It is evident via Dostoevsky’s assertion in the novel: “He drew the ax, raised it back with both hands. He brought the blunt side down on her head.” that Raskolnikov did not feel huge sympathy for human life, and was a very aggressive and violent individual. Furthermore, this statement also indicates that Raskolnikov was willing to go to great lengths, in this case murder his pawnbroker, to achieve something he excessively desired. Therefore, it is evident by the murders Raskolnikov committed that he had a very selfish, immoral, ruthless, and callous side to …show more content…
When Razumikhin states, “he’s not hypochondriac at all, but just inhumanely cold and callous, as if there really were two opposite characters in him” it is quite evident that even though Raskolnikov is incessantly undermined by his own self hate, he is attempting to attain some sense of morality. Hence, since Raskolnikov’s own kins were shocked when Razumikhin asserted this statement to them, it is evident that Raskolnikov’s seemingly split personality and indecision were the effects of him having committed the murder, and the decision of whether to confess or not came as a result. Thus, this is one of the many instances in the novel that corroborates the belief that Raskolnikov is a crucial morally ambiguous character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and