The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates multiple stages of craziness but when examined by the a sensible reader his actions seem to be profound logic. ... Zossimov is not the only one to see Raskolnikov's strange ways, Razumihin, Raskolnikov's friend, thinks Raskolnikov to be "simply cold and inhumanely callous"(Dostoevsky 187). ... Luzhin's theory of "love yourself before all men, for everything in the world rest on self interest"(Dostoevsky 131) represent Raskolnikov's mindset and giv...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates multiple stages of craziness but when examined by the a sensible reader his actions seem to be profound logic. ... Zossimov is not the only one to see Raskolnikov's strange ways, Razumihin, Raskolnikov's friend, thinks Raskolnikov to be "simply cold and inhumanely callous"(Dostoevsky 187). ... Luzhin's theory of "love yourself before all men, for everything in the world rest on self interest"(Dostoevsky 131) represent Raskolnikov's mindset and giv...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate