Crime And Punishment: Protagonist And Antagonist Essay

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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 his ...

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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 and ...

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