Crime And Punishment Weather Analysis

In our reality, storms are violent, turbulent and windy collections of forceful power. In writing, they are a strong and substantial metaphor for a feeling or situation with all the destructing and dominant force of a storm. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” there are many different aspects of stormy weather packed into the novel, each one specifically expressing something explicit to its subject. These stormy metaphors and similes show that Dostoevsky shows the somber chaotic nature of the world as represented by stones. The darkness of Raskolnikov's mind, the aggressive nature of the hail unto the Earth used to describe the hail of human violence on its surroundings. These stormey metaphors and similes show the somber aggression in the tone of the story. They show the hopelessness of not having any control, for one cannot control the weather, so one may not control their actions and feelings acting just as weather does. The storm is an unstoppable havoc, just as the feeling of guilt and paranoia are an uncontrollable devastation on …show more content…
This quote is explaining how the violent motion of hail can be applied unto this act of violence. This a a very clever comparison, it helps show the cold intention and harsh impact that the strikes were. The coldness is in this metaphor is very prominent to me. I also see this relation to the cold all throughout the