Crime And Punishment: Protagonist And Antagonist Essay

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mother. Then we witness the murder as it is
graphically described by Doestoevsky. After reading this graphic description of
the murder, how can the reader be sympathetic towards Raskolnikov? How can the
reader believe that a murderer is the protagonist? It is, in fact, not hard to
accept this murderer as the protagonist. Raskolnikov believed that by murdering
the pawnbroker, he rid society of a pest. We realize that if the victim would
have been someone other than an evil old pawnbroker the crime would never had
taken place. He could never have found the courage to kill an innocent person.
It would not prove anything to him. So, Raskolnikov was not a criminal. He does
not repent because he does not feel that he had sinned. All he did was violate
laws that were made by society. Raskolnikov definition of crime was evil will
in action. Raskolnikov knows that he possesses no evil will, and so he does not
consider himself a criminal. He is capable of justifying ...

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society a favor. The same society that he did a favor for does not
believe in Raskolnikov's explanation. Society believes that murder is wrong.
Society's morals and rules dictate that crime is wrong no matter what the
circumstances. It is evident that Raskolnikov did not believe in society's
definition of crime and he proved this by murdering the pawnbroker. We still
find sympathy for him, as deep down inside we perchance realize that Raskolnikov
may have a valid point and society may be at fault. At the end we are able to
forgive Raskolnikov for he has finally confessed and will go through a moral
rebuilding process. We realize that Raskolnikov is the protagonist of Crime ...

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