Mersault of Albert Camus" The Stranger and Raskolnikov of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment follow similar [existentialist] moral codes that regulate their attitudes toward death and religion. ... Beyond his lack of compassion for human existence, Mersault presents no sense of remorse for his crime. ... In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov adopts a similar moral code. ... He shows no remorse for the crime he has committed. ...

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