Crime And Punishment Analysis

The novel, Crime and Punishment, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky interprets the story of the main character committing a crime, and the phases he went through to plead guilty. The main character, Rodya Raskolnikov, goes through a financial crisis after being fired from his teaching job. He had to find a way to gain money and his solution was to kill Alyona, a pawnbroker, and steal some of her money. After thinking about his idea for a while, Raskolnikov decided to commit the crime and went to Alyona’s apartment. When he was about to leave the crime scene, since he took too long Alyona’s sister walked into the apartment. Lizaveta could be a witness, which would lead to his arrest faster, so he had to kill her even though that was not part of his …show more content…
Before the crime occurred, Raskolnikov was a stable gentleman with a job and was not tormented with harsh emotions. Guilt created low self esteem, sadness, and anxiety in Raskolnikov's life. Raskolnikov felt as if he did not deserved love and happiness because he had to pay for the crime he committed. Raskolnikov's personality change is shown when he tells his family and Razumihin to stay away from him, and asks Razumihin to take good care of his mom and sister. He felt as if his family was better of with Razumihkin than with him. Raskolnikov suffered from anxiety because he thought everyone around him was afraid of him and knew that he had killed the sisters, but in reality no one had any idea that he was the killer. Raskolnikov's weakness is shown when he faints after leaving the police station, he overhears a conversation about the murder and passes out due to the overwhelming guilt he was suffering. Once he recovered from the faint, Raskolnikov was terrified the police would suspect of him. After the whole crime occurred, one no longer sees a happy Raskolnikov instead one sees an emotionally confused gentleman that seems to be lost in the