In the same way, Raskolnikov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, tries to do what he knows to be logical and ignores his emotions, throwing away his own morals for the sake of a mere idea. ... Later, he displays true happiness towards Sonia, when he reveals his crime and anguish, wanting to stay with her, saying, "Then you won't leave me, Sonia?" ... He thinks similarly before he confesses his crime, saying, "Do I love her? ... Although not to the same extent, we are acting in a similar manner to Raskolnikov in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment,...

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This theme, which draws clear connections between the physical environment and its affect on an individual's thoughts and beliefs, is present throughout Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Crime and Punishment. ... The theory of Raskolnikov, which suggests the existence of superior beings that possess the right and the power to transgress moral and written law to ultimately meet their means, eventually drives him to commit the crime and test his theory. After the crime, Raskolnikov is continually tortured by his conscience and realizes that he is not a superior being as he thought but rathe...

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's life was dark and dramatic as his novels were. ... This mystery is what Crime and Punishment is about. ... "In Crime and Punishment Raskolnikov constructed his whole theory of the extraordinary man for one purpose only, to justify in his own eyes a quick and easy way for profit. ... "The thought of criminal punishment hangs like Damocle's sword over Raskolnikov's head" (Pisarev 158). The only thing that keeps him from confessing is the punishment that he would receive. ...

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