Crime And Punishment Value Sys

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and he does throughout the whole book with his constant depression. Dostoesky believes in punishment for your crimes, this is why he shows Raskolnokov suffering through most of the novel, to show his great love for penance. Dostoevsky likes the kind giving nature of people; this is why he portrays the main character as a kind, gentle, and giving, person. Often, Raskolnokov thinks only of others benefits such as when he helped Katerina by giving her all his money for Marmelodov, as well as his caring about what happens to his sister with her marriage to Luzhin. Raskolnokov hates Luzhin’s arrogant and pompous attitude, which reflects Dostoevsky’s animosity of the same qualities in people in the real world.
Dostoevsky does not like all of Raskolnokv though. He hates his aloofness. Dostoevsky cannot stand anti-socialism and believes that people should be together and not dislike “meeting at any time” with anyone. Constantly Raskolnokov alienates himself from ...

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Dostoevsky does not approve of prostitution, but he thinks very highly of this kind of continual self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. Dostoevsky believes that this is one of the only true heroic acts that a person can do: sacrificing them selves for the benefit of others, regardless of whether it is death or this type of sacrifice. Also, she tries to help Raskolnokov through his trying ordeal of the murder and convinces him that suffering for what he did is the best thing that he could do, and Fyodor completely believes in that. She is truly driven by compassion and love.
Svidrigliov, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of both Sonia and Raskolnokov. He is one of the most ...

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