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Crime And Punishment - School Essays

Crime And Punishment

The main character of the novel by Feodor
Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov, is in reality two totally contradicting
personalities. One part of him is the the intellectual. He is cold,
unfeeling and inhumane. He exibits tremendous self-will. It is this
side that enables him to commit the most terrible crime imaginable -
taking another human life. The other part of his personality is warm
and compassionate. This is the side of him that does charitable acts
and fights out against the evil in his society.

The confusion in Raskolnikov s soul is best seen when he tries to
help a girl in the street who has been raped and left to the whims of
anyone who finds her. Raskolnikov tries ...

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and is able to commit the
crime in a rational and orderly way. It is his dual character thta
serves as his punishment. One side of him is able to commit the
murders so the other must bear the punishment. He is torured by the
cruelty in mankind and yet he himself is able to repeat it.

Ralkolnokove justifies his crime through a philosophy that he has
come up with. The man with power is the man to rule over all others.
But this power is only given to those who dare to take it. Raskolnikov
wanted to see if he had the courage to take that power. He also had to
battle with his rationalization of the murbers. He claimed that since
Alyona, the first murder victim, was such a parasite to people,it was
all right to kill her. He never mentions his other victim, Lizaveta,
because she was the sweet and harmless one who s murder he cannot
face.

The two other characters of the novel who represent these two
different sides are Sonya ...

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Added: 12/7/2005 08:14:22 AM
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