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Crime And Punishment 2 - School Essays

Crime And Punishment 2

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky,
suffering is an integral part of every character's role. However, the
message that Dostoevsky wants to present with the main character,
Raskolnikov, is not one of the Christian idea of salvation through
suffering. Rather, it appears to me, as if the author never lets his
main character suffer mentally throughout the novel, in relation to
the crime, that is. His only pain seems to be physical sicknes.
Raskolnikov commits a premeditated murder in a state of
delirium. He ends up committing a second murder, which he never ever
wanted to be responsible for. He kills Lizaveta, an exceedingly
innocent person. But does the ...

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of blood everywhere, the look on
Lizaveta's face when he brings down the axe on her head. These things
clearly show that the crime isn't what might cause him suffering, or
pain, it is something else.

After Raskolnikov is sent off to Siberia, he doesn't feel
remorseful. His feelings haven't changed about his crime, he feels
bad at not being able to living up to his own ideas of greatness. He
grows depressed only when he learns of his mother's death. Raskolnikov
still hasn't found any reason to feel remorse for his crimes. He takes
Siberia as his punishment, because of how annoying it is to go through
all these formalities, and ridicularities that it entails. Yet, he
actually feels more comfortable in Siberia than in his home in St.
Petersburg. It's more comfortable, and has better living conditions
than his own home. But he isn't free to do whatever he likes. But this
does not contradict what I've said before. He doesn't view Siberia ...

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