In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky utilizes three unlikely characters to portray this same image of the Holy Trinity. ... It may seem strange that Dostoevsky chose a character like Raskolnikov, especially considering the hideous murders and crimes he commits, but Dostoevsky uses Raskolnikov's broken and corrupt character to show anyone can be given redemption and be born again in Christ. ... After the crime, Raskolnikov goes into post- traumatic stress and falls into a long period of delirium and sleep of four days. ... Dostoevsky also notes Sonya as a dov...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

If any of the slaves for whatever reason disobeyed their slave master commands, they would receive severe punishment that usually resulted in severe whipping and brutally, bloody, bodily harm. ... In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... The beatings that are referred to in this passage are not necessarily physical in nature; however, they are the punishments that God will give to the sinners who disobey his will and testament in the Bible. ... I assert most unh...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate