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They share the same goal of redemption and equal inevitability of their failure. Dunya was the same objective to Svidrigailov as the superman theory to Raskolnikov. When either was faced with the failure of reaching their goal, they suffered a massive psychological breakdown. Their different perspectives on life drove them to choose different outcomes of their journeys. Svidrigailov would have rather died than spent life in prison. He was very egotistical and didn’t like to admit he was wrong, therefore he decided to commit suicide. This trait would be found in most super humans. Raskolnikov on the other hand, strived on comfort and aesthetics. As soon as Sonya began to comfort him, he easily gave in to her ideas and rationalized the next steps of his
