In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky explores the psychological aspects involved in criminal investigation and its effects on criminals. ... By shifting the focus, Dostoevsky suggests that guilt can destroy the human psyche worse than any punishment by the hands of men. By using emotions, Dostoevsky allows the reader to look inside the mind of a criminal. ... With this emotional torment, Dostoevsky shows the weakness of Raskolnikov's emotional stability. ... Dostoevsky paints Raskolnikov as a character that despises anything in which he has no control, m...

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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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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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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. ... (Dostoevsky 255 - 256) This rant, spoken by Raskolnikov, illustrates his superiority complex. ... (Dostoevsky 75) Raskolnikov openly disregards the crosses religious value. ...

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Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is a novel about the psychological exploration of the protagonist, Raskolnikov. Initially, Raskolnikov's conflict is whether or not he should murder the pawnbroker. After the crime is committed, his conflict becomes whether or not he should confess and r...

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Themes from Crime and Punishment What could murder, a madman, guilt, superiority, and alienation all have in common? They all are pawns that play much bigger roles by coming together to form the themes behind Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. All these things and more are the backing for ...

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