Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Crime and Punishment, in his published article proposes a theory of criminality which distinguishes between the intrinsic forms of “ordinary men” and “extraordinary men”; this division is created by “extraordinary” man’s ability to transgress the implemented social contract, and introduce a new concept into society, in comparison to the ordinary man who must live in submission and have not right to transgress the law (259). However, these five main principles outlined in his paper foreshadow or flashback to the incidents pertaining to the murder, which are interpreted as coincidences by Raskolnikov, yet, however are conveyed by the narrator, as by chance or determined by a higher being.
Prior to the brutal
Prior to the brutal