Zossimov, feels that Raskolnikov has some sort of monomania and the Dr. has "some suspicions of insanity." ... Every time he feels that he might be exposed or thinks of redemption he tends to get short of breath or nearly stop breathing altogether. ... Raskolnikov's madness not only drives the plot but rather is the plot itself for Dostievsky's Crime and Punishment is not merely a detective novel; on an underlying level it is the story of the suffering of an individual due to the ideas of the day, which represents 1800s Russia with its tyrant, communist leadership and economic desp...

• Word Count: 856
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Zossimov, feels that Raskolnikov has some sort of monomania and the Dr. has "some suspicions of insanity." ... Every time he feels that he might be exposed or thinks of redemption he tends to get short of breath or nearly stop breathing altogether. ... Raskolnikov's madness not only drives the plot but rather is the plot itself for Dostievsky's Crime and Punishment is not merely a detective novel; on an underlying level it is the story of the suffering of an individual due to the ideas of the day, which represents 1800s Russia with its tyrant, communist leadership and economic desp...

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

While the content and structure vary, the overlying concept of modernism is always present in these writers' stories. ... Therefore, there are circumstances when a writer's personal experience can influence the story told in their novel, with changing the narrative and characters to transform a personal experiences into a realistic fictional story. Stephen Crane is a prime example of this approach in his short story "The Open Boat". This story was inspired from his personal experience of his survival of in a shipwreck tragedy he experienced while he was traveling for w...

• Word Count: 3767
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate