Dostoevsky's Theory Of Punishment

In the book crime and punishment raskolnikov who is the main character of the book has a theory that he comes up with which he thinks will make him more superior than everyone else and that everyone should listen to him then if he can pull of the crime properly. His theory is that he can commit a deadly crime in killing an pawnbroker who he at first tried to steal from and if he could kill her and deal with the guilt he had properly, he will be more superior than the average man. His theory is called the superior man theory, and in this theory he attempts to kill a pawnbroker and does so but is unable to deal with the guilt that comes along with it ending with him turning himself in towards the end of the book. In this superior man theory it is said that a man who can kill someone or commit a certain level crime and that man can then deal …show more content…
“We're always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this, you suddenly find just a little room there, something like a village bathhouse, grimy, and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is. Sometimes, you know, I can't help feeling that that's what it is” (Dostoevsky 1). When Dostoevsky writes this he is talking about how eternity is something that no one wants to deal with and that life is precious and should not be taken for granted and he has raskolnikov resemble that right before he takes her life and he has a hint of christianity when he does some religious stuff right before he kills her. (“What do you think?" shouted Razumihin, louder than ever, "you think I am attacking them for talking nonsense? Not a bit! I like them to talk nonsense. That's man's one privilege over all creation. Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen. And a fine thing, too, in its way; but we can't