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna, in Part I of Crime and Punishment, he dreams of a prior episode from his childhood. In this incident, a cruel man, Mikolka, brutally kills a mare (a female horse) because she won’t gallop to his liking. He beats her senseless with many objects: a crowbar, a whip, and even an axe. Young Raskolnikov is horrified at this site, sobbing out of revulsion. This dream serves a larger, symbolic purpose as a representation of Raskolnikov’s

In Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Razumuikhin is presented as a very caring person and willing to do anything to help people. While Raskolnikov is an arrogant, unfriendly person that is brought by his pride, Razumikhin is a happy and sociable person. Razumikhin’s helpful abilities signify that, by communicating with people in society, one can avoid the pain of distancing from humanity. Razumikhin is Raskolnikov’s hinder, clarifying through his sympathy and friendliness the extent to which Raskolnikov

Written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment has become one of the most distinguished novels to dissect the physiology of the criminal mind. The intricate storyline allows for the clashing of criminality and morals as main character, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, develops the configuration of his future. Not alone, Dmitri Prokofych Razumikhin, assists in the uneasiness Raskolikov comes across throughout his mental struggle. The pair then demonstrates the idea of physiological intuition and

Raskolnikov is the character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment who is the most relatable to many people. Most people do not have a desire to kill someone who inconveniences them, but that does not mean they can not have similar desires and beliefs. As Raskolnikov believes for the majority of the novel, there are many people who are better than others and they have power over other people. While the novel provides an extreme example of this ideology, some aspects can be relatable to the

Nihilism ran rampant in the intelligentsia in nineteenth century Russia. Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment, illustrates this “new philosophy” in Raskolnikov. The central conflict of the novel revolves around the question of why Raskolnikov murdered the pawnbroker and her sister, and the psychological torment he endures after committing the crime. Aspects that aid in his decision to murder the women are his unspecified belief of Nihilism and his isolation from society. These two components

In “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, societal values are highlighted through the alienation of the women in the novel, and also alienation by class. Dostoevsky shows that this society that Raskolnikov lives in values only the men with money and those who are able to overpower others with their influence. Women in this novel are some of the most alienated characters in almost every way. Dostoevsky portrays the women in such a light to where they have little to no voice, literally and

Sacrifice is the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone. The novel “Crime and Punishment” expressed the hardships of the characters to obtain money at the time. Everyone was poor and had to give up valuables in order to receive grace on their rent payments from Alyona Ivanovna, the landlady. It was a constant struggle for Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, who occupied the housing development of Alyona. Raskolnikov had difficulty